IFAF World Championship record
| Year | Position | GP | W | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1999 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 99 |
 2007 | Did not participate | |||||
The Italy national American football team, nicknamed the Blue Team is the national American football team for Italy. They have been successful, having won the European championship three times, [1] and been runner up three times. They won the 2021 IFAF European Championship, its third European title, having also won in 1983 and 1985. [2]
In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Italy national American football team announced that it refused to play against Russia in October 2022 in a qualifier for the 2023 IFAF European Championships. [2]
| Year | Position | GP | W | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 99 |
| 2007 | Did not participate | |||||
The Union of European Football Associations is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel. UEFA consists of 55 national association members. Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions.
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