U-12 Baseball European Championship
| Current season, competition or edition: 2026 | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| No. of teams | 8 (Finals) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Most recent champion | Czech Republic (10th title) |
| Most titles | Czech Republic Italy (10 titles) |
The U-12 Baseball European Championship is an annual international baseball tournament for players under 12 years old, organized by WBSC Europe. In even-numbered years, the top two teams qualify for the following year's U-12 Baseball World Cup.[1] A qualifying round (Pool B) is held concurrently, with the top teams from this round exchanging with lower-ranked teams from the main tournament to qualify for the main tournament the following year.
Results
Medals (1992–2025)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 2 | Italy | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Russia | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | France | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 | Moldova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | |
Participating nations
Host country
| Nation | 1992 (7) |
1993 (11) |
1994 (5) |
1995 (7) |
1996 (7) |
1997 (8) |
1998 (12) |
1999 (6) |
2000 (5) |
2001 (12) |
2002 (8) |
2003 (9) |
2004 (7) |
2005 (8) |
2006 (7) |
2007 (7) |
2008 (6) |
2009 (9) |
2010 (7) |
2011 (8) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 12th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 5th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 7th | ||||||||||||||
| Belarus | 9th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 5th | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 3rd | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 9th | 6th | 3rd | |||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd |
| Estonia | 3rd | |||||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||
| France | 6th | 7th | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 9th | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 5th | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 6th | 8th | 6th | 11th | 8th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | ||||||||||
| Italy | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||||||||||
| Lithuania | 5th | 10th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | |||||||||
| Moldova | 2nd | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | |||||||||||
| Poland | 8th | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | |||||
| Romania | 11th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||
| Russia | 5th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |
| San Marino | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 10th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 5th | ||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 9th | 7th | 7th | 12th | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 10th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 9th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 5th | 5th | 6th | 11th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 7th | 3rd |
| Nation | 2012 (8) |
2013 (6) |
2014 (7) |
2015 (9) |
2016 (11) |
2017 (9) |
2018 (14) |
2019 (8) |
2021 (10) |
2022 (8) |
2023 (8) |
2024 (8) |
2025 (8) |
2026 (8) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Austria | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 8th | 4th | 9th | 12th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 18 | ||
| Belarus | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 10 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 8th | 7th | 8th | 6th | Q | 6 | |||||||||
| Bulgaria | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 14th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | Q | 34 |
| Estonia | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| France | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | Q | 15 | ||
| Georgia | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 1st | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | Q | 12 | ||||
| Great Britain | 11th | 8th | Q | 4 | |||||||||||
| Hungary | 7th | 8th | 5th | 8th | 4 | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Israel | 4th | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | Q | 18 | |||||
| Lithuania | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 9th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 20 | |||||
| Moldova | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | Q | 18 | |||||
| Poland | 4th | 10th | 8th | 13th | 10th | 20 | |||||||||
| Romania | 8th | 7th | 7th | 12 | |||||||||||
| Russia | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 27 | ||||||
| San Marino | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 8th | 10th | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 7th | 5th | 5th | 9th | 8 | ||||||||||
| Spain | Q | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 11th | 7th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 15 |
See also
- U-12 Baseball World Cup
- U-23 Baseball European Championship
- U-18 Baseball European Championship
- U-15 Baseball European Championship
References
- ^ "WBSC Europe reveals the 2023-2029 planning for Baseball, Softball, Baseball5 European events". WBSC Europe.
- ^ "Baseball - European U-12 Championships" (PDF). Sport-Record.DE.
- ^ "CEB Yearbook 2019" (PDF). WBSC Europe.