Israel at the European Baseball Championship

This is a record of Israel's results at the European Baseball Championship. Israel came in fourth in the 2019 European Baseball Championship.

Honors

During the 2016 C-Level qualifier, Dean Kremer was named the Euros’ Most Valuable Pitcher and Simon Rosenbaum was named MVP.[1] During the 2016 B-Level qualifier, Kremer once again won the Most Valuable Pitcher award.[2]

Israel led teams at the 2016 competition in almost every statistic possible during the C-Level qualifiers. They led in hitting with a .309 average, .450 on base percentage, .509 slugging percentage. They also were the leaders in runs with 53, home runs with 9 and hit by pitch with 20. In addition to hitting they led in ERA with 1.05, strikeouts with an average of 11.5 per nine innings, opponents batting average with .140 and fielding percentage of .973. Israel was tied for stolen bases with 23, which Romania led with 26. The only other statistics Israel did not lead in were walks and doubles.[1]

Record
European Baseball Championship record Qualification record
Year Host(s) Round Position W L RS RA Host W L RS RA
2010 Did not qualify Croatia 2 2 22 27
2012 Did not qualify Israel 3 2 39 16
2014 Did not enter Did not enter
2016 Did not qualify Slovenia, Austria 8 2 97 29
2019 TBD Serbia TBD

Record by team
Team
 Main tournament Qualifier
GP
 W
 L
 RF
 RA
 GP
 W
 L
 RF
 RA
 Bulgaria 0 3 2 1 0 0
 Croatia 0 1 0 1 0 0
 Serbia 0 3 3 0 0 0
 Lithuania 0 5 4 1 0 0
 Georgia 0 1 1 0 7 4
 Great Britain 1 1 0 7 4 2 1 2 0 0
 Romania 0 2 2 0 0 0
 Finland 0 1 1 0 0 0
 Slovenia 0 2 2 0 0 0
 Latvia 0 1 1 0 0 0
 Belarus 0 1 1 0 0 0
 Poland 0 1 1 0 0 0
 Austria 0 3 1 2 0 0
 Sweden 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0
  Switzerland 0 1 1 0 0 0
 Greece 0 2 1 1 0 0
 Russia 0 2 2 0 0 0
 Ireland 0 1 1 0 0 0
 Germany 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
 Czech Republic 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
 Netherlands 1 0 1 4 13 0 0 0 0 0
 France 1 1 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0
 Italy 1 0 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 0
 Spain 1 0 1 11 16 0 0 0 0 0
Total 8 5 3 32 39 34 25 9 0 0

2010 European Baseball Championship - Qualifier Pool 3

Israel competed in the qualification for the 2010 European Baseball Championship, in July 2008.[3] Israel went 2-2 and finished in 3rd place, based on the tiebreaker stat of runs against per 9 innings. Israel lost their first two games, against Bulgaria and Croatia, before coming back to win their final two games, against Serbia and Lithuania.

Standings
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1 Croatia440–
2 Lithuania4224.86 RA/9
3 Israel4226.75 RA/9
4 Bulgaria4229.00 RA/9
5 Serbia404–
Qualified for the final
Did not qualify for the final
2010 Games
July 7, 2008 Bulgaria  11 – 8  Israel Karlovac, Croatia
Attendance: 45
Boxscore
July 8, 2008 Israel  1 – 6  Croatia Karlovac, Croatia
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
July 9, 2008 Serbia  9 – 11  Israel Karlovac, Croatia
Attendance: 110
Boxscore
July 11, 2008 Israel  2 – 1 (F/10)  Lithuania Karlovac, Croatia
Attendance: 30
Boxscore

2012 European Baseball Championship - Pool Tel Aviv

Israel competed in the qualification for the 2012 European Baseball Championship.[4] In addition to competing, Israel hosted one of the qualification pools from July 26–29, 2011.[5][6] Israel was eliminated from the tournament after going 2-1, finishing in second place behind Great Britain who went 3-0. Israel won their first game against Georgia, lost their second game against Great Britain, before coming back to beat Lithuania in their final game. Israel went on to compete in the home/away finals against Great Britain, where they won the first game but lost the second, with Great Britain advancing to the main tournament.

