The 1993 European Baseball Championship was held in Stockholm, Sweden between 9âÂÂ18 July 1993 and was won by the Netherlands. Two-time defending champion Italy finished second.
The host team, Sweden, finished third, defeating France in a best-of-five-game series. It was Sweden's first time hosting such an international baseball tournament since the 1912 Summer Olympics, and it increased baseball participation in the country. However, the lost organizing the event, and Sweden has not won a medal in the competition since 1993.
Russia finished last in its first appearance in the tournament, after joining the Confederation of European Baseball in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union.
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The eight teams in the tournament were split into two groups that competed in round-robin tournaments. The top two teams in each group then advanced to a one-game semifinal. The winners and losers of each semifinal then matched up in a best-of-five-game medal round. The bottom two finishers in each initial group competed in another round-robin tournament to determine the final standings.
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