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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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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Last Updated: 19 July 2019
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