The European Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between men's national baseball teams in Europe, governed by WBSC Europe (formerly the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB)).

History Italy won the inaugural European Baseball Championship in , organized shortly after the CEB was formed. The Netherlands won the first tournament they competed in, 1956, and the competition has since been dominated by the Dutch and Italians, with Spain, with two titles, and Belgium being the only other teams to win a championship.

After being an annual competition for five years, it was held every two years. There have been several adjustments to this schedule. Most recently, following a three-year gap after the 2016 championship, the tournament has been held in odd-numbered years beginning in 2019. The 2025 competition was the 38th European championship held. There have been at least 4 teams in each championship, with the field growing to 12 teams in 1997 and 16 teams in 2021.

The European championship has served as a qualifying tournament for the Summer Olympics. Tournament games are also included in World Baseball Softball Confederation rankings, which determine participation in the WBSC Premier12.

Format and qualification The current championship classification system divides the national teams into three pools, A, B, and C.

Teams in Pool A and B play in the championship, with teams from A pool playing in two groups where the top two teams proceed to the quarter finals directly and the bottom two teams play in the crossover qualifiers. The teams from pool B play in two groups, with the winners proceeding to the crossover qualifiers and the bottom two teams eliminated. The top four teams from the crossover qualifiers join the top two teams from each A pool group in the quarter finals.

The last two teams from the championship are relegated to pool C that plays the qualifier competition held in the years between the top championship, while the two best teams at that competition will move up to B pool.

Current pools Prior to the 2027 tournament.

Pool A Pool B Pool C

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^ - Relegated to European Qualifier during 2025 championship

+ - Won European qualifier for 2027 championship and advanced to Pool B

Results Years Final hosts Finalists Semi-finalists Teams Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place 1DetailsAntwerp7 – 412 – 5 4 2DetailsBarcelona round-robin round-robin 5 3DetailsRome round-robin round-robin 5 4DetailsMannheim round-robin round-robin 5 5DetailsAmsterdam5 – 2 6 6DetailsBarcelona round-robin round-robin 4 7DetailsAmsterdam round-robin round-robin 7 8DetailsMilan round-robin round-robin 5 9DetailsMadrid round-robin round-robin 5 10DetailsAntwerp round-robin round-robin 5 11DetailsWiesbaden round-robin 7 12DetailsParma / Bologna4 – 20 – 17 – 36 – 1 9 13DetailsHaarlem round-robin round-robin 6 14DetailsBarcelona0 – 27 – 15 – 14 – 99 – 41 – 79 – 42 – 69 – 46 – 3 6 15DetailsHaarlem1 – 27 – 44 – 11 – 0 round-robin 5 16DetailsTrieste14 – 15 – 08 – 45 – 813 – 115 – 7 4 17DetailsHaarlem8 – 311 – 78 – 12 – 812 – 22 – 1 4 18DetailsFlorence14 – 13 – 28 – 24 – 14 round-robin 6 19DetailsHaarlem / Eindhoven6 – 412 – 411 – 88 – 6 round-robin 6 20DetailsBarcelona7 – 44 – 134 – 516 – 11 – 412 – 11 – 712 – 6 7 21DetailsParis6 – 108 – 67 – 55 – 411 – 1218 – 9 8 22DetailsNettuno12 – 19 – 23 – 18 – 711 – 113 – 21 8 23DetailsStockholm7 – 17 – 211 – 27 – 2111 – 05 – 63 – 211 – 97 – 45 – 14 8 24DetailsHaarlem9 – 1213 – 713 – 107 – 412 – 38 – 611 – 1411 – 158 – 6 10 25DetailsParis4 – 27 – 2 12 26DetailsBologna / Parma3 – 08 – 3 12 27DetailsBonn4 – 03 – 0 12 28DetailsHaarlem / Amsterdam / Rotterdam2 – 05 – 2 12 29DetailsPrague15 – 07 – 3 12 30DetailsBarcelona round-robin round-robin 12 31DetailsStuttgart8 – 4 round-robin 12 32DetailsRotterdam8 – 3 round-robin 12 33Details/Regensburg / Brno6 – 3 round-robin 12 34DetailsHoofddorp3 – 2 round-robin 12 35DetailsBonn / Solingen5 – 116 – 11 12 36DetailsPiedmont9 – 42 – 0 16 37DetailsPrague / Brno / Třebíč / Ostrava / Blansko11 – 25 – 4 16 382025Details//Rotterdam / Antwerp / Milan6 – 59 – 216 392027DetailsRegensburg Sources

