2007 European Baseball Championship – Qualification

Qualification for
2007 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountriesRussia
Belgium
Dates25 – 29 July 2006
1 – 5 August 2006
Teams16

The qualification for the 2007 European Baseball Championship was held from July 25–29, 2006 in Russia and August 1–5, 2006 in Belgium. 16 nations contested to qualify for 2 spots available among the 10 other sides already qualified. In the end, 3 teams qualified for the 2007 competition, because of the removal of Greece.[1] Austria replaced Greece, being the runners-up in the qualifier pool in Russia, while Croatia and Russia won their qualifier pools and were qualified to compete in the 2007 competition, to be placed with the 9 already qualified teams from the 2005 competition. These were Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom.

Qualifier Pool 1

Group stage

Group A

Qualified for the semi-finals
Did not qualify for the semi-finals
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1  Russia 3 3 0 –
2  Austria 3 2 1 –
3  Poland 3 1 2 –
4  Georgia 3 0 3 –
July 25, 2006 Poland  4 – 7  Austria Planernaya, Russia
July 25, 2006 Georgia  1 – 12  Russia Planernaya, Russia
July 26, 2006 Austria  14 – 2  Georgia Planernaya, Russia
July 26, 2006 Russia  11 – 1  Poland Planernaya, Russia
July 27, 2006 Georgia  5 – 19  Poland Planernaya, Russia
July 27, 2006 Austria  1 – 12  Russia Planernaya, Russia

Group B

Qualified for the semi-finals
Did not qualify for the semi-finals
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1  Belarus 3 3 0 –
2  Lithuania 3 2 1 –
3  Finland 3 1 2 –
4  Turkey 3 0 3 –
July 25, 2006 Lithuania  6 – 10  Belarus Balashikha, Russia
July 25, 2006 Turkey  16 – 23  Finland Balashikha, Russia
July 26, 2006 Finland  2 – 15  Lithuania Balashikha, Russia
July 26, 2006 Belarus  11 – 1  Turkey Balashikha, Russia
July 27, 2006 Lithuania  8 – 5  Turkey Balashikha, Russia
July 27, 2006 Finland  3 – 13  Belarus Balashikha, Russia

Final round

Group C

# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1  Poland 3 3 0 –
2  Georgia 3 2 1 –
3  Finland 3 1 2 –
4  Turkey 3 0 3 –
July 28, 2006 Finland  5 – 10  Georgia Balashikha, Russia
July 28, 2006 Poland  11 – 1  Turkey Balashikha, Russia
July 29, 2006 Poland  16 – 6  Finland Balashikha, Russia
July 29, 2006 Turkey  13 – 16  Georgia Balashikha, Russia

Semi-finals

July 28, 2006 Belarus  5 – 15  Austria Planernaya, Russia
July 28, 2006 Russia  11 – 1  Lithuania Planernaya, Russia

3rd place

July 29, 2006 Lithuania  10 – 8  Belarus Planernaya, Russia

Final

July 29, 2006 Russia  17 – 0  Austria Planernaya, Russia

Qualifier Pool 2

Group stage

Group A

Qualified for the semi-finals
Did not qualify for the semi-finals
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1  Croatia 3 3 0 –
2  Ireland 3 2 1 –
3  Slovakia 3 1 2 –
4  Norway 3 0 3 –
August 1, 2006 Slovakia  2 – 6  Ireland Antwerp, Belgium
August 1, 2006 Norway  5 – 20  Croatia Hoboken, Belgium
August 2, 2006 Croatia  8 – 0  Slovakia Hoboken, Belgium
August 2, 2006 Ireland  7 – 1  Norway Hoboken, Belgium
August 3, 2006 Slovakia  13 – 2  Norway Antwerp, Belgium
August 3, 2006 Croatia  2 – 1  Ireland Antwerp, Belgium

Group B

Qualified for the semi-finals
Did not qualify for the semi-finals
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1  Belgium 3 3 0 –
2   Switzerland 3 2 1 –
3  Slovenia 3 1 2 –
4  San Marino 3 0 3 –
August 1, 2006 San Marino  2 – 12  Slovenia Hoboken, Belgium
August 1, 2006 Belgium  7 – 0   Switzerland Hoboken, Belgium
August 2, 2006 Switzerland  10 – 0  San Marino Antwerp, Belgium
August 2, 2006 Slovenia  1 – 7  Belgium Antwerp, Belgium
August 3, 2006 Slovenia  4 – 8   Switzerland Hoboken, Belgium
August 3, 2006 Belgium  11 – 1  San Marino Hoboken, Belgium

Final round

Group C

# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1  Slovakia 3 3 0 –
2  Slovenia 3 2 1 –
3  San Marino 3 1 2 –
4  Norway 3 0 3 –
August 4, 2006 Slovenia  13 – 2  Norway Antwerp, Belgium
August 4, 2006 Slovakia  7 – 2  San Marino Hoboken, Belgium
August 5, 2006 Norway  3 – 13  San Marino Antwerp, Belgium
August 5, 2006 Slovakia  13 – 3  Slovenia Hoboken, Belgium

Semi-finals

August 4, 2006 Croatia  13 – 3   Switzerland Antwerp, Belgium
August 4, 2006 Belgium  1 – 4  Ireland Hoboken, Belgium

3rd place

August 5, 2006 Switzerland  2 – 15  Belgium Antwerp, Belgium

Final

August 5, 2006 Croatia  12 – 2  Ireland Hoboken, Belgium

References

  1. ^ "Austrian team, instead of Greece, to compete in the 2007 Championship". Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2009-08-25.