# Super 6 Baseball and Softball

The Super 6 Baseball and Softball is a tournament between national baseball teams in Europe, governed by the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB), the European Softball Federation (ESF) and the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It was held for the first and only time from September 18 to 23, 2018 in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. It was organized by the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB), the City of Hoofddorp and the local baseball club Hoofddorp Pioniers. It was featured by the top 6 nations of the 2016 European Championship and ESF Women's Championship.

## Baseball
### Teams

The top six teams of the 2016 European Championship qualified automatically for the tournament.
| Belgium | 6th, 2016 European Baseball Championship | Italy | 2016 European Baseball Championship |
| Czech Republic | 5th, 2016 European Baseball Championship | Netherlands | 2016 European Baseball Championship |
| Germany | 4th, 2016 European Baseball Championship | Spain | 2016 European Baseball Championship |

### Qualification round
#### Standings

* Qualified for the Final
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 41 | 25 |
| Italy | 4 | 1 | .800 | 0.5 | 59 | 29 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.5 | 49 | 29 |
| Belgium | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.0 | 27 | 41 |
| Germany | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.5 | 14 | 44 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.5 | 42 | 54 |

##### Day 1

September 18, 11:00 at ETO Ballpark (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | X | X | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| WP: Luis Lugo (1–0) LP: Daniel Thieben (0–1) Home runs: GER: None ITA: Chris Colabello (1), Nicola Garbella (1), Alex Liddi (1), Drew Maggi (1), Leonardo Zileri (1) Attendance: 89 Umpires: HP − Efrem Silvania, 1B − Cuachtemoc Suares, 3B − Ken Macri Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore |||||||||||||
September 18, 15.00 at ETO Ballpark (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Spain | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | X | X | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| WP: Lowuin Sacramento (1–0) LP: Kenny Vandenbranden (0–1) Home runs: BEL: None ESP: Engel Beltré (1), Yancarlo Franco (1), Luis Guillorme (1) Attendance: 173 Umpires: HP − David Kulhanek, 1B − Mojmir Jankovic, 3B − Thorsten Roloff Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore |||||||||||||
September 18, 19.30 at ETO Ballpark :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| WP: Orlando Yntema (1–0) LP: Radim Chroust (0–1) Sv: Kevin Kelly (1) Attendance: 400 Umpires: HP − Jens Waider, 1B − Thorsten Roloff, 3B − Michele De Notta Boxscore |||||||||||||

##### Day 2

September 19, 11:00 at ETO Ballpark :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Angelo Palumbo (1–0) LP: Artuur Driessens (0–1) Sv: Alex Bassani (1) Home runs: ITA: Robel García (1) BEL: None Attendance: 166 Umpires: HP − Mojmir Jankovic, 1B − Thorsten Roloff, 3B − Jens Waider Boxscore |||||||||||||
September 19, 15:00 at ETO Ballpark :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Spain | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 |
| WP: Ricardo Hernández (1–0) LP: Jan Novak (0–1) Home runs: ESP: Richard Montiel (1), Blake Ochoa (1), Jesús Ustariz (1) CZE: Tomas Junec (1), Jakub Malik (1) Attendance: 163 Umpires: HP − Michele Di Notta, 1B − Efrem Silvania, 3B − Ken Macri Boxscore |||||||||||||
September 19, 19:30 at ETO Ballpark (F/7) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 13 | X | X |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | X | X |
| WP: Diegomar Markwell (1–0) LP: Enorbel Márquez (0–1) Home runs: NED: Dwayne Kemp (1), Dudley Leonora (1), Sicnarf Loopstok (1) GER: None Attendance: 650 Umpires: HP − Cuauhtemoc Suares, 1B − Ken Macri, 3B − David Kulhanek Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore |||||||||||||

