2019 European Baseball Championship – Qualification
# 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

* Qualified for Final
* Did not qualify for Final

| Teams | W | L |
| - | - | - |
| Poland | 4 | 0 |
| Romania | 2 | 2 |
| Estonia | 2 | 2 |
| Hungary | 1 | 3 |
| Georgia | 1 | 3 |

**Final**

| July 30, 2016 | Poland | 7–1 | Romania | Miejska Górka, Poland Attendance: 250 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| July 30, 2016 | | Boxscore | | Miejska Górka, Poland Attendance: 250 |

* Qualified for B-level Tournament.

**Final standings**

| # | Teams |
| - | - |
| 1 | Poland |
| 2 | Romania |
| 3 | Estonia |
| 4 | Hungary |
| 5 | Georgia |

### Ljubljana Group

* Qualified for Final
* Did not qualify for Final

| Teams | W | L |
| - | - | - |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1 |
| Serbia | 2 | 2 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 |
| Norway | 2 | 2 |
| Finland | 1 | 3 |

**Final**

| July 30, 2016 | Slovenia | 2–6 | Serbia | Ljubljana, Slovenia Attendance: 302 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| July 30, 2016 | | Boxscore | | Ljubljana, Slovenia Attendance: 302 |

* Qualified for B-level Tournament.

**Final standings**

| # | Teams |
| - | - |
| 1 | Serbia |
| 2 | Slovenia |
| 3 | Ireland |
| 4 | Norway |
| 5 | Finland |

## 2017 Pool B

Top team from each group qualified for the playoff, winner of which (Austria) qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship, bottom team from each group was relegated to C-Pool.

### Pool 1 – Belgrade

* Qualified for Final
* Did not qualify fot Final

| Teams | W | L |
| - | - | - |
| Austria | 4 | 1 |
| Israel | 3 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 |
| Serbia | 2 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 3 |
| Greece | 1 | 4 |

**Final**

| July 29, 2017 | Austria | 12 – 2 (7) | Israel |
| - | - | - | - |

* Qualified for Playoff Series
* Relegated to C-Pool

**Final standings**

| # | Teams |
| - | - |
| 1 | Austria |
| 2 | Israel |
| 3 | Switzerland |
| 4 | Serbia |
| 5 | Bulgaria |
| 6 | Greece |

### Pool 2 – Miejska Górka

* Qualified for Final
* Did not qualify fot Final

| Teams | W | L |
| - | - | - |
| Russia | 4 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 3 |
| Belarus | 2 | 3 |
| Poland | 2 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 3 |

**Final**

| July 29, 2017 | Russia | 3–8 | Lithuania |
| - | - | - | - |

* Qualified for Playoff Series
* Relegated to C-Pool

**Final standings**

| # | Teams |
| - | - |
| 1 | Lithuania |
| 2 | Russia |
| 3 | Slovakia |
| 4 | Belarus |
| 5 | Poland |
| 6 | Ukraine |

## 2018 Playoff Series

Winner of the best-of-three playoff series qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. Playoffs were hosted by Wiener Neustadt.

| June 29, 2018 | Austria | 10–0 (7) | Lithuania |
| - | - | - | - |
| June 30, 2018 | Lithuania | 3–25 (5) | Austria |
| July 1, 2018 | Austria | not necessary | Lithuania |

Austria 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 (based on record, with first tie-breaker based on runs per inning differential) also advanced to the B Pool as a wild card.

### Ashbourne Group

* Qualified for Final
* Did not qualify for Final

| Teams | W | L | TQB |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ireland (H) | 4 | 0 | 1.5575 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 0.4738 |
| Finland | 2 | 2 | −0.1366 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 3 | −1.0549 |
| Norway | 0 | 4 | −1.6517 |

**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.

| July 28, 2018 | Ireland | 12–2 (7) | Greece | Ashbourne, Ireland |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| July 28, 2018 | | Boxscore | | Ashbourne, Ireland |

* Qualified for B-level Tournament.

**Final standings**

| # | Teams |
| - | - |
| 1 | Ireland |
| 2 | Greece |
| 3 | Finland |
| 4 | Slovenia |
| 5 | Norway |

### Kropyvnytskyi Group

* Qualified for Final
* Did not qualify for Final

| Teams | W | L | TQB |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ukraine (H) | 4 | 0 | 1.7418 |
| Romania | 2 | 2 | 0.0000 |
| Georgia | 2 | 2 | −0.1613 |
| Estonia | 2 | 2 | −0.7097 |
| Hungary | 0 | 4 | −0.5572 |

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 (again in seven innings, due to weather). 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 (the Ashbourne group runner-up).

| July 28, 2018 | Ukraine | 3–2 | Romania | Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| July 28, 2018 | | Boxscore | | Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine |

* Qualified for B-level Tournament.

