Going into the round, Great Britain was expected to come win, being ranked 21st, followed by Lithuania at 48 and Israel at 57.
[1] Simon Rosenbaum was named MVP after hitting .529, along with four homeruns, giving him a 1.294 slugging percentage, in addition to scoring ten runs, collecting 10 RBIs and had three stolen bases.
[8] Israel was placed in Group B for the C-Level qualifier, where they won all three games they played, against Slovenia, Finland and Latvia, outscoring their competitors 31-4.
[10] Israel started the round with victories over Belarus, Poland and Austria, before losing to Lithuania and Sweden.
During the tournament, Israel played Switzerland, Bulgaria, Austria, Greece, and Serbia.
In their pool, Team Israel competed against Russia, Ireland, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece.
[13] The team played in the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all of five of its games and advancing to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 which it won and thus qualified for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.
The players were Corey Baker, Gabe Cramer, Blake Gailen, Joey Wagman, Alex Katz, Eric Brodkowitz, Jonathan de Marte, Jon Moscot, Jeremy Wolf (who lives in Tel Aviv), and Zack Weiss.
[15][16][17] They were followed in 2019 by Danny Valencia, Ty Kelly, Nick Rickles, Ben Wanger, and Jeremy Bleich.
[17][18] In Round 1 of the 2019 European Baseball Championship, Israel went 4-1 (defeating the Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, and Great Britain while losing to the Netherlands).
[20] Israel won the best-of-three playoff series, and thus qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.