The 2007 European Baseball Championship was an international
baseball
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tournament held from September 7 to 16, between national baseball teams of the
Confederation of European Baseball
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. The tournament was held in
Barcelona
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,
Spain
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and served as the qualifying competition for the
2008 Summer Olympic Games
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...
. The
Netherlands
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won the tournament for the 5th consecutive time and qualified for the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing
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.
Great Britain
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and
Spain
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advanced to a final qualifying tournament in Taiwan. Prior to the tournament,
Greece
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was removed by the European Baseball Confederation and replaced with Austria.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
was downgraded to the last place at the end of the tournament and its wins in the preliminary round vacated. This was the first time that 5 teams instead of 2 were relegated to the B-Pool.
Qualification
Round 1
Pool A
Standings
Source: www.baseballstats.eu
Schedule
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Pool B
Standings
Source: www.baseballstats.eu
Schedule
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Classification games
11th/12th place
9th/10th place
7th/8th place
Source: www.baseballstats.eu
Pool C
Standings
Source: www.baseballstats.eu
Schedule
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Final standings
Source: www.baseballstats.eu
Awards
The
CEB announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.
Attendance
*Total Attendance : 19,546
*Average Attendance : 465
See also
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Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
References
External links
Official site
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2007
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European Baseball Championship
The European Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Europe, governed by the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB).
History
Italy won the inaugural European Baseball Championship in , and t ...
2007
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2007 in Spanish sport
Baseball qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics