2023 European Baseball Championship

2023 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountryCzech Republic
Dates24 September – 1 October
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Spain
Runners-up Great Britain
Third place Netherlands
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played48
Attendance23,438 (488 per game)
Awards
MVPSpain Wander Encarnación

The 2023 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. It was held in five cities in the Czech Republic, from September 24 to October 1, 2023. The championship marked the first time in history, excluding three occasions when they did not enter the tournament, that the Netherlands did not feature in the final, having lost 7-6 to Spain in the semi-finals.[1]

Qualification

The top 14 teams of the 2021 European Championship qualified automatically for the tournament. After the expulsion of Russia, who had finished 10th, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the remaining three spots were filled through a qualification tournament, that saw Hungary, France and Switzerland qualify.[2] Slovakia was the only team from the 2021 championship that did not qualify in 2023.

Team Qualification method Team Qualification method

Netherlands		 Gold 2021 European Baseball Championship
Germany		 9th, 2021 European Baseball Championship

Israel		 Silver 2021 European Baseball Championship
Austria		 11th, 2021 European Baseball Championship

Italy		 Bronze 2021 European Baseball Championship
Sweden		 12th, 2021 European Baseball Championship

Spain		 4th, 2021 European Baseball Championship
Ukraine		 13th, 2021 European Baseball Championship

Czech Republic		 5th, 2021 European Baseball Championship
Greece		 14th, 2021 European Baseball Championship

Great Britain		 6th, 2021 European Baseball Championship
Hungary		 Qualifier tournament winner[2]

Croatia		 7th, 2021 European Baseball Championship
France		 Qualifier tournament winner[2]

Belgium		 8th, 2021 European Baseball Championship
Switzerland		 Qualifier tournament winner[2]

Venues

The tournament took place in six different stadiums across the Czech Republic.[3]

Prague Třebíč Brno Brno
Eagles Park Stadion Na Hvězdě Sports area Hroch YD Baseball Arena
Matches: 6 Matches: 10 Matches: 6 Matches: 14 (including final)
Ostrava
2023 Baseball European Championship venues
 Blansko
Arrows Park Strawberry Field
Matches: 6 Matches: 6

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The bottom two teams entered the 9th–16th place play-offs.[4][5]

