# 2022 Women's Softball European Championship

The 2022 Women's Softball European Championship was an international European softball competition held in Sant Boi, Spain from 24 July to 30 July 2022. This was the 23rd edition of the Women's Softball European Championship.

## Round robin 1
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 1.000 | — | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 1.000 | 0.5 | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 3 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 1 | Advance to classification stage |
| 4 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | −11 | .000 | 1.5 | Advance to classification stage |
| 5 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | −21 | .000 | 2 | Advance to classification stage |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 1.000 | — | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 2 | Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 1.000 | +0.5 | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 3 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | .500 | 0.5 | Advance to classification stage |
| 4 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | .000 | 1 | Advance to classification stage |
| 5 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | −18 | .000 | 1.5 | Advance to classification stage |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | +32 | 1.000 | — | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 1.000 | 0.5 | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 17 | +3 | .500 | 1 | Advance to classification stage |
| 4 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | .000 | 1.5 | Advance to classification stage |
| 5 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | −35 | .000 | 2 | Advance to classification stage |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 5 | +37 | 1.000 | — | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 2 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 1.000 | 1 | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 3 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | .500 | 1.5 | Advance to classification stage |
| 4 | Malta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 36 | −16 | .333 | 2 | Advance to classification stage |
| 5 | Spain (H) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | .000 | 2 | Advance to classification stage |
| 6 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 39 | −35 | .000 | 2.5 | Advance to classification stage |

## Round robin 2
### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 6 | +35 | 1.000 | — | Advance to final round robin |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 7 | +27 | .800 | 1 | Advance to final round robin |
| 3 | Israel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 28 | −5 | .600 | 2 | Advance to final round robin |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 30 | −7 | .400 | 3 | Advance to classification stage |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 31 | −21 | .200 | 4 | Advance to classification stage |
| 6 | France | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 40 | −29 | .000 | 5 | Advance to classification stage |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 3 | +47 | 1.000 | — | Advance to final round robin |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 7 | +21 | .800 | 1 | Advance to final round robin |
| 3 | Spain (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | +4 | .600 | 2 | Advance to final round robin |
| 4 | Greece | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 0 | .400 | 3 | Advance to classification stage |
| 5 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 40 | −38 | .200 | 4 | Advance to classification stage |
| 6 | Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 42 | −34 | .000 | 5 | Advance to classification stage |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Croatia | 8 | 8 | 0 | 65 | 0 | +65 | 1.000 | — |
| 2 | Austria | 8 | 7 | 1 | 74 | 17 | +57 | .875 | 1 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 8 | 6 | 2 | 63 | 29 | +34 | .750 | 2 |
| 4 | Belgium | 8 | 5 | 3 | 86 | 34 | +52 | .625 | 3 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 27 | +38 | .500 | 4 |
| 6 | Denmark | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 59 | −33 | .375 | 5 |
| 7 | Malta | 8 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 78 | −65 | .250 | 6 |
| 8 | Finland | 8 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 105 | −71 | .125 | 7 |
| 9 | Turkey | 8 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 105 | −77 | .000 | 8 |

## Final round robin
### Group X

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | .800 | — | Advance to championship game |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +4 | .800 | — | Advance to championship game |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | −1 | .600 | 1 | Advance to bronze medal game |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 5 | +20 | .600 | 1 | Advance to bronze medal game |
| 5 | Spain (H) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | −12 | .200 | 3 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Israel | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 30 | −17 | .000 | 4 | Eliminated |

## Classification stage
### Group Y

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Greece | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 1.000 | — |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 3 | +19 | .800 | 1 |
| 3 | Ireland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | .600 | 2 |
| 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | .400 | 3 |
| 5 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 23 | −20 | .200 | 4 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | −22 | .000 | 5 |

#### Bronze medal game

30 July 3:00 (CEST) Estadio Municipal de Sófbol Antonio Hervás 28 °C (82 °F) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Alexia Lacatena LP: Veronika Pecková Sv: Alice Nicolini Boxscore |||||||||||

#### Championship game

30 July 6:00 (CEST) Estadio Municipal de Sófbol Antonio Hervás 29 °C (84 °F) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| WP: Eva Voortman LP: Georgina Corrick Boxscore |||||||||||

## Final standings

| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct. |
| | Netherlands | 9 | 1 | .900 |
| | Great Britain | 9 | 2 | .818 |
| | Italy | 8 | 2 | .800 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 7 | 3 | .700 |
| 5 | Spain | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| 6 | Israel | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| 7 | Greece | 7 | 3 | .700 |
| 8 | Germany | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| 9 | Ireland | 5 | 5 | .500 |
| 10 | France | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 8 | .111 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 3 | 8 | .273 |
| 13 | Croatia | 8 | 1 | .889 |
| 14 | Austria | 7 | 2 | .778 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 6 | 3 | .667 |
| 16 | Belgium | 5 | 4 | .556 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| 18 | Denmark | 3 | 6 | .333 |
| 19 | Malta | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| 20 | Finland | 1 | 8 | .111 |
| 21 | Turkey | 0 | 9 | .000 |

## Qualified teams for 2024 Women's Softball World Cup

The following three teams from Europe qualify for the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Women's Softball World Cup |
| Great Britain | 28 July 2022 | 7 (1994, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Netherlands | 28 July 2022 | 14 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Italy | 30 July 2022 | 13 (1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.