Day 5 of the U-12 Baseball European Championship: preview
09/07/2022 1 Minute Read

Day 5 of the U-12 Baseball European Championship: preview

Final day of the 2022 U-12 Baseball European Championship takes place on Saturday, 9 June, at Spenadlwiese Ballpark in Vienna, Austria.

Both morning games Hungary vs Austria (at 10:00) and France vs Lithuania (11:00) are relegations group games. Teams play for the 5th to 8th standings at the Championship. Last team will fall to the European Championship Qualifier and will be replaced by the winner of the Qualifier next year.

Final game of the Qualifier is planned at 14:00 today. Great Britain and Ukraine will fight for the one spot in the main tournament in the next edition.

Bronze medal game Netherlands vs Italy starts at 15:00. Last champions Squadra Azzurra will want to take the medal, on the other hand Netherlands have one loss with Italy from the round robin and will want for sure pay them back.

Grand final game between Czechia and Germany starts at 18:00. Both teams met in the final of the U-12 European Championship in 2016 when Germany took the trophy. Both teams have already secured a place in the next WBSC U-12 World Championship.

Live-streamed games can be watched on the WBSC Europe YouTube Channel.

Play-by-play, results and standings can be followed on WBSC Europe website.

Photogallery from the tournament is on WBSC Europe Flicker.

Latest news and photos from the championship can be found on Baseball Europe social media.

Photo by Theresa Bentz