1993 European Baseball Championship

none 8 9–18 July 1991 Sweden Italy Netherlands 14 Italy Sweden France NED Marcel Joost 3 NED Marcel Joost nl 1995 Stockholm NED Eddie Dix 8 ITA Massimiliano Masin 19 SWE Johan Hasselström .485 The 1993 European Baseball Championship was held in Stockholm, Sweden between 9–18 July 1993 and was won by the Netherlands. Two-time defending champion Italy finished second. The host team, Sweden, finished third, defeating France in a best-of-five-game series. It was Sweden's first time hosting such an international baseball tournament since the 1912 Summer Olympics, and it increased baseball participation in the country. However, the Swedish Baseball, Softball and Lacrosse Association Swedish baseball association sv Svenska Baseboll- Softboll- och Lacrosseförbundet lost 350000 SEK organizing the event, and Sweden has not won a medal in the competition since 1993.Chetwynd Josh https://archive.org/details/baseballineurope0000chet/page/249/ Baseball in Europe : a country by country history 2008 McFarland & Co. 978-0-7864-3724-5 Jefferson, N.C. 249, 250 registrationFörbundets historia https://www.sbslf.se/forbundet/forbundets-historia 2025-12-10 sbslf.se sv Swedish Baseball, Softball, and Lacrosse Foundation Russia finished last in its first appearance in the tournament, after joining the Confederation of European Baseball in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union.The history http://www.baseballeurope.com/ehistory.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20041015092403/http://www.baseballeurope.com/ehistory.pdf 2004-10-15 baseballeurope.com 3 Standings Pos. TeamRecord 1 Netherlands7–1 2 Italy5–3 3 Sweden5–4 4 France4–5 5 Spain5–3 6 Belgium4–4 7 Germany2–6 8 Russia1–7 SourceArchief Europees kampioenschap Archive European Championship https://www.honkbalsitearchief.nl/archief/ek_eindstanden/ek_1993.html 2025-12-10 Honkbalsite Archief nl Format The eight teams in the tournament were split into two groups that competed in round-robin tournaments. The top two teams in each group then advanced to a one-game semifinal. The winners and losers of each semifinal then matched up in a best-of-five-game medal round. The bottom two finishers in each initial group competed in another round-robin tournament to determine the final standings.Baseball - European Championships 1993 - Calendar & Results https://www.the-sports.org/baseball-1993-european-championships-epr23253.html 2025-12-10 the-sports.org Awards Most valuable player: NED Marcel Joost nl Best hitter: SWE Johan Hasselström, with a .485 batting average Best pitcher: NED Patrick Klerx Best infielder: SWE Jim Sasko Best outfielder: ESP Antonio Salazar Sources1993-07-19 Honkballers kijken na huldiging vooruit https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010691664:mpeg21:a0325 2026-02-10 De Telegraaf nl Statistical leaders Batters Most home runs: NED Marcel Joost nl, 3 Most hits: NED Jeffrey Cranston, 18 Most runs scored: NED Joost, 14 Most stolen bases: NED Eddie Dix, 8 Pitchers Best win–loss record: SWE Mikael Aho, BEL Oswald Boermans, ESP Rubén Garcia, NED Patrick Klerx, NED Geoffrey Kohl, ITA Massimiliano Masin, FRA Samuel Meurant: 2–0 Most strikeouts: ITA Masin, 19 Most innings pitched: RUS Leonid Korneev, 25 SourceWedemeijer Harry European Baseball Championships: Team Totals http://home.wanadoo.nl/hwede/stats93/em93/team_tot.034.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130208220522/http://home.wanadoo.nl/hwede/stats93/em93/team_tot.034.html 2013-02-08 2025-12-10 home.wanadoo.nl References External links Rosters of top three teams at the European Championship https://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/b/baseball/hst/5.html 2025-12-10 sport-komplett.de de European Baseball Championship Category:European Baseball Championship 1993 Category:1993 in Swedish sport Category:1990s in Stockholm Category:International sports competitions in Stockholm Category:July 1993 sports events in Europe