On the fifth and final day of the European/African Olympic Qualifier, the following games were scheduled: Israel @ South Africa, Kingdom of the Netherlands @ Italy and Spain @ Czech Republic. Israel 11 – 1 South Africa The only way Israel could blow its ticket to Tokyo was by losing to South Africa. But Israel…
On the fourth day of the Olympic Qualifier, the following games were scheduled: South Africa @ Kingdom of the Netherlands, Italy @ Spain and Czech Republic @ Israel. South Africa 1 – 7 Kingdom o/t Netherlands To keep the chance of qualifying alive, the Kingdom of the Netherlands did what it had to do: beating…
On the third day of the Olympic Qualifier, the following games were scheduled: South Africa @ Czech Republic, Israel @ Italy and Spain @ Kingdom of the Netherlands. Besides these games, the remainder of the game between South Africa and Italy, that was rained out on Wednesday, was resumed. Italy 10 – 4 South Africa…
On day two of the Olympic Qualifier the following games were scheduled: South Africa @ Spain, the Czech Republic @ Italy and the Kingdom of the Netherlands @ Israel. South Africa 1 – 7 Spain After a strong part of a game vs Italy yesterday, South Africa appeared to continue to surprise the baseball community…
In the opening game of the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Parma, the Netherlands got their revenge for the defeat that was dealt by the Czech Republic in last week’s European Championship. In less than two hours the Dutch won by four runs to one. In the first inning, the Kingdom of the Netherlands took a…
Today the Czech Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands will face each other in the opening game of the WBSC’s Olympic Qualifier. The Dutch have a score to settle as the Czechs beat them last week in the European Championship. The countries that will face each other this week are: Hosting nation Italy, Czech…
In the battle for fifth place and thus a spot in the upcoming European/African Baseball Olympic Qualifier, Germany took on the Czech Republic. In a close game the Czech Republic eventually stayed at the right side of the score: Germany took a quick lead in the second inning. Erik Brenk scored all the way from…
Today, the Kingdom of the Netherlands will take on the Czech Republic. The Czechs fell to Israel and the Dutch are without a win or a loss as the game vs Great Britain was suspended due to falling darkness. Of course, the Czech Republic aims to hand the Dutch their second loss in their mutual…
The Czech Republic succeeded the Netherlands as new U23 European Champions. Last year the Czechs lost in a nail biter to the Dutch 10-9. Today, the Czechs were too strong for Germany as they won 4-1. After Martin Muzik was hit by a pitch in the second inning, he scored all the way from first…
Today, the final of the CEB cup was played. The opponents were the German runner up Heidenheim Heideköpfe and the Czech runner up Draci Brno. For eight innings, both teams were each other’s equal but in the eighth, the Heideköpfe struck hard and stepped off the field as the winner. Eight innings long, neither team…
