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 | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Europe |
| Dates | – |
| No. of nations | 12 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Italy |
Runner-up  |  Sweden |
Third-place  |  Finland |
← 2018 2023 → | |
Group A, first round edit
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)
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 Austria (2)
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Finland (3)
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Sweden (4)
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 Serbia (8)
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Italy (7)
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 Denmark (6)
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 Great Britain (5)
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 Czech Republic (9)
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 Switzerland (10)
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 Netherlands (11)
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 Russia (12)
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Division A edit
| 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 |
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France |
0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
| Czech Republic |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Period | 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 edit
| 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 |
| Period | 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
| Period | 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 edit
| 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 |
| Period | 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
| Period | 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 edit
| 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 |
| Period | 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
| Period | 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 edit
1–4 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
References 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.