##### Day 3

September 20, 11:00 at ETO Ballpark :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Belgium | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | X | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Martin Schneider (1–0) LP: Yannick Gontier (0–1) Home runs: BEL: Steven de Lannoy (1), Dennis De Quindt (1), Thomas De Wolf (1) CZE: Martin Cervinka (1), Premek Chroust (1), Matej Hejma (1), Martin Muzik (1) Attendance: 113 Umpires: HP − Thorsten Roloff, 1B − Michele De Notta, 3B − Efrem Silvania Boxscore |||||||||||||
September 20, 15:00 at ETO Ballpark :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| WP: Daniel Álvarez (1–0) LP: Markus Solbach (0–1) Home runs: ESP: Luis Guillorme (2), Richard Montiel (2) GER: None Attendance: 142 Umpires: HP − Ken Macri, 1B − David Kulhanek, 3B − Mojmir Jankovic Boxscore |||||||||||||
September 20, 19:30 at ETO Ballpark (F/10) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 |
| WP: Loek van Mil (1–0) LP: Alex Bassani (0–1) Home runs: ITA: Chris Colabello (2) NED: Sicnarf Loopstok (2,3), Kalian Sams (1,2), Curt Smith (2) Attendance: 850 Umpires: HP − Jens Waider, 1B − Mojmir Jankovic, 3B − Cuauhtemoc Suares Boxscore ||||||||||||||

##### Day 4

September 21, 11:00 at ETO Ballpark :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Cedric De Smedt (1–0) LP: Sascha Koch (0–1) Sv: Kevin De Smedt (1) Home runs: GER: Maik Ehmcke (1) BEL: Dennis De Quindt (2), Thomas De Wolf (2) Attendance: 73 Umpires: HP − Mojmir Jankovic, 1B − Efrem Silvania, 3B − David Kulhanek Boxscore |||||||||||||
September 21, 15:00 at ETO Ballpark (F/5) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| Italy | 5 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 25 | 24 | 1 |
| WP: Carlos Terán (1–0) LP: Boris Bokaj (0–1) Home runs: CZE: Matej Hejma (2), Jakub Malik (2) ITA: Chris Colabello (3,4,5), Nicola Garbella (2), Robel García (2), Alex Liddi (2,3), Giuseppe Mazzanti (1), Alberto Mineo (1) Attendance: 125 Umpires: HP − Cuauhtemoc Suares, 1B − Ken Macri, 3B − Efrem Silvania Notes: Completed early due to 15–run mercy rule after 5 innings. Boxscore |||||||||||||

##### Day 5

September 22, 11:00 at Sportpark Pioneer :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| WP: Luis Lugo (2–0) LP: Richard Castillo (0–1) Sv: Andrea Pizziconi (1) Home runs: ESP: Engel Beltré (2), Blake Ochoa (2) ITA: Robel García (3), Drew Maggi (2, 3), Giuseppe Mazzanti (2) Attendance: 151 Umpires: HP – Efrem Silvania, 1B – David Kulhanek, 3B – Jens Waider Boxscore |||||||||||||
September 22, 11:00 at ETO Ballpark :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Germany | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Niklas Rimmel (1–0) LP: Jan Novak (0–2) Home runs: CZE: None GER: Vincent Ahrens (1), Simon Gühring (1) Attendance: 221 Umpires: HP – Ken Macri, 1B – Cuauhtemoc Suares, 3B – Mojmir Jankovic Boxscore |||||||||||||
September 22, 15:00 at ETO Ballpark (F/8) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 | 12 | 2 |
| WP: Tom Stuifbergen (1–0) LP: Andrés Pérez (0–1) Home runs: NED: Yurendell DeCaster (1), Kirvin Moesquit (1) ESP: Lesther Galván (1), Luis Guillorme (3) Attendance: 850 Umpires: HP – Michele De Notta, 1B – Jens Waider, 3B – Thorsten Roloff Notes: Stopped in the 8th inning due to rain. The game started the day after and was postponed after 1 inning. Boxscore |||||||||||||
September 22, 19:00 at ETO Ballpark :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Netherlands | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Belgium | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Notes: Cancelled due to rain |||||||||||||

### Final

September 23, 13:30 at ETO Ballpark :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Italy | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Netherlands | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Notes: Was cancelled due to rain. Netherlands, which finished 1st the Round Robin, was awarded with the championship. |||||||||||||

### Baseball results

| Year | Final Host | Final | Final | Semifinalists | Semifinalists |
| Year | Final Host | Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place |
| 2018 details | Hoofddorp | Netherlands | Italy | Spain | Belgium |

## Softball results

| Year | Final Host | Final | Final | Semifinalists | Semifinalists |
| Year | Final Host | Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place |
| 2018 details | Hoofddorp | Czech Republic | Italy | Great Britain | Netherlands |

## Medal table
### Baseball

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Softball

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |