by Confederation of European Baseball
The Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) has announced the cancellation of the 2020 U-12 European Baseball Championship and the U-12 EBC Qualifier due to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Executive Committee took its decision after consulting the LOCs and the National Federations while keeping in mind that health of athletes, officials and all members of the European baseball-softball community must be put above everything else.
The U-12 EBC & U-12 EBC Qualifier were scheduled in Mortsel, Belgium from July 7 to 11, 2020.
As a result of the cancellation, the 2021 U-12 EBC will serve as a qualifier for the 2021 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup.
Other decisions taken by the CEB EC include:
- Postponement of the U-18 European Baseball Championship to september/october
- Postponement of the European Baseball Championship B-Pools to september/october
No decision has been taken yet regarding the U-15 EBC Qualifiers & U-23 EBC Qualifiers.
CEB is closely monitoring the situation with WBSC and the Executive Committee will meet again in the coming weeks to review the situation and make a decision of postponing or cancelling the above mentioned events.