2021 U12 European Championship: Dutch Clinch Semi-Final Spot With Monster Victory

In the first game for the Dutch today, the U12 team showed no mercy for the poor Lithuanians. So far the team from the Baltic state served as the punch bag of the tournament. In this game it wasn't any different or perhaps even worse. The Netherlands 34 - 1 LithuaniaAfter the top of the …

2021 U12 European Championship: Belgium Wins First Game

Last but not least. Belgium played in the last game of the opening day of the tournament. The mini Red Hawks faced Lithuania that was no match for Germany earlier on the day as it lost 15-0 in four innings. Unlike the Germans, the Red Hawks had to go a lot deeper to clinch the …

Dutch Win Final Round Robin Game

The Kingdom of The Netherlands, that clinched a spot in the semi-finals with yesterday's win vs France, won its final game of the round robin vs Lithuania. Where all other opponents crushed Lithuania with double digits, the Dutch only scored six runs in today's match. Manager De Bruin used some players that did not see …

European Championship Qualifiers: Day 5

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Israel advances to European A Group

In the second game of the B group playoff series between Lithuania and Israel, the final score didn't leave any room for doubt as Israel needed only five innings to brush aside Lithuania 15-0. After three innings, Israel had a 10-0 lead already in the next inning they scored five more runs to end it …

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

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 …

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