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[5]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification Spain Czech Republic Greece Austria
1  Spain 3 3 0 36 2 +34 1.000 — Qualified for Quarterfinals — 9–0 14–1 —
2  Czech Republic (H) 3 2 1 23 9 +14 .667 1 — — 14–0 9–0
3  Greece 3 1 2 12 34 −22 .333 2 Qualified for Relegation Round — — — 11–6
4  Austria 3 0 3 7 33 −26 .000 3 1–13 — — —
Source: [6]
(H) Hosts
24 September 2023 (2023-09-24)
11:00 		Greece  1–14 (F/7)  Spain Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 173
Umpires: Mojmír Jankovič (HP), Fabien Carrette-Legrand (1B), Tiska Tiihonen (3B)
LP: Dimitrios Kourtis (0–1) Boxscore WP: Anderson de León (1–0)
HR: Kasey Caras (1) HR: Omar Hernandez (1), Gabriel Lino (1), Edison Valerio (1)
24 September 2023 (2023-09-24)
18:00 		Austria  0–9  Czech Republic Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,980
Umpires: Christopher Feuerecker (HP), Richard Wessel (1B), Fabien Carrette-Legrand (3B)
LP: Christian Tomsich (0–1) Boxscore WP: Tomáš Ondra (1–0)
HR: Matěj Menšík (1), Martin Červenka (1)
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)
11:00 		Spain  13–1 (F/8)  Austria Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 312
Umpires: Fabien Carrette-Legrand (HP), Tiska Tiihonen (1B), Mojmír Jankovič(3B)
WP: Jorge Balboa (1–0) Boxscore LP: Julian Faulhaber (0–1)
HR: Andrés Angulo (1), Edison Valerio (2)
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)
17:40 		Greece  0–14 (F/7)  Czech Republic Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,576
Umpires: Richard Wessel (HP), Christopher Feuerecker (1B), Tiska Tiihonen (3B)
LP: Jonathan Kountis (0–1) Boxscore WP: Ondřej Satoria (1–0)
HR: Eric Sogard (1), William Escala (1)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26)
11:00 		Austria  6–11  Greece Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 286
Umpires: Tiska Tiihonen (HP), Mojmír Jankovič (1B), Richard Wessel (3B)
LP: Ryan Rupp (0–1) Boxscore WP: Peter Maestrales (1–0)
Sv: Dimitri Lettas (1)
HR: Sammy Hackl (1), Felix Zimmerle (1) HR: Kasey Caras (2), Panagiotis Dudunakis (1), Ari Sechopoulos (1)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26)
17:40 		Czech Republic  0–9  Spain Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 2,017
Umpires: Christopher Feuerecker (HP), Richard Wessel (1B), Fabien Carrette-Legrand (3B)
LP: Marek Minařík (0–1) Boxscore WP: Pablo Guillén (1–0)
HR: Gabriel Lino (2), Wander Encarnación (1), Omar Hernandez (2)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification United Kingdom Sweden Italy Hungary
1  Great Britain 3 3 0 37 13 +24 1.000 — Qualified for Quarterfinals — 4–0 — 22–3
2  Sweden 3 2 1 25 14 +11 .667 1 — — 8–3 —
3  Italy 3 1 2 28 21 +7 .333 2 Qualified for Relegation Round 10–11 — — 15–2
4  Hungary 3 0 3 12 54 −42 .000 3 — 7–17 — —
Source: [6]
24 September 2023 (2023-09-24)
11:00 		Hungary  2–15 (F/7)  Italy Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 168
Umpires: Edwin Louisa (HP), Sergii Bolilyi (1B), Jason Lillebo (3B)
LP: Sean Fekete (0–1) Boxscore WP: Mattia Aldegheri (1–0)
24 September 2023 (2023-09-24)
17:30 		Sweden  0–4  Great Britain Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 183
Umpires: Vladimir Richter (HP), Alex Lazaro (1B), Sergii Bolilyi (3B)
LP: Benjamin Johnson (0–1) Boxscore WP: Austin Hassani (1–0)
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)
11:00 		Hungary  3–22 (F/5)  Great Britain Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 190
Umpires: Sergii Bolilyi (HP), Jason Lillebo (1B), Edwin Louisa (3B)
LP: Ádám Piros (0–1) Boxscore WP: Jacob Esch (1–0)
HR: Nick Ward (1)
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)
17:30 		Italy  3–8  Sweden Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 260
Umpires: Alex Lazaro (HP), Vladimir Richter (1B), Jason Lillebo (3B)
LP: Gabriele Quattrini (0–1) Boxscore WP: Per Sjörs (1–0)
HR: Joel Johnson (1)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26)
11:00 		Sweden  17–7 (F/8)  Hungary Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 82
Umpires: Jason Lillebo (HP), Edwin Louisa (1B), Alex Lazaro (3B)
WP: Oskar Syrén (1–0) Boxscore LP: Robert Ogg
HR: Leonard Bäckström (1) HR: Graeham Luttor (1)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26)
17:30 		Great Britain  11–10  Italy Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 360
Umpires: Sergii Bolilyi (HP), Alex Lazaro(1B), Vladimir Richter (3B)
WP: Chris Messer (1–0)
Sv: Demoi Hodge (1) 		Boxscore LP: Alex Bassani (0–1)
HR: Nick Ward (2), Harry Ford (1, 2) HR: Robel Garcia (1, 2)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification Netherlands France Croatia Ukraine
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 40 5 +35 1.000 — Qualified for Quarterfinals — 9–0 15–2 —
2  France 3 2 1 13 10 +3 .667 1 — — — 10–0
3  Croatia 3 1 2 14 19 −5 .333 2 Qualified for Relegation Round — 1–3 — 11–1
4  Ukraine 3 0 3 4 37 −33 .000 3 3–16 — — —
Source: [6]

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification Germany Israel Switzerland Belgium
1  Germany 3 3 0 32 9 +23 1.000 — Qualified for Quarterfinals — 2–0 — —
2  Israel 3 2 1 25 11 +14 .667 1 — — 14–1 11–8
3   Switzerland 3 1 2 13 31 −18 .333 2 Qualified for Relegation Round 5–15 — — —
4  Belgium 3 0 3 14 33 −19 .000 3 4–15 — 2–7 —
Source: [6]

Play-offs

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 28 September, 12:00
 
 
D1
 Germany 		6
 
 29 September, 12:00
 
C2
 France 		5
 
  Germany 4
 
 28 September, 18:30
 
  Great Britain 8
 
B1
 Great Britain 		12
 
 1 October, 18:30
 
A2
 Czech Republic 		2
 
  Great Britain 2
 
 28 September, 18:30
 
  Spain 11
 
C1
 Netherlands 		12
 
 29 September, 18:30
 
D2
 Israel 		2
 
  Netherlands 6
 
 28 September, 12:00
 
 Spain 7 3rd Place
 
A1
 Spain 		18
 
 1 October, 12:00
 
B2
 Sweden 		3
 
 Germany 4
 
 
 Netherlands 5
 

Placement round 5th–8th place

 
Classification games5th place
 
      
 
