# 2017 European Under-23 Baseball Championship

The 2017 European Under-23 Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held by the Confederation of European Baseball for players 23-year-old and younger. The 2017 edition was held in Austria (Wels), Czech Republic (Blansko and Brno) and Slovakia (Trnava). The Dutch team won the first ever edition.

## Group stage
### Pool A
#### Standings

* Qualified for the-quarter finals
* Did not qualify for the-quarter finals
| # | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 3 |

#### Game Results

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Aug 7, 2017 | 16:00 | Russia | 1-2 | Croatia | | Brno Hrosi | 2:12 | 50 | Boxscore |
| Aug 7, 2017 | 18:00 | Belarus | 0-9 | Netherlands | | Blansko | 2:25 | 80 | Boxscore |
| Aug 8, 2017 | 14:00 | Netherlands | 9-1 | Russia | | Brno MBS | 2:38 | 50 | Boxscore |
| Aug 8, 2017 | 18:00 | Croatia | 18-7 | Belarus | F/7 | Brno Hrosi | 2:50 | 30 | Boxscore |
| Aug 9, 2017 | 14:00 | Belarus | 1-2 | Russia | F/10 | Brno MBS | 2:30 | 20 | Boxscore |
| Aug 9, 2017 | 16:00 | Croatia | 3-18 | Netherlands | F/6 | Brno Hrosi | 2:20 | 60 | Boxscore |

### Pool B
#### Standings

* Qualified for the-quarter finals
* Did not qualify for the-quarter finals
| # | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 |

#### Game Results

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Aug 7, 2017 | 13:00 | Poland | 1-5 | Spain | | Wels | 2:31 | 50 | Boxscore |
| Aug 7, 2017 | 17:30 | Austria | 0-10 | Great Britain | F/7 | Wels | 1:54 | 200 | Boxscore |
| Aug 8, 2017 | 13:00 | Great Britain | 13-12 | Poland | F/11 | Wels | 3:29 | 150 | Boxscore |
| Aug 8, 2017 | 17:30 | Spain | 3-0 | Austria | | Wels | 2:19 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Aug 9, 2017 | 13:00 | Great Britain | 1-4 | Spain | | Wels | 2:42 | 85 | Boxscore |
| Aug 9, 2017 | 17:30 | Austria | 11-12 | Poland | | Wels | 3:16 | 200 | Boxscore |

### Pool C
#### Standings

* Qualified for the quarter-finals
* Did not qualify for the quarter-finals
| # | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 |

#### Game Results

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Aug 7, 2017 | 11:00 | Georgia | 0-24 | Germany | F/5 | Trnava | 1:30 | 40 | Boxscore |
| Aug 7, 2017 | 16:00 | Slovakia | 0-11 | France | F/7 | Trnava | 2:13 | 320 | Boxscore |
| Aug 8, 2017 | 11:00 | France | 24-2 | Georgia | F/5 | Trnava | 2:22 | 80 | Boxscore |
| Aug 8, 2017 | 16:00 | Germany | 21-0 | Slovakia | F/5 | Trnava | 1:55 | 240 | Boxscore |
| Aug 9, 2017 | 11:00 | France | 8-9 | Germany | | Trnava | 3:27 | 120 | Boxscore |
| Aug 9, 2017 | 16:00 | Georgia | 4-15 | Slovakia | F/7 | Trnava | 2:24 | 180 | Boxscore |

### Pool D
#### Standings

* Qualified for the-quarter finals
* Did not qualify for the-quarter finals
| # | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 3 |

#### Game Results

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Aug 7, 2017 | 14:00 | Ukraine | 3-8 | Belgium | | Brno MBS | 2:50 | 60 | Boxscore |
| Aug 7, 2017 | 19:00 | Lithuania | 0-15 | Czech Republic | F/7 | Brno MBS | 2:24 | 280 | Boxscore |
| Aug 8, 2017 | 18:00 | Belgium | 8-0 | Lithuania | | Blansko | 2:55 | 90 | Boxscore |
| Aug 8, 2017 | 19:00 | Czech Republic | 12-1 | Ukraine | F/7 | Brno MBS | 2:30 | 300 | Boxscore |
| Aug 9, 2017 | 18:00 | Lithuania | 5-15 | Ukraine | F/7 | Blansko | 3:10 | 50 | Boxscore |
| Aug 9, 2017 | 19:00 | Belgium | 0-17 | Czech Republic | F/5 | Brno MBS | 1:50 | 300 | Boxscore |

## Second stage
### Pool E (9º-12º)
#### Standings

| # | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 |

#### Game Results

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Aug 10, 2017 | 15:00 | Ukraine | 10-7 | Russia | | Brno MBS | 3:00 | 20 | Boxscore |
| Aug 11, 2017 | 11:00 | Slovakia | 4-17 | Poland | F/8 | Brno MBS | 2:42 | 50 | Boxscore |
| Aug 12, 2017 | 11:00 | Poland | 2-10 | Ukraine | | Brno Technika | 2:32 | 20 | Boxscore |
| Aug 12, 2017 | 18:00 | Russia | 1-3 | Slovakia | | Blansko | 2:31 | 50 | Boxscore |
| Aug 13, 2017 | 11:00 | Russia | 8-1 | Poland | | Brno Hrosi | 2:23 | 30 | Boxscore |
| Aug 13, 2017 | 11:00 | Ukraine | 10-6 | Slovakia | F/10 | Brno Technika | 3:17 | 30 | Boxscore |

