The qualification for the 2012 European Baseball Championship was held from July 25–30, 2011 in Belgium, Croatia and Spain, from July 26–29, 2011 in Israel and from July 27–29, 2011 in Russia. 22 nations contested to qualify for 5 spots available among the 7 already qualified teams from the 2010 competition. These are, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden.