WBSC Baseball5 Youth World Cup 2023: Baseball5 U-17 European Championship to qualify to teams
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<p>Fourteen National Teams are participating in the inaugural U-17 Baseball5 European Championship at the Sofia Sports Hall, <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/bulgaria-to-host-the-inaugural-baseball5-u-17-european-championship"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bulgaria</span></strong></a>. The tournament will run through Saturday, 19 November. The top two finishers will qualify for the first WBSC Youth Baseball5 World Cup, scheduled for 2023.</p>
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<p>The hosts Bulgaria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Latvia, Moldova and Türkiye play in Group A. Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands and Romania compete in Group B.</p>
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<p>France and Lithuania finished ninth and 11th respectively in last week's open <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2022-baseball5-world-cup/home"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball5 World Cup</span></strong></a> in Mexico City after winning the senior <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/lithuania-france-qualify-for-baseball5-world-cup"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">European Championship</span></strong></a> in 2020.</p>
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<p>The top four finishers in each group will advance to the quarterfinals at the end of group play. The winners will play in the semifinals at 5pm local time (CET + 1) on Friday, 18 November. The winners will compete for the title and qualify for the WBSC Youth Baseball5 World Cup.</p>
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<p>The European Championship game is scheduled for Saturday, 19 November, at 2pm local time.</p>
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<p>WBSC Europe is streaming all games live on its <strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="YouTube channel (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.youtube.com/@WBSCEurope/streams" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">YouTube channel</span></a></strong>.</p>
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