The 2014

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 ...

was an international

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tournament held in the

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and

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. The defending champion Italy lost in the final to the Netherlands, who became champion for the 21st time.

Qualification

The top ten teams of the 2012 European Championship were qualified automatically for the tournament. 12 teams played a B-Level Qualifier from July 22 to 27, 2013.

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(11th in 2012) and

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(12th in 2012) qualified for the tournament.

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

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Schedule

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Pool B

Standings

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Schedule

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Round 2

Pool C

Standings

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Schedule

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Classification game

7th/8th place game

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Pool D

Standings

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Schedule

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Final

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Final standings

References

External links

European cup 2014 Germany official site

European cup 2014 Czech official site
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