The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain and served as the qualifying competition for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

The Netherlands won the tournament for the 5th consecutive time and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Great Britain and Spain advanced to a final qualifying tournament in Taiwan.

Prior to the tournament, Greece was removed by the European Baseball Confederation and replaced with Austria.

[1] Czech Republic was downgraded to last place at the end of the tournament and its wins in the preliminary round vacated due to the use of ineligible players.