European Baseball Championship

International baseball competition

European Baseball ChampionshipCurrent season, competition or edition:
2023 European Baseball Championship

Sport| Baseball
Founded| 1954
No. of teams| 16
Continent| Europe
Most recent
champion(s)|  Spain (2023) (2nd title)
Most titles|  Netherlands (24 titles)

The European Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Europe, governed by the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB).[1]

## History[edit]

Italy won the inaugural European Baseball Championship in 1954, and the competition has since been dominated by the Italian team and the Dutch team. As of 2010, it is held every other year, in even-numbered years until 2019 and then in odd-numbered years, with a total of 34 European Baseball Championships having been played.

## Qualification[edit]

The current European Baseball Championship classification system divides the national teams into three pools, those being A, B, and C. Teams in Pool A are automatically qualified for the next championship. The two best teams in Pool B will also qualify for the next championship. The two best teams in Pool C will promote to Pool B. The two weakest teams in Pool B will relegate to Pool C.

### Current pools[edit]

As of end of 2023 tournaments.

Pool A  | Pool B

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* Austria
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Israel
* Netherlands
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine

* Bulgaria
* Finland
* Ireland
* Lithuania
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia

## Results[edit]

Year  | Final Host  |  | Final  |  | Semifinalists

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1954
Details |
Belgium |
Italy |
Spain |
Belgium |
West Germany
1955
Details |
Spain |
Spain |
Belgium |
West Germany |
Italy
1956
Details |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Belgium |
Italy |
Spain
1957
Details |
West Germany |
Netherlands |
West Germany |
Italy |
Spain
1958
Details |
Netherlands |
Netherlands |
Italy |
West Germany |
Belgium
1960
Details |
Spain |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Spain |
Sweden
1962
Details |
Netherlands |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Spain |
Belgium
1964
Details |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Spain |
Sweden
1965
Details |
Spain |
Netherlands |
Italy |
West Germany |
Spain
1967
Details |
Belgium |
Belgium |
Great Britain |
West Germany |
Spain
1969
Details |
West Germany |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Spain |
West Germany
1971
Details |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Italy |
West Germany |
Belgium
1973
Details |
Netherlands |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Spain |
Belgium
1975
Details |
Spain |
Italy |
Netherlands |
West Germany |
Spain
1977
Details |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Belgium |
Spain
1979
Details |
Italy |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Belgium |
Sweden
1981
Details |
Netherlands |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Sweden |
Belgium
1983
Details |
Italy |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Belgium |
Spain
1985
Details |
Netherlands |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Belgium |
Sweden
1987
Details |
Spain |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Spain |
Belgium
1989
Details |
France |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Spain |
Sweden
1991
Details |
Italy |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Spain |
France
1993
Details |
Sweden |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Sweden |
France
1995
Details |
Netherlands |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Belgium |
Spain
1997
Details |
France |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Spain |
Russia
1999
Details |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Italy |
France |
Russia
2001
Details |
Bonn |
Netherlands |
Russia |
Italy |
France
2003
Details |
Netherlands |
Netherlands |
Greece |
Spain |
Sweden
2005
Details |
Prague |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Spain |
Germany
2007
Details |
Barcelona |
Netherlands |
Great Britain |
Spain |
Germany
2010
Details |
Stuttgart |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Germany |
Greece
2012
Details |
Rotterdam |
Italy |
Netherlands |
Spain |
Germany
2014
Details | /
Regensburg / Brno |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Spain |
Czech Republic
2016
Details |
Hoofddorp |
Netherlands |
Spain |
Italy |
Germany
2019
Details |
Bonn / Solingen |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Spain |
Israel
2021
Details |
Piedmont |
Netherlands |
Israel |
Italy |
Spain
2023
Details |
Prague / Brno / Třebíč / Ostrava / Blansko |
Spain |
Great Britain |
Netherlands |
Germany

