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Czech Republic 24 September – 1 October 16 Netherlands Spain (2nd title) Great Britain Netherlands Germany 48 23,438 (488 per game) Wander Encarnación
The 2023 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by WBSC Europe . It was held in five cities in the Czech Republic , from September 24 to October 1, 2023. The championship marked the first time in history, excluding three occasions when they did not enter the tournament, that the Netherlands did not feature in the final, having lost 7–6 to Spain in the semi-finals.
The top 14 teams of the 2021 European Championship qualified automatically for the tournament. After the expulsion of Russia, who had finished 10th, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine , the remaining three spots were filled through a qualification tournament, that saw Hungary , France , and Switzerland qualify. Slovakia was the only team from the 2021 championship that did not qualify in 2023.
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The tournament took place in six different stadiums across the Czech Republic.
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The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The bottom two teams entered the 9th–16th place play-offs.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2 ).
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24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) 11:00 Greece 1–14 (F/7) Spain Arrows Park, Ostrava Attendance: 173 Umpires: Mojmír Jankovič (HP), Fabien Carrette-Legrand (1B), Tiska Tiihonen (3B) LP: Dimitrios Kourtis (0–1) Boxscore WP: Anderson de León (1–0) HR: Kasey Caras (1) HR: Omar Hernandez (1), Gabriel Lino (1), Edison Valerio (1)
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24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) 18:00 Austria 0–9 Czech Republic Arrows Park, Ostrava Attendance: 1,980 Umpires: Christopher Feuerecker (HP), Richard Wessel (1B), Fabien Carrette-Legrand (3B) LP: Christian Tomsich (0–1) Boxscore WP: Tomáš Ondra (1–0) HR: Matěj Menšík (1), Martin Červenka (1)
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25 September 2023 (2023-09-25) 11:00 Spain 13–1 (F/8) Austria Arrows Park, Ostrava Attendance: 312 Umpires: Fabien Carrette-Legrand (HP), Tiska Tiihonen (1B), Mojmír Jankovič(3B) WP: Jorge Balboa (1–0) Boxscore LP: Julian Faulhaber (0–1) HR: Andrés Angulo (1), Edison Valerio (2)
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25 September 2023 (2023-09-25) 17:40 Greece 0–14 (F/7) Czech Republic Arrows Park, Ostrava Attendance: 1,576 Umpires: Richard Wessel (HP), Christopher Feuerecker (1B), Tiska Tiihonen (3B) LP: Jonathan Kountis (0–1) Boxscore WP: Ondřej Satoria (1–0) HR: Eric Sogard (1), William Escala (1)
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26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 11:00 Austria 6–11 Greece Arrows Park, Ostrava Attendance: 286 Umpires: Tiska Tiihonen (HP), Mojmír Jankovič (1B), Richard Wessel (3B) LP: Ryan Rupp (0–1) Boxscore WP: Peter Maestrales (1–0) Sv: Dimitri Lettas (1) HR: Sammy Hackl (1), Felix Zimmerle (1) HR: Kasey Caras (2), Panagiotis Dudunakis (1), Ari Sechopoulos (1)
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26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 17:40 Czech Republic 0–9 Spain Arrows Park, Ostrava Attendance: 2,017 Umpires: Christopher Feuerecker (HP), Richard Wessel (1B), Fabien Carrette-Legrand (3B) LP: Marek Minařík (0–1) Boxscore WP: Pablo Guillén (1–0) HR: Gabriel Lino (2), Wander Encarnación (1), Omar Hernandez (2)
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24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) 11:00 Hungary 2–15 (F/7) Italy Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč Attendance: 168 Umpires: Edwin Louisa (HP), Sergii Bolilyi (1B), Jason Lillebo (3B) LP: Sean Fekete (0–1) Boxscore WP: Mattia Aldegheri (1–0)
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24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) 17:30 Sweden 0–4 Great Britain Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč Attendance: 183 Umpires: Vladimir Richter (HP), Alex Lazaro (1B), Sergii Bolilyi (3B) LP: Benjamin Johnson (0–1) Boxscore WP: Austin Hassani (1–0)
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25 September 2023 (2023-09-25) 11:00 Hungary 3–22 (F/5) Great Britain Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč Attendance: 190 Umpires: Sergii Bolilyi (HP), Jason Lillebo (1B), Edwin Louisa (3B) LP: Ádám Piros (0–1) Boxscore WP: Jacob Esch (1–0) HR: Nick Ward (1)
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25 September 2023 (2023-09-25) 17:30 Italy 3–8 Sweden Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč Attendance: 260 Umpires: Alex Lazaro (HP), Vladimir Richter (1B), Jason Lillebo (3B) LP: Gabriele Quattrini (0–1) Boxscore WP: Per Sjörs (1–0) HR: Joel Johnson (1)
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26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 11:00 Sweden 17–7 (F/8) Hungary Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč Attendance: 82 Umpires: Jason Lillebo (HP), Edwin Louisa (1B), Alex Lazaro (3B) WP: Oskar Syrén (1–0) Boxscore LP: Robert Ogg HR: Leonard Bäckström (1) HR: Graeham Luttor (1)
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26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 17:30 Great Britain 11–10 Italy Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč Attendance: 360 Umpires: Sergii Bolilyi (HP), Alex Lazaro(1B), Vladimir Richter (3B) WP: Chris Messer (1–0) Sv: Demoi Hodge (1) Boxscore LP: Alex Bassani (0–1) HR: Nick Ward (2), Harry Ford (1, 2) HR: Robel Garcia (1, 2)
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Classification games 5th place 29 September, 18:30 France 1 30 September, 18:30 Czech Republic 11 Czech Republic 5 29 September, 12:00 Israel 1 Israel 6 Sweden 4 7th place 30 September, 12:00 France 13 Sweden 0
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13–16th places 13th place 29 September, 10:00 Austria 0 30 September, 15:00 Ukraine 9 Ukraine 4 29 September, 15:00 Greece 8 Greece 19 Hungary 14 15th place 30 September, 10:00 Austria 15 Hungary 5
Rk Team W L Pct. R RA
Spain 6 0 1.000 72 13 Great Britain 5 1 .833 59 30 Netherlands 5 1 .833 63 18 4 Germany 4 2 .667 46 23 5 Czech Republic 4 2 .667 41 23 6 Israel 3 3 .500 34 32 7 France 3 3 .500 32 27 8 Sweden 2 4 .333 32 51 9 Italy 4 2 .667 61 29 10 Croatia 3 3 .500 35 32 11 Belgium 2 4 .333 32 47 12 Switzerland 2 4 .333 28 53 13 Greece 3 3 .500 43 57 14 Ukraine^ 1 5 .167 17 60 15 Austria^ 1 5 .167 24 56 16 Hungary^ 0 6 .000 33 97
^ - Relegated to B Pool European Qualifier
Award Player Ref.
Most Valuable Player Wander Encarnación Leading hitter Graeham Luttor Outstanding defensive player Didi Gregorius
There were 74 home runs hit in 48 games, for an average of 1.54 home runs per game.
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Several former and future Major League Baseball players participated in the tournament. Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza managed Italy and Robel García played for the Italian team. The Netherlands team included Didi Gregorius , Roger Bernadina , and Shairon Martis , with Gene Kingsale serving as a coach. Ryan Lavarnaway , Ty Kelly , Josh Zeid , and Jake Fishman played for Israel. Engel Beltré and Rhiner Cruz played for Spain. Eric Sogard played for Czechia. Catching prospect Harry Ford starred for Great Britain, which also included Jake Esch . Erik Pappas was a player and coach for Greece.
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