2023 Baseball5 European Championship

2023 Baseball5 European Championship
Tournament details

Country	Lithuania
Dates	7–11 November
Teams	13
Final positions
Champions	Lithuania (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Netherlands
← 2020 Vilnius

The 2023 Baseball5 European Championship was an international baseball5 tournament organized by the WBSC Europe. The championship was held from 7 to 11 November 2023, in the Lithuanian Sports Complex in Druskininkai, Lithuania and was contested between 13 national teams.^[1]^[2]

Hosts Lithuania won the tournament, beating France in the final 2 sets to 0, in a replay of the 2020 final (won by France). Spain finished third defeating the Netherlands 2 sets to 1 in the bronze medal game.^[3]

Lithuania and France qualified for second time in a row to the 2024 Baseball5 World Cup to be held in the Central Harbourfront Event Space in Hong Kong.^[4]

Venues

Druskininkai
Lithuanian Sports Complex

Qualification round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	France	6	6	0	1.000	—	Advance to Super round
2	Netherlands	6	4	2	.667	2
3	Spain	6	3	3	.500	3
4	Finland	6	3	3	.500	3	Advance to Placement round
5	Bulgaria	6	3	3	.500	3
6	Romania	6	2	4	.333	4
7	Latvia	6	0	6	.000	6

Source: WBSC Europe

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Lithuania (H)	5	5	0	1.000	—	Advance to Super round
2	Belgium	5	4	1	.800	1
3	Italy	5	3	2	.600	2
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	.400	3	Advance to Placement round
5	Estonia	5	1	4	.200	4
6	Moldova	5	0	5	.000	5

Source: WBSC Europe
(H) Hosts

Second round

Super round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	1.000	—	Advance to Gold medal game
2	Lithuania (H)	5	4	1	.800	1	Advance to Gold medal game
3	Spain	5	2	3	.400	3	Advance to Bronze medal game
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	.400	3	Advance to Bronze medal game
5	Belgium	5	1	4	.200	4
6	Italy	5	1	4	.200	4

Source: WBSC Europe
(H) Hosts

Placement round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Finland	6	5	1	.833	—
2	Czech Republic	6	5	1	.833	—
3	Bulgaria	6	5	1	.833	—
4	Romania	6	3	3	.500	2
5	Estonia	6	2	4	.333	3
6	Moldova	6	1	5	.167	4
7	Latvia	6	0	6	.000	5

Source: WBSC Europe

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L	Qualification
	Lithuania	8	1	Qualified for 2024 Baseball5 World Cup
	France	9	1	Qualified for 2024 Baseball5 World Cup
	Spain	5	5
4	Netherlands	6	4
5	Belgium	4	4
6	Italy	4	4
7	Finland	5	4
8	Czech Republic	5	4
9	Bulgaria	6	3
10	Romania	4	5
11	Estonia	2	7
12	Moldova	1	8
13	Latvia	0	9

Awards

Tournament Awards^[5]
Award	Player
Female MVP	Nomeda Neverauskaitė
Male MVP	Omar Diodene Pacheco
Best Female Hitter	Ambre Brouard
Best Male Hitter	Flavien Hasslauer
Best Female Offensive Player	Amina Taleb
Best Male Offensive Player	Kristijonas Vicas

All Europe Team^[5]
Player
Omar Diodene Pacheco
Nomeda Neverauskaitė
Melvin Brandjes
Nikol Yordanova
Flavien Hasslauer
Amina Taleb
Kristijonas Vicas
Elia Pascual

References

^ "The countdown begins: the Baseball5 European Championship 2023 is set to thrill in Druskininkai, Lithuania". WBSC Europe. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "Lietuvai patikėta teisė antrą kartą iš eilės organizuoti Europos beisbolo-5 čempionatą" (in Lithuanian). 17 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Lithuania clinches gold at the Baseball5 European Championship 2023". WBSC Europe. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "Lithuania secures a spot in 2024 WBSC World Cup alongside France". WBSC Europe. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Baseball5 European Championship 2023 Daily Report #5 - Final - 5" (PDF). WBSC Europe. Retrieved 27 November 2023.