2010 European Championship

From BR Bullpen

The 2010 European Championship will feature 12 teams from Europe. It will be held in July and August 2010 in the German cities of Heidenheim, Tuebingen and Stuttgart. The Dutch national team will try to defend its title from the 2007 European Championship. The event, conducted on a biennial basis for decades, was pushed back from its original 2009 date when slated 2009 host Russia fell through and the 2009 Baseball World Cup was assigned to Europe.

Seven teams qualified for 2009 based on their 2007 performances -  Netherlands,  United Kingdom,  Spain,  Germany,  France,  Sweden and  Italy. In the 2008 European Championship Qualifiers, 23 teams competed for the other 5 spots -  Belgium,  Ukraine,  Croatia,  Greece and  Czech Republic won those events to round out the field.

Contents 1 Schedule 1.1 July 23 1.2 July 24 1.3 July 25 1.4 July 26 1.5 July 27 1.6 July 28 1.7 July 29-July 31 1.8 August 1

[edit] Schedule

[edit] July 23

•  Czech Republic vs.  Netherlands
•  Ukraine vs.  Germany
•  France vs.  Belgium
•  Croatia vs.  United Kingdom
•  Italy vs.  Spain
•  Sweden vs.  Greece

[edit] July 24

•  France vs.  Netherlands
•  Czech Republic vs.  Germany
•  Ukraine vs.  Belgium
•  Sweden vs.  United Kingdom
•  Croatia vs.  Spain
•  Italy vs.  Greece

[edit] July 25

•  Ukraine vs.  Netherlands
•  Czech Republic vs.  France
•  Germany vs.  Belgium
•  Italy vs.  United Kingdom
•  Greece vs.  Spain
•  Sweden vs.  Croatia

[edit] July 26

•  Germany vs.  Netherlands
•  Ukraine vs.  France
•  Czech Republic vs.  Belgium
•  Spain vs.  United Kingdom
•  Greece vs.  Croatia
•  Sweden vs.  Italy

[edit] July 27

•  Germany vs.  France
•  Ukraine vs.  Czech Republic
•  Netherlands vs.  Belgium
•  Spain vs.  Sweden
•  Greece vs.  United Kingdom
•  Croatia vs.  Italy

[edit] July 28

• 7th/8th, 9th/10th and 11/12th place games

[edit] July 29-July 31

• Final Round

[edit] August 1

• Championship Game