## Medal table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Netherlands| 24| 9| 1| 34
2|  Italy| 10| 17| 5| 32
3|  Spain| 2| 2| 15| 19
4|  Belgium| 1| 2| 6| 9
5|  Great Britain| 0| 3| 0| 3
6|  Germany| 0| 1| 7| 8
7|  Greece| 0| 1| 0| 1
Israel| 0| 1| 0| 1
Russia| 0| 1| 0| 1
10|  Sweden| 0| 0| 2| 2
11|  France| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (11 entries)| 37| 37| 37| 111

## Participating nations[edit]

Nation  | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1960 | 1962 | 1964 | 1965 | 1967 | 1969 | 1971 | 1973 | 1975 | 1977 | 1979 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | Total

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Austria |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  |  | 10 | 11 | 15 | 4
Belgium |  |  |  | 5 | 4 |  | 4 |  |  |  | 5 | 4 | 4 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 |  | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 |  |  | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 31
Croatia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12
Czech Republic |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13
France |  | 5 |  |  | 6 |  | 6 | 5 |  |  | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 |  |  |  | 6 |  | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |  | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 27
Germany | 4 |  | 5 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 8 |  | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 |  | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 28
Great Britain |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 8 |  |  | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 |  | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |  | 17
Greece |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 |  | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 |  | 14 | 13 | 8
Hungary |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 | 1
Israel |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  | 6 | 3
Italy |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 | 36
Netherlands |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 34
Russia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 |  | 8 | 11 | 10 |  | 12 | 8 | 12 |  | 10 |  | 12
San Marino |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Slovakia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 |  | 1
Slovenia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 | 12 | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Soviet Union |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Spain |  |  | 4 | 4 | 5 |  |  |  | 4 | 4 |  | 6 |  | 4 | 4 |  |  | 4 | 5 |  |  |  | 5 | 4 |  | 5 | 6 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  | 35
Sweden |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |  | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 |  | 7 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32
Switzerland |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 1
Ukraine |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 | 11 |  | 11 |  | 10 | 9 | 12 |  |  |  |  | 13 | 14 | 8
Nations | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 |

## See also[edit]

* ESF Women's Championship
* European Cup (baseball)
* European Champion Cup Final Four
* Baseball awards § Europe

## References[edit]

1. ^ Who We Are | CEB

## External links[edit]

* official site

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European Baseball Championship

Men's Softball European Championship \- Women's Softball European Championship

Tournament|

* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1960
* 1962
* 1964
* 1965
* 1967
* 1969
* 1971
* 1973
* 1975
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997
* 1999
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Qualification|

* 2007
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

B-Pool|

* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019

C-Pool|

* 2014
* 2016
* 2018

Women|

* 2019
* 2022

Youth|

* WBSC Europe
* U-23
* U-21
* U-18
* U-15
* U-12

* v
* t
* e

International baseball

* WBSC
* World Rankings
* Teams

WBSC Events|

* World Baseball Classic
* Summer Olympics
* Premier 12
* U23 World Cup
* U18 World Cup
* U15 World Cup
* U12 World Cup
* Women's Baseball World Cup
* Global Baseball Games

Minor World Events|

* Grand Forks International
* Haarlem Baseball Week
* Summer Universiade
* World Baseball Challenge
* World Port Tournament
* World University

Defunct World Events|

* World Games
* Baseball World Cup
* Intercontinental Cup
* International Amateur Tournament
* Women's Baseball World Series

Africa|

* WBSC Africa – African Championship
* All-Africa Games

Americas|

* WBSC Americas – Pan American Games
* Bolivarian Games
* Caribbean Series
* Central American Games
* Central American and Caribbean Games
* South American Championship
* U-23
* U-18
* U-15
* U-12

Asia|

* WBSC Asia – Asian Championship
* U-18
* U-15
* U-12
* Asian Cup
* Women’s Asian Cup
* Asian Games
* Southeast Asian Games
* SAARC Baseball Championship
* Asia Series

Europe|

* WBSC Europe – European Championship
* U-23
* U-21
* U-18
* U-15
* U-12
* European Championship Women
* Super 6
* Champions Cup
* Confederation Cup
* Federation Cup

Oceania|

* WBSC Oceania – Oceania Championship
* U-18
* U-15
* U-12
* Pacific Games

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National baseball teams of Europe

Directly qualified teams|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Israel
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Spain
* Sweden

