# 2006 European Under-21 Baseball Championship

The 2006 European Under-21 Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in the Friuli region of Italy from July 9 to 16, 2006. It featured teams from Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Malta, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia and Ukraine.
In the end the team from Russia won the tournament.

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

* Qualified for the semi-finals
* Did not qualify for the semi-finals
| # | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Malta | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| July 9, 2006 | Slovakia | 5 – 4 | Serbia and Montenegro | Staranzano, Italy |
| July 9, 2006 | Italy | 20 – 0 | Hungary | Cervignano, Italy |
| July 9, 2006 | Malta | 0 – 25 | France | Buttrio, Italy |
| July 10, 2006 | Serbia and Montenegro | 19 – 6 | Malta | Cervignano, Italy |
| July 10, 2006 | Hungary | 0 – 21 | Slovakia | Castions, Italy |
| July 10, 2006 | France | 3 – 2 | Italy | Buttrio, Italy |
| July 11, 2006 | Hungary | 19 – 0 | Malta | Castions, Italy |
| July 11, 2006 | France | 20 – 1 | Serbia and Montenegro | Cervignano, Italy |
| July 11, 2006 | Slovakia | 0 – 10 | Italy | Buttrio, Italy |
| July 12, 2006 | Hungary | 0 – 14 | France | Cervignano, Italy |
| July 12, 2006 | Slovakia | 22 – 0 | Malta | Castions, Italy |
| July 12, 2006 | Italy | 20 – 0 | Serbia and Montenegro | Buttrio, Italy |
| July 13, 2006 | France | 10 – 4 | Slovakia | Cervignano, Italy |
| July 13, 2006 | Malta | 0 – 9 $^{(Forfait)}$ | Italy | Castions, Italy |
| July 13, 2006 | Serbia and Montenegro | 8 – 2 | Hungary | Buttrio, Italy |

### Pool B
#### Standings

* Qualified for the semi-finals
* Did not qualify for the semi-finals
| # | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Israel | 4 | 0 | 4 |

#### Game results

| July 9, 2006 | Austria | 1 – 13 | Ukraine | Redipuglia, Italy |
| July 9, 2006 | Israel | 0 – 10 | Russia | Ronchi, Italy |
| July 10, 2006 | Ukraine | 6 – 3 | Israel | Redipuglia, Italy |
| July 10, 2006 | Bulgaria | 4 – 3 | Austria | Ronchi, Italy |
| July 11, 2006 | Israel | 6 – 17 | Bulgaria | Buttrio, Italy |
| July 11, 2006 | Russia | 8 – 3 | Ukraine | Ronchi, Italy |
| July 12, 2006 | Austria | 10 – 5 | Israel | Redipuglia, Italy |
| July 12, 2006 | Bulgaria | 4 – 9 | Russia | Staranzano, Italy |
| July 13, 2006 | Ukraine | 16 – 6 | Bulgaria | Staranzano, Italy |
| July 13, 2006 | Russia | 18 – 6 | Austria | Ronchi, Italy |

## Final round
### 9th place

| July 15, 2006 | Israel | 7 – 3 | Malta | Staranzano, Italy |
| July 16, 2006 | Israel | 11 – 4 | Hungary | Castions, Italy |

### 7th place

| July 15, 2006 | Bulgaria | 13 – 3 | Serbia and Montenegro | Cervignano, Italy |
| July 16, 2006 | Serbia and Montenegro | 8 – 16 | Austria | Staranzano, Italy |

### 5th place

| July 15, 2006 | Slovakia | 11 – 5 | Austria | Buttrio, Italy |
| July 16, 2006 | Bulgaria | 1 – 13 | Slovakia | Buttrio, Italy |

### Semi-finals

| July 15, 2006 | Russia | 4 – 1 | Italy | Ronchi, Italy |
| July 15, 2006 | France | 14 – 9 | Ukraine | Ronchi, Italy |

### 3rd place

| July 16, 2006 | Italy | 10 – 0 | Ukraine | Ronchi, Italy |

### Final

| July 16, 2006 | France | 9 – 16 | Russia | Ronchi, Italy |

## Final standings

| Rk | Team |
| 1 | Russia |
| Lost in Final ||
| 2 | France |
| Failed to qualify for the Final ||
| 3 | Italy |
| 4 | Ukraine |
| Failed to qualify for the semi-finals ||
| 5 | Slovakia |
| 6 | Bulgaria |
| 7 | Austria |
| 8 | Serbia and Montenegro |
| 9 | Israel |
| 10 | Hungary |
| 11 | Malta |
* 2006 European Under-21 Baseball Championship
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