Tournament details | |
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Country | Spain |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 7 – 16 September 2007 |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Netherlands (20th title) |
Runner-up | Great Britain |
Third place | Spain |
Fourth place | Germany |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 42 |
Attendance | 19,456 (463 per game) |
Best BA | Brant Ust (.600) |
Most HRs | Raylinos Legito (2) |
Most SBs | Roger Bernadina (4) |
Best ERA | Nicolas Dubaut (0.00) |
MVP | Brant Ust |
The 2007 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held from September 7 to 16, between national baseball teams of the Confederation of European Baseball. The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain and served as the qualifying competition for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The Netherlands won the tournament for the 5th consecutive time and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Great Britain and Spain advanced to a final qualifying tournament in Taiwan. Prior to the tournament, Greece was removed by the European Baseball Confederation and replaced with Austria.[1] Czech Republic was downgraded to last place at the end of the tournament and its wins in the preliminary round vacated due to the use of ineligible players.[2] This was the first time that five teams, rather than two, were relegated to the B-Pool.