1971 European Baseball Championship

none Italy 5–12 September 9 Netherlands Netherlands 9 Italy Germany Belgium 1969 1973 Parma and Bologna 22 The 1971 European Baseball Championship was held in Parma and Bologna, Italy and was won by the Netherlands for the second time in a row. Italy finished second. The Netherlands lost the second game of the three-game championship to Italy, the Dutch team's first loss in tournament history. The Netherlands won the winner-take-all final game, which was delayed by rain.1971-09-13 Nederland vernedert Italië https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:002868011:mpeg21:a00223 2026-01-26 Algemeen Dagblad 23 nl1971-09-13 Honkbalteam kampioen van Europa https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=MMSARO03:259087011:mpeg21:p00009 2026-01-26 Het Rotterdamsch parool 9 nl In the second game of the championship series, 5,000 fans watched Italy win 1–0. San Marino, in its first tournament, defeated Great Britain and Spain.Chetwynd Josh https://archive.org/details/baseballineurope0000chet/page/242/ Baseball in Europe : a country by country history 2008 McFarland & Co. 978-0-7864-3724-5 242 Italy began recruiting Italian-American players for international competitions in 1971.Hall Stephen July 10, 1977 Baseball In Italy No Work Of Art https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1977/07/11/baseball-in-italy-no-work-of-art/2fcb2689-f900-437f-9737-59bebc1350c3/ live https://archive.today/20260206150310/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1977/07/11/baseball-in-italy-no-work-of-art/2fcb2689-f900-437f-9737-59bebc1350c3/ February 6, 2026 February 6, 2026 The Washington Post The team had previously complained that the Netherlands had an unfair advantage by fielding players from the Netherlands Antilles.Chetwynd 2008 234-235 Format The nine-team field was the largest yet in tournament history. Teams were split into two groups that played a single round-robin competition. The top two teams played a three-game championship series while the second-, third-, and fourth-place teams in each group faced each other in a one-game playoff to determine the final standings. The lone fifth-place team in group play, France, was determined to finish last in the competition without a playoff.Baseball - European Championships 1971 - Calendar & Results https://www.the-sports.org/baseball-1971-european-championships-epr23205.html 2026-02-06 the-sports.org Standings Pos. Team W L 1 Netherlands 6 1 2 Italy 4 2 3 Germany 3 1 4 Belgium 3 2 5 San Marino 2 2 6 Spain 1945 2 3 7 Great Britain 1 3 8 Sweden 1 4 9 France 0 4 SourcesArchief Europees kampioenschap https://www.honkbalsitearchief.nl/archief/ek_eindstanden/ek_1971.html 2025-12-09 Honkbalsite archief 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 2026-01-26 sport-komplett.de de European Baseball Championship Category:European Baseball Championship 1971 Category:1971 in Italian sport Category:Sport in Parma Category:Sport in Bologna