| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Spain |
| Dates | 24 July – 30 July 2022 |
| Teams | 21 |
| Defending champions |  Italy (2021) |
| Final positions | |
Champions |  Netherlands (11th title) |
Runner-up |  Great Britain |
Third place | Italy |
| Fourth place |  Czech Republic |
← 2021 | |
The 2022 Women's Softball European Championship was an international European softball competition held in Sant Boi, Spain from 24 July to 30 July 2022. This was the 23rd edition of the Women's Softball European Championship. [1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 1.000 | — | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 1.000 | 0.5 | |
| 3 |  Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 1 | Advance to classification stage |
| 4 |  Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | −11 | .000 | 1.5 | |
| 5 |  Belgium | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | −21 | .000 | 2 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 1.000 | — | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 2 |  Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 1.000 | +0.5 | |
| 3 |  Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | .500 | 0.5 | Advance to classification stage |
| 4 |  Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | .000 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | −18 | .000 | 1.5 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | +32 | 1.000 | — | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 1.000 | 0.5 | |
| 3 |  Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 17 | +3 | .500 | 1 | Advance to classification stage |
| 4 |  France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | .000 | 1.5 | |
| 5 |  Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | −35 | .000 | 2 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 5 | +37 | 1.000 | — | Advance to round robin 2 |
| 2 |  Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 1.000 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | .500 | 1.5 | Advance to classification stage |
| 4 |  Malta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 36 | −16 | .333 | 2 | |
| 5 | Spain (H) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | .000 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 39 | −35 | .000 | 2.5 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 6 | +35 | 1.000 | — | Advance to final round robin |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 7 | +27 | .800 | 1 | |
| 3 | Israel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 28 | −5 | .600 | 2 | |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 30 | −7 | .400 | 3 | Advance to classification stage |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 31 | −21 | .200 | 4 | |
| 6 | France | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 40 | −29 | .000 | 5 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 3 | +47 | 1.000 | — | Advance to final round robin |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 7 | +21 | .800 | 1 | |
| 3 | Spain (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | +4 | .600 | 2 | |
| 4 | Greece | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 0 | .400 | 3 | Advance to classification stage |
| 5 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 40 | −38 | .200 | 4 | |
| 6 | Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 42 | −34 | .000 | 5 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia | 8 | 8 | 0 | 65 | 0 | +65 | 1.000 | — |
| 2 | Austria | 8 | 7 | 1 | 74 | 17 | +57 | .875 | 1 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 8 | 6 | 2 | 63 | 29 | +34 | .750 | 2 |
| 4 | Belgium | 8 | 5 | 3 | 86 | 34 | +52 | .625 | 3 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 27 | +38 | .500 | 4 |
| 6 | Denmark | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 59 | −33 | .375 | 5 |
| 7 | Malta | 8 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 78 | −65 | .250 | 6 |
| 8 | Finland | 8 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 105 | −71 | .125 | 7 |
| 9 | Turkey | 8 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 105 | −77 | .000 | 8 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | .800 | — | Advance to championship game |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +4 | .800 | — | |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | −1 | .600 | 1 | Advance to bronze medal game |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 5 | +20 | .600 | 1 | |
| 5 | Spain (H) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | −12 | .200 | 3 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Israel | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 30 | −17 | .000 | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 1.000 | — |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 3 | +19 | .800 | 1 |
| 3 | Ireland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | .600 | 2 |
| 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | .400 | 3 |
| 5 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 23 | −20 | .200 | 4 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | −22 | .000 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Alexia Lacatena LP: Veronika Pecková Sv: Alice Nicolini Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Eva Voortman LP: Georgina Corrick Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Netherlands | 9 | 1 | .900 |
 | Great Britain | 9 | 2 | .818 |
 | Italy | 8 | 2 | .800 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 7 | 3 | .700 |
| 5 | Spain | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| 6 | Israel | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| 7 | Greece | 7 | 3 | .700 |
| 8 | Germany | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| 9 | Ireland | 5 | 5 | .500 |
| 10 | France | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 8 | .111 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 3 | 8 | .273 |
| 13 | Croatia | 8 | 1 | .889 |
| 14 | Austria | 7 | 2 | .778 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 6 | 3 | .667 |
| 16 | Belgium | 5 | 4 | .556 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| 18 | Denmark | 3 | 6 | .333 |
| 19 | Malta | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| 20 | Finland | 1 | 8 | .111 |
| 21 | Turkey | 0 | 9 | .000 |
The following three teams from Europe qualify for the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Women's Softball World Cup 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | 28 July 2022 | 7 (1994, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Netherlands | 28 July 2022 | 14 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Italy | 30 July 2022 | 13 (1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) |
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