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2010 European Baseball Championship

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Field	Value
image	Baseball EM 2010.png
country	Germany
dates	July 23 – August 1, 2010
num_teams	12
defending_champion	Netherlands
champion	Italy
num_championships	9
second	Netherlands
third	Germany
fourth	Greece
games	41
attendance	22243
best_avg_hitter	ITA Jiminez Chapelli
best_avg	.684
most_hr_hitter	ITA Giuseppe Mazzanti
most_hr	4
most_sb_runner	ITA ITA
most_sb	3 out 4
most_k_pitcher	GER Martin Dewald
most_k	14
prevseason	[2007](2007-european-baseball-championship)
nextseason	[2012](2012-european-baseball-championship)
mvp	ITA Giuseppe Mazzanti

The 2010 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Germany from July 23 to August 1, 2010. The tournament was originally set to be held in 2009 with Russia as host. In March 2008, the Confederation of European Baseball awarded the tournament to the German Baseball and Softball Federation. The tournament was moved back one year to not be held in the same year as the Baseball World Cup. The event was hosted by the cities of Stuttgart, Heidenheim an der Brenz, and Neuenburg am Rhein in the southwest of Germany.

Qualification

Main article: 2010 European Baseball Championship – Qualification

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A	Pool B
	Winner of Antwerp Pool
	Winner of Prague Pool
	5th, [2007 European Baseball Championship](2007-european-baseball-championship)
	4th, [2007 European Baseball Championship](2007-european-baseball-championship)
	[[Image:Gold medal europe.svg	20px]] [2007 European Baseball Championship](2007-european-baseball-championship)
	Winner of Trnava Pool

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

	Did not qualify for Pool C

W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
5	0	1.000	–	42	3
4	1	.800	1	34	18
3	2	.600	2	33	25
2	3	.400	3	25	21
1	4	.200	4	16	36
0	5	.000	5	5	52

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All times are local (UTC+2)

Schedule

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Pool B

Standings

	Did not qualify for Pool C

W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
4	1	.800	–	49	8
3	2	.600	1	31	47
3	2	.600	1	34	33
2	3	.400	2	21	22
2	3	.400	2	34	39
1	4	.200	3	23	43

Source

All times are local (UTC+2)

Schedule

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Classification games

11th place game

9th place game

7th place game

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Round 2

Pool C

Standings

	Did not qualify for the Final

W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
4	1	.800	–	43	15
4	1	.800	–	41	11
3	2	.600	1	41	28
2	3	.400	2	35	54
2	3	.400	2	15	39
0	5	.000	4	18	46

Source

All times are local (UTC+2)

Schedule

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Final

Source

Final standings

Rk	W	L
	8	1
	7	2
	6	2
4	4	4
5	4	4
6	3	5
7	3	3
8	2	4
9	2	3
9	1	4
11	1	4
11	0	5

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Awards

Most valuable player: ITA Giuseppe Mazzanti
Best hitter: NED Raily Legito
Best pitcher (earned run average and win–loss record): NED Rob Cordemans
Best defensive player: GER Jendrik Speer
Most home runs: ITA Giuseppe Mazzanti
Most runs batted in: ITA Jairo Ramos Gizzi
Most runs scored: NED Raily Legito
Most stolen bases: ITA

Notable participants

Several former Major League Baseball players appeared in the tournament. Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza was a coach for Italy. Outfielder Gene Kingsale played for the Netherlands. Catcher Erik Pappas played for Greece, which was managed by Jim Essian. Pitcher Dennis Cook was Sweden's manager, and Scott Scudder was a coach.

References

Würfel, Philipp. (2008-11-29). "Stuttgart, Heidenheim and Tuebingen to host 2010 EC".
"Geschiedenis".
"European Championships Seniors '10: Final Standing".
"European Championships Seniors '10: Schedule".
"Europees kampioenschap 2010".
(August 1, 2010). "EC 2010: Final Standings and Awards {{!}} Baseball-EM 2010 – Stuttgart • Heidenheim • Neuenburg".
(1 August 2010). "Final report".
(2011-09-30). "Q&A with Team Greece Manager Jim Essian".
(February 1, 2010). "MLB-stjärnor i ny landslagsledning".

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