European baseball championship
As Baseball European championships is called since 1954 discharged Tournaments between European Baseball - teams that the European Baseball umbrella organization CEB are aligned.
The final round took place from September 9 to 18, 2016 in Hoofddorp , the Netherlands . The defending champion Netherlands was the European champion, followed by Spain and Italy in third place.
It basically takes place every two years, for 2010 - instead of 2009 and for 2019 - instead of 2018, it was decided to break the rhythm. 2018 so that the tournament could serve as the European qualifier for the 2020 Olympics . The 2009 tournament was originally awarded to Russia.
Successful teams
The most successful participants in the European baseball championships are the Netherlands , which were able to win the title 22 times in 31 participations, including the five editions from 1999 to 2007. In addition, they were a total of nine times European runner-up, so that the Netherlands at least the final in each of their participation could achieve. The second most successful team is Italy, all of which lost the Netherlands nine times in the final. Italy has won a total of ten European baseball championships, the other two winners were Belgium in 1967 and Spain in 1955.
Switzerland has never been able to qualify for a final round during the tournament, Austria only once in 1997, when they could not win a game. The German national team already took part in the first European championship and celebrated its greatest success with a runner-up European championship in 1957 in addition to a total of seven bronze ranks.
The tournaments at a glance
Medal table
| rank | nation | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Netherlands
|
23 | 9 | 0 |
| 2. |
 Italy
|
10 | 17th | 4th |
| 3. |
 Spain
|
1 | 2 | 15th |
| 4th |
 Belgium
|
1 | 2 | 6th |
| 5. |
 Great Britain
|
0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6th |
 Germany
|
0 | 1 | 7th |
| 7th |
 Greece
|
0 | 1 | 0 |
 Russia
|
0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9. |
 Sweden
|
0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10. |
 France
|
0 | 0 | 1 |
Web links
- honkbalsite.com - Archives of the Dutch Baseball Association