Teams in qualifications|

* Belarus
* Bulgaria
* Estonia
* Finland
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Lithuania
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Slovakia
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Inactive teams|

* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Georgia
* Latvia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Portugal
* San Marino

Provisional members|

* Armenia
* Czechoslovakia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Soviet Union
* Tunisia
* Yugoslavia

* Confederation of European Baseball

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European Championships

Olympic sports|

| Team sports|

* Association football
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club
* Baseball
* Men
* Men's club
* Basketball
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club
* 3x3
* Beach volleyball
* Curling
* Field hockey
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club
* Handball
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club
* Ice hockey
* Men
* Women
* Women's club
* Rugby sevens
* Men
* Women
* Softball
* Women
* Volleyball
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club
* Water polo
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club

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Individual sports|

* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh & skeleton
* Boxing
* Canoeing
* Sprint
* Slalom
* Competition climbing
* Cycling
* BMX
* Mountain bike
* Road
* Track
* Diving
* Equestrian
* Dressage
* Eventing
* Show jumping
* Fencing
* Figure skating
* Golf
* Men
* Women
* Team
* Gymnastics
* Men's artistic
* Women's artistic
* Men's and women's artistic
* Rhythmic
* Trampoline
* Judo
* Karate
* Luge
* Modern pentathlon
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Skateboarding
* Speed skating
* Short track
* Surfing
* Swimming
* Open water swimming
* Synchronised swimming
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Triathlon (standard \- sprint)
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Non-Olympic sports|

| Team sports|

* American football
* Australian rules football
* Beach handball
* Men
* Women
* Baseball
* Women
* Baseball5
* Beach soccer
* League
* WC qual.
* Canoe polo
* Cricket
* Men
* Women
* Fistball
* Floorball
* Futsal
* UEFA men's national teams
* UEFA men's club
* UEFA women's national teams
* UEFS men
* UEFS women
* women's club
* Indoor hockey
* men
* women
* men's club
* women's club
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* Minifootball
* Pitch and putt
* Quidditch
* Roller hockey
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club
* Rogaining
* Rugby league
* Rugby union
* Men's six nations
* Women's six nations
* Men's club
* Socca
* Softball
* Men
* Co-Ed (SP)
* Tchoukball

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Individual sports|

* Athletics
* Cross-country
* Indoor
* Mountain running
* Skyrunning
* Team
* Ballooning
* Billiards
* Pool
* Three-cushion
* Brazilian jiu-jitsu
* Canoeing
* Marathon
* Wildwater
* Ocean racing
* Chess
* Individual
* Team
* Cyclo-cross
* Dance sports
* Formation Latin
* Darts
* Go
* Gliding
* Gymnastics
* Acrobatic
* Aerobic
* Team gymnastics
* TeamGym
* Kendo
* Kickboxing
* Luge (natural track)
* Orienteering
* Powerlifting
* men
* women
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Artistic skating
* Freestyle skating
* Inline skating
* Sambo
* Short course swimming
* Ski mountaineering
* Snooker (amateurs)
* Squash
* Individual
* Team
* Sumo
* Water skiing
* Wushu

Paralympic sports|

| Parasports|

* Athletics
* Badminton
* CP Football
* Judo
* Para archery
* Para table tennis
* Sledge hockey
* Swimming
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair rugby
* Sitting volleyball

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Motor sports|

| Cars|

* Formula 3
* Hillclimbing
* Karting
* KF1
* Radio-controlled racing
* Rallycross
* Rallying
* Sportscar
* ELMS
* GT3
* GT4
* Touring car
* Truck racing

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Motorcycles|

* Speedway
* Individual
* Pairs
* Club
* Ice
* Team
* Motocross
* Supermoto

Powered aviation|

* Aerobatics
* Air racing

Multi-sports events|

* European Championships
* 2018
* 2022
* European Games
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023
* European Para Championships
* 2023
* Games of the Small States of Europe
* Mediterranean Games (with Asia and Africa)

* Olympic sports without European Championships: Alpine skiing
* Cross-country skiing
* Freestyle skiing
* Nordic combined
* Ski jumping
* Snowboarding

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