2019 European Baseball Championship – Qualification Explained
The qualification for the 2019 European Baseball Championship started on July 25, 2016, in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Miejska Górka, Poland. The tournament was originally planned for 2018, but was moved back a year to 2019 to serve as a qualification for the 2020 Olympiad.
2016 Pool C
| Tourney Name: | Qualification for
2019 European Baseball Championship C-Pool |
| Country: | Poland |
| Country2: | Slovenia |
| Dates: | 25–30 July 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Continents: | 1 |
Miejska Górka Group
| width=15px bgcolor="#cfc" | | Qualified for Final |
| width=15px bgcolor=#fcc | | Did not qualify for Final | |
| Teams | | |
|---|
| align=left | | 4 | 0 |
| align=left | | 2 | 2 |
| align=left | | 2 | 2 |
| align=left | | 1 | 3 |
| align=left | | 1 | 3 | |
Final
| Qualified for B-level Tournament. | |
Final standings
Ljubljana Group
| width=15px bgcolor="#cfc" | | Qualified for Final |
| width=15px bgcolor=#fcc | | Did not qualify for Final | |
| Teams | | |
|---|
| align=left | | 3 | 1 |
| align=left | | 2 | 2 |
| align=left | | 2 | 2 |
| align=left | | 2 | 2 |
| align=left | | 1 | 3 | |
Final
| Qualified for B-level Tournament. | |
Final standings
2017 Pool B
| Tourney Name: | 2017 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool |
| Country: | Serbia |
| Country2: | Poland |
| Dates: | 24–29 July 2017 |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Continents: | 12 |
| Prev Edition: | 2015 |
| Next Edition: | 2019 |
Top team from each group qualified for the playoff, winner of which (Austria) qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship, bottom team from each group was relegated to C-Pool.
Pool 1 – Belgrade
| width=15px bgcolor="#cfc" | | Qualified for Final |
| width=15px bgcolor=#fcc | | Did not qualify for Final | |
| Teams | | |
|---|
| align=left | | 4 | 1 |
| align=left | | 3 | 2 |
| align=left | | 3 | 2 |
| align=left | | 2 | 3 |
| align=left | | 2 | 3 |
| align=left | | 1 | 4 | |
Final
| Qualified for Playoff Series |
| Relegated to C-Pool | |
Final standings
Pool 2 – Miejska Górka
| width=15px bgcolor="#cfc" | | Qualified for Final |
| width=15px bgcolor=#fcc | | Did not qualify for Final |
|
| Teams | | |
|---|
| align=left | | 4 | 1 |
| align=left | | 3 | 2 |
| align=left | | 2 | 3 |
| align=left | | 2 | 3 |
| align=left | | 2 | 3 |
| align=left | | 2 | 3 | |
Final
| Qualified for Playoff Series |
| Relegated to C-Pool | |
Final standings
2018 Playoff Series
Winner of the best-of-three playoff series qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. Playoffs were hosted by Wiener Neustadt.
qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.
2018 Pool C
| Tourney Name: | Qualification for
2019 European Baseball Championship C-Pool |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Country2: | Ukraine |
| Dates: | 23–28 July 2018 |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Continents: | 1 |
| Prev Edition: | 2016 |
| Next Edition: | 2021 |
Two groups of 5 nations competed, with the winner of each group advancing to the B-Pool.[1] The better of the two second-place teams (based on record, with first tie-breaker based on runs per inning differential) also advanced to the B Pool as a wild card.[2]
Ashbourne Group
| width=15px bgcolor="#cfc" | | Qualified for Final |
| width=15px bgcolor=#fcc | | Did not qualify for Final | |
| Teams | | | |
|---|
| align=left | (H) | 4 | 0 | 1.5575 |
| align=left | | 3 | 1 | 0.4738 |
| align=left | | 2 | 2 | −0.1366 |
| align=left | | 1 | 3 | −1.0549 |
| align=left | | 0 | 4 | −1.6517 | |
Final
The final was a rematch of Ireland vs. Greece; Ireland won the group round game 10–0 in eight innings and the final 12–2. Ireland advanced to Pool B as the winner. Greece, as the runner-up, also advanced as the wild card after Ukraine beat Romania in the Kropyvnytskyi group. Greece's 3–1 record in group play was better than Romania's 2–2 record.
| Qualified for B-level Tournament. | |
Final standings
Kropyvnytskyi Group
| width=15px bgcolor="#cfc" | | Qualified for Final |
| width=15px bgcolor=#fcc | | Did not qualify for Final | |
| Teams | | | |
|---|
| align=left | (H) | 4 | 0 | 1.7418 |
| align=left | | 2 | 2 | 0.0000 |
| align=left | | 2 | 2 | −0.1613 |
| align=left | | 2 | 2 | −0.7097 |
| align=left | | 0 | 4 | −0.5572 | |
The three-way tie between Romania, Georgia, and Estonia at 2–2 was won by Romania with a Team Quality Balance within games played between those three teams of 0.5125 against Georgia's -.0625 and Estonia's −0.4183.
Final
The final was a rematch between Ukraine and Romania; Ukraine won the group round game 13–0 in seven innings and the final 3–2 (again in seven innings, due to weather). Ukraine, as the winner, advanced to Pool B. The better runner-up between the two groups also advanced, but Romania's 2–2 record in group play was worse than that of 3–1 Greece (the Ashbourne group runner-up).
| Qualified for B-level Tournament. | |
Final standings
2019 Pool B
| Tourney Name: | 2019 European Baseball Championship B-Pool |
| Country: | Slovakia |
| Country2: | Bulgaria |
| Dates: | 1–6 July 2019 |
| Num Teams: | 14 |
| Continents: | 1 |
| Prev Edition: | 2017 |
| Next Edition: | 2020 |
See main article: 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool. Pool B featured 14 teams competing in two groups of 6 and 8 teams. The two group winners faced off in the playoff for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Championship, which was won by Team Israel.[3]
Teams
Nine teams remain from the 2017 Pool B competition:
Five additional teams advanced from 2018 Pool C.
Group 1 - Trnava
Pool A
| width=15px bgcolor="#cfc" | | Qualified for Semifinals |
| width=15px bgcolor="#fcc" | | Did not qualify for Semifinals | |
| Teams | | |
|---|
| 1 | align=left | | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | align=left | | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | align=left | | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | align=left | | 0 | 3 | |
Pool B
| Teams | | |
|---|
| 1 | (H) | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | | 0 | 3 | |
Play-offs
Semifinals
Semifinals order will be switched, because home team advanced to this round.
Classification round – Pool C
| Pos. | Teams | | |
|---|
| 5 | align=left | | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | align=left | | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | align=left | | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | align=left | | 0 | 3 | |
Final standings
| width=15px bgcolor="#cfc" | | Qualified for Playoff Series | |
Group 2 - Blagoevgrad
| width=15px bgcolor="#cfc" | | Qualified for Final |
| width=15px bgcolor=#fcc | | Did not qualify for Final | |
| Teams | | |
|---|
| 1 | | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | (H) | 0 | 5 | |
Final standings
| width=15px bgcolor="#cfc" | | Qualified for Playoff Series | |
2019 Playoff Series
The winner of the best-of-three playoff series qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. Playoff host was Utena, Lithuania.
qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.
References
- Web site: 2018 Europe Schedule.
- Web site: Competition Rules . CEB . 42.
- Web site: European Baseball Championship B-Pools start on July 1st & 2nd, 2019 with 14 teams aiming to qualify for the European Baseball Championship CEB. www.baseballeurope.com. 2019-07-04.
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