/ CONFEDERATION CUP / DAY 2 RECAP / JUNE 16 / 2026

Brasschaat detonated the run environment

Day 2 was a clean model day, but not a quiet one. Hroši beat Rouen almost inside the exact forecast shape, then Brasschaat turned a projected favorite lane into a 19-8 run-rule statement that pushed Savigny to the edge of the tournament.

Published recap

June 16, 2026

Round-robin games 3-4, official Day 2 results.

StatPredict v2 pre-event forecast, conditioned on official results through Day 2.

Official WBSC Europe box-score payloads plus the live tournament simulation layer.

Hroši Brno logoHrošiHRO / CEX
Brasschaat Braves logoBrasschaatBRA / BD1
Rouen Huskies logoRouenROU / FD1
Lions de Savigny logoSavignySAV / FD1
Olimpija Karlovac logoKarlovacBOK / CRO

Day 2 runs

36

Against a 23.9-run StatPredict board.

Winner calls

2-for-2

Hroši and Brasschaat both landed, in very different run environments.

Tied final paths

45.9%

Second-place tiebreak pressure remains the tournament's core mechanic.

Pitch load

276

Rouen and Savigny have each spent 276 pitches through two losses.

/ Executive read

The model hit, but Brasschaat changed the scale

Day 2 was clean directionally: Hroši and Brasschaat both landed. The separation is that Hroši won inside the forecast shape, while Brasschaat blew past the projected run band.

01

Day 2 was a clean direction day for the model: 2-for-2 today, 3-for-4 for the event.

02

The projected Day 2 board was 23.9 runs. The official games produced 36, almost entirely because Brasschaat scored 12 in the fifth.

03

Rouen have now lost two games by one run, but the table does not price moral proximity.

04

Savigny are 0-2, -15, and the combined French title lane has collapsed to 3.7%.

/ Forecast check

Day 2 board reality check

The Hroši result was almost a direct model confirmation. Brasschaat was a favorite hit with a much louder magnitude than the forecast priced.

G3Hit
Rouen Huskies logoROUatHroši Brno logoHRO
Pre-game leanHRO 66.0%
ProjectedHRO 6.0 - ROU 4.3
ActualHRO 5 - ROU 4

Almost exactly the planned Hroši control game: one-run final, suppressed total, favorite held.

G4Hit
Lions de Savigny logoSAVatBrasschaat Braves logoBRA
Pre-game leanBRA 71.9%
ProjectedBRA 8.3 - SAV 5.3
ActualBRA 19 - SAV 8

Correct favorite, wrong magnitude: Brasschaat's 12-run fifth detonated the run environment.

/ Live reset

Hroši lead the model, Brasschaat own the table

Brasschaat have the strongest actual-results profile at 2-0 and +12. Hroši still hold the highest title equity because the remaining schedule and underlying team-strength layer are kinder.

Hroši Brno logoHroši BrnoHRO / CEX#1

Record

1-0

RF-RA

5-4 (+1)

Top two

91.1%

Title

60.0%

xW

3.27

Move

+12.9 pp / +7.3 pp

Highest title equity remains with Hroši because the schedule and team-strength layer are still kinder.

Brasschaat Braves logoBrasschaat BravesBRA / BD1#2

Record

2-0

RF-RA

24-12 (+12)

Top two

83.1%

Title

33.0%

xW

3.09

Move

+30.6 pp / +10.1 pp

The table's strongest actual-results profile: 2-0, +12, and the French pair already behind.

Rouen Huskies logoRouen HuskiesROU / FD1#3

Record

0-2

RF-RA

8-10 (-2)

Top two

9.0%

Title

3.4%

xW

1.41

Move

-37.1 pp / -15.7 pp

Two one-run losses keep the process respectable, but the table does not price moral proximity.

Olimpija Karlovac logoOlimpija KarlovacBOK / CRO#4

Record

1-0

RF-RA

7-3 (+4)

Top two

15.9%

Title

3.3%

xW

1.72

Move

+5.8 pp / +1.0 pp

Idle on Day 2, still protected by the Savigny head-to-head and a +4 opening differential.

Lions de Savigny logoLions de SavignySAV / FD1#5

Record

0-2

RF-RA

11-26 (-15)

Top two

0.9%

Title

0.3%

xW

0.51

Move

-12.2 pp / -2.8 pp

The discomfort story is over: 0-2, -15, and almost no remaining final lane.

/ Table mechanics

Brasschaat now carry the loudest TQB position

Run differential is no longer a footnote. Brasschaat sit at +12, Savigny are at -15, and the tied-final-slot layer still appears in nearly half of simulations.

TeamRec.RFRARDTQB
Brasschaat Braves logoBrasschaatBRA / BD12-02412+120.850
Olimpija Karlovac logoKarlovacBOK / CRO1-073+40.474
Hroši Brno logoHrošiHRO / CEX1-054+10.181
Rouen Huskies logoRouenROU / FD10-2810-2-0.144
Lions de Savigny logoSavignySAV / FD10-21126-15-1.085

TQB is not decorative

In a five-team round robin, second place can land in a multi-team tie quickly. The post-Day 2 simulation still reaches a tied final slot in 45.9% of paths, so Savigny's -15 and Rouen's -2 are future liabilities, not cosmetic.

/ Player impact

Day 2 PFI board

This is Day 2-only PFI, normalized against the same BD1/CRO/CEX/FD1 2026 game-log population. It is the event performance layer, not a scouting grade.

DELIYANNIS Harry

Brasschaat Braves logoBrasschaatBRA / BD1
#1

Game

G4

PFI

10.0

3-for-3, 5 R, 0 RBI, 1 2B, 3 BB, 1 SB

Reached six times and scored five runs one day after a complete-game pitching load.

DE LANNOY Steven

Brasschaat Braves logoBrasschaatBRA / BD1
#2

Game

G4

PFI

10.0

4-for-5, 3 R, 5 RBI, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 1 SB

Five RBI and the three-run homer that capped Brasschaat's 12-run fifth.

CASTILLO ROJAS Jesus Ronaldo

Hroši Brno logoHrošiHRO / CEX
#3

Game

G3

PFI

9.3

8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 107 pitches

Eight innings, no walks, seven strikeouts; Hroši got the favorite win without a staff scramble.

NOVÝ Vítězslav

Hroši Brno logoHrošiHRO / CEX
#4

Game

G3

PFI

8.6

3-for-4, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 3B, 1 K

Positive Day 2 pressure signal in the tournament reset.

DE WOLF Thomas

Brasschaat Braves logoBrasschaatBRA / BD1
#5

Game

G4

PFI

8.5

3-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP

Another Brasschaat traffic line inside the 19-run reset.

JOHNSON Ryan Johannes

Hroši Brno logoHrošiHRO / CEX
#6

Game

G3

PFI

8.5

3-for-5, 2 R, 0 RBI, 2 2B, 2 K

Extra-base pressure in the one-run Hroši win.

BALLARDINI Lino

Brasschaat Braves logoBrasschaatBRA / BD1
#7

Game

G4

PFI

8.2

3-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B

Brasschaat stacked event quality throughout the order.

ŘÍČNÝ Tomáš

Hroši Brno logoHrošiHRO / CEX
#8

Game

G3

PFI

7.3

2-for-5, 1 R, 0 RBI, 2 2B, 1 K

Hroši's Day 2 offense was not loud, but the extra-base layer mattered.

MEGUMI Kento

Rouen Huskies logoRouenROU / FD1
#9

Game

G3

PFI

7.1

2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B

Rouen's individual process still produced useful markers in another one-run loss.

JOOSSENS Matthew

Brasschaat Braves logoBrasschaatBRA / BD1
#10

Game

G4

PFI

7.1

2-for-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 BB

Run creation from the lower board turned the favorite hit into a rout.

SCOTT Lucas

Brasschaat Braves logoBrasschaatBRA / BD1
#11

Game

G4

PFI

6.9

3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 K

Another Braves bat inside a deep Day 2 run spike.

ITO Ryusuke

Rouen Huskies logoRouenROU / FD1
#12

Game

G3

PFI

6.4

8.0 IP, 13 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 139 pitches

Strong enough to keep Rouen alive, expensive enough to make the 139-pitch loss hurt twice.

/ Pitch-depth tax

Rouen and Savigny paid twice

Two losses each would be damaging on their own. Pair them with 276 total pitches per club, and Wednesday becomes a recovery problem as much as a standings problem.

Rouen Huskies logoRouen HuskiesROU / FD1

276

pitches

0-2 / Day 2: 139

Two one-run losses with 276 pitches spent; Ito's 139-pitch complete game is a major recovery tax.

Lions de Savigny logoLions de SavignySAV / FD1

276

pitches

0-2 / Day 2: 142

The table damage is paired with staff damage: 276 pitches, 26 runs allowed, and no clean reset game.

Brasschaat Braves logoBrasschaat BravesBRA / BD1

263

pitches

2-0 / Day 2: 146

Two wins and the best table position, but the 19-8 game still cost 146 pitches over seven innings.

Olimpija Karlovac logoOlimpija KarlovacBOK / CRO

138

pitches

1-0 / Day 2: Idle

Idle on Day 2 after the walk-off; the question is whether Diaz's 128-pitch opener echoes into Hroši.

Hroši Brno logoHroši BrnoHRO / CEX

123

pitches

1-0 / Day 2: 123

Cleanest Day 2 exchange: 123 pitches, Castillo covered eight innings, and the favorite lane held.

/ Wednesday board

Updated predictions price the current damage

These are post-Day-2 matchup updates, not a replay of the pre-event card. Current run differential, Day 2 run differential, and staff workload/rest are layered onto StatPredict v2.

G5ROU 76.7%
Rouen Huskies logoROUatLions de Savigny logoSAV

Rouen Huskies at Lions de Savigny

ROU 6.9 - SAV 4.2

Rouen's two one-run losses still grade cleaner than Savigny's -15 table state.

G6HRO 80.9%
Olimpija Karlovac logoBOKatHroši Brno logoHRO

Olimpija Karlovac at Hroši Brno

HRO 6.8 - BOK 2.9

Hroši remain heavy favorites, with a small rest/workload haircut because Karlovac was idle on Day 2.

/ Source and model note

Official results, live simulation layer

This recap uses official WBSC Europe box-score data for games 3-4, plus the already-cached Day 1 official payloads. The tournament board fixes games 1-4, simulates games 5-10 from StatPredict probabilities, applies the same head-to-head/TQB/run-differential tiebreak stack, and prices the final from the forecast matchup board.

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