2019 European Baseball Championship – Qualification
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
Miejska Górka Group
Teams | ||
4 | 0 | |
2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 | |
1 | 3 | |
1 | 3 |
Final
Qualified for B-level Tournament. |
Final standings
Ljubljana Group
Teams | ||
3 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 | |
1 | 3 |
Final
Qualified for B-level Tournament. |
Final standings
2017 Pool B
Top team from each group qualified for the playoff, winner of which qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship, bottom team from each group was relegated to C-Pool.Pool 1 – Belgrade
Teams | ||
4 | 1 | |
3 | 2 | |
3 | 2 | |
2 | 3 | |
2 | 3 | |
1 | 4 |
Final
Qualified for Playoff Series | |
Relegated to C-Pool |
Final standings
Pool 2 – Miejska Górka
Teams | ||
4 | 1 | |
3 | 2 | |
2 | 3 | |
2 | 3 | |
2 | 3 | |
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
Two groups of 5 nations competed, with the winner of each group advancing to the B-Pool. The better of the two second-place teams also advanced to the B Pool as a wild card.Ashbourne Group
Qualified for Final | |
Did not qualify for Final |
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
Qualified for Final | |
Did not qualify for Final |
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. 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.Qualified for B-level Tournament. |
Final standings
2019 Pool B
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.Teams
Nine teams remain from the 2017 Pool B competition:Group 1 - Trnava
Pool A
# | Teams | ||
1 | 3 | 0 | |
2 | 2 | 1 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | 0 | 3 |
Pool B
Play-offs
Semifinals
Semifinals order will be switched, because home team advanced to this round.3rd Place Game
Final
Classification Round – Pool C
Final standings
# | Teams |
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6 | |
7 | |
8 |
Group 2 - Blagoevgrad
Qualified for Final | |
Did not qualify for Final |
Final
Final Standings
# | Teams |
1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
4 | |
5 | |
6 |
2019 Playoff Series
The 2019 Playoff Series was won by Team Israel. The winner of the best-of-three playoff series qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. The playoff host was Utena, Lithuania.qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.