2019 European Baseball Championship – Qualification

The qualification for the 2019 European Baseball Championship started on July 25, 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Miejska Górka, Poland. The tournament was originally planned for 2018, but was moved back a year to 2019 to serve as a qualification for the 2020 Olympiad.

2016 Pool C

Qualification for
2019 European Baseball Championship C-Pool
Tournament details
Host countries  Poland
 Slovenia
Dates 25–30 July 2016
Teams 10 (from 1 continent)

Miejska Górka Group

Qualified for Final
Did not qualify for Final
Teams W L
 Poland40
 Romania22
 Estonia22
 Hungary13
 Georgia13


Final

July 30, 2016 Poland  7–1  Romania Miejska Górka, Poland
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
Qualified for B-level Tournament.

Final standings

#Teams
1 Poland
2 Romania
3 Estonia
4 Hungary
5 Georgia


Ljubljana Group

Qualified for Final
Did not qualify for Final
Teams W L
 Slovenia31
 Serbia22
 Ireland22
 Norway22
 Finland13

Final

July 30, 2016 Slovenia  2–6  Serbia Ljubljana, Slovenia
Attendance: 302
Boxscore
Qualified for B-level Tournament.

Final standings

#Teams
1 Serbia
2 Slovenia
3 Ireland
4 Norway
5 Finland

2017 Pool B

Top team from each group will qualify for the playoff, winner of which will quaify for the 2019 European Baseball Championship, bottom team from each group will be relegated to C-Pool.

Pool 1 – Belgrade

Qualified for Final
Did not qualify fot Final
Teams W L
 Austria41
 Israel32
  Switzerland32
 Serbia23
 Bulgaria23
 Greece14

Final

July 29, 2017 Austria  12 – 2 (7)  Israel
Promoted to A-Pool
Relegated to C-Pool

Final standings

#Teams
1 Austria
2 Israel
3  Switzerland
4 Serbia
5 Bulgaria
6 Greece

Pool 2 – Miejska Górka

Qualified for Final
Did not qualify fot Final
Teams W L
 Russia41
 Lithuania32
 Slovakia23
 Belarus23
 Poland23
 Ukraine23

Final

July 29, 2017 Russia  3–8  Lithuania
Promoted to A-Pool
Relegated to C-Pool

Final standings

#Teams
1 Lithuania
2 Russia
3 Slovakia
4 Belarus
5 Poland
6 Ukraine

2018 Playoff Series

Winner of the best-of-three playoff series will qualify for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. Playoffs were hosted by Wiener Neustadt.

June 29, 2018 Austria  10-0 (7)  Lithuania
June 30, 2018 Lithuania  3-25 (5)  Austria
July 1, 2018 Austria  not necessary  Lithuania

 Austria qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.

2018 Pool C

Qualification for
2019 European Baseball Championship C-Pool
Tournament details
Host countries  Ireland
 Ukraine
Dates 23–28 July 2018
Teams 10 (from 1 continent)

Two groups of 5 nations will compete, with the winner of each group advancing to the B-Pool.[1] The better of the two second-place teams (based on record, with first tie-breaker based on runs per inning differential) will also advance to the B Pool as a wild card.[2]

Ashbourne Group

Qualified for Final
Did not qualify for Final
Teams W L TQB
 Ireland401.5575
 Greece310.4738
 Finland22-0.1366
 Slovenia13-1.0549
 Norway04-1.6517

Final

The final was a rematch of Ireland vs. Greece; Ireland won the group round game 10-0 in eight innings and the final 12-2. Ireland advanced to Pool B as the winner. Greece, as the runner-up, also advanced as the wild card after Ukraine beat Romania in the Kropyvnytskyi group. Greece's 3-1 record in group play was better than Romania's 2-2 record.

July 28, 2018  Ireland 12-2 (7)  Greece Ashbourne, Ireland
Boxscore
Qualified for B-level Tournament.

Final standings

#Teams
1 Ireland
2 Greece
3 Finland
4 Slovenia
5 Norway

Kropyvnytskyi Group

Qualified for Final
Did not qualify for Final
Teams W L TQB
 Ukraine401.7418
 Romania220.0000
 Georgia22-0.1613
 Estonia22-0.7097
 Hungary04-0.5572

The three-way tie between Romania, Georgia, and Estonia at 2-2 was won by Romania with a Team Quality Balance within games played between those three teams of 0.5125 against Georgia's -.0625 and Estonia's -0.4183.

Final

The final was a rematch between Ukraine and Romania; Ukraine won the group round game 13-0 in seven innings and the final 3-2 (again in seven innings, due to weather). Ukraine, as the winner, advanced to Pool B. The better runner-up between the two groups also advanced, but Romania's 2-2 record in group play was worse than that of 3-1 Greece (the Ashbourne group runner-up).

July 28, 2018  Ukraine 3-2  Romania Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Boxscore
Qualified for B-level Tournament.

Final standings

#Teams
1 Ukraine
2 Romania
3 Georgia
4 Estonia
5 Hungary

2019 Pool B

Pool B will feature 12 teams competing in two groups of 6. The two group winners will face off in the playoff for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Championship.

Nine teams remain from the 2017 Pool B competition:

Three additional teams advanced from 2018 Pool C.

2019 Playoff Series

This series will pit the two 2019 Pool B winners against each other for the final qualifying spot.

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Europe Schedule".
  2. ↑ "Competition Rules" (PDF). CEB. p. 42.
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