2010 European Baseball Championship

2010 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountryGermany
DatesJuly 23 – August 1, 2010
Teams12
Defending champions Netherlands
Final positions
Champions Italy (9th title)
Runners-up Netherlands
Third place Germany
Fourth place Greece
Tournament statistics
Games played41
Attendance22,243 (543 per game)
Best BA Jiminez Chapelli (.684)
Most HRs Giuseppe Mazzanti (4)
Most SBs Jiminez Chapelli (3 out 4)
Most Ks (as pitcher) Martin Dewald (14)
Awards
MVP Giuseppe Mazzanti

The 2010 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Germany from July 23 to August 1, 2010. The tournament was originally set to be held in 2009 with Russia as host. In March 2008, the Confederation of European Baseball awarded the tournament to the German Baseball and Softball Federation. The tournament was moved back one year to not be held in the same year as the Baseball World Cup. The event was hosted by the cities of Stuttgart, Heidenheim an der Brenz, and Neuenburg am Rhein in the southwest of Germany.[1][2]

Qualification

Main article: 2010 European Baseball Championship – Qualification

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A Pool B

Belgium		 Winner of Antwerp Pool
Croatia		 Winner of Karlovac Pool

Czech Republic		 Winner of Prague Pool
Great Britain		 2007 European Baseball Championship

France		 5th, 2007 European Baseball Championship
Greece		 Winner of Abrantes Pool

Germany		 4th, 2007 European Baseball Championship
Italy		 7th, 2007 European Baseball Championship

Netherlands		 2007 European Baseball Championship
Spain		 2007 European Baseball Championship

Ukraine		 Winner of Trnava Pool
Sweden		 6th, 2007 European Baseball Championship

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

Qualified for Pool C
Did not qualify for Pool C
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Netherlands 5 0 1.000 – 42 3
 Germany 4 1 .800 1 34 18
 France 3 2 .600 2 33 25
 Czech Republic 2 3 .400 3 25 21
 Belgium 1 4 .200 4 16 36
 Ukraine 0 5 .000 5 5 52

Source[3]

All times are local (UTC+2)

Schedule

July 23, 2010
19:00 		Ukraine  0 – 10 (F/8)  Germany Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 700
Boxscore
July 24, 2010
13:00 		Belgium  9 – 0  Ukraine Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
July 24, 2010
16:00 		Netherlands  10 – 0 (F/7)  France Atomics Ballpark, Neuenburg
Attendance: 611
Boxscore
July 24, 2010
19:00 		Germany  6 – 2  Czech Republic Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 1,650
Boxscore
July 25, 2010
14:30 		Germany  8 – 4  Belgium Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 2,540
Boxscore
July 25, 2010
15:00 		France  6 – 1  Czech Republic Atomics Ballpark, Neuenburg
Attendance: 630
Boxscore
July 25, 2010
18:00 		Netherlands  12 – 2 (F/7)  Ukraine Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 180
Boxscore
July 26, 2010
10:30 		Czech Republic  1 – 7  Netherlands Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 40
Boxscore
July 26, 2010
14:30 		Czech Republic  10 – 1 (F/8)  Belgium Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 550
Boxscore
July 26, 2010
17:00 		France  10 – 2  Ukraine Atomics Ballpark, Neuenburg
Attendance: 257
Boxscore
July 27, 2010
10:30 		France  8 – 2  Belgium Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
July 27, 2010
14:30 		Belgium  0 – 10  Netherlands Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 400
Boxscore
July 27, 2010
15:30 		Ukraine  1 – 11 (F/7)  Czech Republic Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
July 27, 2010
19:00 		Germany  10 – 9  France Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 1,090
Boxscore
July 28, 2010
17:30 		Netherlands  3 – 0  Germany Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 1,250
Boxscore

Source[4]

