2012 European Baseball Championship

2012 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Dates	7 – 16 September 2012
Teams	12
Defending champions	Italy
Final positions
Champions	Italy (10th title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played	43
Attendance	26,200 (609 per game)
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The 2012 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament being held from September 7 to September 16, 2012.^[1] The Confederation of European Baseball selected the Netherlands to host the tournament.

Qualification

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A	Pool B
Croatia	Winner of Zagreb Pool	Belgium	Winner of Antwerp Pool
Greece	4th, 2010 European Baseball Championship	Czech Republic	7th, 2010 European Baseball Championship
Italy	2010 European Baseball Championship	France	6th, 2010 European Baseball Championship
Russia	Winner of Krymsk Pool	Germany	2010 European Baseball Championship
Spain	Winner of Barcelona Pool	Great Britain	Winner of Tel Aviv Pool
Sweden	5th, 2010 European Baseball Championship	Netherlands	2010 European Baseball Championship

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

	Qualified for Pool C
	Did not qualify for Pool C

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Italy	5	0	1.000	–	45	4
Spain	4	1	.800	1	42	6
Sweden	3	2	.600	2	25	27
Greece	2	3	.400	3	19	29
Croatia	1	4	.200	4	12	37
Russia	0	5	.000	5	11	51

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[2]

Schedule

September 7, 2012	Spain	10 – 0 (F/8)	Greece	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 235
	Boxscore

September 7, 2012	Sweden	14 – 1 (F/7)	Russia	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 70
	Boxscore

September 7, 2012	Croatia	0 – 16 (F/5)	Italy	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 175
	Boxscore

September 8, 2012	Russia	1 – 10	Spain	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 80
	Boxscore

September 8, 2012	Greece	7 – 2	Croatia	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 360
	Boxscore

September 8, 2012	Italy	8 – 1	Sweden	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 250
	Boxscore

September 9, 2012	Sweden	4 – 2	Croatia	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 125
	Boxscore

September 9, 2012	Italy	4 – 3	Spain	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 165
	Boxscore

September 9, 2012	Greece	9 – 5	Russia	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 40
	Boxscore

September 10, 2012	Croatia	8 – 4	Russia	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 55
	Boxscore

September 10, 2012	Sweden	1 – 13 (F/7)	Spain	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 200
	Boxscore

September 10, 2012	Italy	7 – 0	Greece	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 80
	Boxscore

September 11, 2012	Spain	6 – 0	Croatia	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 36
	Boxscore

September 11, 2012	Greece	3 – 5	Sweden	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 270
	Boxscore

September 11, 2012	Russia	0 – 10 (F/7)	Italy	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 75
	Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[3]

Pool B

Standings

	Qualified for Pool C
	Did not qualify for Pool C

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Netherlands	4	1	.800	–	55	5
Germany	4	1	.800	–	29	20
Czech Republic	3	2	.600	1	26	16
France	2	3	.400	2	15	38
Belgium	1	4	.200	3	23	55
Great Britain	1	4	.200	3	17	31

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[2]

Schedule

September 7, 2012	Czech Republic	4 – 5 (F/10)	Germany	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 370
	Boxscore

September 7, 2012	France	3 – 1	Great Britain	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 80
	Boxscore

September 7, 2012	Belgium	0 – 17 (F/6)	Netherlands	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 2,000
	Boxscore

September 8, 2012	Germany	10 – 2	Belgium	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 535
	Boxscore

September 8, 2012	Netherlands	15 – 0 (F/5)	France	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 2,115
	Boxscore

September 8, 2012	Great Britain	6 – 1	Czech Republic	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 259
	Boxscore

September 9, 2012	Netherlands	2 – 3 (F/10)	Czech Republic	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 2,400
	Boxscore

September 9, 2012	France	9 – 8	Belgium	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 125
	Boxscore

September 9, 2012	Germany	6 – 1	Great Britain	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 350
	Boxscore

September 10, 2012	France	0 – 6	Czech Republic	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 175
	Boxscore

September 10, 2012	Belgium	10 – 7	Great Britain	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 270
	Boxscore

September 10, 2012	Netherlands	10 – 0 (F/7)	Germany	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 2200
	Boxscore

September 11, 2012	Germany	8 – 3	France	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 175
	Boxscore

September 11, 2012	Czech Republic	12 – 3	Belgium	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 125
	Boxscore

September 11, 2012	Great Britain	2 – 11	Netherlands	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 2,000
	Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[3]

Classification games

11th place game

September 12, 2012	Russia	2 – 6	Great Britain	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 115
	Boxscore

9th place game

September 12, 2012	Belgium	3 – 2	Croatia	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 175
	Boxscore

7th place game

September 12, 2012	France	5 – 9	Greece	Vleuten Sportpark, Utrecht Attendance: 65
	Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[3]

Round 2

Pool C

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Italy	5	0	1.000	–	22	7
Netherlands	3	2	.600	2	34	8
Spain	3	2	.600	2	30	18
Germany	2	3	.400	3	21	28
Czech Republic	2	3	.400	3	18	21
Sweden	0	5	.000	5	11	54

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[2]

Schedule

September 13, 2012	Spain	6 – 5	Czech Republic	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 580
	Boxscore

September 13, 2012	Italy	3 – 0	Germany	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 195
	Boxscore

September 13, 2012	Sweden	1 – 17 (F/6)	Netherlands	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 2,200
	Boxscore

September 14, 2012	Germany	10 – 3	Sweden	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 125
	Boxscore

September 14, 2012	Netherlands	2 – 0	Spain	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 1,415
	Boxscore

September 14, 2012	Czech Republic	0 – 3	Italy	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 100
	Boxscore

September 15, 2012	Czech Republic	6 – 5	Sweden	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 175
	Boxscore

September 15, 2012	Germany	6 – 8	Spain	Pim Mulier Baseball Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 175
	Boxscore

September 15, 2012	Italy	4 – 3	Netherlands	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 1,485
	Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[3]

Final

September 16, 2012	Italy	8 – 3	Netherlands	Neptunus Family Stadium, Rotterdam Attendance: 4,000
	Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[3]

Final standings

Rk	Team	W	L
	Italy	9	0
Lost in Gold medal game
	Netherlands	6	3
Failed to qualify for Gold medal game
	Spain	4	4
4	Germany	4	4
5	Czech Republic	4	4
6	Sweden	3	5
Failed to qualify for Round 2
7	Greece	3	3
8	France	2	4
Failed to qualify for the 7th place game
9	Belgium	2	4
10	Croatia	1	5
Failed to qualify for the 9th place game
11	Great Britain	2	4
12	Russia	0	6

2012 European Baseball Championship
Italy 10th title

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[2]

References

↑ "Tournaments & Events Overview 2012". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
1 2 3 4 "European Championships Seniors '12: Standings". baseballstats.eu. baseballstats.eu. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 "European Championships Seniors '12: Schedule". baseballstats.eu. baseballstats.eu. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[1] "Tournaments & Events Overview 2012". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-07-30.

[standing-2] 1 2 3 4 "European Championships Seniors '12: Standings". baseballstats.eu. baseballstats.eu. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[schedule-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "European Championships Seniors '12: Schedule". baseballstats.eu. baseballstats.eu. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

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