Medals (1954–2025)

Participating nations

Nation 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1960 1962 1964 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2010 2012 2014 2016 2019 2021 2023 2025 Total 11 10 11 15 9 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 6 9 11 10 9 7 6 7 8 11 13 32 11 8 10 12 8 11 10 12 10 11 7 10 8 13 7 8 5 6 5 12 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 14 5 6 6 5 7 9 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 4 7 6 5 6 8 6 7 7 15 7 12 28 4 5 5 4 7 8 7 6 10 10 7 12 4 4 4 5 4 6 9 4 5 29 7 7 8 9 9 10 9 7 8 11 9 9 9 6 6 18 9 4 7 10 11 14 13 13 9 16 15 2 4 6 7 4 4 5 7 9 37 15 1 35 8 8 4 4 8 11 10 12 8 12 10 12 5 6 2 16 1 10 12 12 3 6 1 4 4 5 4 4 6 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 9 4 4 36 4 7 4 5 5 6 8 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 7 7 8 7 12 4 8 6 5 6 11 8 12 12 8 10 33 12 11 2 9 11 11 10 9 12 13 14 8 Nations (21) 4 5 5 5 6 4 7 5 5 5 7 9 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 7 8 8 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 16

Most valuable player The tournament has regularly issued awards for the most valuable player, best pitcher, batting statistical leaders, and occasionally an All-Star team. Three Dutch players, , , and Johnny Balentina, have won multiple MVPs, with Balentina most recently repeating in 1995 and 1997. +Tournament most valuable playersYearNameTeamRef1955José Luis Bernardo1962Leo Kops1964196519671969Hamilton Richardson197319751977Ted Alfieri1979David DeMarco1981Paul Smit19851987Rikkert Faneyte1989Robert Niggebrugge1991Guglielmo Trinci1993Marcel Joost1995Johnny Balentina19971999Daniel Newman2001Rinat Makhmoutov2003Xavier Civit2005Ivanon Coffie2007Brant Ust2010Giuseppe Mazzanti2012Lorenzo Avagnina2014Curt Smith2016Stijn van der Meer2019Ademar Rifaela2021Roger Bernadina2023Wander Encarnación2025Didi Gregorius

European B Baseball Championship 1982 European Baseball Championship - Division B 1984 European Baseball Championship - Division B 1986 European Baseball Championship - Division B 1988 European Baseball Championship - Division B 1990 European Baseball Championship - Division B 1992 European Baseball Championship - Division B 1994 European Baseball Championship - Division B 1996 European Baseball Championship - Division B 1998 European Baseball Championship - Division B 2000 European Baseball Championship - Division B 2002 European Baseball Championship - Division B 2004 European Baseball Championship - Division B 2013 European Baseball Championship - Division B 2015 European Baseball Championship - Division B 2017 European Baseball Championship - Division B 2019 European Baseball Championship – B-Pool

Note: No events in 2005–2012.

European C Baseball Championship 2014 European Baseball Championship - Division C 2016 European Baseball Championship - Division C 2018 European Baseball Championship - Division C

European Baseball Championship Qualification 2007 European Baseball Championship – Qualification 2010 European Baseball Championship – Qualification 2012 European Baseball Championship – Qualification 2014 European Baseball Championship – Qualification 2016 European Baseball Championship – Qualification 2019 European Baseball Championship – Qualification 2021 European Baseball Championship – Qualification 2023 European Baseball Championship – Qualification

See also European Women's Baseball Championship European Men's U23 Baseball Championship European Men's U21 Baseball Championship European Men's U18 Baseball Championship European Men's U15 Baseball Championship European Men's Softball Championship European Women's Softball Championship European Men's Club Baseball Championship European Women's Club Baseball Championship European Champion Cup Final Four (Men / Women) CEB Federation Cup (Men / Women) CEB Cup (Men / Women) European Men's Baseball5 Championship European Women's Baseball5 Championship

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