Going into the round, Great Britain was expected to come win, being ranked 21st, followed by Lithuania at 48 and Israel at 57.[7]

2012 standings
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Great Britain301.000—3016
 Israel21.66713011
 Lithuania12.33321928
 Georgia03.0003933
2012 games
July 26, 2011 Israel  11 – 1 (F/7)  Georgia Tel Aviv, Israel
Attendance: 857
Boxscore
July 27, 2011 Great Britain  8 – 6  Israel Tel Aviv, Israel
Attendance: 650
Boxscore
July 28, 2011 Lithuania  2 – 13 (F/8)  Israel Tel Aviv, Israel
Attendance: 800
Boxscore
2012 finals
July 29, 2011 Great Britain  0 – 7  Israel Tel Aviv, Israel
Attendance: 472
Boxscore
July 29, 2011 Israel  2 – 5  Great Britain Tel Aviv, Israel
Attendance: 320
Boxscore

2016 European Baseball Championship

Israel competed in the qualification for the 2016 European Baseball Championship.

During the C-Level qualifier, Dean Kremer was named the Euros’ Most Valuable Pitcher. During the two games he pitched, he pitched 13 innings, giving up only 6 hits, no runs, one walk, and struck out 20.[1]

Simon Rosenbaum was named MVP after hitting .529, along with four homeruns, giving him a 1.294 slugging percentage, in addition to scoring ten runs, collecting 10 RBIs and had three stolen bases.[1]

Israel led teams at competition in almost every statistic possible during the C-Level qualifiers. They led in hitting with a .309 average, .450 on base percentage, .509 slugging percentage. They also were the leaders in runs with 53, home runs with 9 and hit by pitch with 20. In addition to hitting they led in ERA with 1.05, strikeouts with an average of 11.5 per nine innings, opponents batting average with .140 and fielding percentage of .973. Israel was tied for stolen bases with 23, which Romania led with 26. The only other statistics Israel did not lead in were walks and doubles.[1]

2016 C-Level qualification

At the 2016 European Baseball Championship Israel entered the qualification at the C-Level. After finishing in first place during the Group B round, Israel moved on to the C-Level finals.[8] Israel was placed in Group B for the C-Level qualifier, where they won all three games they played, against Slovenia, Finland and Latvia, outscoring their competitors 31-4. Advancing to the C-Level semifinals, Israel faced Romania who they beat 8-3. In the finals, Israel beat Slovenia 14-0. During the C-Level finals stage, the top two teams move on to the B-Level qualification. As the first-place finisher, Israel moved on to B-Level qualification.

Group B standings
Teams W L Pct. GB
 Israel301.0000
 Slovenia21.6671
 Finland12.3332
 Latvia03.0003
Qualified for Final Stage
Did not qualify fot Final Stage
Group B games
July 29, 2014 Finland  1 – 13 Israel 
Attendance: 60
Boxscore
July 30, 2014 Israel  9 – 0 Slovenia 
Attendance: 125
Boxscore
July 31, 2014 Israel  9 – 3 Latvia 
Attendance: 32
Boxscore
Final stage standings
#Teams
1 Israel
2 Slovenia
3 Romania
4 Ireland
5 Hungary
6 Finland
7 Latvia
8 Norway
Qualified for B-level Tournament.
C-Level semifinals
August 1, 2014 Israel  8 – 3  Romania Ljubljana, Slovenia
Attendance: 78
Boxscore
C-Level final
August 2, 2014 Israel  14 – 0  Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia
Attendance: 257
Boxscore

2016 B-level qualifier

After qualifying for the B-Level qualifier after finishing in first place during the C-Level qualifier, Israel competed in the Group A.[9] The top team from each of the two groups would move on to the tournament. With Israel placing third in their group, they were eliminated.[10] Israel started the round with victories over Belarus, Poland and Austria, before losing to Lithuania and Sweden. Despite outscoring their opponents 44-26, Israel was eliminated from the tournament, as Sweden and Austria went 4-1, leaving Israel one game back from advancing.

