2021 European Championship of American football

2021 European Championship of American football

Tournament details
Host nation	Europe
Dates	–
No. of nations	12
Final positions
Champions	Italy
Runner-up	Sweden
Third-place	Finland
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The 2021 European Championship was the 15th European Championship in American football. The preliminary round has been played around Europe from 21 September to 2 November 2019. The final round was scheduled to be played in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed to 2021, and was played in August and October. ^[1] In 2021 six out of the scheduled 12 games has not been played, including the semi-final between France and Italy.

Group A, first round

The first round was played from 21 September to 2 November 2019. The 12 best teams from the previous championships have been selected to play in the top division, selected into three seeds. Top seed teams were the first 4 teams of the 2018 championship (France, Austria, Finland and Sweden), second tier contained the other 2 teams in the final round (Great Britain and Denmark) along with Italy and Serbia, while the third tier contained the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Russia and Switzerland. ^[2]

A	B	C	D
France (1)	Austria (2)	Finland (3)	Sweden (4)
Serbia (8)	Italy (7)	Denmark (6)	Great Britain (5)
Czech Republic (9)	Switzerland (10)	Netherlands (11)	Russia (12)

Division A

Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	PD
France	2	0	1.000	41	10	+31
Serbia	1	1	0.500	23	13	+10
Czech Republic	0	2	0.000	3	44	–41

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
France	0	7	0	21	28
Czech Republic	0	0	3	0	3

at Stadion v Jiráskově ulici, Jihlava, Czech Republic

• Date: 13 October 2019
• Game time: 4:00 PM
• Game attendance: 850
• Recap Article

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia	7	3	0	6	16

at Gradski stadion, Požarevac, Serbia

• Date: 27 October 2019
• Game time: 11:30 AM
• Game attendance: 600
• Recap Article

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Serbia	0	7	0	0	7
France	7	0	0	6	13

at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France

• Date: 9 November 2019
• Game time: 4:00 PM
• Game attendance: 5000
• Article

Division B

Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	PD
Italy	2	0	1.000	59	14	+45
Austria	1	1	0.500	80	21	+59
Switzerland	0	2	0.000	0	104	–104

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Austria	21	28	7	10	66
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0

at Stadion Ringstrasse, Chur, Switzerland

• Date: 21 September 2019
• Recap

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Italy	0	3	3	15	21
Austria	7	0	7	0	14

at Vienna, Austria

• Date: 6 October 2019
• Game attendance: 950
• Recap

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	14	10	7	7	38

at Milan, Italy

• Date: 20 October 2019
• Game time: 3:00 PM
• Referee: Marco Sala
• Recap

Division C

Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	PD
Finland	2	0	1.000	99	3	+96
Denmark	1	1	0.500	25	63	–38
Netherlands	0	2	0.000	19	77	–58

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Finland	55	0	0	0	55
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0

at Sportpark 't Cranevelt, Arnhem, Netherlands

• Date: 12 October 2019
• Game time: 7:00 PM

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Netherlands	0	7	0	12	19
Denmark	8	8	6	0	22

at Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte, Denmark

• Date: 19 October 2019
• Game time: 4:00 PM
• Recap

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Denmark	3	0	0	0	3
Finland	0	20	21	3	44

at Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion, Vantaa, Finland

• Date: 26 October 2019
• Game time: 2:00 PM
• Recap

Division D

Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	PD
Sweden	2	0	1.000	70	21	+49
Great Britain	1	1	0.500	48	36	+12
Russia	0	2	0.000	7	68	–61

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Sweden	7	13	7	7	34
Russia	0	0	7	0	7

at Moscow, Russia

• Date: 5 October 2019
• Game time: 6:00 PM
• Recap

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Russia	0	0	0	0	0
Great Britain	13	7	0	14	34

at New River Stadium, London, Great Britain

• Date: 19 October 2019
• Game time: 4:00 PM
• Recap

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Britain	0	0	0	14	14
Sweden	3	13	13	7	36

at Kristianstad fotbollsarena, Kristianstad, Sweden

• Date: 2 November 2019
• Game time: 2:00 PM
• Recap

Group A, final stage

1–4

	Semifinals					Finals
	7	Italy	35
	1	France	0 DNP
						7	Italy	41
						4	Sweden	14
	3	Finland	14
	4	Sweden	22			Third place
						1	France	6
						3	Finland	14

5–8

	Placement 5–8					5th place game
	2	Austria	48
	8	Serbia	6
						2	Austria	38
						6	Denmark	25
	5	Great Britain	0
	6	Denmark	35 DNP			7th place game
						8	Serbia	35
						5	Great Britain	0 DNP

9–12

	Placement 9–12					9th place game
	9	Czech Republic	0
	12	Russia	35 DNP
						12	Russia	36
						10	Switzerland	9
	10	Switzerland	35
	11	Netherlands	0 DNP			11th place game
						9	Czech Republic	35
						11	Netherlands	0 DNP

Group B

Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	PD
Hungary	4	0	1.000	127	46	+81
Spain	2	1	0.667	72	49	+23
Israel	2	1	0.667	81	66	+15
Turkey	1	3	0.250	102	81	+21
Belgium	0	4	0.000	0	140	–140

Note: Belgium stepped down from the Championship in 2020, so their both played games (victory against Israel and loss against Hungary) have been administrated as 0:35 losses. The Israel-Spain game was cancelled.

See also

• International Federation of American Football

References

1. "Remaining fixtures in 2020 for the Men's tackle European Championship have been postponed until 2021". ifaf.org. 2020-06-08.
2. "Groupings/dates set for 2020 IFAF European championships". americanfootballinternational.com. 2020-02-05.