**Final standings**

| # | Teams |
| - | - |
| 1 | Ukraine |
| 2 | Romania |
| 3 | Georgia |
| 4 | Estonia |
| 5 | Hungary |

## 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:

* Belarus
* Bulgaria
* Israel
* Lithuania
* Poland
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Switzerland

Five additional teams advanced from 2018 Pool C.

* Greece
* Ireland
* Ukraine
* Romania
* Finland

### Group 1 - Trnava

**Pool A**

* Qualified for Semifinals
* Did not qualify for Semifinals

| # | Teams | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Poland | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Finland | 0 | 3 |

**Pool B**

| # | Teams | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Slovakia (H) | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Belarus | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Romania | 0 | 3 |

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - |
| July 5 13:30 Trnava | July 5 13:30 Trnava |
| Switzerland | 7 |
| Switzerland | 7 | July 6 17:00 Trnava | July 6 17:00 Trnava |
| Lithuania | 12 | July 6 17:00 Trnava | July 6 17:00 Trnava |
| Lithuania | 12 | Lithuania | 7 |
| July 5 17:00 Trnava | July 5 17:00 Trnava | | Lithuania | 7 |
| July 5 17:00 Trnava | July 5 17:00 Trnava | Ukraine | 5 |
| Slovakia | 1 | Ukraine | 5 |
| Ukraine | 18 | | |
| Ukraine | 18 | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| | | July 6 13:30 Trnava | July 6 13:30 Trnava |
| | | Switzerland | 9 |
| | | Slovakia | 11 |

**Semifinals**

Semifinals order will be switched, because home team advanced to this round.

| July 5, 2019 13:30 | Switzerland | 7-12 | Lithuania | Trnava Attendance: 50 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| July 5, 2019 13:30 | | Boxscore | | Trnava Attendance: 50 |
| July 5, 2019 17:00 | Slovakia | 1-18 (6) | Ukraine | Trnava |
| July 5, 2019 17:00 | | Boxscore | | Trnava |

**3rd-place game**

| July 6, 2019 13:30 | Switzerland | 9-11 | Slovakia | Trnava Attendance: 40 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| July 6, 2019 13:30 | | Boxscore | | Trnava Attendance: 40 |

**Final**

| July 6, 2019 17:00 | Lithuania | 7-5 | Ukraine | Trnava Attendance: 100 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| July 6, 2019 17:00 | | Boxscore | | Trnava Attendance: 100 |

**Classification round – Pool C**

| Pos. | Teams | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Belarus | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Poland | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Finland | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Romania | 0 | 3 |

### Final standings

* Qualified for Playoff Series

| # | Teams |
| - | - |
| 1 | Lithuania |
| 2 | Ukraine |
| 3 | Slovakia |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Belarus |
| 6 | Poland |
| 7 | Finland |
| 8 | Romania |

### Group 2 - Blagoevgrad

* Qualified for Final
* Did not qualify for Final

| # | Teams | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Israel | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Serbia | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Ireland | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (H) | 0 | 5 |

**Final**

| July 6, 2019 10:00 | Israel | 5-3 | Russia | Blagoevgrad Attendance: 126 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| July 6, 2019 10:00 | | Boxscore | | Blagoevgrad Attendance: 126 |

**Final standings**

* Qualified for Playoff Series

| # | Teams |
| - | - |
| 1 | Israel |
| 2 | Russia |
| 3 | Greece |
| 4 | Serbia |
| 5 | Ireland |
| 6 | Bulgaria |

## 2019 Playoff Series

The winner of the best-of-three playoff series qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. Playoff host was Utena, Lithuania.

| July 26, 2019 14:00 | Lithuania | 2-12 | Israel | Utena Attendance: 354 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| July 26, 2019 14:00 | | Boxscore | | Utena Attendance: 354 |
| July 27, 2019 14:00 | Israel | 15-0 (5) | Lithuania | Utena Attendance: 402 |
| July 27, 2019 14:00 | | Boxscore | | Utena Attendance: 402 |
| July 28, 2019 14:00 | Lithuania | not necessary | Israel |

Israel qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.

