2008 European Under-21 Baseball Championship

The 2008 European Under-21 Baseball Championship
European Under-21 Baseball Championship
The European Under-21 Baseball Championship is a bi-annual international baseball tournament sanctioned and created by the Confederation of European Baseball ....

was an international baseball

International Baseball Federation

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competition held in Pamplona

Pamplona

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, Spain

Spain

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from September 3 to 7, 2008. It featured teams from Belgium

Belgium

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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France

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, Germany

Germany

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, Italy

Italy

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, Russia

Russia

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, Spain

Spain

and Slovakia

Slovakia

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.

In the end host Spain

Spain

won the tournament.

Standings

	Qualified for the semi finals
	Did not qualify for the semi finals

#	Games	Wins	Losses
1	3	3	0
2	3	2	1
3	3	1	2
4	3	0	3

Standings

	Qualified for the semi finals
	Did not qualify for the semi finals

#	Games	Wins	Losses
1	3	3	0
2	3	2	1
3	3	1	2
4	3	0	3

Semi finals

3rd place

Final

Final standings

Rk	Team
1
Lost in Final
2
Failed to qualify for the Final
3
4
Failed to qualify for the Semi Finals
5
6
7
8

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