Olympic Qualifying Tournament - European Championships, A-pool
23 July - 1 August 1999, Bologna / Parma / Rimini

Participating teams

Group 1
Italy
Russia
France
Sweden
Great Britain
Croatia

Group 2
Netherlands
Spain
Belgium
Czech Republic
Germany
Slovenia

Game Schedule

Friday 23rd July 1999

  10.30 h   1  France           - Croatia                   1 -  0
  10.30 h   2  Czech Republic   - Slovenia                 18 - 10
  15.30 h   3  Belgium          - Spain                     0 - 10
  15.30 h   4  Sweden           - Russia                    2 -  6
  20.30 h   5  Great Britain    - Italy                     0 - 13 ( 7 inn)
  20.30 h   6  Germany          - Netherlands               1 -  8

Saturday 24th July 1999

  10.30 h   8  Slovenia         - Belgium                   3 -  4
  15.30 h   7  Russia           - France                    0 -  4
  15.30 h   9  Spain            - Germany                   3 -  1
  20.30 h  10  Great Britain    - Croatia                  10 -  0 ( 8 inn)
  20.30 h  11  Italy            - Sweden                   10 -  3
  20.30 h  12  Netherlands      - Czech Republic            9 -  0

Sunday 25th July 1999

  10.30 h  13  Great Britain    - Russia                    5 - 11
  10.30 h  14  Spain            - Slovenia                  8 -  0
  15.30 h  15  Czech Republic   - Germany                   2 -  1
  15.30 h  16  France           - Sweden                    7 -  0
  20.30 h  17  Croatia          - Italy                     1 - 22 ( 7 inn)
  20.30 h  18  Netherlands      - Belgium                   9 -  1

Monday 26th July 1999

  10.30 h  19  Germany          - Slovenia                 14 -  4 ( 8 inn)
  15.30 h  20  Russia           - Croatia                   2 -  4
  15.30 h  21  Czech Republic   - Belgium                  11 -  1 ( 8 inn)
  20.30 h  22  Sweden           - Great Britain             3 -  2
  20.30 h  23  Italy            - France                    5 -  0
  20.30 h  24  Netherlands      - Spain                     8 -  1

Tuesday 27th July 1999

  10.30 h  25  Belgium          - Germany                   5 -  2
  15.30 h  26  Croatia          - Sweden                    0 -  1 (10 inn)
  15.30 h  27  Spain            - Czech Republic            4 -  7
  20.30 h  28  France           - Great Britain             9 -  8
  20.30 h  29  Italy            - Russia                    8 -  5
  20.30 h  30  Slovenia         - Netherlands               2 - 15

Final Standings Round Robin

Group 1

                      W   L
    Italy             5   0
    France            4   1
    Russia            2   3  *
    Sweden            2   3  *
    --
    Great Britain     1   4  **
    Croatia           1   4  **

*  Ranking based on result game  4
** Ranking based on result game 10

Group 2

                      W   L
    Netherlands       5   0
    Czech Republic    4   1
    Spain             3   2
    Belgium           2   3
    --
    Germany           1   4
    Slovenia          0   5

Statistics after Round Robin

Group 1

    Italy
    France
    Russia
    Sweden
    Great Britain
    Croatia

Group 2

    Netherlands
    Czech Republic
    Spain
    Belgium
    Germany
    Slovenia

Individual Statistics after Round Robin

Batting Statistics Batting Average Slugging Average On Base Percentage Stolen Base Percentage Homeruns Runs Batted In Runs Scored Stolen Bases

Pitching Statistics W/L Average Earned Runs Average Strike Outs/Game Average Strike Outs/Inning Average Strike Outs

Fielding Statistics Pitchers Catchers First Basemen Second Basemen Third Basemen Shortstops Leftfielders Centerfielders Rightfielders

Catching Statistics Caught Stealing Caught Stealing Percentage

Wednesday 28th July 1999

No games scheduled

Thursday 29th July 1999

  10.30 h  31  Germany          - Croatia                   8 -  3
  10.30 h  32  Great Britain    - Slovenia                  6 -  4

Quarter Final Games

  15.30 h  33A Czech Republic   - Russia                    3 -  5
  15.30 h  34B France           - Spain                     4 -  1
  20.30 h  35C Netherlands      - Sweden                    6 -  0
  20.30 h  36D Italy            - Belgium                  17 -  1 ( 7 inn)

Friday 30th July 1999

  10.30 h  37  Germany          - Great Britain             2 -  4
  10.30 h  38  Slovenia         - Croatia                   6 -  7

Semi Final Games

  15.30 h  39E Czech Republic   - Spain                     2 - 12 ( 7 inn)
  15.30 h  40F Belgium          - Sweden                    3 -  2
  20.30 h  41G Netherlands      - Russia                    7 -  0
  20.30 h  42H Italy            - France                   10 -  0 ( 8 inn)

Final Standings Consolation Poule

                      W   L
    Great Britain     3   0
    Germany           2   1
    Croatia           1   2
    Slovenia          0   3

Saturday 31st July 1999
7th / 8th Place

  10.30 h  43  Sweden           - Czech Republic            6 -  5

5th / 6th Place

  15.00 h  44  Belgium          - Spain                     0 - 12 ( 8 inn)

Bronze Medal Game

  15.00 h  45  Russia           - France                    3 -  8

Gold Medal Game

  20.30 h  46  Netherlands      - Italy                     3 -  0

Final Classification

    1st Place         Netherlands
    2nd Place         Italy
    3rd Place         France
    4th Place         Russia
    5th Place         Spain
    6th Place         Belgium
    7th Place         Sweden
    8th Place         Czech Republic
    9th Place         Great Britain
   10th Place         Germany
   11th Place         Croatia
   12th Place         Slovenia

Awards

    Individual Awards
    All Star Team

Olympic Qualifying Tournament - European Championships, A-pool 23 July - 1 August 1999, Bologna / Parma / Rimini