The European Baseball Championships are over, and were won by the Netherlands. So it’s time for a new round of the Continuum Baseball Rankings! Go to that link for an explanation about them.

This takes into account both the overall results of the tournament as well as head-to-head matchups during it.

Anyway, there was plenty of movement in the rankings because of the tournament. The Dutch, for example, are once again in fifth place, overtaking Taiwan/Taipei. The biggest jump was made by the Belgians, however, who as I predicted earlier have begun to move up the ladder, jumping from 55 to 50. The biggest drop came for Great Britain, which went from 24th to 27th as a result of their play at the European Championships.

It won’t be too long before yet another update of the Rankings, as the Asian Games baseball competition is going on right now- although it should be noted that that will only take into account results for teams that sent professional players or their closest national equivalent.

 

Go below the jump to see the rankings:

BASEBALL CONTINUUM RANKINGS AS OF SEPTEMBER 24 AFTER 2014 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (previous placement noted in parenthesis when different):

1.USA 356.072998689

2.Japan 340.60430423

3.Dominican Republic 297.07461146878

4.Cuba 291.78644987379

5. Netherlands 275.75503976547 (6)

6.Taipei 262.924034149 (5)

7.Puerto Rico 237.35020806575

8.Canada 221.291148645

9.Korea 200.567695081

10.Venezuela 194.26866525288

11. Italy 170.70692129221

12.Mexico 138.28743278

13.Panama 123.568362

14.Australia 82.3756337603

15.Colombia 60.4698693683

16.Brazil 59.8168005729

17. Spain 48.403297343138 (18)

18.Nicaragua 39.4041924339 (17)

19. Germany -0.028543438214717

20.China -10.8089234424

21.Pakistan -32.4143431354

22.Argentina -49.5976341618

23.Philippines -60.1831994271

24.Thailand -96.7578503757 (25)

25. Czech Republic -105.10378912265 (27)

26.Israel -106.31847810509

27.Great Britain -124.8770136378 (24)

28.New Zealand -150.690146917

29.Sri Lanka -183.131130568

30. France -188.29700056625 (32)

31.Hong Kong -189.73697868 (30)

32.South Africa -191.112252876 (31)

33.Afghanistan -244.125590861

34. Russia -263.79406777846

35.Indonesia -264.99396798

36.Austria -295.190503818 (37)

37.Ukraine -310.387960257 (38)

38. Croatia -324.45557142313 (36)

39.Guam -329.861338136

40.Nepal -353.138578515

41.Bulgaria -357.622894242

42.Lithuania -380.098754586

43.Switzerland -392.468931222

44.Slovakia -406.776541519

45.Poland -420.869348451

46.Belarus -432.207739417

47. Slovenia -437.37168583471

48.Ireland -443.88628955372

49.Romania -458.21222918015

50. Belgium -469.10088300531 (55)

51.Mongolia -481.960266204 (50)

52.Finland -484.05281749415 (51)

53.Latvia -499.05281749415 (52)

54.Hungary -513.21222918015 (53)

55. Sweden -518.97693608065 (54)

56.Norway -529.89345315788

57. Greece -530.85145334835 (N)