The next Baseball European Championship in 2014 will be played in the Czech Republic. The Technical Commission announced this decision and the new pools in a release on Sunday evening. The pools for the next European Championship were made based on the recent results from the 2012 tournament in the Netherlands and a CEB ranking spanning the last ten years. The CEB Executive had approved the new system in March this year.
The top ten teams of the 2012 European Championship will be qualified automatically for the next edition. 12 teams will have the chance to play a B-Level Qualifier from July 22 to 27, 2013. Another 15 teams will play a C-Level European Championship in the summer of 2014. Interested federations to host these events can submit their applications until November 1st, 2012 (B-Level) and November 1st, 2013 (C-Level). The rankings won’t be needed in the future, as promotion and relegation will determine the pools.
A-teams (10-teams)
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Germany
- Czech Republic
- Sweden
- Greece
- France
- Belgium
- Croatia
- + 2 qualifying teams of B-level
Next European Championship the Euro 2014 will be played in the Czech Republic.
B-teams (12-teams)
- Great Britain
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Austria
- Lithuania
- Slovakia
- Poland
- Slovenia
- Ireland
- Switzerland
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
Next Qualifier European Championship B-level will be played 22nd till 27th July 2013 in two pools of 6 (six) participants each. Applications to organize one of the two pools have to be sent in before the 1st November 2012.
C-teams
- Finland
- Romania
- Hungary
- Serbia
- Israel
- Georgia
- Latvia
- Norway
- Turkey
- San Marino
- Portugal
- Malta
- Denmark
- Moldova
- Cyprus
Next Qualifier European Championship C-level will be played in July 2014. Depending of the number of subscriptions the Technical Commission will divide the participants, if needed in two pools. Applications to organize have to be sent in before the 1st November 2013.
Photo by Gregor Eisenhuth