In its second game of the Olympic Qualifier, the Kingdom of the Netherlands will face Israel. The team with American-born players from the American affiliated and independent minor leagues and colleges was no match for the Dutch during the 2019 European Championship last week, as it lost 4-13. But this is a different tournament. Last…
On the first day of the Olympic Qualifier, the Kingdom of the Netherlands hosted the Czech Republic, South Africa “hosted” Italy and Israel took on Spain. Only the winner of this tournament will qualify directly for the 2020 Olympics. If the Kingdom of the Netherlands would not qualify in this tournament, it cannot clinch an…
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 twenty-sixth European Championship final between Italy and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the latter stayed at the right side of the score. One big inning was enough for the Dutch to clinch their twenty-third European Championship. In the first three innings not much happened as both pitchers, Luis Lugo for Italy and Donny…
In the battle for third place, a Spanish team with mainly players from South and Central America and an Israeli team with mainly players from the USA played a crazy and high scoring game in which Spain stayed at the right side of the score. Thirteen extra-base hits led to a 16-11 score. In the…
In the battle for ninth place, debuting Austria and Great Britain took on each other. Austria that surprised the European Baseball community by staying in the A Poule as they left Croatia and Sweden behind them, wasn’t able to pull off another stunt as they fell to Great Britain 11-9. In a high-scoring game, Great…
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 is the final day of the 2019 European Championship. The eternal rivals Italy and the Netherlands will face each other in the final. Italy will have the home-field advantage. Of the twenty-five times both countries faced each other in the final, the Dutch prevailed sixteen times, Italy nine. In total, Italy has won ten…
On the eighth day, the following games were scheduled. Play downs: Croatia @ Great Britain. Consolation round: Belgium @ Czech Republic, Germany @ France. Semi-finals: Spain @ the Netherlands and Italy @ Israel. Play downs: Great Britain 5 – 1 Croatia A two-run first inning and a one-run second inning set the tone for the…
