1987 European Championship

The 1987 European Championship was held from July 17 through July 26 , 1987, in Barcelona and Saint Boi, Spain.

 Netherlands finished 7-2 to take Gold. They were 3-2 against Italy to take the title, including a 7-6, 10-inning win. Rikkert Faneyte was named MVP while Marcel Kruyt led in average. It was their second European Championship title in a row.

 Italy finished 5-3 to take Silver.

 Spain had a solid showing as hosts, going 5-4 and winning Bronze. They had the Best pitcher, Pedro Valarezo.

 Belgium went 3-5 to place last in the 1-4 seeds.

 Sweden was 3-3, 1-2 in the preliminaries and 2-1 in the 5th-7th group.

 France finished 2-4 and was 6th.

 Germany only went 1-5 to finish last.

Source: Baseball in Europe by Josh Chetwynd

See 1987 European Championship (Rosters)