Pool B

Standings

Qualified for Pool C
Did not qualify for Pool C
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Italy 4 1 .800 – 49 8
 Greece 3 2 .600 1 31 47
 Sweden 3 2 .600 1 34 33
 Great Britain 2 3 .400 2 21 22
 Spain 2 3 .400 2 34 39
 Croatia 1 4 .200 3 23 43

Source[3]

All times are local (UTC+2)

Schedule

July 23, 2010
10:30 		Croatia  1 – 10  Great Britain Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
July 23, 2010
13:00 		Sweden  9 – 12  Greece Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 138
Boxscore
July 23, 2010
14:30 		Italy  9 – 1  Spain Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
July 24, 2010
10:30 		Spain  7 – 6  Croatia Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 370
Boxscore
July 24, 2010
14:30 		Great Britain  1 – 4  Sweden Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 650
Boxscore
July 24, 2010
18:00 		Greece  1 – 13 (F/7)  Italy Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
July 25, 2010
10:30 		Great Britain  2 – 12 (F/7)  Italy Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 410
Boxscore
July 25, 2010
13:00 		Sweden  12 – 2 (F/7)  Croatia Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 130
Boxscore
July 25, 2010
19:00 		Spain  9 – 13  Greece Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 290
Boxscore
July 26, 2010
10:30 		Great Britain  5 – 1  Spain Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 120
Boxscore
July 27, 2010
10:30 		Spain  16 – 6 (F/7)  Sweden Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 60
Boxscore
July 27, 2010
17:00 		Greece  4 – 3 (F/10)  Great Britain Atomics Ballpark, Neuenburg
Attendance: 259
Boxscore
July 27, 2010
18:30 		Italy  13 – 1 (F/7)  Croatia Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 105
Boxscore
July 28, 2010
10:30 		Croatia  13 – 1 (F/7)  Greece Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
July 29, 2010
10:30 		Sweden  3 – 2  Italy Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 150
Boxscore

Source[4]

Classification games

11th place game

Ukraine  Cancelled  Croatia

9th place game

Belgium  Cancelled  Spain

7th place game

July 30, 2010
10:30 		Great Britain  4 – 8  Czech Republic Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 50
Boxscore

Source[4]

Round 2

Pool C

Standings

Qualified for the Final
Did not qualify for the Final
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Italy 4 1 .800 – 43 15
 Netherlands 4 1 .800 – 41 11
 Germany 3 2 .600 1 41 28
 Greece 2 3 .400 2 35 54
 Sweden 2 3 .400 2 15 39
 France 0 5 .000 4 18 46

Source[3]

All times are local (UTC+2)

Schedule

July 29, 2010
19:00 		Germany  17 – 8  Greece Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
July 30, 2010
10:30 		Sweden  3 – 2  France Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
July 30, 2010
14:30 		Italy  9 – 2  France Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
July 30, 2010
14:30 		Greece  0 – 10 (F/8)  Netherlands Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 120
Boxscore
July 30, 2010
18:00 		Netherlands  15 – 0 (F/5)  Sweden Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
July 30, 2010
19:00 		Italy  8 – 6  Germany Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 1,610
Boxscore
July 31, 2010
12:00 		Netherlands  3 – 11  Italy Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 700
Boxscore
July 31, 2010
17:00 		Germany  8 – 0  Sweden Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 1,700
Boxscore
July 31, 2010
17:00 		France  5 – 14  Greece Heideköpfe Ballpark, Heidenheim
Attendance: 185
Boxscore

Source[4]

Final

August 1, 2010
14:00 		Italy  8 – 4  Netherlands Stuttgart Ballpark, Stuttgart
Attendance: 3,248
Boxscore

Source[4]

Final standings

Sources[3][5][6]

Awards

Notable participants

Several former Major League Baseball players appeared in the tournament. Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza was a coach for Italy. Outfielder Gene Kingsale played for the Netherlands. Catcher Erik Pappas played for Greece, which was managed by Jim Essian. Pitcher Dennis Cook was Sweden's manager, and Scott Scudder was a coach.[7][8][9]

References

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