Group A standings
Teams W L Pct. GB
 Sweden41.8000
 Austria41.8000
 Israel32.6001
 Lithuania23.5002
 Belarus14.2003
 Poland14.2003

Source: [11]

Group A games
July 27, 2015 Israel  13 – 1  Belarus Vienna
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
July 28, 2015 Poland  6 – 8 Israel  Vienna
Attendance: 130
Boxscore
July 29, 2015 Israel  10 – 1 Austria  Vienna
Attendance: 780
Boxscore
July 30, 2015 Israel  5 – 7 Lithuania  Vienna
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
July 31, 2015 Sweden  9 – 8 Israel  Vienna
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
2016 roster
## Name Position B/T CI DOB
6Dean KremerP/OFR/RSR07/01/1996
8Oren GalIFR/RSR19/07/1987
10Jonathan IsaacOFR/RSR10/07/1989
12Josh WeissOFR/RSR26/12/1981
13Tal ErelP/CR/RSR16/06/1996
15David WeissOFR/RSR12/09/1994
19Aric WeinbergOFL/RSR18/12/1985
20Yuli TzippinP/OFR/RSR02/08/1993
21Ophir KatzC/OFR/RSR03/04/1987
22Amit KurzC/IFR/RSR20/08/1988
23Orr GottliebP/OFR/RSR27/09/1981
25Yotam Ben-AmramP/OFR/RSR25/07/1997
28Alon LeichmanPR/RSR29/05/1989
32Dan RothemP/IFR/RSR03/12/1976
33Eitan MaozCL/RSR21/12/1989
35/7Nate FishIFR/RSR02/01/1980
36Shlomo LipetzPR/RSR11/02/1979
39Simon RosembaumP/IFR/RSR28/12/1993
37Richard KaniaManager
Peter KurzGeneral Manager
40Jake RabinowitzCoach
4Zuzana SrejberovaCoach

Source:[12]

2019 European Baseball Championship

Based on Team Israel's performance in the 2016 competition, Israel did not need to compete in the C-Level qualifier and competed instead in the B-Level qualifier in 2017. Israel played in Pool 1, in Belgrade, Serbia, from 24-29 July 2018. During the tournament, Israel played Switzerland, Bulgaria, Austria, Greece, and Serbia. They went 3-2, which was enough to qualify them for the group championship game against Austria, which they lost 12-2.

They were then sent to another group stage with teams from the C stage and other teams that did not yet qualify. They were assigned to Pool B, which featured 12 teams competing in two groups of 6. The two group winners faced off in a playoff for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Championship. In their pool, Team Israel competed against Russia, Ireland, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece.[13]

The team played in the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all of five of its games and advancing to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 which it won and thus qualified for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.[14]

In preparation for Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 10 American baseball players made Aliyah in 2018 in order to qualify under the citizenship requirement for the 2019 European Baseball Championships and the Olympics. The players were Corey Baker, Gabe Cramer, Blake Gailen, Joey Wagman, Alex Katz, Eric Brodkowitz, Jonathan de Marte, Jon Moscot, Jeremy Wolf (who lives in Tel Aviv), and Zack Weiss.[15][16][17] They were followed in 2019 by Danny Valencia, Ty Kelly, Nick Rickles, Ben Wanger, and Jeremy Bleich.[17][18]

In Round 1 of the 2019 European Baseball Championship, Israel went 4-1 (defeating the Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, and Great Britain while losing to the Netherlands). The team thereby advanced to the Championship's eight-team playoffs, with Mitch Glasser leading all Championship batters in runs with 7, and Blake Gailen tied with Germany's Marco Cardoso for the lead in hits, with 8.[19] In the Championship playoffs, Israel defeated Team France in the quarterfinals, lost to Team Italy in the semi-finals, and came in fourth.[20]

