U-18 Baseball European Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| No. of teams | 10 (Finals) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Italy (15th title) |
| Most titles |  Netherlands(17 titles) |
The U-18 Baseball European Championship, sometimes referred to as the U-18 European Baseball Championship and formerly the European Junior Baseball Championship, is a biennial, under-18 international baseball tournament sanctioned and created by the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB).[1] The tournament is conducted in the year prior to the 18U Baseball World Cup (formerly called the World Junior Baseball Championship), which is likewise held every other year. The top 4 teams in the European Junior Baseball Championship qualify for the World Cup.
Results
[edit]These are the finals and semifinal results of the U-18 Baseball European Championship from 2007-2024.[2]
| Year | Final Host | Final | Semifinalists | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place | ||
| 2007 Details |
Rosmalen |
Italy |
4–2 |  Russia |
 Netherlands |
 Czech Republic |
| 2009 Details |
 Bonn |
Italy |
4–3 | Netherlands |
 France |
Russia |
| 2011 Details |
 Gijón |
Netherlands |
10–4 | Czech Republic |
Italy |
 Germany |
| 2013 Details |
Prague |
Italy |
10–5 | Czech Republic |
Netherlands |
Spain |
| 2015 Details |
Ostrava |
Italy |
10–6 | Netherlands |
Czech Republic |
France |
| 2016 Details |
Gijón |
Netherlands |
7–3 | Italy |
Germany |
Czech Republic |
| 2018 Details |
Grosseto |
Netherlands |
6–3 | Spain |
Czech Republic |
Italy |
| 2021 Details |
Macerata |
Netherlands |
6–2 | Italy |
Germany |
Spain |
| 2022 Details |
Brno |
Spain |
6–2 | Netherlands |
Czech Republic |
Italy |
| 2024 Details |
Regensburg |
Italy |
3–1 | Germany |
Netherlands |
 Great Britain |
Medals (1974-2022)
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 17 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| 2 | Italy | 15 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 3 | Spain | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 |  Russia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 33 | 33 | 35 | 101 | |
- 3 Bronze awarded in 1989 (CZE, FRA, ESP).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Baseball Europe". Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Baseball - European U-18 Championships - 2022 - Home". The Sports.org.
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