 29 September, 18:30
 
 
 France 1
 
 30 September, 18:30
 
  Czech Republic 11
 
 Czech Republic 5
 
 29 September, 12:00
 
  Israel 1
 
 Israel 6
 
 
 Sweden 4
 
7th place
 
 
 30 September, 12:00
 
 
 France 13
 
 
  Sweden 0

Relegation rounds

 
Relegation round9–12th places9th place
 
          
 
 28 September, 10:00
 
 
D3
  Switzerland 		9
 
 29 September, 12:00
 
A4
 Austria 		2
 
  Switzerland 3
 
 28 September, 12:00
 
 Italy 12
 
B3
 Italy 		15
 
 30 September, 18:30
 
C4
 Ukraine 		0
 
 Italy 6
 
 28 September, 15:00
 
  Croatia 5
 
A3
 Greece 		4
 
 29 September, 18:30
 
D4
 Belgium 		5
 
 Belgium 5
 
 28 September, 18:30
 
 Croatia 7 11th place
 
C3
 Croatia 		9
 
 30 September, 12:00
 
B4
 Hungary 		2
 
  Switzerland3
 
 
  Belgium 8
 

13–16th places classification

 
13–16th places13th place
 
      
 
 29 September, 10:00
 
 
 Austria 0
 
 30 September, 15:00
 
 Ukraine 9
 
 Ukraine 4
 
 29 September, 15:00
 
 Greece 8
 
 Greece 19
 
 
 Hungary 14
 
15th place
 
 
 30 September, 10:00
 
 
 Austria 15
 
 
 Hungary 5

Final standings

Rk Team W L Pct. R RA
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain 6 0 1.000 72 13
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain 5 1 .833 59 30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands 5 1 .833 63 18
4  Germany 4 2 .667 46 23
5  Czech Republic 4 2 .667 41 23
6  Israel 3 3 .500 34 32
7  France 3 3 .500 32 27
8  Sweden 2 4 .333 32 51
9  Italy 4 2 .667 61 29
10  Croatia 3 3 .500 35 32
11  Belgium 2 4 .333 32 47
12   Switzerland 2 4 .333 28 53
13  Greece 3 3 .500 43 57
14  Ukraine^ 1 5 .167 17 60
15  Austria^ 1 5 .167 24 56
16  Hungary^ 0 6 .000 33 97

^ - Relegated to B Pool European Qualifier

Honors and awards

Statistical leaders

  1. ^ Chris Messer (GBR), Carlos Garcia (CRO), Tomáš Ondra (CZE), James Sanders (SUI), Ondřej Satoria (CZE), Pablo Guillen (ESP)
  2. ^ Ben Couvreur (FRA), Tomáš Ondra (CZE), Joseph King (GBR)

Home runs

There were 74 home runs hit in 48 games, for an average of 1.54 home runs per game.[8]

4 homeruns

  • United Kingdom Nick Ward
  • Spain Omar Hernandez

3 homeruns

2 homeruns

1 homerun

  • Austria Sammy Hackl
  • Austria Felix Zimmerle
  • Belgium Benjamin Goffaux
  • Croatia Antonio Horvatić
  • Czech Republic Arnošt Dubový
  • Czech Republic William Escala
  • Czech Republic Matěj Menšík
  • France Ernesto Martinez
  • Germany David Grimes
  • Germany Shawn Larry
  • Germany Yannic Walther
  • Greece Panagiotis Dudanakis
  • Greece Ari Sechopoulos
  • Israel Ryan Lavarnway
  • Israel Robb Paller
  • Israel Benjamin Rosengard
  • Italy Federico Celli
  • Netherlands Rogear Bernadina
  • Netherlands Ademar Rifaela
  • Spain Andrés Angulo
  • Sweden Leonard Bäckström
  • Sweden Joel Johnson
  • Sweden Tommy Lindell

Awards

Award Player Ref.
Most Valuable Player Spain Wander Encarnación [9]

References

  1. ^ https://www.wbsceurope.org/en/events/2023-european-baseball-championship/schedule-and-results/box-score/115981
  2. ^ a b c d "Men's European Baseball Qualifiers by the view of WBSC Europe Baseball Commission". Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  3. ^ "European Baseball Championship Fields". Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Tickets now on sale for the Baseball European Championship 2023 in Czech Republic". WBSC Europe. 2 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Eurobaseball 2023" (PDF). WBSC Europe. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d "2023 European Baseball Championship – Standings". Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Leaderboard". WBSCeurope.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Stats". WBSC. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Spain beat Great Britain to win first Baseball European Championship in 68 years". WBSC. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
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