Qualified for Final
Did not qualify for Final
# Teams W L
1 Israel50
2 Russia41
3 Greece32
4 Serbia23
5 Ireland14
6 Bulgaria05
July 1, 2019
10:00		 Greece  7–14  Israel Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 75
Boxscore
July 1, 2019
13:30		 Serbia  17–5 (7)  Ireland Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 60
Boxscore
July 1, 2019
17:30		 Bulgaria  0–21 (5)  Russia Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 52
Boxscore
July 2, 2019
10:00		 Israel  11–1 (8)  Serbia Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 85
Boxscore
July 2, 2019
13:30		 Russia  14–1  Greece Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 60
Boxscore
July 2, 2019
17:30		 Ireland  5–0  Bulgaria Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 72
Boxscore
July 3, 2019
10:00		 Serbia  5–9  Greece Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 68
Boxscore
July 3, 2019
13:30		 Russia  13–3 (7)  Ireland Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 47
Boxscore
July 3, 2019
17:30		 Israel  8–0  Bulgaria Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
July 4, 2019
10:00		 Greece  3-0  Ireland Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 60
Boxscore
July 4, 2019
13:30		 Israel  13-12 (10)  Russia Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 60
Boxscore
July 4, 2019
17:30		 Serbia  7-2  Bulgaria Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 83
Boxscore
July 5, 2019
10:00		 Ireland  3-10 (7)  Israel Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 42
Boxscore
July 5, 2019
13:30		 Russia  12-3  Serbia Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 45
Boxscore
July 5, 2019
17:30		 Bulgaria  6-9  Greece Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 86
Boxscore

B Pool Final
July 6, 2019
10:00		 Israel  5-3 Russia  Blagoevgrad
Attendance: 126
Boxscore

2019 Playoff Series

Israel won the best-of-three playoff series, and thus qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. The playoff host was Lithuania.

July 26, 2019 Lithuania  2-12  Israel Utena
Attendance: 354
July 27, 2019 Israel  15-0  Lithuania Utena
July 28, 2019 Lithuania   Israel Utena

Pool A
Qualified for Quarterfinals
Qualified for Relegation Round
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Netherlands41.800–4615
 Israel41.800–2523
 Czech Republic32.6001.03225
 Germany23.4002.01923
 Great Britain23.4002.02328
 Sweden05.0004.01445

Play-Offs

Quarter Finals:

September 13, 2019 11:00 Israel  8 – 2  France Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 200
Boxscore

See also

References
  1. Israel Dominates C-Level European Championship
  2. "Sweden wins B Level European Championship in Vienna," Confederation of European Baseball, August 1, 2015
  3. Karlovac Schedule
  4. Baseball Profile Serving Wine With a Curveball
  5. Tel Aviv Schedule Archived 2011-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Britain's Best
  7. "GB to compete for European A Pool in Tel Aviv, Israel - News - British National Teams - Mister Baseball". mister-baseball.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  8. Qualifier European Championship C-Pool in Ljubljana: Final Day, August 2, 2014
  9. Qualifier European Championship Seniors C-Level to be played in Ljubljana, Slovenia this week
  10. Sweden wins B-Level European Championship in Vienna
  11. Standing Pool A
  12. ISRAEL Team Roster
  13. Belgrade 2017
  14. "Meet the Senior National Team Coach: Eric Holtz," IAB - Israel Association of Baseball.
  15. "10 U.S.-Jewish Baseball Players to Get Dual Israeli Citizenship in Bid to Make 2020 Olympics". 11 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via Haaretz.
  16. "Ten Jewish-American baseball players to immigrate to Israel for Olympics". Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  17. Israel's baseball team has a secret weapon – and it may get it into the Olympics - Israel News - Haaretz.com
  18. Israel Baseball on Twitter: "Mazaltov to new Olim Nick Rickles, Ty Kelly and Ben Wanger who will join #teamisrael at the European Championships in Germany next week #israelbas...
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