European Championship of American football

American football competition

European ChampionshipSport| American football

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Founded| 1983
Most recent
champion(s)|  Austria (1st title)
Most titles|  Finland (5 titles)
Official website| www.ifafeurope.org

The European Championship is a continental competition of American football founded in 1983 and contested by the member countries of IFAF Europe[citation needed]. The tournament also serves as a qualifier for the IFAF World Cup. This Championship is also known as, "the Golden Fair League." Until 2014 the European Federation of American Football coordinated the competition. The first Championship tournament was held in 1983.

In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European champion Italy national American football team announced that it refused to play against Russia in October 2022 in a qualifier for the 2023 IFAF European Championships.[1]

## Results

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Year  | Host  | Final  | Third place match

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Winner  | Score  | Runner-up  | 3rd Place  | Score  | 4th Place
1983
Details |
Italy |
Italy | 18–60 |
Finland |
West Germany | 27–20 |
France
1985
Details |
Italy |
Finland | 13–20 |
Italy |
West Germany | 13–00 |
France
1987
Details |
Finland |
Italy | 24–22 |
West Germany |
Finland | 38–23 |
Great Britain
1989
Details |
West Germany |
Great Britain | 26–00 |
Finland |
West Germany | 29–90 |
Italy
1991
Details |
Finland |
Great Britain | 14–30 |
Finland |
Netherlands | 17–12 |
France
1993
Details |
Italy |
Finland | 17–70 |
Italy |
Germany | 21–30 |
Sweden
1995
Details |
Austria |
Finland | 27–70 |
Italy |
Austria | 18–00 |
Ukraine
1997
Details |
Italy |
Finland | 27–60 |
Sweden |
Italy | 14–70 |
Great Britain
2000
Details |
Finland |
Finland | 30–290 |
Germany |
Ukraine

Great Britain | [results 1] |
2001
Details |
Germany |
Germany | 19–70 |
Finland |
Sweden | [results 2] |
Great Britain
2005
Details |
Sweden |
Sweden | 16–70 |
Germany |
Finland | 34–12 |
Great Britain
2010
Details |
Germany |
Germany | 26–10 |
France |
Austria | 30–00 |
Sweden
2014
Details |
Austria |
Germany | 30–27 |
Austria |
France | 35–21 |
Finland
2018
Details |
Finland |
France | 28–14 |
Austria |
Finland | 35–21 |
Sweden
2021
Details |
Europe |
Italy | 41–14 |
Sweden |
Finland | 14–6 |
France
2023
Details |
Europe |
Austria | 28–0 |
Finland |
Italy | 26–7 |
Sweden

1. ^ No 3rd place match played. Both teams shared the third position.
2. ^ Great Britain withdrew[2]

## Teams

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* 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 | 2018 | 2021 | 2023

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Finland Finland | 2Runner-up  | 1Winner  | 3 place  | 2Runner-up  | 2Runner-up  | 1Winner  | 1Winner  | 1Winner  | 1Winner  | 2Runner-up  | 3 place  | 5 place  | 4 place  | 3 place  | 3 place
Germany Germany | 3 place  | 3 place  | 2Runner-up  | 3 place  | 9 | 3 place  | 4QF  | 9 | 2Runner-up  | 1Winner  | 2Runner-up  | 1Winner  | 1Winner  | 9 | 9
Italy Italy | 1Winner  | 2Runner-up  | 1Winner  | 4 place  | 5Q3  | 2Runner-up  | 2Runner-up  | 3 place  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1Winner
Great Britain United Kingdom | 9 | 9 | 4 place  | 1Winner  | 1Winner  | 9 | 9 | 4 place  | 3Semi-finalist  | 3Semi-finalist  | 4 place  | 6 place  | 9 | 5 place  | 8 place
Sweden Sweden | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7Q1  | 5Q3  | 4 place  | 5Q  | 2Runner-up  | 9 | 3Semi-finalist  | 1Winner  | 4 place  | 5 place  | 4 place  | 2Runner-up
France France | 4 place  | 4 place  | 4QF  | 4QF  | 4 place  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5Q  | 4QF  | 2Runner-up  | 3 place  | 1Winner  | 4 place
Austria Austria | 5 place  | 9 | 7Q1  | 9 | 6Q2  | 9 | 3 place  | 9 | 5Q  | 4QF  | 9 | 3 place  | 2Runner-up  | 2Runner-up  | 5 place  | 1Winner
Ukraine Ukraine | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 place  | 5Q  | 3Semi-finalist  | 4QF  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9
Netherlands Netherlands | 9 | 9 | 7Q1  | 7Q1  | 3 place  | 5Q  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7Q  | 9
Norway Norway | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6Q2  | 9 | 9 | 5Q  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9
Belgium Belgium | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7Q1  | 9 | 5Q  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9
Spain Spain | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7Q1  | 9 | 5Q  | 5Q  | 9 | 4QF  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9
Russia Russia | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6Q2  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5Q  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9
Denmark Denmark | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5Q  | 9 | 9 | 6 place  | 6 place  | 6 place
Switzerland Switzerland | 9 | 9 | 6Q2  | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7Q  | 9
Serbia Serbia | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 place

### Performance by team

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Pos.  | Team  | Champion | Runner-up | Third | Fourth

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1  |  Finland | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1
2  |  Germany | 3 | 3 | 4 | –
3  |  Italy | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1
4  |  Great Britain | 2 | –  | 1*  | 4
5  |  Sweden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4
6  |  France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
7  |  Austria | 1 | 2 | 2 | –
8  |  Ukraine | –  | –  | 1*  | 1
9  |  Netherlands | –  | –  | 1 | –

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

## References

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1. ^ "Defending European Champions, Team Italy, refuses to play Russia". American Football International. April 7, 2022.
2. ^ "Championnat d'Europe 2001". elitefoot.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-24.

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