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The 2023 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. 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.[1]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Dates | 24 September – 1 October |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain |
| Runner-up |  Great Britain |
| Third place |  Netherlands |
| Fourth place |  Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 48 |
| Attendance | 23,438 (488 per game) |
| MVP | Wander Encarnación |
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.[2] Slovakia was the only team from the 2021 championship that did not qualify in 2023.
| Team | Qualification method | Team | Qualification method | |
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 Netherlands |  2021 European Baseball Championship |
 Germany | 9th, 2021 European Baseball Championship | |
 Israel |  2021 European Baseball Championship |
 Austria | 11th, 2021 European Baseball Championship | |
 Italy |  2021 European Baseball Championship |
 Sweden | 12th, 2021 European Baseball Championship | |
 Spain | 4th, 2021 European Baseball Championship |  Ukraine | 13th, 2021 European Baseball Championship | |
 Czech Republic | 5th, 2021 European Baseball Championship |  Greece | 14th, 2021 European Baseball Championship | |
 Great Britain | 6th, 2021 European Baseball Championship |  Hungary | Qualifier tournament winner[2] | |
 Croatia | 7th, 2021 European Baseball Championship |  France | Qualifier tournament winner[2] | |
 Belgium | 8th, 2021 European Baseball Championship |  Switzerland | Qualifier tournament winner[2] |
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The tournament took place in six different stadiums across the Czech Republic.[3]
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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.[4][5]
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[5]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 2 | +34 | 1.000 | — | Qualified for Quarterfinals | — | 9–0 | 14–1 | — | |
| 2 | Czech Republic (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | .667 | 1 | — | — | 14–0 | 9–0 | ||
| 3 | Greece |
3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 34 | −22 | .333 | 2 | Qualified for Relegation Round | — | — | — | 11–6 | |
| 4 | Austria |
3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 33 | −26 | .000 | 3 | 1–13 | — | — | — |
| 24 September 2023 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) |
| 24 September 2023 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) |
| 25 September 2023 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) |
| 25 September 2023 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) |
| 26 September 2023 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) |
| 26 September 2023 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) |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 1.000 | — | Qualified for Quarterfinals | — | 4–0 | — | 22–3 | |
| 2 | Sweden |
3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 14 | +11 | .667 | 1 | — | — | 8–3 | — | ||
| 3 | Italy |
3 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 21 | +7 | .333 | 2 | Qualified for Relegation Round | 10–11 | — | — | 15–2 | |
| 4 | Hungary |
3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 54 | −42 | .000 | 3 | — | 7–17 | — | — |
Source: [6]
| 24 September 2023 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) |
| 24 September 2023 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) |
| 25 September 2023 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) |
| 25 September 2023 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) |
| 26 September 2023 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) |
| 26 September 2023 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) |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 5 | +35 | 1.000 | — | Qualified for Quarterfinals | — | 9–0 | 15–2 | — | |
| 2 | France |
3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | .667 | 1 | — | — | — | 10–0 | ||
| 3 | Croatia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 19 | −5 | .333 | 2 | Qualified for Relegation Round | — | 1–3 | — | 11–1 | |
| 4 | Ukraine |
3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 37 | −33 | .000 | 3 | 3–16 | — | — | — |
Source: [6]
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 9 | +23 | 1.000 | — | Qualified for Quarterfinals | — | 2–0 | — | — | |
| 2 | Israel |
3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 | .667 | 1 | — | — | 14–1 | 11–8 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 31 | −18 | .333 | 2 | Qualified for Relegation Round | 5–15 | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Belgium |
3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 33 | −19 | .000 | 3 | 4–15 | — | 2–7 | — |
Source: [6]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 28 September, 12:00 | ||||||||||
| D1 Germany | 6 | |||||||||
| 29 September, 12:00 | ||||||||||
| C2 France | 5 | |||||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| 28 September, 18:30 | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 8 | |||||||||
| B1 Great Britain | 12 | |||||||||
| 1 October, 18:30 | ||||||||||
| A2 Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||
| Great Britain | 2 | |||||||||
| 28 September, 18:30 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 11 | |||||||||
| C1 Netherlands | 12 | |||||||||
| 29 September, 18:30 | ||||||||||
| D2 Israel | 2 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 6 | |||||||||
| 28 September, 12:00 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 7 | 3rd Place | ||||||||
| A1 Spain | 18 | |||||||||
| 1 October, 12:00 | ||||||||||
| B2 Sweden | 3 | |||||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 5 | |||||||||
Placement round 5th–8th place
| 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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| Relegation round | 9–12th places | 9th place | ||||||||
| 28 September, 10:00 | ||||||||||
| D3 Switzerland | 9 | |||||||||
| 29 September, 12:00 | ||||||||||
| A4 Austria | 2 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 3 | |||||||||
| 28 September, 12:00 | ||||||||||
| Italy | 12 | |||||||||
| B3 Italy | 15 | |||||||||
| 30 September, 18:30 | ||||||||||
| C4 Ukraine | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy | 6 | |||||||||
| 28 September, 15:00 | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 5 | |||||||||
| A3 Greece | 4 | |||||||||
| 29 September, 18:30 | ||||||||||
| D4 Belgium | 5 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 5 | |||||||||
| 28 September, 18:30 | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 7 | 11th place | ||||||||
| C3 Croatia | 9 | |||||||||
| 30 September, 12:00 | ||||||||||
| B4 Hungary | 2 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 3 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 8 | |||||||||
13–16th places classification
| 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 | |||||
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There were 74 home runs hit in 48 games, for an average of 1.54 home runs per game.[7]
4 homeruns
Nick Ward
Omar Hernandez
3 homeruns
2 homeruns
Drew Janssen
Philip Smith
Eric Sogard
Vincent Ahrens- Shamoy Christopher
Kasey Caras
Graeham Luttor
Robel Garcia
Ray-Patrick Didder- Sicnarf Loopstok
- Dashenko Ricardo
- Engel Beltre
- Wander Encarnación
- Gabriel Lino
- Edgar Rondón
- Edison Valerio
Noah Williamson
1 homerun
Sammy Hackl- Felix Zimmerle
- Benjamin Goffaux
- Antonio Horvatić
- Arnošt Dubový
- William Escala
- Matěj Menšík
Ernesto Martinez- David Grimes
- Shawn Larry
- Yannic Walther
- Panagiotis Dudanakis
- Ari Sechopoulos
Ryan Lavarnway- Robb Paller
- Benjamin Rosengard
- Federico Celli
- Rogear Bernadina
- Ademar Rifaela
- Andrés Angulo
Leonard Bäckström- Joel Johnson
- Tommy Lindell
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| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct. | R | RA |
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Spain | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 72 | 13 |
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Great Britain | 5 | 1 | .833 | 59 | 30 |
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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
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