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.
Tournament details | |
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Host nation | ![]() |
Dates | – |
No. of nations | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third-place ![]() | ![]() |
← 2018 2023 → |
Group A, first round
editThe 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 |
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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
editTeam | 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 |
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France | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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
editTeam | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Italy | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
- Date: 20 October 2019
- Game time: 3:00 PM
- Referee: Marco Sala
- Recap
Division C
editTeam | 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
Division D
editTeam | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
edit1–4
editSemifinals | 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
editPlacement 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
editPlacement 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
editTeam | 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Remaining fixtures in 2020 for the Men's tackle European Championship have been postponed until 2021". ifaf.org. 2020-06-08.
- ^ "Groupings/dates set for 2020 IFAF European championships". americanfootballinternational.com. 2020-02-05.