The 2023 European Championship was the 16th European Championship in American football. The preliminary round was played around Europe from 8 October to 5 November 2022. The final round was played in August and October 2023.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host nation | ![]() |
Dates | 8 October 2022 – October 2023 |
No. of nations | 11 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third-place ![]() | ![]() |
← 2021 2025 → |
Austria won the European Championship title after defeating Finland, 28–0, in the final.[2] Austria wide receiver Philipp Haun was named the MVP of the game after catching three touchdowns.[2]
Group A, first round
editThe first round was played around Europe from 8 October to 5 November 2022. It saw 11 teams divided to four groups. Russia was due to be the 12th nation participating as the 3rd team in group 1 but the nation was removed from the tournament due to ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia's games were removed from the schedule.[3]
A | B | C | D |
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Italy (1) | Sweden (2) | Finland (3) | France (4) |
Great Britain (8) | Serbia (7) | Denmark (6) | Austria (5) |
Switzerland (10) | Czech Republic (11) | Hungary (12) |
Division A
editTeam | W | L | Pct | PF | PA | PD |
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Italy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | 23 | +5 |
Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 23 | 28 | -5 |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Italy | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
Great Britain | 7 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
Division B
editTeam | W | L | Pct | PF | PA | PD |
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Sweden | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 52 | 20 | +32 |
Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 38 | 34 | +4 |
Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 19 | 55 | -36 |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Serbia | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Sweden | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
at Behrn Arena, Örebro, Sweden
- Date: 8 October 2022
- Game time: 6:00 PM
- Game weather: Crisp 6 °C (43 °F)
- Game attendance: 942
- Referee: J Kaya
- Recap Statistics
Game information |
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First quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Sweden | 6 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 31 |
Switzerland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
at Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland
- Date: 16 October 2022
- Game time: 2:00 PM
- Game weather: Sunny 6 °C (43 °F)
- Game attendance: 200
- Recap Statistics
Game information |
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First quarter
Second quarter
Fourth quarter
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Switzerland | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
Serbia | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
at Sports Center Pampas, Kragujevac, Serbia
- Date: 23 October 2022
- Game time: 2:00 PM
Division C
editTeam | W | L | Pct | PF | PA | PD |
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Finland | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 102 | 23 | +79 |
Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 58 | 100 | –42 |
Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 50 | 87 | –37 |
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Denmark | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Finland | 6 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 60 |
at Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion, Vantaa, Finland
- Date: 8 October 2022
- Game time: 2:00 PM
- Game weather: Cloudy with rain 13 °C (55 °F)
- Game attendance: 365
- Referee: Veikko Lamminsalo
- Recap
Game information | ||
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Finland | 0 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 42 |
Czech Republic | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at Městský stadion, Usti, Czech Republic
- Date: 16 October 2022
- Game time: 1:00 PM
- Game weather: Cloudy 21 °C (70 °F)
- Game attendance: 720
- Referee: Michal Rosíval
- Recap
Game information | ||
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Czech Republic | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 40 |
Denmark | 14 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 45 |
at Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte, Denmark
- Date: 29 October 2022
- Game time: 2:00 PM
- Recap
Division D
editTeam | W | L | Pct | PF | PA | PD |
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Austria | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 76 | 7 | +69 |
France | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 16 | 37 | -21 |
Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 2 | 50 | -48 |
Group A, final stage
editThe final round was played on 5–6 August and 28–29 October 2023. Games involving Russia were not played.
1–4
editSemifinals | Finals | ||||||||
1 | Italy | 14 | |||||||
5 | Austria | 24 | |||||||
5 | Austria | 28 | |||||||
3 | Finland | 0 | |||||||
2 | Sweden | 14 | |||||||
3 | Finland | 33 | Third place | ||||||
1 | Italy | 26 | |||||||
2 | Sweden | 7 |
5–8
editPlacement 5–8 | 5th place game | ||||||||
6 | Denmark | 13 | |||||||
7 | Serbia | 6 | |||||||
6 | Denmark | 22 | |||||||
8 | Great Britain | 30 | |||||||
4 | France | 6 | |||||||
8 | Great Britain | 7 | 7th place game | ||||||
4 | France | 47 | |||||||
7 | Serbia | 0 |
9–12
editPlacement 9–11 | 9th place game | ||||||||
10 | Czech Republic | 15 | |||||||
11 | Switzerland | 0 | |||||||
10 | Czech Republic | 0 | |||||||
12 | Hungary | 30 | |||||||
9 | Russia | NA | |||||||
12 | Hungary | NA |
Finals
editQuarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Great Britain | 0 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
Denmark | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
at Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte, Denmark
- Date: 28 October 2023
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Italy | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
at Valhalla IP, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Date: 28 October 2023
- Game time: 3:00 PM
- Game attendance: 1421
- Referee: Wickham
- Recap Statistics
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Austria | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, Austria
- Date: 28 October 2023
- Game time: 3:00 PM
- Game attendance: 6400
- Statistics
Group B
editRound 1 | Round 2 | Final | ||||||||
22. October 2022 | ||||||||||
postponed | ||||||||||
Spain | 26 | |||||||||
6. August 2023 | Germany | |||||||||
Ireland | 7 | |||||||||
Spain | 23 | Israel | ||||||||
Israel | 30 | |||||||||
Israel | NA | |||||||||
Turkey | NA | |||||||||
- 16th place game: Ireland – Turkey 14:17
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Suomen miesten EM-pelit vauhtiin lokakuussa". jenkkifutis.fi (in Finnish). SAJL. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b Preston, Michael (29 October 2023). "Austria are the champions of Europe". American Football International. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "IFAF Statement - European Championship (M-T)". IFAF. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.