2016 European Baseball Championship

The 2016 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by Confederation of European Baseball. The 2016 European Championship was held from September 9 to 18, 2016 in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. It was organized by the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB), the City of Hoofddorp and the local baseball club Hoofddorp Pioniers.^[1]

2016 European Baseball Championship

Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Dates	September 9–18, 2016
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (22nd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played	45
Attendance	30,191 (671 per game)
Awards
MVP	Stijn van der Meer
← 2014 2019 →

Qualification

Main article: 2016 European Baseball Championship – Qualification

The top ten teams of the 2014 European Championship qualified automatically for the tournament.^[2] 2 additional teams qualified from the B-level tournament. Qualification started on 29 July 2014 with C level qualifiers for B level tournament.^[3]

Pool Czech Republic		Pool Regensburg
Belgium	7th, 2014 European Baseball Championship	Italy	2014 European Baseball Championship
Czech Republic	4th, 2014 European Baseball Championship	France	6th, 2014 European Baseball Championship
Greece	10th, 2014 European Baseball Championship	Germany	5th, 2014 European Baseball Championship
Netherlands	2014 European Baseball Championship	Great Britain	9th, 2014 European Baseball Championship
Russia	8th, 2014 European Baseball Championship	Croatia	Winner of Karlovac group
Spain	2014 European Baseball Championship	Sweden	Winner of Vienna group

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

	Qualified for Pool Winners
	Qualified for 7th–8th place game
	Qualified for Pool Losers

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Netherlands	5	0	1.000	–	42	7
Germany	4	1	0.800	1.05	28	17
Czech Republic	3	2	0.600	2.0	23	15
Sweden	2	3	0.500	3.0	21	25
Russia	1	4	0.200	4.0	17	44
Great Britain	0	5	0.000	5.0	15	38

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[4]

Schedule

September 9, 2016	Sweden	0 – 4	Germany	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 225
		Boxscore

September 9, 2016	Czech Republic	12 – 0 F/7	Russia	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 50
		Boxscore

September 9, 2016	Netherlands	11 – 1	Great Britain	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 2,100
		Boxscore

---

September 10, 2016	Russia	1 – 8	Sweden	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

September 10, 2016	Great Britain	1 – 4	Czech Republic	Nieuw-Vennep Attendance: 275
		Boxscore

September 10, 2016	Germany	2 – 10	Netherlands	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 3,100
		Boxscore

---

September 11, 2016	Sweden	1 – 6	Czech Republic	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 200
		Boxscore

September 11, 2016	Russia	1 – 3	Netherlands	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 2,950
		Boxscore

September 11, 2016	Great Britain	2 – 3	Germany	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 210
		Boxscore

---

September 12, 2016	Russia	4 – 16 F/7	Germany	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 65
		Boxscore

September 12, 2016	Sweden	9 – 6 F/11	Great Britain	Nieuw-Vennep Attendance: 100
		Boxscore

September 12, 2016	Czech Republic	0 – 10 F/7	Netherlands	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 1,550
		Boxscore

---

September 13, 2016	Great Britain	5 – 11	Russia	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 60
		Boxscore

September 13, 2016	Germany	3 – 1	Czech Republic	Nieuw-Vennep Attendance: 255
		Boxscore

September 13, 2016	Netherlands	8 – 3	Sweden	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 1,150
		Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]

Pool B

Standings

	Qualified for Pool Winners
	Qualified for 7th–8th place game
	Qualified for Pool Losers

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Spain	5	0	1.000	–	43	5
Italy	4	1	0.800	1.0	67	17
Belgium	3	2	0.600	2.0	38	31
France	2	3	0.400	3.0	30	28
Croatia	1	4	0.200	4.0	16	45
Greece	0	5	0.000	5.0	5	68

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [4]

Schedule

September 9, 2016	Croatia	1 – 16 F/6	France	Nieuw-Vennep Attendance: 70
		Boxscore

September 9, 2016	Italy	21 – 2 F/7	Greece	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

September 9, 2016	Spain	11 – 1 F/7	Belgium	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 125
		Boxscore

---

September 10, 2016	Greece	1 – 12	Spain	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 65
		Boxscore

September 10, 2016	France	3 – 6	Italy	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 800
		Boxscore

September 10, 2016	Belgium	5 – 1	Croatia	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 160
		Boxscore

---

September 11, 2016	Croatia	0 – 6	Spain	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 700
		Boxscore

September 11, 2016	Greece	1 – 7	France	Nieuw-Vennep Attendance: 160
		Boxscore

September 11, 2016	Belgium	0 – 15 F/5	Italy	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 500
		Boxscore

---

September 12, 2016	Croatia	10 – 0 F/8	Greece	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 175
		Boxscore

September 12, 2016	Spain	8 – 3	Italy	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 675
		Boxscore

