2001 European Baseball Championship

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

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	Netherlands	5	4th	1	8th	47	8th
2	Russia *	5	3	2	6th	33	25th
3	Czech Republic *	5	3	2	6th	41	43
4th	Spain **	5	2	3	4th	41	43
5	Great Britain **	5	2	3	4th	24	58
6th	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.	Netherlands		3: 4	5: 1	6: 3	27: 0	6-0
02.	Russia	4: 3		8: 6	3: 8	5: 6	13: 2
03.	Czech Republic	1: 5	6: 8		9: 7	6: 2	19: 9
04th	Spain	3: 6	8: 3	7: 9		16:11	7:14
05.	Great Britain	0:27	6: 5	2: 6	11:16		5: 4
06th	Ukraine	0: 6	2:13	9:19	14: 7	4: 5

Group B

Final score:

	team	Games	Won	Lost	Points	Runs	Runs opponent
1	Italy	5	5	0	10	50	10
2	France	5	4th	1	8th	49	17th
3	Germany *	5	2	3	4th	30th	41
4th	Croatia *	5	2	3	4th	20th	40
5	Belgium *	5	2	3	4th	18th	36
6th	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.	Italy		7: 2	14: 5	6: 5	10: 1	11: 1
02.	France	2: 7		18: 6	14: 0	9: 5	7: 3
03.	Germany	5:14	6:18		3: 2	9-0	3: 2
04th	Croatia	5: 6	0:14	2: 3		5: 7	8: 6
05.	Belgium	1:10	5: 9	0: 9	7: 5		1-0
06th	Sweden	1:11	3: 7	2: 3	6: 8	0: 1

Finals

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	August 3, 2001
	France	5
					August 4, 2001
	Czech Republic	3
					France	1
	August 3, 2001
					Netherlands	5
	Netherlands	8th
									August 5, 2001
	Croatia	7th
									Netherlands	4th
	August 3, 2001
									Russia	0
	Italy	6th
					August 4, 2001
	Spain	4th
					Italy	0			3rd place
	August 3, 2001
					Russia	2
	Russia	10							Italy	3
	Germany	4th							France	0
									August 5, 2001

Placement games

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

Relegation round

Final score:

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

italic : relegation to group B

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

placement

Item	team
1	Netherlands
2	Russia
3	Italy
4th	France
5	Czech Republic
6th	Spain
7th	Germany
8th	Croatia
9	Belgium
10	Great Britain
11	Ukraine
12	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).  
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. 
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).