The Netherlands took their 20th European Baseball Championship after winning the tournament in Spain, with eight consecutive victories. The Dutch almost saw their winning streak ended by the Spanish team on Saturday. Spain already defeated former European Champions Italy, and with the help of the home crowd, and was close to defeat the defending European Champions of The Netherlands. Dutch fielding errors caused a lot of unrest with the Dutch and the Spaniards saw their chance to make use of that. Spain was close becoming European Champions, they would have been the third nation to accomplish that since The Netherlands and Italy were the only ones who won the title since 1967.

The Dutch, however, escaped defeat from Spain when old hands Dirk Van‘t Klooster and Raily Legito brought their team to a higher level. In the 8th inning the Dutch scored three runs to tie the game to 5 runs each in the 9th inning. With almost perfect fielding Van‘t Klooster prevented the Spaniards to score the winning run.

In the bottom of the 11th  inning the Dutch scored 5 runs to take a comfortable 10-5 lead. The fourth starting pitcher, Leon Boyd, saw his second base, Shurendell de Caster, making another fielding error. The fifth field error of the game brought Spain back into the game, 10-8. Pitcher Boyd kept his concentration and struck out Juan Garcia for the third out and ending the game.

The Dutch now in the final, had to face Great Britain on Sunday morning, only eleven hours after the last pitch against Spain. In the European Championships final The Netherlands were back into their normal form and defeated Great Britain 6-1. The Dutch captured their 20th and 5th consecutive European title and a ticket for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Game 1; The Netherlands vs. Austria 22-0 in 5 innings

Game 2; Czech Republic vs The Netherlands 0-11 in 7 innings\

Game 3; Sweden vs The Netherlands 2-14 in 7 innings

Game 4; Germany vs The Netherlands 3-6

Game 5; The Netherlands vs Croatia 13-0 in 7 innings

Game 6; France vs. The Netherlands 0-18 in 7 innings

Game 7; The Netherlands vs. Spain 10-8 in 11 innings

Game 8; Great Britain vs. The Netherlands 1-6