The 2019 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. The championship was held September 7–15, 2019 in Bonn and Solingen, Germany. The Netherlands defended its European title, winning its 23rd continental championship. The Dutch defeated Italy in the championship game, while Spain defeated Israel in the third-place game. Ademar Rifaela of the Netherlands was the tournament most valuable player.
The tournament was part of qualifications for the 2020 Summer Olympics, with the top five teams and Team South Africa competing at the European-African qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which was played in September 2019 in Bologna and Parma, Italy.
Qualification
The top 10 teams from the 2016 European championship qualified automatically for the tournament. Two additional teams, Austria and Israel, qualified from the 14-team B-Pool tournament. Pool Bonn Pool Solingen
Round 1
Pool A
Standings
Qualified for Quarterfinals Qualified for Relegation Round
Teams Pct. GB 4 1 .800 – 46 15 4 1 .800 – 25 23 3 2 .600 1.0 32 25 2 3 .400 2.0 19 23 2 3 .400 2.0 23 28 0 5 .000 4.0 14 45
1 game suspended on September 7, 2019, in the 9th due to darkness (Ned led 10 – 2).
Pool B
Standings
Qualified for Quarterfinals Qualified for Relegation Round
Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 – 52 11 4 1 .800 1.0 44 24 3 2 .600 2.0 52 30 2 3 .400 3.0 25 43 1 4 .200 4.0 21 47 0 5 .000 5.0 10 49
Play-offs
Quarterfinals Order of games can change after round robin
Semifinals
Bronze
Final
Placement Round 5th–8th place
Classification Games
5th place
Note: There was no game for 7th place.
Placement Round 9th–12th Place / Relegation Round There was a scheduling mistake in this placement/relegation round: the first two games, it should have been A5-B6 and B5-A6, instead it was A5-B5 and A6-B6.
Relegation round
The loser of the above game is in 12th place and is relegated.
The loser of the above game is in 11th place and is relegated.
9th place
Final standings Rk Team W L Pct. R RA Note 71.8756918 Qualified for Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification 71.8756727 62.7506540 453.6255048 553.6254537 635.3754138 734.4295852 725.2863165 954.5565246 1035.3754659 1117.1252866 Relegated 1207.0001874
Awards
MVP: Ademar Rifaela Outstanding defensive player: Alexander Schmidt
Statistics leaders
Batting Statistic Name Total/AvgBatting average* Sebastiano Poma .533Hits Marco Cardoso 14Runs Máxime Lefevre Ademar Rifaela Ferdinand Obed 10Home runs Ademar Rifaela 6RBIs Ademar Rifaela 17Walks Kalian Sams 8Strikeouts Martin Scheneider 11Stolen bases Nateshon Thomas 5On-base percentage* Moritz Scheicher .636Slugging percentage* Ademar Rifaela 1.111OPS* Moritz Scheicher 1.636 * Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game
Pitching Statistic Name Total/AvgWins 5 players 2Losses 4 players 2Saves Rhiner Cruz 2Innings pitched Michael Roth Hits allowed Artuur Driessens Ben Johnson 19Runs allowed Artuur Driessens 14Earned runs allowed Ben Johnson 12ERA* Joey Wagman 0.00Walks José Díaz Pavao Karin 10Strikeouts José Díaz Alex Webb 16 * Minimum 1.0 inning pitched per game
Source
References
External links Official website Tournament schedule