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…
On the second day of the Olympic Qualifier, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was the visiting team vs Israel. Since the 2017 World Baseball Classic, this was the fourth time both teams faced each other. In the first round of the 2017 WBC, Israel beat the Kingdom of the Netherlands but in the next round,…
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 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…
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…
On the seventh day of the 2019 European Championship, the following games were scheduled. In the play downs: Sweden @ Great Britain and Croatia @ Austria In the quarter-finals: France @ Israel, Belgium @ Kingdom of the Netherlands, Czech Republic @ Spain and Germany @ Italy Play downs: Sweden 2 – 12 Great Britain Despite…
On the last day of the rounds-robin, the following games were scheduled: Belgium @ Italy, Spain @ Austria, Great Britain @ Sweden, the Netherlands @ Israel, Croatia @ France, Czech Republic @ Germany and the last part of the suspended game between the Netherlands and Great Britain. Belgium 4 – 11 Italy Belgium wasn’t a…
