2001 European Baseball Championship

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2001 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details
host GermanyGermany Germany
Period July 28th – 5th August
Attendees 12
Defending champion   NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Bottom line
gold
winner
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands (17th title)
silver
Second
RussiaRussia Russia
bronze
Third
ItalyItaly Italy
Fourth FranceFrance France
statistics
Games   48
MVP Rinat Machmutov , RussiaRussiaRussia 

The 2001 European Baseball Championship was the 27th European Baseball Championship . The final round took place from July 28 to August 5, 2001 in Bonn , Cologne and Solingen . European champions became the defending champions Netherlands , who were able to beat Russia 4-0 in the final . Host Germany came in seventh. Sweden and the Ukraine are relegated to group B in eleventh and twelfth respectively.

The EM was also the qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Baseball Championship in Cuba, for which the four semi-finalists qualified.

Venues

After 1957 in Mannheim and 1969 in Wiesbaden , Germany hosted the EM baseball for the third time. In addition to the Rheinaue baseball stadium, which was converted for DM 1.05 million in the Rheinaue leisure park in Bonn , where the opening game and final took place, the Cologne riding and baseball stadium and the Weyersberg baseball park in Solingen were the venues for the tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

Final score:

team Games Won Lost Points Runs Runs opponent
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5 4th 1 8th 47 8th
2 RussiaRussia Russia * 5 3 2 6th 33 25th
3 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic * 5 3 2 6th 41 43
4th SpainSpain Spain ** 5 2 3 4th 41 43
5 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain ** 5 2 3 4th 24 58
6th UkraineUkraine Ukraine 5 1 4th 2 29 50

bold : quarter-finals reached
italic : relegation round
*, **: placement after direct comparison.

Crosstab NED RUS CZE ESP GBR UKR
01. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3: 4 5: 1 6: 3 27: 0 6-0
02. RussiaRussia Russia 4: 3 8: 6 3: 8 5: 6 13: 2
03. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 1: 5 6: 8 9: 7 6: 2 19: 9
04th SpainSpain Spain 3: 6 8: 3 7: 9 16:11 7:14
05. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 0:27 6: 5 2: 6 11:16 5: 4
06th UkraineUkraine Ukraine 0: 6 2:13 9:19 14: 7 4: 5

Group B

Final score:

team Games Won Lost Points Runs Runs opponent
1 ItalyItaly Italy 5 5 0 10 50 10
2 FranceFrance France 5 4th 1 8th 49 17th
3 GermanyGermany Germany * 5 2 3 4th 30th 41
4th CroatiaCroatia Croatia * 5 2 3 4th 20th 40
5 BelgiumBelgium Belgium * 5 2 3 4th 18th 36
6th SwedenSweden Sweden 5 0 5 0 17th 40

bold : reached quarter-finals in
italics : relegation round
*: placement according to runs ratio from direct comparison.

Crosstab ITA FRA GER CRO BEL SWE
01. ItalyItaly Italy 7: 2 14: 5 6: 5 10: 1

11: 1

02. FranceFrance France 2: 7 18: 6 14: 0 9: 5 7: 3
03. GermanyGermany Germany 5:14 6:18 3: 2 9-0 3: 2
04th CroatiaCroatia Croatia 5: 6 0:14 2: 3 5: 7 8: 6
05. BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1:10 5: 9 0: 9 7: 5 1-0
06th SwedenSweden Sweden 1:11 3: 7 2: 3 6: 8 0: 1

Finals

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
August 3, 2001        
  FranceFrance France  5
August 4, 2001
  Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic  3  
 FranceFrance France  1
August 3, 2001
    NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  5  
  NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  8th
August 5, 2001
  CroatiaCroatia Croatia  7th  
 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  4th
August 3, 2001
    RussiaRussia Russia  0
  ItalyItaly Italy  6th
August 4, 2001
  SpainSpain Spain  4th  
  ItalyItaly Italy  0 3rd place
August 3, 2001
    RussiaRussia Russia  2  
  RussiaRussia Russia  10   ItalyItaly Italy  3
  GermanyGermany Germany  4th     FranceFrance France  0
August 5, 2001

Placement games

  Placement round places 5–8     Play for 5th place
                 
   
   CroatiaCroatia Croatia 0  
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 14th      
       Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 4th
         SpainSpain Spain 0
   GermanyGermany Germany 2      
   SpainSpain Spain 3      
  Game for 7th place
   
   CroatiaCroatia Croatia 4th
   GermanyGermany Germany 10

Relegation round

Final score:

team Games Won Lost Points Runs Runs opponent
1 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 3 3 0 6th 21st 7th
2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 3 2 1 4th 20th 15th
3 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 3 1 2 2 15th 17th
4th SwedenSweden Sweden 3 0 3 0 15th 33

italic : relegation to group B

Crosstab BEL GBR UKR SWE
01. BelgiumBelgium Belgium 4: 3 8-0 9: 4
02. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 3: 4 5: 4 13: 7
03. UkraineUkraine Ukraine 0: 8 4: 5 11: 4
04th SwedenSweden Sweden 4: 9 7:13 4:11

placement

Item team
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
2 RussiaRussia Russia
3 ItalyItaly Italy
4th FranceFrance France
5 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
6th SpainSpain Spain
7th GermanyGermany Germany
8th CroatiaCroatia Croatia
9 BelgiumBelgium Belgium
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain
11 UkraineUkraine Ukraine
12 SwedenSweden Sweden

bold : qualified for the 2003 World Baseball Championship,
italics : relegation to group B

Individual evidence

  1. Baseball is Coming into Fashion , in: Die Welt, August 3, 2001 (accessed August 16, 2013).
  2. a b European Baseball Championship 2001 ( Memento of the original from July 26th 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on the official website of the 2010 European Baseball Championship , as of July 17, 2010 (accessed August 17, 2013).  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.baseball-em.de
  3. A gem for the home run . Bonner General-Anzeiger . July 25, 2001. Archived from the original on November 1, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 16, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de
  4. a b Marco Stoovelaar: European Baseball Championships 2001, Final Standings Pools , August 6, 2001 (accessed August 17, 2013).
  5. a b c d e XXVII European Seniors Championship - "A" Pool (PDF; 132 kB), in: Project COBB, as of April 28, 2011 (accessed August 17, 2013).
  6. Marco Stoovelaar: European Baseball Championships 2001, Play-Offs, Finals, Standings and Awards , August 6, 2001 (accessed August 17, 2013).