2021 European Championship of American football

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.

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 →

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, third tier contained the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Russia and Switzerland.[2]

Division A
Team W L Pct PF PA PD
 France201.0004110+31
 Serbia110.5002313+10
 Czech Republic020.000344–41
Period 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
Period 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
Period 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
  • Article

Division B
Team W L Pct PF PA PD
 Italy201.0005914+45
 Austria110.5008021+59
  Switzerland020.0000104–104
Period 1 2 34Total
 Austria 21 28 71066
  Switzerland 0 0 000

at Stadion Ringstrasse, Chur, Switzerland

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

at Vienna, Austria

  • Date: 6 October 2019
  • Game attendance: 950
  • Recap
Period 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
Team W L Pct PF PA PD
 Finland201.000993+96
 Denmark110.5002563–38
 Netherlands020.0001977–58
Period 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
Period 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
Period 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
Team W L Pct PF PA PD
 Sweden201.0007021+49
 Great Britain110.5004836+12
 Russia020.000768–61
Period 1 2 34Total
 Sweden 7 13 7734
 Russia 0 0 707

at Moscow, Russia

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

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
 Hungary401.00012746+81
 Spain210.6677249+23
 Israel210.6678166+15
 Turkey130.25010281+21
 Belgium040.0000140–140

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

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.


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