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2021 European Championship of American football

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2021 European Championship of American football
Tournament details
Host nation Europe
Dates
No. of nations12
Final positions
Champions  Italy
Runner-up  Sweden
Third-place  Finland
2018
2023

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-pandemic it was postponed to 2021, and was played in August and October 2021.[1] In 2021 6 out of the scheduled 12 games has not been played, including the semi-final between reigning champion France and Italy.

Group A, first round

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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, 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

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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 34Total
 France 0 7 02128
 Czech Republic 0 0 303

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 34Total
 Czech Republic 0 0 000
 Serbia 7 3 0616

at Gradski stadion, Požarevac, Serbia

  • Date: 27 October 2019
  • Game time: 11:30 AM
  • Game attendance: 600
  • Recap Article
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Serbia 0 7 007
 France 7 0 0613

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

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

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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 34Total
 Austria 21 28 71066
  Switzerland 0 0 000

at Stadion Ringstrasse, Chur, Switzerland

  • Date: 21 September 2019
  • Recap
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Italy 0 3 31521
 Austria 7 0 7014

at Vienna, Austria

  • Date: 6 October 2019
  • Game attendance: 950
  • Recap
Quarter 1 2 34Total
  Switzerland 0 0 000
 Italy 14 10 7738

at Milan, Italy

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

Division C

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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 34Total
 Finland 55 0 0055
 Netherlands 0 0 000

at Sportpark 't Cranevelt, Arnhem, Netherlands

  • Date: 12 October 2019
  • Game time: 7:00 PM
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Netherlands 0 7 01219
 Denmark 8 8 6022

at Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte, Denmark

  • Date: 19 October 2019
  • Game time: 4:00 PM
  • Recap
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Denmark 3 0 003
 Finland 0 20 21344

at Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion, Vantaa, Finland

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

Division D

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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 34Total
 Sweden 7 13 7734
 Russia 0 0 707

at Moscow, Russia

  • Date: 5 October 2019
  • Game time: 6:00 PM
  • Recap
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Russia 0 0 000
 Great Britain 13 7 01434

at New River Stadium, London, Great Britain

  • Date: 19 October 2019
  • Game time: 4:00 PM
  • Recap
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Great Britain 0 0 01414
 Sweden 3 13 13736

at Kristianstad fotbollsarena, Kristianstad, Sweden

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

Group A, final stage

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1–4

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  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.