European Championship of American football

European Championship

Sport	American football
Founded	1983
Most recent champion(s)	Germany (3d Title)
Most titles	Finland (5 Titles)
Official website	www.ifafeurope.org

The European Championship is a continental competition of American football contested by the member countries of IFAF Europe. The tournament also serves as a qualifier for the IFAF World Cup.

2015-2018 teams

Group A: 2018

 Germany

 France

 Austria

 Finland

+ two qualifiers

Group A Qualifiers: 2017

 Sweden

 Denmark

+ two winners of Group B

Group B: 2016

seeded  Great Britain  Italy

unseeded  Israel (qualifier)   Switzerland (qualifier)  Russia (qualifier)  Serbia (qualifier)  Czech Republic (qualifier)  Netherlands (qualifier)

Group B Qualifiers: 2015

seeded  Czech Republic  Serbia   Switzerland  Spain  Netherlands  Russia

unseeded  Poland  Hungary  Israel  Slovakia  Belgium  Norway

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1983 Details	Italy		Italy	18–6	Finland		West Germany	27–20	France
1985 Details	Italy		Finland	13–2	Italy		West Germany	13–0	France
1987 Details	Finland		Italy	24–22	West Germany		Finland	38–23	Great Britain
1989 Details	West Germany		Great Britain	26–0	Finland		West Germany	29–9	Italy
1991 Details	Finland		Great Britain	14–3	Finland		Netherlands	17–12	France
1993 Details	Italy		Finland	17–7	Italy		Germany	21–3	Sweden
1995 Details	Austria		Finland	27–7	Italy		Austria	18–0	Ukraine
1997 Details	Italy		Finland	27–6	Sweden		Italy	14–7	Great Britain
2000 Details	Germany		Finland	30–29	Germany		Great Britain and  Ukraine
2001 Details	Germany		Germany	19–7	Finland		Sweden and  Great Britain
2005 Details	Sweden		Sweden	16–7	Germany		Finland	34–12	Great Britain
2010 Details	Germany		Germany	26–10	France		Austria	30–0	Sweden
2014 Details	Austria		Germany	30–27	Austria		France	35–21	Finland
2018 Details	Germany

Teams

Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place SF - Semi-finalist QF - Quarter finalist Q - Participant of the qualification round Q3 - Participant of the third qualification round Q2 - Participant of the third qualification round Q1 - Participant of the third qualification round

Name	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	2000	2001	2005	2010	2014
Germany	3 place	3 place	Runner-up	3 place		3 place	QF		Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Winner
Italy	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	4 place	Q3	Runner-up	Runner-up	3 place
Finland	Runner-up	Winner	3 place	Finalist	Finalist	Winner	Winner	Winner	Winner	Runner-up	3 place	5 place	4 place
France	4 place	4 place	QF	QF	4 place					Q	QF	Runner-up	3 place
Austria	5 place		Q1		Q2		3 place		Q	QF		3 place	Runner-up
United Kingdom			4 place	Winner	Winner			4 place	Semi-finalist	Semi-finalist	4 place	6 place
Netherlands			Q1	Q1	3 place	Q
Sweden				Q1	Q3	4 place	Q	Runner-up		Semi-finalist	Winner	4 place	5 place
Norway				Q2			Q
Belgium					Q1		Q
Spain					Q1		Q	Q		QF
Russia					Q2				Q
Ukraine							4 place	Q	Semi-finalist	QF
Denmark										Q			6 place
Switzerland			Q2

Performance by team

Pos.	Team	Champion	Runner-up	Third	Fourth
1	Finland	5	4	2	1
2	Germany	3	3	4	–
3	Italy	2	3	1	1
4	Great Britain	2	–	2*	3
5	Sweden	1	1	1*	2
6	Austria	–	1	2	–
7	France	-	1	1	3
8	Ukraine	–	–	1*	1
9	Netherlands	–	–	1	–

• *semi-finalist in 2000 and 2001 (no 3rd place match played)

References

External links

• Official website