2007 European Baseball Championship – Qualification

Qualification for
2007 European Baseball Championship

Tournament details
Countries	Russia Belgium
Dates	25 – 29 July 2006 1 – 5 August 2006
Teams	16

The qualification for the 2007 European Baseball Championship was held from July 25–29, 2006 in Russia and August 1–5, 2006 in Belgium. 16 nations contested to qualify for 2 spots available among the 10 other sides already qualified. In the end, 3 teams qualified for the 2007 competition, because of the removal of Greece.^[1] Austria replaced Greece, being the runners-up in the qualifier pool in Russia, while Croatia and Russia won their qualifier pools and were qualified to compete in the 2007 competition, to be placed with the 9 already qualified teams from the 2005 competition. These were Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom.

Qualifier Pool 1

Group stage

Group A

	Qualified for the semi-finals
	Did not qualify for the semi-finals

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Tiebreaker
1	Russia	3	3	0	–
2	Austria	3	2	1	–
3	Poland	3	1	2	–
4	Georgia	3	0	3	–

July 25, 2006	Poland	4 – 7	Austria	Planernaya, Russia

July 25, 2006	Georgia	1 – 12	Russia	Planernaya, Russia

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July 26, 2006	Austria	14 – 2	Georgia	Planernaya, Russia

July 26, 2006	Russia	11 – 1	Poland	Planernaya, Russia

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July 27, 2006	Georgia	5 – 19	Poland	Planernaya, Russia

July 27, 2006	Austria	1 – 12	Russia	Planernaya, Russia

Group B

	Qualified for the semi-finals
	Did not qualify for the semi-finals

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Tiebreaker
1	Belarus	3	3	0	–
2	Lithuania	3	2	1	–
3	Finland	3	1	2	–
4	Turkey	3	0	3	–

July 25, 2006	Lithuania	6 – 10	Belarus	Balashikha, Russia

July 25, 2006	Turkey	16 – 23	Finland	Balashikha, Russia

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July 26, 2006	Finland	2 – 15	Lithuania	Balashikha, Russia

July 26, 2006	Belarus	11 – 1	Turkey	Balashikha, Russia

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July 27, 2006	Lithuania	8 – 5	Turkey	Balashikha, Russia

July 27, 2006	Finland	3 – 13	Belarus	Balashikha, Russia

Final round

Group C

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Tiebreaker
1	Poland	3	3	0	–
2	Georgia	3	2	1	–
3	Finland	3	1	2	–
4	Turkey	3	0	3	–

July 28, 2006	Finland	5 – 10	Georgia	Balashikha, Russia

July 28, 2006	Poland	11 – 1	Turkey	Balashikha, Russia

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July 29, 2006	Poland	16 – 6	Finland	Balashikha, Russia

July 29, 2006	Turkey	13 – 16	Georgia	Balashikha, Russia

Semi-finals

July 28, 2006	Belarus	5 – 15	Austria	Planernaya, Russia

July 28, 2006	Russia	11 – 1	Lithuania	Planernaya, Russia

3rd place

July 29, 2006	Lithuania	10 – 8	Belarus	Planernaya, Russia

Final

July 29, 2006	Russia	17 – 0	Austria	Planernaya, Russia

Qualifier Pool 2

Group stage

Group A

	Qualified for the semi-finals
	Did not qualify for the semi-finals

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Tiebreaker
1	Croatia	3	3	0	–
2	Ireland	3	2	1	–
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	–
4	Norway	3	0	3	–

August 1, 2006	Slovakia	2 – 6	Ireland	Antwerp, Belgium

August 1, 2006	Norway	5 – 20	Croatia	Hoboken, Belgium

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August 2, 2006	Croatia	8 – 0	Slovakia	Hoboken, Belgium

August 2, 2006	Ireland	7 – 1	Norway	Hoboken, Belgium

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August 3, 2006	Slovakia	13 – 2	Norway	Antwerp, Belgium

August 3, 2006	Croatia	2 – 1	Ireland	Antwerp, Belgium

Group B

	Qualified for the semi-finals
	Did not qualify for the semi-finals

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Tiebreaker
1	Belgium	3	3	0	–
2	Switzerland	3	2	1	–
3	Slovenia	3	1	2	–
4	San Marino	3	0	3	–

August 1, 2006	San Marino	2 – 12	Slovenia	Hoboken, Belgium

August 1, 2006	Belgium	7 – 0	Switzerland	Hoboken, Belgium

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August 2, 2006	Switzerland	10 – 0	San Marino	Antwerp, Belgium

August 2, 2006	Slovenia	1 – 7	Belgium	Antwerp, Belgium

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August 3, 2006	Slovenia	4 – 8	Switzerland	Hoboken, Belgium

August 3, 2006	Belgium	11 – 1	San Marino	Hoboken, Belgium

Final round

Group C

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Tiebreaker
1	Slovakia	3	3	0	–
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	–
3	San Marino	3	1	2	–
4	Norway	3	0	3	–

August 4, 2006	Slovenia	13 – 2	Norway	Antwerp, Belgium

August 4, 2006	Slovakia	7 – 2	San Marino	Hoboken, Belgium

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August 5, 2006	Norway	3 – 13	San Marino	Antwerp, Belgium

August 5, 2006	Slovakia	13 – 3	Slovenia	Hoboken, Belgium

Semi-finals

August 4, 2006	Croatia	13 – 3	Switzerland	Antwerp, Belgium

August 4, 2006	Belgium	1 – 4	Ireland	Hoboken, Belgium

3rd place

August 5, 2006	Switzerland	2 – 15	Belgium	Antwerp, Belgium

Final

August 5, 2006	Croatia	12 – 2	Ireland	Hoboken, Belgium

External links

• Game Results Pool 1
• Game Results Pool 2

References