2003 European Baseball Championship

none 2003 European Baseball Championship logo.png Netherlands 3 3 11–19 July 12 Netherlands Netherlands 18 Greece Spain Sweden ESP Xavier Civit 2001 2005 The 2003 European Baseball Championship was the 38th edition of the European Baseball Championship. The tournament was held in Haarlem, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 11 to 19 July 2003 and included 12 national teams of the Confederation of European Baseball.XXVIII European Seniors Championship - "A" Pool http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/esa2003.html https://web.archive.org/web/20040805171856fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/esa2003.html 5 August 2004 11 May 2025 baseballeurope.com Netherlands won its 18th championship, defeating Greece in the final, 2–0. Greece, competing in its first European championship, fielded a team with several Minor League Baseball players, including future major leaguers Nick Markakis and George Kottaras and former major leaguers Erik Pappas, Kevin Pickford, and Sean Spencer.19 July 2003 Achttiende Europese titel voor Nederland 18th European title for the Netherlands https://www.honkbalsitearchief.nl/events/ek2003/dag9a.html 2026-01-08 Honkbalsite archief nlJuly 19, 2003 Greece (National Team) Roster Report http://sborisov.brinkster.net/ec2003/gre03roster.html Russian League Baseball Web Site Spain won the bronze medal, defeating Sweden in the bronze medal game.European Seniors Championship "A" Pool Netherlands - 2003 – Final Standing http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/claesa2003.html https://web.archive.org/web/20040805034412fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/claesa2003.html 5 August 2004 11 May 2025 baseballeurope.com The tournament served as the qualification for the 2005 Baseball World Cup, with the top four teams qualifying for the championship.Report C.E.B. Congress 2003 http://baseballeurope.com/news/Report%202003%20CEB%20congress.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20030510213819/http://baseballeurope.com/news/Report%202003%20CEB%20congress.htm 10 May 2003 12 May 2025 baseballeurope.comEuropean Championship 2003 presented http://baseballeurope.com/news/European%20Championship%20Presented.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20030408173738/http://baseballeurope.com/news/European%20Championship%20Presented.htm 8 April 2003 12 May 2025 baseballeurope.com Venues Haarlem Rotterdam Pim Mulier Stadium nl Pim Mulierstadion Neptunus Familiestadion Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 2,200 200px 200px Netherlands center 215 Netherlands 51.923691 4.438937 Rotterdam right Netherlands 52.407884 4.631286 Haarlem bottom Netherlands 52.366846 4.799139 Amsterdam top Amsterdam Sportpark Ookmeer nl Capacity: 2,000 200px Qualification 2003 European Baseball Championship – Qualification The following 12 teams qualified for the 2003 European Baseball Championship. Pool A Pool B BEL 9th, 2001 European Baseball Championship GER 7th, 2001 European Baseball Championship CRO 8th, 2001 European Baseball Championship GBR 10th, 2001 European Baseball Championship CZE 5th, 2001 European Baseball Championship GRE Winner of Nagykovácsi Pool FRA 1974 4th, 2001 European Baseball Championship ITA 20px 2001 European Baseball Championship NED 20px 2001 European Baseball Championship RUS 20px 2001 European Baseball Championship SWE Winner of Alby Pool ESP 6th, 2001 European Baseball Championship Opening round Group A main WL runs perc true complete NED, CZE, SWE, FRA, CRO, BEL KO KO KO KO PR PR 5 0 29 3 H 3 2 10 13 2 3 21 20 2 3 17 14 2 3 16 16 1 4 5 32 NED CZE SWE FRA 1974 CRO BEL Q green1 Advance to Knockout stage red1 Advance to 9th–12th place round European Baseball Confederation 11 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) CRO 0 – 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805211055fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200302.htm FRA 1974 Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 11 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) BEL 0 – 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20041103144525fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200304.htm NED Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 11 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) CZE 1 – 0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805212258fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200306.htm SWE Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam 12 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) NED 6 – 0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805212824fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200307.htm CZE Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 12 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) SWE 4 – 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805213126fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200308.htm CRO Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 12 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) FRA 1974 9 – 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805213424fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200309.htm BEL Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam 13 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) FRA 1974 1 – 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20041103144818fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200313.htm SWE Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 13 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) CZE 1 – 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805222033fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200314.htm BEL Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 13 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) NED 5 – 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805222405fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200315.htm CRO Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam 14 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) CZE 3 – 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805211428fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200322.htm CRO Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 14 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) NED 1 – 0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805211900fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200323.htm FRA 1974 Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 14 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) BEL 2 – 10 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805212007fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200324.htm SWE Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam 15 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) SWE 0 – 10 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20041103145958fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200328.htm NED Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 15 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) FRA 