European Softball Championship 2011

European Softball Championship 2011
Tournament details
host	Italy
Period	July 31 - 6. August
Attendees	23
Defending champion	Netherlands
Bottom line
winner	Netherlands (8th title)
Second	Italy
Third	United Kingdom
Fourth	Czech Republic
statistics
Games	78 a total of 78 completed so far

The 2011 European Softball Championship is an international softball competition hosted by the European Softball Federation ESF . The EM 2011 will be the 17th European Softball Championship in history. The final round will take place from July 31 to August 6, 2011 in the Italian province of Gorizia . The defending champion is the team from the Netherlands . The top three will qualify for the World Championship in Whitehorse , Canada , which will take place from July 13-22, 2012.

Venues

For the first time since 1995 there was only one tournament, from 1997 to 2009 there were A and B pool tournaments with promoters and relegators. The Italian cities of Ronchi dei Legionari , Staranzano and Redipuglia were selected as venues for the European Championship . The main draw of the EM is the Ballpark in Ronchi, 30 km north of the city of Trieste . Overall, the games will take place on four fields. With 17 editions of the tournament it was the sixth time that Italy hosted the European Championship. This was last the case in 2003 when the EM took place in Saronno .

logo

A design by the Italian graphic designer Silvia Sattolo was selected from a total of nine proposals as the official logo of the 2011 European Softball Championship.

Grouping

The 20 participants in the European Championship are divided into four groups. The drawing of the groups was carried out on February 5, 2011 during the congress of the European Softball Federation in Antwerp . The originally registered teams from Greece, Turkey and Slovenia withdrew. The groups consist of five teams each. The national teams of Austria and Switzerland play in group C, the German team in group D.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.		Sp	S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Italy	4th	4th	0	1,000
2.	Great Britain	4th	3	1	.750
3.	Sweden	4th	2	2	.500
4th	Hungary	4th	1	3	.250
5.	Croatia	4th	0	4th	.000

Group B

Pl.		Sp	S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Netherlands	4th	4th	0	1,000
2.	Spain	4th	3	1	.750
3.	Belgium	4th	2	2	.500
4th	Ukraine	4th	1	3	.250
5.	Denmark	4th	0	4th	.000

Group C

Pl.		Sp	S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Russia	4th	4th	0	1,000
2.	Austria	4th	3	1	.750
3.	Slovakia	4th	2	2	.500
4th	Bulgaria	4th	1	3	.250
5.	Switzerland	4th	0	4th	.000

Group D

Pl.		Sp	S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Czech Republic	4th	4th	0	1,000
2.	France	4th	3	1	.750
3.	Germany	4th	2	2	.500
4th	Israel	4th	1	3	.250
5.	Poland	4th	0	4th	.000

Intermediate round

In groups E and F, the first and second of the preliminary round groups play for places in the final round. The first in the group contest the upper semifinals of the page playoffs, the second and third play crosswise for a place in the lower semifinals and the fourth play for 7th place.

Group E

Pl.		Sp	S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Italy	3	3	0	1,000
2.	Czech Republic	3	2	1	.667
3.	Spain	3	1	2	.333
4th	Austria	3	0	3	.000

Group F.

Pl.		Sp	S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Netherlands	3	3	0	1,000
2.	Great Britain	3	2	1	.667
3.	Russia	3	1	2	.333
4th	France	3	0	3	.000

Placement round

Group G

In group G, the third of the preliminary round groups play for places 9 to 12.

Pl.		Sp	S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0,000
2.	Belgium	3	2	1	0,000
3.	Sweden	3	1	2	0,000
4th	Slovakia	3	0	3	0,000

Group H.

In group H, the fourth of the preliminary round groups play for places 13 to 16.

Pl.		Sp	S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Bulgaria	3	2	1	.667
2.	Hungary	3	2	1	.667
3.	Ukraine	3	1	2	.333
4th	Israel	3	1	2	.333

Group I.

In Group I, the fifth of the preliminary round groups play for places 17 to 20.

Pl.		Sp	S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Poland	3	2	1	.667
2.	Denmark	3	2	1	.667
3.	Croatia	3	2	1	.667
4th	Switzerland	3	0	3	.000

Final round

Cross-comparison of the second and third of the intermediate round groups to move into the lower semi-finals of the page playoffs :

Game no.	date	time	encounter			Result
64	5th of August	12:30	Great Britain	-	Spain	6-0
66	5th of August	12:30	Czech Republic	-	Russia	7: 6

Lower and Upper Semi-Finals of the Page Playoffs:

Game no.	date	time	encounter			Result
70	5th of August	18:30	Great Britain	-	Czech Republic	2-0
71	5th of August	21:00	Italy	-	Netherlands	1: 5 (8)

Game for 7th place:

Game no.	date	time	encounter			Result
72	6th of August	10:00	Austria	-	France	4: 9

Pre-finals between the loser of Game 71 and the winner of Game 70:

Game no.	date	time	encounter			Result
76	6th of August	13:00	Italy	-	Great Britain	1-0

Match for 5th place:

Game no.	date	time	encounter			Result
77	6th of August	16:30	Spain	-	Russia	3: 6

Final:

Game no.	date	time	encounter			Result
78	6th of August	20:00	Netherlands	-	Italy	10: 2 (6)

Semifinals

Pre-finals

final

E1

Italy

1

F1

Netherlands

5

F1

Netherlands

10

E1

Italy

1

E1

Italy

2

F2

Great Britain

0

F2 / E3

Great Britain

2

E2 / F3

Czech Republic

0

Final placement

placement	team
gold	Netherlands
silver	Italy
bronze	Great Britain
4th Place	Czech Republic
5th place	Russia
6th place	Spain
7th place	France
8th place	Austria
9th place	Germany
10th place	Belgium
11th place	Sweden
12th place	Slovakia
13th place	Bulgaria
14th place	Hungary
15th place	Ukraine
16th place	Israel
17th place	Poland
18th place	Denmark
19th place	Croatia
20th place	Switzerland

See also

• European Youth Softball Championship 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Championship will be held in Ronchi dei Legionari, Staranzano and Redipuglia. ( English ) echw2011.eu. December 5, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
2. ↑ Here is the logo of the European Championship Women 2011 ( English ) echw2011.eu. December 5, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
3. ↑ 2011 XVII. EChW, Ronchi de Legionari (ITA): 31 Jul - 6 Aug ( English ) European Softball Federation. Archived from the original on January 27, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 14, 2011.