The 2007 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held from September 7 to 16, between national baseball teams of the Confederation of European Baseball. The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain and served as a qualifying competition for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Netherlands won the tournament for the fifth consecutive time and qualified for the Olympics in Beijing. Great Britain and Spain advanced to a final qualifying tournament in Taiwan. Prior to the tournament, Greece was removed by the European Baseball Confederation and replaced with Austria. Czech Republic was downgraded to last place at the end of the tournament and its wins in the preliminary round vacated due to the use of ineligible players. This was the first time that five teams, rather than two, were relegated to the B-Pool.

Qualification

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

Qualified for Pool C
Did not qualify for Pool C
TeamsWLPct.GB
Netherlands501.000-
Germany41.8001
Sweden32.6002
Czech Republic23.4003
Croatia14.2004
Austria05.0005

Source

Schedule

September 8, 2007Sweden1 – 9GermanyViladecans, Spain Attendance: 250
September 8, 2007Czech Republic4 – 1 (Forfeit)CroatiaSant Boi, Spain Attendance: 150
September 8, 2007Austria0 – 22 (F/5)NetherlandsViladecans, Spain Attendance: 300
September 9, 2007Croatia2 – 11SwedenMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 400
September 9, 2007Germany10 – 0 (F/7)AustriaSant Boi, Spain Attendance: 102
September 9, 2007Netherlands11 – 0 (F/7)Czech RepublicViladecans, Spain Attendance: 400
September 10, 2007Netherlands14 – 2 (F/7)SwedenMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 106
September 10, 2007Czech Republic6 – 2 (Forfeit)AustriaViladecans, Spain Attendance: 150
September 10, 2007Germany8 – 7CroatiaViladecans, Spain Attendance: 303
September 11, 2007Netherlands6 – 3GermanyMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 350
September 11, 2007Austria3 – 8CroatiaViladecans, Spain Attendance: 300
September 11, 2007Czech Republic1 – 2SwedenMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 200
September 12, 2007Germany6 – 1Czech RepublicMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 500
September 12, 2007Croatia0 – 13 (F/7)NetherlandsViladecans, Spain Attendance: 250
September 12, 2007Sweden4 – 1AustriaViladecans, Spain Attendance: 105

Source

Pool B

Standings

Qualified for Pool C
Did not qualify for Pool C
TeamsWLPct.GBTiebreaker
Great Britain410.800-1-0
Spain410.800-0-1
France320.60011-0
Italy320.60010-1
Ukraine140.2003–
Russia050.0004–

Source

Schedule

September 7, 2007Great Britain12 – 8SpainMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 2,500
September 8, 2007Ukraine0 – 13ItalyMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 100
September 8, 2007France4 – 2RussiaMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 400
September 9, 2007Spain5 – 4UkraineViladecans, Spain Attendance: 400
September 9, 2007Italy1 – 5FranceMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 750
September 9, 2007Russia7 – 10Great BritainSant Boi, Spain Attendance: 500
September 10, 2007France6 – 2UkraineSant Boi, Spain Attendance: 71
September 10, 2007Spain4 – 0RussiaViladecans, Spain Attendance: 600
September 10, 2007Italy6 – 0Great BritainMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 200
September 11, 2007France3 – 4Great BritainSant Boi, Spain Attendance: 303
September 11, 2007Ukraine4 – 3 (F/11)RussiaSant Boi, Spain Attendance: 56
September 11, 2007Italy4 – 6SpainViladecans, Spain Attendance: 1,200
September 12, 2007Russia2 – 7ItalyViladecans, Spain Attendance: 300
September 12, 2007Great Britain9 – 0UkraineSant Boi, Spain Attendance: 500
September 12, 2007Spain6 – 2FranceMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 850

Source:

Classification games

11th/12th place

September 13, 2007Russia7 – 2AustriaSant Boi, Spain Attendance: 100

9th/10th place

September 13, 2007Ukraine1 – 2CroatiaViladecans, Spain Attendance: 250

7th/8th place

September 13, 2007Czech Republic2 – 7ItalyMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 300

Source

Pool C

Standings

TeamsWLPct.GBTiebreaker
Netherlands501.000––
Great Britain32.60021-1 (7.50 RA/9)
Spain32.60021-1 (7.50 RA/9)
Germany32.60021-1 (9.00 RA/9)
France14.2004–
Sweden05.0005–

Source

Schedule

September 14, 2007Sweden7 – 10Great BritainViladecans, Spain Attendance: 100
September 14, 2007Netherlands18 – 0 (F/7)FranceMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 1,000
September 14, 2007Germany3 – 11SpainMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 1,000
September 15, 2007Sweden0 – 10 (F/7)FranceMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 200
September 15, 2007Great Britain5 – 7GermanyViladecans, Spain Attendance: 200
September 15, 2007Spain8 – 10 (F/11)NetherlandsViladecans, Spain Attendance: 2,000
September 16, 2007Germany7 – 1FranceViladecans, Spain Attendance: 100
September 16, 2007Netherlands6 – 1Great BritainMontjuïc, Spain Attendance: 500
September 16, 2007Sweden5 – 8SpainViladecans, Spain Attendance: 1,200

Source

Final standings

RkTeam
Rk Team 1 Netherlands 2 Great Britain 3 Spain 4 Germany 5 France 6 Sweden Failed to qualify for Pool C 7 Italy 8 Croatia 9 Ukraine 10 Russia 11 Austria Originally placed 8th 12 Czech Republic2007 European Baseball Championship Netherlands 20th title
1Netherlands
2Great Britain
3Spain
4Germany
5France
6Sweden
Failed to qualify for Pool C
7Italy
8Croatia
9Ukraine
10Russia
11Austria
Originally placed 8th
12Czech Republic
2007 European Baseball Championship
Netherlands 20th title

Source

Awards

The CEB announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.

All Star Team
PositionPlayer
Pitcher (RHP)Netherlands David Bergman
Pitcher (LHP)Germany Enorbel Márquez-Ramirez[de]
CatcherUnited Kingdom Mike Nickeas
First BaseUnited Kingdom Ian Young
Second BaseNetherlands Yurendell DeCaster
Third BaseNetherlands Raylinos Legito
ShortstopUnited Kingdom Brant Ust
OutfieldNetherlands Roger Bernadina
Spain Daniel Figueroa
Germany Sasha Lutz
Designated HitterNetherlands Sharnol Adriana

Attendance

  • Total Attendance: 19,546
  • Average Attendance: 465

See also