KNTU Elizavetgrad – SDYSHOR 42 Moscow 4-2
KNTU Elizavetgrad has won the European Cup Qualifier in Athens, Greece. In the final on Saturday the club the Ukraine defeated SDYSHOR 42 Moscow 4-2 to conclude the tournament with a perfect 6-0 record. KNTU now gets the opportunity to play for a A-Pool spot in a European Cup Playoff in September.
Elizavetgrad broke a 2-2 tie with a pair of RBI singles by Bogdan Stovba and Serhyi Tikhonets in the eighth. Dmytro Limarenko pitched 4 2/3 innings of scoreless three-hit, two-walk relief to pick up the win. Viacheslav Vasilyev went 3-for-4 with a run and a RBI for the team from Moscow. Andrey Lobanov got charged with the loss, being on the hook for the two decisive runs in the eighth.
Final Standings European Cup Qualifier in Athens:
- KNTU Elizavetgrad (UKR)
- SDYSHOR 42 Moscow (RUS)
- Espoo Expos (FIN)
- Athletic Sofia (BUL)
- BC Beograd 96 (SRB)
- Spartakos Glyfadas (GRE)