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
40
22
22
13
13

Final

Qualified for B-level Tournament.

Final standings

Ljubljana Group

Teams
31
22
22
22
13

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
41
32
32
23
23
14

Final

Qualified for Playoff Series
Relegated to C-Pool

Final standings

Pool 2 – Miejska Górka

Teams
41
32
23
23
23
23

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:
Five additional teams advanced from 2018 Pool C.

Pool A

#Teams
130
221
312
403

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
1
2
3
4
5
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.