1974 3 – 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805213700fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200329.htm CZE Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 15 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) CRO 5 – 0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805213948fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200330.htm BEL Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam Group B main WL runs perc true complete GRE, ITA, ESP, RUS, GBR, GER KO KO KO KO PR PR 4 1 34 7 4 1 29 10 4 1 21 13 2 3 19 29 1 4 14 33 0 5 13 38 GRE ITA ESP RUS GBR GER Q green1 Advance to Knockout stage red1 Advance to 9th–12th place round European Baseball Confederation 11 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) GBR 1 – 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805210758fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200301.htm RUS Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 11 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) ESP 1 – 0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805211309fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200303.htm GRE Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam 11 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) GER 2 – 10 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805212236fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200305.htm ITA Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 12 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) RUS 4 – 5 10 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805213749fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200310.htm ESP Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 12 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) GRE 11 – 0 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805214124fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200311.htm GER Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 12 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) ITA 7 – 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805214442fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200312.htm GBR Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam 13 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) ITA 1 – 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805222913fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200316.htm GRE Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 13 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) RUS 7 – 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805223023fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200317.htm GER Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 13 July 2003 19:00 (UTC+2) ESP 9 – 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805223436fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200318.htm GBR Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam 14 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) GBR 1 – 10 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805210256fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200319.htm GRE Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 14 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) RUS 0 – 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805210758fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200320.htm ITA Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 14 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) ESP 5 – 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805211005fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200321.htm GER Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam 15 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) ITA 5 – 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805212537fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200325.htm ESP Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 15 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) GER 3 – 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805212716fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200326.htm GBR Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 15 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) GRE 11 – 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805213136fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200327.htm RUS Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam 9th–12th place round main WL runs perc true complete GBR, CRO, BEL, GER 3 0 16 5 2 1 12 13 1 2 8 6 0 3 6 18 GBR CRO BEL GER European Baseball Confederation 17 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) CRO 5 – 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805221803fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200332.htm GER Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam 17 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) GBR 1 – 0 https://web.archive.org/web/20041103150149fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200333.htm BEL Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam 18 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) GER 0 – 8 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805223442fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200337.htm BEL Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem 18 July 2003 13:00 (UTC+2) CRO 2 – 10 https://web.archive.org/web/20040805210750fw_/http://www.baseballeurope.com/history/games/eu200339.htm GBR Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam Knockout stage Bracket NED 8 RUS 0 ITA 2 SWE 4 GRE 11 FRA 1974|1 | |CZE|5|ESP|9| |NED|21|SWE|0 | |GRE|10|ESP|0 | |NED|2|GRE|0 | |SWE|2|ESP|5''' 5th–8th place Fifth place Seventh place RUS 3 ITA 9 FRA 1974 0 CZE 2 ITA 2 CZE 1 RUS 0 FRA 1974 5 Final standings PosTeamWL 18px NED 8 0 18px GRE 6 2 18px ESP 6 2 4 SWE 3 5 5 ITA 6 2 6 CZE 4 4 7 FRA 1974 3 5 8 RUS 2 6 9 GBR 4 4 10 CRO 4 4 11 BEL 2 6 12 GER 0 8 Awards + Tournament AwardsWedemeijer Harry European Championships, A-Pool 11 - 19 July 2003, Netherlands http://home.wanadoo.nl/hwede/stats03/ek03/awards.046.html https://web.archive.org/web/20041119145246/http://home.wanadoo.nl/hwede/stats03/ek03/awards.046.html 19 November 2004 11 May 2025 Award Player MVP ESP Xavier Civit Leading hitter NED Sharnol Adriana Best pitcher (ERA) NED Patrick Beljaards Best pitcher (W–L%) CRO Tetsuhiro Monna Most runs batted in NED Bryan Engelhardt Most home runs NED Vince Rooi Most stolen bases GRE Peter Maestrales Most runs scored GRE Peter Maestrales Outstanding defensive player NED Vince Rooi 1em + All-Star Team Position Player Pitchers NED Eelco Jansen NED Patrick Beljaards Catcher NED Chairon Isenia First baseman ESP Xavier Civit Second baseman GRE Chris Demetral Third baseman NED Vince Rooi Shortstop NED Raily Legito Outfielders NED Bryan Engelhardt ITA Giovanni Pantaleoni GRE Cory Harris References Category:2003 European Baseball Championship European Baseball Championship Category:2003 in Dutch sport Category:European Baseball Championship 2003 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