Venue: Antwerp & Hoboken, Belgium, 1-5 August 2006

Final Standings

Pos.		P	W	L	RF	RA	Pct.
1	Croatia	5	5	0	55	11	1.000
2	Ireland	5	3	2	20	18	.600
3	Belgium	5	4	1	31	8	.800
4	Switzerland	5	2	3	23	39	.400
5	Slovakia	5	3	2	35	21	.600
6	Slovenia	5	2	3	33	32	.400
7	San Marino	5	1	4	18	41	.200
8	Norway	5	0	5	13	56	.000

Reference: Compiled from results in [1]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	5th-8th Semi-Finals
04.08.06	Slovenia	13	Norway	2
04.08.06	Slovakia	7	San Marino	2
	3rd-4th Semi-Finals
04.08.06	Croatia	13	Switzerland	3
04.08.06	Belgium	1	Ireland	4
	7th-8th Place
05.08.06	Norway	3	San Marino	13
	5th-6th Place
05.08.06	Slovakia	13	Slovenia	3
	3rd-4th Place
05.06.06	Switzerland	2	Belgium	15
	Final
05.06.06	Croatia	12	Ireland	2

Reference: [1]

Group Standings

	P	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
Group A
*Croatia	3	3	0	30	6	1.000
*Ireland	3	2	1	14	5	.667
Slovakia	3	1	2	15	16	.333
Norway	3	0	3	8	40	.000
Group B
*Belgium	3	3	0	25	1	1.000
*Switzerland	3	2	1	18	11	.667
Slovenia	3	1	2	17	17	.333
San Marino	3	0	3	3	33	.000

Reference: [1]

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
01.08.06	Slovakia	2	Ireland	6
01.08.06	Norway	5	Croatia	20
02.08.06	Croatia	8	Slovakia	0
02.08.06	Ireland	7	Norway	1
03.08.06	Slovakia	13	Norway	2
03.08.06	Croatia	2	Ireland	1
	Group B
01.08.06	San Marino	2	Slovenia	12
01.08.06	Belgium	7	Switzrland	0
02.08.06	Switzerland	10	San Marino	0
02.08.06	Slovenia	1	Belgium	7
03.08.06	Slovenia	4	Switzerland	8
03.08.06	Belgium	11	San Marino	1

Reference: [1]

Report

Ireland came the closest they have ever come to Qualifying for the A-Pool in the European Championships, reaching the Final, only to lose to Croatia. Their only previous loss was a 2-1 reverse to the same country in the Group Stage. Ireland’s fine performance throughout included a 4-1 win over hosts Belgium.

References:

Internet Archive:

[1] Confederation of European Baseball | Wayback Machine (2006) Schedule for European Championship Seniors Qualifier Pool 2, Antwerp, Belgium [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20061025185227/http://www.baseballeurope.com/competition/?id=00000002 [Accessed 17 May 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Kavanagh, Baseball Ireland and Peter Mullen, Dublin Black Sox

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