Current season, competition or edition: 2025 European Baseball Championship | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1954 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Most recent champion |  Netherlands (2025) |
| Most titles | Netherlands (25 titles) |
TheEuropean Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between nationalbaseball teams inEurope, governed byWBSC Europe (formerly the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB)).[1]
Italy won theinaugural European Baseball Championship in1954, and the competition has since been dominated by theItalian team and theDutch team. Until 2019, it was held every other year, in even-numbered years, then on odd-numbered years, with a total of 38 European Baseball Championships having been played.
The current European Baseball Championship classification system divides the national teams into three pools, those being A, B and C.
Teams in Pool A and B play in the Championship (odd years), with teams from A pool playing in two groups where the top two teams proceed to the quarter finals directly and the bottom two teams play in the crossover qualifiers. The teams from pool B play in two groups with the winners proceeding to the crossover qualifiers and the bottom two teams are eliminated. The top four teams from the crossover qualifiers join the top two teams from each A pool group in the quarter finals.
The last two teams from the championship are relegated to pool C that plays the Qualifier competition (even years), while the two best teams at that competition will move up to B pool.
As of 2025 tournament.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C |
|---|---|---|
^ - Relegated to European Qualifier at2025 European Baseball Championship
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 25 | 9 | 1 | 35 |
| 2 |  Italy | 10 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 |  Spain | 2 | 2 | 15 | 19 |
| 4 |  Belgium | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 |  Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Germany | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 |  Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | |
| Nation | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1960 | 1962 | 1964 | 1965 | 1967 | 1969 | 1971 | 1973 | 1975 | 1977 | 1979 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
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 Austria | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium |  |  | | 5 | 4 | 4 |  | 5 | 4 | 4 | | | 4 | | | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 32 | ||||||
 Croatia | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| France | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 4 | | 5 | | | 5 | | | 4 | | | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | |||||||||
| Great Britain | | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | | 6 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Greece | | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary | 16 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 4 | | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | 7 | | | | | | | 9 | | 37 | |
 Lithuania | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35 | |||
| Russia | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 San Marino | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Slovakia | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Slovenia | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Soviet Union | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | | | 4 | 4 | 5 | | | | 4 | 4 | | 6 | | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | | | | 5 | 4 | | 5 | 6 | | | | 9 | | | | | 4 | | 4 | 36 | ||
| Sweden | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | | 7 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 33 | |||||
 Switzerland | 12 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ukraine | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nations (21) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Note: No events in 2005-2012.
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