The Israel Men’s National team traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark to partake in this year’s European Softball Championships for Men 2008.
The other teams that participated in this year’s Championships: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Croatia, Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain
The Israeli National Team played 7 games in a round robin and finished in seventh place with a 1-7 record.
The Czechs took the tournament gold.
Schedule
Monday 28
Game Field Home Visitor
12,30 1 A Netherlands Israel - loss 8-1
Tuesday 29
Game Field Home Visitor
12,30 8 B Israel Denmark - loss 13-1
16,30 11 B Israel Great Britain - loss 4-1
Wednesday 30
Game Field Home Visitor
10,00 13 A Israel Czech Republic - loss 8-1
15,00 16 A Slovakia Israel - win 10-1
Thursday 31
Game Field Home Visitor
10,00 19 A Croatia Israel - loss 7-0
Friday 1
Game Field Home Visitor
12,30 27 A Belgium Israel - loss 8-1
http://www.eurofastpitch2008.dk/Schedule.aspx
Standings
| Standings after the single round robin |
| | G | W | L | % | | Czech Republic | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | | Denmark | 7 | 6 | 1 | .857 | | Great Britain | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | | Netherlands | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | | Belgium | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | | Croatia | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | | Israel | 7 | 1 | 6 | .143 | | Slovakia | 7 | 0 | 7 | .000 | |
Israeli Team Roster
Micha Avgar, Bali Bali , Ami Baran, Ben Chai Ben Israel, Elyaeed Ben Israel, Yaron Ben Israel, Guy Bender, Koby Daya, Ezeqiel Ganz, Avishai Gross, Roni Gross, Hernan Guingius, Tom Haskell, Natanel Levinson, Shlomi Mor Hayim, Yaniv Rosenfeld, Alberto Scioscia, Gil Siegel, Ilan Spira, Aviv Yaacov, Jeffrey Zitomer, Gerson Gillett - Coach
http://www.eurofastpitch2008.dk/Teams/Israel.aspx
Israel is also represented by Umpire Brian Aron
http://www.eurofastpitch2008.dk/Organisation/Umpires.aspx
Pictures On-line

Catcher Gil Segal puts the tag on at a plate vs Holland

1B Shlomo Lipitz completes the double play vs Great Britain

2B Netanel Levenson turns the double play vs Croatia