The 2018 European Championship in Budapest, Hungary with a record-like field of 14 participating countries will get under way on Saturday. From June 30 to July 8 the teams will compete for the title in Europe’s Juveniles category. The two finalists will qualify for the 2019 WBSC U12 Baseball World Cup. Italy is the defending champion. All 51 games will be played on two fields at the Obudai Baseball Arena in the Hungarian capital.
Group A at the U12 European Championship 2018 features Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Slovakia. Group B consists of Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Ukraine. The preliminary round will be played from Saturday to Friday. The top two teams of each group qualify for the semi-finals on Saturday. The final will be played on Sunday, July 8 at 4pm.
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