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Women's European Baseball Championship

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Women's European Baseball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022
SportBaseball
Founded2019
No. of teams4 (2022)
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
 France (2nd title)
Most titles France (2 titles)

The Women’s European Baseball Championship (WEBC) is the main championship tournament between national women’s baseball teams in Europe, governed by the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB).[1]

History

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The 2019 Women’s European Baseball Championship was held in July and August 2019 in Rouen, France. France, the winner of the championship, qualified for 2020 Women's Baseball World Cup.[2]

The 2022 Women’s European Baseball Championship was held on Wednesday, August 3 to Saturday, August 6 2022.[3] Montpellier in France hosted the second edition, which also served as qualifying event for the next WBC Women’s Baseball World Cup. Four teams participated with host and defending champion France, the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Great Britain.[4] France defeated the Czech Republic in the final (13-3) and qualified for the next Baseball World Cup which will be held in 2023.

Results

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Years Final hosts Finalists Semi-finalists Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2019
Details
France
Rouen

France
5 – 2
Netherlands

Czech Republic
3
2022
Details
France
Montpellier

France
13 – 3
(F/5)

Czech Republic

Netherlands
round-robin
Great Britain
4

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France2002
2 Czech Republic0112
 Netherlands0112
Totals (3 entries)2226

Participating nations

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Nation 2019 2022 Years
 Czech Republic 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2
 France 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2
 Great Britain 4 1
 Netherlands 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2
Nations (4) 3 4

References

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  1. ^ "European Championship Women 2019". CEB. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ "New European Women's Baseball Championship to be launched this July in Rouen, France | CEB". baseballeurope.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  3. ^ "WBSC Europe". www.wbsceurope.org. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  4. ^ "Women's European Baseball Championship starts in Montpellier on Wednesday". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2022-08-05.