From Thursday to Saturday a preliminary round robin will be played in Ashbourne with games scheduled on Thursday and Friday at 13:00 and 18:00, and on Friday at 11:00 and 16:00 local time. The best two teams will advance to the final on Sunday at 14:00.
The
International Baseball Centre in Ashbourne is Ireland’s only international
standard baseball diamond and was opened in 2015. It’s the second European
event to take place in Ashbourne after the C-Pool Baseball European
Championship Qualifier in 2018.
This week’s U-18 Baseball European Championship Qualifier is the second this tournament summer. In Zurich, Switzerland, at the beginning of July, Sweden beat Lithuania in the final to capture the first of two open spots for next year’s U-18 Baseball European Championship.
All games from Ashbourne will be streamed live through the WBSC Europe YouTube channel, while also all games will be available through live play by play on www.wbsceurope.org.
Cover photo by Baseball Ireland
