Where the Dutch had to go deep to beat Great Britain in the round Robin, today the British were no match by far. A team with plenty of players from the American continent couldn’t keep up with a patient Dutch lineup. The result was a lopsided 23 – 5 victory for the Kingdom of the…
In the battle of unbeaten teams in Group A, the Dutch U23 team barely stayed at the right side of the score as they clinched a walk off victory against Great-Britain. In another true pitching duel, British pitcher Matteo Sollecito no-hit the Dutch in the first six innings. His opponent, Naut Kragt, limited the British…
Today, the WBSC Europe held the drawings for the four groups of the 2023 European Baseball Championship. Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Israel are the top teams of their groups. The four groups were put together in a drawing that took about twenty-five minutes, as a lot of talk surrounded the event. Group A contains…
According to an article on the website of the WBSC Europe, the second edition of the Super6 tournament will be played in Barcelona next year. The tournament will take place from September 5 through September 10. The softball version of the tournament is mentioned in the 2022 schedule on the website of the WBSC Europe…
On the last day but one, six placement matches were played. France @ Slovakia, Greece @ Ukraine, Sweden @ Austria, Belgium @ Croatia, Russia @ Germany, and Great Britain @ Czech Republic. France 6 – 5 SlovakiaIn a matchup between two countries that were demoted to the B-group already, France stayed at the right side…
Today, the first of the placement matches for the fifth to eighth places took place. Belgium took on Great Britain and the Czech Republic faced Croatia. Great Britain 12 – 11 BelgiumBelgium fought hard but just fell short against a team with 46% of foreign born players. Thanks to the many errors, this game didn’t deserve…
Today the following quarter finals were scheduled: Croatia @ Italy, Belgium @ Spain, Czech Republic @ Israel, and Great Britain @ Kingdom of the Netherlands. All games were quarter final worthy as all of them had close scores. Croatia 5 – 8 ItalyA four-run eighth inning saved Italy from losing to Croatia today. Croatia fought…
In the last quarter final of the day, the Kingdom of the Netherlands clinched a hard-fought victory over Great Britain. The Brits made the Dutch go deep and never let them walk away too far. Great Britain 5 – 7 Kingdom of the NetherlandsIn the top of the first inning, Great Britain took a 1-0…
On the third day of the 2021 European Baseball Championship, the following games were scheduled: Great Britain @ Israel, Russia @ France, Ukraine @ Germany, Sweden @ the Netherlands, Slovakia @ Czech Republic, Greece @ Belgium, Austria @ Italy, and Croatia @ Spain. Several countries clinched their first victory of the tournament. Great Britain 4 …
On the second day of the 2021 European Championship of Baseball, the following games were scheduled: Sweden @ Slovakia, Austria @ Greece, Croatia @ Ukraine, Spain @ Germany, Great Britain @ Russia, Israel @ France, Italy @ Belgium, Netherlands @ Czech Republic. Sweden 11 – 0 SlovakiaIn the matchup between two countries that lost their…
