2022 Women's Softball European Championship

2022 Women's Softball European Championship
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates 24 July – 30 July 2022
Teams21
Defending champions Italy (2021)
Final positions
Champions
 Netherlands (11th title)
Runner-up
 Great Britain
Third place
 Italy
Fourth place Czech Republic
2021

The 2022 Women's Softball European Championship was an international European softball competition held in Sant Boi, Spain from 24 July to 30 July 2022. This was the 23rd edition of the Women's Softball European Championship.[1]

Round robin 1[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Greece 2 2 0 21 0 +21 1.000 Advance to round robin 2
2  Italy 1 1 0 11 0 +11 1.000 0.5
3  Croatia 2 1 1 5 5 0 .500 1 Advance to classification stage
4  Poland 1 0 1 0 11 −11 .000 1.5
5  Belgium 2 0 2 2 23 −21 .000 2
Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2022[2]. Source: WBSC

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Netherlands 1 1 0 7 0 +7 1.000 Advance to round robin 2
2  Ireland 2 2 0 15 0 +15 1.000 +0.5
3  Austria 2 1 1 7 4 +3 .500 0.5 Advance to classification stage
4  Germany 1 0 1 0 7 −7 .000 1
5   Switzerland 2 0 2 1 19 −18 .000 1.5
Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2022. Source: WBSC

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Great Britain 2 2 0 32 0 +32 1.000 Advance to round robin 2
2  Czech Republic 1 1 0 9 8 +1 1.000 0.5
3  Ukraine 2 1 1 20 17 +3 .500 1 Advance to classification stage
4  France 1 0 1 8 9 −1 .000 1.5
5  Turkey 2 0 2 0 35 −35 .000 2
Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2022. Source: WBSC

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Slovakia 3 3 0 42 5 +37 1.000 Advance to round robin 2
2  Israel 1 1 0 7 1 +6 1.000 1
3  Denmark 2 1 1 17 3 +14 .500 1.5 Advance to classification stage
4  Malta 3 1 2 20 36 −16 .333 2
5  Spain (H) 1 0 1 1 7 −6 .000 2
6  Finland 2 0 2 4 39 −35 .000 2.5
Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2022. Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

Round robin 2[edit]

Group E[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Great Britain 5 5 0 41 6 +35 1.000 Advance to final round robin
2  Italy 5 4 1 34 7 +27 .800 1
3  Israel 5 3 2 23 28 −5 .600 2
4  Germany 5 2 3 23 30 −7 .400 3 Advance to classification stage
5  Ireland 5 1 4 10 31 −21 .200 4
6  France 5 0 5 11 40 −29 .000 5
Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2022. Source: WBSC

Group F[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 50 3 +47 1.000 Advance to final round robin
2  Czech Republic 5 4 1 28 7 +21 .800 1
3  Spain (H) 5 3 2 19 15 +4 .600 2
4  Greece 5 2 3 21 21 0 .400 3 Advance to classification stage
5  Poland 5 1 4 2 40 −38 .200 4
6  Slovakia 5 0 5 8 42 −34 .000 5
Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2022. Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

Group G[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB
1  Croatia 8 8 0 65 0 +65 1.000
2  Austria 8 7 1 74 17 +57 .875 1
3  Ukraine 8 6 2 63 29 +34 .750 2
4  Belgium 8 5 3 86 34 +52 .625 3
5   Switzerland 8 4 4 65 27 +38 .500 4
6  Denmark 8 3 5 26 59 −33 .375 5
7  Malta 8 2 6 13 78 −65 .250 6
8  Finland 8 1 7 34 105 −71 .125 7
9  Turkey 8 0 8 28 105 −77 .000 8
Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2022. Source: WBSC

Final round robin[edit]

Group X[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Great Britain 5 4 1 15 9 +6 .800 Advance to championship game
2  Netherlands 5 4 1 17 13 +4 .800
3  Czech Republic 5 3 2 19 20 −1 .600 1 Advance to bronze medal game
4  Italy 5 3 2 25 5 +20 .600 1
5  Spain (H) 5 1 4 8 20 −12 .200 3 Eliminated
6  Israel 5 0 5 13 30 −17 .000 4
Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2022. Source: WBSC
(H) Hosts

Classification stage[edit]

Group Y[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB
1  Greece 5 5 0 22 16 +6 1.000
2  Germany 5 4 1 22 3 +19 .800 1
3  Ireland 5 3 2 22 10 +12 .600 2
4  France 5 2 3 19 14 +5 .400 3
5  Poland 5 1 4 3 23 −20 .200 4
6  Slovakia 5 0 5 2 24 −22 .000 5
Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2022. Source: WBSC

Bronze medal game[edit]

30 July 3:00 (CEST)
Estadio Municipal de Sófbol Antonio Hervás 28 °C (82 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Czech Republic 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
 Italy 1 1 0 1 1 0 X 4 9 1
WP: Alexia Lacatena   LP: Veronika Pecková   Sv: Alice Nicolini
Boxscore

Championship game[edit]

30 July 6:00 (CEST)
Estadio Municipal de Sófbol Antonio Hervás 29 °C (84 °F)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Netherlands 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 7 11 1
 Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
WP: Eva Voortman   LP: Georgina Corrick
Boxscore

Final standings[edit]

Rk Team W L Pct.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands 9 1 .900
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain 9 2 .818
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy 8 2 .800
4  Czech Republic 7 3 .700
5  Spain 4 5 .444
6  Israel 4 5 .444
7  Greece 7 3 .700
8  Germany 4 5 .444
9  Ireland 5 5 .500
10  France 2 7 .222
11  Poland 1 8 .111
12  Slovakia 3 8 .273
13  Croatia 8 1 .889
14  Austria 7 2 .778
15  Ukraine 6 3 .667
16  Belgium 5 4 .556
17   Switzerland 4 5 .444
18  Denmark 3 6 .333
19  Malta 2 7 .222
20  Finland 1 8 .111
21  Turkey 0 9 .000

Qualified teams for 2024 Women's Softball World Cup[edit]

The following three teams from Europe qualify for the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Women's Softball World Cup1
 Great Britain 28 July 2022 7 (1994, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Netherlands 28 July 2022 14 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Italy 30 July 2022 13 (1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2022 Women's Softball European Championship". europeansoftball2022.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 Women's Softball European Championship Teams". europeansoftball2022.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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