With two "championship" games to be played tomorrow, the decision fell in Bratislava and in Utena today. In Bratislava, Slovakia took on Ireland and in Utena, Lithuania faced Greece in the "championships" games. Other round robin games were played, but most did not really matter anymore. Only the game between Belarus and Switzerland was important …
European Championship Qualifier, Day 4
On the fourth day of the European Championship Qualifier, the following games were scheduled: Hungary @ Finland, Switzerland @ Slovenia, Romania @ Poland, Ukraine @ Bulgaria, Greece @ Lithuania, Serbia @ Estonia, Ireland @ Slovakia, and Russia @ Turkey. Hungary 5 - 3 FinlandA surprising result. Hungary took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and …
European Championship Qualifiers Day Three
On the third day of the European Championship Qualifiers the Belgrade group started as well. The following games were scheduled today: Ireland @ Hungary, Turkey @ Switzerland, Greece @ Romania, Estonia @ Ukraine, Lithuania @ Poland, Bulgaria @ Serbia, Slovakia @ Finland, and Russia @ Belarus. Ireland 16 - 3 HungaryUnlike yesterday, Ireland needed seven …
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European Championship Qualifiers, Day Two
On the second day of the European Championship Qualifiers, the following games were scheduled: Finland @ Ireland, Slovenia @ Belarus, Poland @ Greece, Romania @ Lituania, Hungary @ Slovakia, and Switzerland @ Russia. Finland 1 - 6 IrelandThe first game in Bratislava today was the matchup between Finland and Ireland. Except the fact that Ireland …
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Groups European Championship Qualifier announced
In a stream call, the WBSC Europe announced the four groups and their participants of the 2021 European Championship Qualifier. The qualifiers will be played at the same time. Five surprising countries were added to these qualifiers. The group that will play in Utena, Lithuania contains:- Georgia- Greece- Lithuania- Poland- RomaniaThe group in Bratislava, Slovakia …
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European Championship will expand to 16 teams
It was rumored for quite some time but today, the WBSC announced that the European Championship will expand from twelve to sixteen teams, starting with next year's edition that will be played in Italy. All teams that participated in the 2019 edition, will participate in the 2021 edition. This means that the two countries that …
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2019 national champions in Europe
In the past two years, you could read an overview of the national champions in Europe. The Dutch Baseball Hangout would like to continue with that, so here is the 2019 edition. Austria: The Dornbirn Indians took a 2-0 lead over the Vienna Metrostars, with convincing victories (6-1 and 9-2) in the first weekend of …
European championship B-pool: day 5
In Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, the preliminary round saw its last series of games. Unbeaten Israel and Russia have clinched a spot in the finals already. Even if Russia would lose and Greece would win, the Russians will qualify as they beat Greece in the mutual game. The following games were scheduled today: Ireland hosted Israel, Russia took …
European championship B-pool: day 4
On the fourth day of the tournament in Blagoevgrad, last year's winners of the C-pool, Greece and Ireland faced each other. Israel hosted Russia in a battle of the unbeaten teams and Serbia took on hosting nation Bulgaria. Ireland 0 - 3 Greece A close game and a somewhat unexpected winner. Last year during the …
2019 European Championship B-Pool: day three
In Blavgoevgrad, Bulgaria, the following games were scheduled today: Greece @ Serbia, Ireland @ Russia, Bulgaria @ Israel. Greece 9 - 5 Serbia Greece clinched its first victory of the tournament. After the Greek scored three runs in the first inning, two in the second and one in the sixth, it looked like they had …
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2019 European Championship B-pool
In Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, the following games were scheduled today: Serbia @ Israel, Greece @ Russia and Bulgaria @ Ireland. Serbia 1 - 11 Israel For five innings, Bulgaria could keep pace with Israel but in the sixth inning, Israel scored four runs and started to walk away. Back-to-back solo home runs, an RBI single and …
2019 European Championship B-pool
Today, the European Championship B-pool will start. The tournament is split into two groups. One part will be played in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, the other will be played in Trnava, Slovakia. The tournament in Slovakia will only start tomorrow. The winners of both groups will play a "playoff" series from July 26 - July 28 to …
U-18 European Championship 2018: Dutch blank Ukraine in seven innings
The Kingdom of the Netherlands shoved aside the still winless Ukraine 17-0. Starting pitcher Chris Stuart took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning but it was spoiled with two outs. Thanks to this win, the Dutch will advance to the semis as the winner of group A. Chris Stewart was dominating the Ukraine lineup …
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U-18 European Championship 2018: Ireland beats Germany in surprising win
In an 11-3 clubbing, Ireland beat Germany to pull a surprising win in the U-18 tournament. Normally, one should consider Germany as one of the top teams in championships like this but since the Germans are now 0-3, it is safe to say that is not the case this year. Ireland, where baseball is not …
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