2019 European Baseball Championship
The 2019 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. The championship was held September 7–15, 2019 in Bonn and Solingen, Germany. The Netherlands defended its European title, winning its 23rd continental championship. The Dutch defeated Italy in the championship game, while Spain defeated Israel in the third-place game. Ademar Rifaela of the Netherlands was the tournament most valuable player.
The tournament was part of qualifications for the 2020 Summer Olympics, with the top five teams and Team South Africa competing at the European-African qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which was played in September 2019 in Bologna and Parma, Italy.
Qualification
The top 10 teams from the 2016 European championship qualified automatically for the tournament. Two additional teams, Austria and Israel, qualified from the 14-team B-Pool tournament.Round 1
Pool A
Standings
| Qualified for Quarterfinals | |
| Qualified for Relegation Round |
| Teams | Pct. | GB | ||||
| 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 46 | 15 | |
| 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 25 | 23 | |
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 32 | 25 | |
| 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 19 | 23 | |
| 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 23 | 28 | |
| 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.0 | 14 | 45 |
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1 game suspended on September 7, 2019, in the 9th due to darkness.
Pool B
Standings
| Qualified for Quarterfinals | |
| Qualified for Relegation Round |
| Teams | Pct. | GB | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 52 | 11 | |
| 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.0 | 44 | 24 | |
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 | 52 | 30 | |
| 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 | 25 | 43 | |
| 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 | 21 | 47 | |
| 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 | 10 | 49 |
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Play-offs
Quarterfinals
Order of games can change after round robinSemifinals
Bronze
Final
Placement Round 5th–8th place
Classification Games
5th place
Note: There was no game for 7th place.Placement Round 9th–12th Place / Relegation Round
There was a scheduling mistake in this placement/relegation round: the first two games, it should have been A5-B6 and B5-A6, instead it was A5-B5 and A6-B6.Relegation round
----The loser of the above game is in 12th place and is relegated.
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The loser of the above game is in 11th place and is relegated.
9th place
Final standings
Awards
- MVP: Ademar Rifaela
- Outstanding defensive player: Alexander Schmidt
Statistics leaders
Batting
Pitching
Source