### Pool F (13º-16º)
#### Standings

| # | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Belarus | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 |

#### Game Results

| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| Aug 10, 2017 | 15:00 | Lithuania | 0-14 | Belarus | F/7 | Brno Hrosi | 2:40 | 50 | Boxscore |
| Aug 11, 2017 | 13:20 | Georgia | 4-17 | Austria | F/5 | Brno Hrosi | 1:25 | 50 | Boxscore |
| Aug 12, 2017 | 13:00 | Belarus | 13-3 | Georgia | F/7 | Brno Hrosi | 2:25 | 25 | Boxscore |
| Aug 12, 2017 | 17:00 | Austria | 8-3 | Lithuania | | Brno Technika | 3:00 | 45 | Boxscore |
| Aug 13, 2017 | 15:00 | Austria | 4-3 | Belarus | | Blansko | 1:51 | 50 | Boxscore |
| Aug 13, 2017 | 15:30 | Lithuania | 8-0 | Georgia | | Brno Technika | 2:34 | 30 | Boxscore |

## Quarter-finals

August 11 15:00 at Brno MBS (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | X | X | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| WP: Kaj Timmermans (2−0) LP: Conrad Cornell (0−1) Home runs: NED: None GBR: Hayden Platt (1) Attendance: 160 Notes: Mercy rule was used in 7th Boxscore |||||||||||||
August 11 17:00 at Brno Hrosi (F/8) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | X | 10 | 16 | 1 |
| WP: Eric Páez (2−0) LP: Kruno Gojkovic (0−1) Attendance: 85 Notes: Mercy rule was used in 8th Boxscore |||||||||||||
August 11 18:00 at Blansko :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Drew Janssen (2−0) LP: Mark Harrison (0−1) Attendance: 103 Boxscore |||||||||||||
August 11 19:00 at Brno MBS :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Ondřej Satoria (1−0) LP: Jonathan Mottay (0−1) Home runs: FRA: None CZE: Marek Chlup (2), Martin Muzik (3) Attendance: 400 Boxscore |||||||||||||

## 5th-8th Places

August 12 11:00 at Brno MBS :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Sascha Koch (1−0) LP: Nolan Bond (1−1) Sv: Luis Santa Cruz (1) Home runs: GBR: None GER: Maik Ehmcke (1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore |||||||||||||
August 12 17:00 at Brno Hrosi :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 3 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| WP: Maxence Esteban (1−0) LP: Vidrac Fran Stancic (0−1) Attendance: 22 Boxscore |||||||||||||
August 13 10:00 at Brno MBS :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Niklas Rimmel (1−0) LP: Gedeon Coste (0−1) Sv: Florian Seidel (1) Attendance: 75 Boxscore |||||||||||||
August 13 19:00 at Brno Technika :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Great Britain | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Elijah Hackney-Rose (1−0) LP: Hrvoje Jerbic (0−2) Attendance: 100 Boxscore |||||||||||||

## Semi-finals

August 12 15:00 at Brno MBS :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 2 |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Maickel Rietel (1−0) LP: Kyran Weemaels (0−1) Attendance: 150 Boxscore |||||||||||||
August 12 19:00 at Brno MBS :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| WP: Jan Novak (1−0) LP: Francisco González (1−1) Attendance: 450 Boxscore |||||||||||||

## 3rd-place game

August 13 14:00 at Brno MBS (F/10) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Lucas Rizzi (1−0) LP: Starlyn Yoel Taveras (0−1) Attendance: 120 Notes: Extra inning rule was used in 10th Boxscore ||||||||||||||

## Final

August 13 19:00 at Brno MBS (F/10) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| WP: Colin Van Laar (1−0) LP: Ondřej Satoria (1−1) Attendance: 1,000 Notes: Extra inning rule was used in 10th Boxscore ||||||||||||||

## Final standings

| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct. |
| | Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Lost in gold medal game |||||
| | Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | .833 |
| Failed to qualify for gold medal game |||||
| | Belgium | 4 | 2 | .667 |
| 4 | Spain | 4 | 2 | .667 |
| Failed to qualify for the semi-finals |||||
| 5 | Germany | 5 | 1 | .800 |
| 6 | France | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 2 | 4 | .333 |
| 8 | Croatia | 2 | 4 | .333 |
| Failed to qualify for the quarter-finals |||||
| 9 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | .667 |
| 10 | Poland | 2 | 4 | .333 |
| 11 | Russia | 2 | 4 | .333 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 2 | 4 | .333 |
| Failed to qualify for the Pool E |||||
| 13 | Austria | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| 14 | Belarus | 2 | 4 | .333 |
| 15 | Lithuania | 1 | 5 | .167 |
| 16 | Georgia | 0 | 6 | .000 |