European Men's Baseball Championship

The European Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Europe, governed by WBSC Europe.

History

won the inaugural European Baseball Championship in, organized shortly after the CEB was formed. Netherlands national [baseball team|The Netherlands] won the first tournament they competed in, 1956, and the competition has since been dominated by the Dutch and Italians, with Spain, with two titles, and Belgium being the only other teams to win a championship.
After being an annual competition for five years, it was held every two years. There have been several adjustments to this schedule. Most recently, following a three-year gap after the 2016 championship, the tournament has been held in odd-numbered years beginning in 2019. The 2025 competition was the 38th European championship held. There have been at least 4 teams in each championship, with the field growing to 12 teams in 1997 and 16 teams in 2021.
The European championship has served as a qualifying tournament for the Summer Olympics. Tournament games are also included in WBSC [World Rankings|World Baseball Softball Confederation rankings], which determine participation in the WBSC Premier12.

Format and qualification

The current European Baseball Championship classification system divides the national teams into three pools, those being A, B and C.
Teams in Pool A and B play in the championship, with teams from A pool playing in two groups where the top two teams proceed to the quarter finals directly and the bottom two teams play in the crossover qualifiers. The teams from pool B play in two groups, with the winners proceeding to the crossover qualifiers and the bottom two teams eliminated. The top four teams from the crossover qualifiers join the top two teams from each A pool group in the quarter finals.
The last two teams from the championship are relegated to pool C that plays the Qualifier competition, while the two best teams at that competition will move up to B pool.

Current pools

As of the end of the 2025 tournament.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
	pending Qualifier results pending Qualifier results	^ ^

^ - Relegated to European Qualifier during 2025 championship

Results

Sources

Participating nations

Nation	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1960	1962	1964	1965	1967	1969	1971	1973	1975	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2010	2012	2014	2016	2019	2021	2023	2025	Total
																														11					10	11	15	9	5
				5	4		4				5	4	4				4			4	6	5	6		6	6	9	11			10	9	7	6	7	8	11	13	32
																										11	8	10	12	8	11	10	12	10	11	7	10	8	13
																									7	8	5	6	5	12	7	5	4	5	5	5	5		14
		5			6		6	5			7	9	6	6				6		6	5	4	4	5	5		4	7	6	5	6	8	6	7	7	15	7	12	28
	4		5				5				4									7	8		7	6	10	10	7	12	4	4		4	5	4	6	9	4	5	29
												7									7	8			9	9	10	9	7		8	11	9	9	9	6		6	18
																													9		4	7	10	11		14	13	13	9
																																					16	15	2
																																			4		6	7	4
		4																										5		7							9		37
																																						15	1
																																							35
																							8	8	4	4		8	11	10		12	8	12		10			12
												5							6																				2
																																				16			1
																								10	12	12													3
																						6																	1
			4	4	5				4	4		6		4	4			4	5				5	4		5	6				9					4		4	36
						4	7	4	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	4		5	4	5	4	7		7	8	7	12	4	8	6	5	6	11	8	12	12	8	10	33
																																					12	11	2
																								9	11		11		10	9	12					13	14		8
Nations	4	5	5	5	6	4	7	5	5	5	7	9	6	6	5	4	4	6	6	7	8	8	8	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16

European B Baseball Championship

Note: No events in 2005–2012.