2016 European Baseball Championship – Qualification

The qualification for the 2016 European Baseball Championship started on July 29, 2014, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[1]

C-level qualifier

Qualification for
2014 European Baseball Championship B-level Qualification
Tournament details
CountrySlovenia
Dates29 July – 2 August 2014
Teams8

Group A

Qualified for Final Stage
Did not qualify for Final Stage
Teams W L Pct. GB
 Ireland 3 0 1.000 0
 Romania 2 1 .667 1
 Hungary 1 2 .333 2
 Norway 0 3 .000 3

Group B

Qualified for Final Stage
Did not qualify for Final Stage
Teams W L Pct. GB
 Israel 3 0 1.000 0
 Slovenia 2 1 .667 1
 Finland 1 2 .333 2
 Latvia 0 3 .000 3

Final stage

Semifinals
August 1, 2014 Israel  8 – 3  Romania Ljubljana, Slovenia
Attendance: 78
Boxscore
August 1, 2014 Ireland  3 – 10  Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia
Attendance: 225
Boxscore
Final
August 2, 2014 Israel  14 – 0  Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia
Attendance: 257
Boxscore

Final standings

Qualified for B-level Tournament.
# Teams
1  Israel
2  Slovenia
3  Romania
4  Ireland
5  Finland
6  Latvia
7  Hungary
8  Norway

B-level qualifier

Top team from each group will qualify for the 2016 European Baseball Championship, bottom team from each group will be relegated to C-Pool.

Vienna group

Qualified for Final Stage
Did not qualify for Final Stage
Teams W L Pct. GB
 Austria 4 1 .800 0
 Sweden 4 1 .800 0
 Israel 3 2 .600 1
 Lithuania 2 3 .400 2
 Belarus 1 4 .200 3
 Poland 1 4 .200 3

Final

Aug 1, 2015 Austria  5 – 8  Sweden Vienna, Austria
Attendance: 950
Boxscore

Karlovac group

Qualified for Final Stage
Did not qualify for Final Stage
Teams W L Pct. GB
 Croatia 5 0 1.000 0
 Slovakia 3 1 .750 1.5
 Ukraine 3 2 .600 2
 Bulgaria 2 3 .400 3
  Switzerland 1 3 .250 3.5
 Slovenia 0 5 0 5

The game Slovakia – Switzerland was cancelled.

Final

Aug 1, 2015 Croatia  6 – 4  Slovakia Karlovac, Croatia
Attendance: 307
Boxscore
Promoted to Pool A 2016  Sweden,  Croatia
Relegated to Pool C 2016  Poland,  Slovenia

References

  1. ^ "C level qualifier". Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)