September 12, 2016	Belgium	14 – 3	France	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 80
		Boxscore

---

September 13, 2016	France	0 – 6	Spain	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 80
		Boxscore

September 13, 2016	Italy	22 – 4 F/7	Croatia	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 200
		Boxscore

September 13, 2016	Greece	1 – 18 F/5	Belgium	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 85
		Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]

Round 2

Pool Winners

Standings

	Qualified for the Final
	Did not qualify for the Final

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Netherlands	5	0	1.000	–	39	10
Spain	4	1	.800	1.0	30	8
Italy	3	2	.600	2.0	38	16
Germany	2	3	.400	3.0	19	28
Czech Republic	1	4	.200	4.0	10	28
Belgium	0	5	.000	5.0	9	56

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[4]

Schedule

September 15, 2016	Belgium	3 – 4 F/10	Czech Republic	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

September 15, 2016	Italy	12 – 0	Germany	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 420
		Boxscore

September 15, 2016	Spain	0 – 1	Netherlands	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 1,450
		Boxscore

---

September 16, 2016	Belgium	2 – 14 F/7	Germany	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 350
		Boxscore

September 16, 2016	Spain	9 – 3	Czech Republic	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 550
		Boxscore

September 16, 2016	Italy	5 – 6 F/10	Netherlands	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 2,450
		Boxscore

---

September 17, 2016	Czech Republic	2 – 3	Italy	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 525
		Boxscore

September 17, 2016	Germany	0 – 3	Spain	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 920
		Boxscore

September 17, 2016	Netherlands	12 – 3	Belgium	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 2,675
		Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Classification game

7th/8th place game

September 14, 2016	Sweden	5 – 7	France	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 312
		Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Pool Losers

Standings

relegated to Division B

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Great Britain	2	1	.667	–	30	15
Croatia	2	1	.667	–	25	6
Greece	1	2	.333	1.0	5	30
Russia	1	2	.333	1.0	12	21

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[4]

Schedule

September 15, 2016	Russia	1 – 3	Greece	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 91
		Boxscore

September 15, 2016	Croatia	2 – 6	Great Britain	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 106
		Boxscore

---

September 16, 2016	Greece	2 – 19 F/7	Great Britain	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 52
		Boxscore

September 16, 2016	Russia	0 – 13 F/7	Croatia	Hoofddorp 2, Hoofddorp Attendance: 25
		Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]

Final

September 18, 2016	Netherlands	3 – 2 F/10	Spain	Hoofddorp 1, Hoofddorp Attendance: 3,350
		Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]

Final standings

relegated to Division B

Rk	Team	W	L	Pct.	R	RA
	Netherlands	9	0	1.000	64	17
Lost in Gold medal game
	Spain	7	2	.778	57	12
Failed to qualify for Gold medal game
	Italy	6	2	.750	87	25
4	Germany	5	3	.625	42	34
5	Czech Republic	4	4	.500	32	30
6	Belgium	3	5	.375	44	61
Failed to qualify for Pool Winners
7	France	3	3	.500	37	33
8	Sweden	2	4	.333	26	32
Failed to qualify for the 7th/8th place game & Pool Winners
9	Great Britain	2	5	.286	40	42
10	Croatia	2	5	.286	31	51
11	Greece	1	6	.143	10	88
12	Russia	1	6	.143	18	60

Awards

The CEB announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.^[6]

Individual Awards	Name
Most Valuable Player	Stijn van der Meer
Best hitter	Yurendell DeCaster
Outstanding defensive player	Luis Guillorme

Statistics leaders

Batting Statistic Name Total/Avg Batting average* Yurendell DeCaster .543 Hits Yurendell DeCaster 19 Runs Alessandro Vaglio 17 Home runs Kalian Sams 4 RBI Mattia Reginato Kalian Sams 12 Walks Gianison Boekhoudt Daniel Martínez 11 Strikeouts Maximilian Boldt Matej Hejma Randolph Oduber 9 Stolen bases Roger Bernadina Felix Brown Alex Liddi 4 On-base percentage* Alessandro Vaglio .658 Slugging percentage* Alessandro Vaglio .920 OPS* Alessandro Vaglio 1.578 * Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game

Pitching Statistic Name Total/Avg Wins Rhiner Cruz 3 Losses 5 players 2 Saves 9 players 1 Innings pitched Antonio Horvatić Enorbel Márquez 16.0 Hits allowed Dimitrios Kourtis Andrey Lobanov 19 Runs allowed Dimitrios Kourtis 15 Earned runs allowed Dimitrios Kourtis 15 ERA* Antonio Noguera 0.00 Walks Denis Leonov Per Sjoers 8 Strikeouts Denis Leonov 18 * Minimum 1.0 inning pitched per game