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2023 European Championship of American football

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2023 European Championship of American football
Tournament details
Host nation Europe
Dates8 October 2022 – October 2023
No. of nations11
Final positions
Champions  Austria
Runner-up  Finland
Third-place  Italy
2021
2025

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]

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

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The 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
 Italy (1)  Sweden (2)  Finland (3)  France (4)
 Great Britain (8)  Serbia (7)  Denmark (6)  Austria (5)
 Russia (9)   Switzerland (10)  Czech Republic (11)  Hungary (12)

Division A

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Team W L Pct PF PA PD
 Italy 1 0 1.000 28 23 +5
 Great Britain 0 1 0.000 23 28 -5
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Italy 7 14 0728
 Great Britain 7 9 0723

at Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Italy

  • Date: 30 October 2022
  • Game time: 3:00 PM
  • Game weather: Sunny 22 °C (72 °F)
  • Game attendance: 1050
  • Referee: Marco Sala
  • Recap Boxscore

Division B

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Team W L Pct PF PA PD
 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 34Total
 Serbia 0 0 7714
 Sweden 7 0 7721

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
First quarter
  • 01:33 SWE - E Almeida 7 yd pass from P Juhlin (R G Miranda kick), 4-59 2:07, SER 0 - SWE 7

Third quarter

  • 05:52 SWE - S Diakiti 0 yd blocked punt return (R G Miranda kick), , SER 0 - SWE 14
  • 05:35 SER - P Bajalica 68 yd pass from D Obradinovic (Z Stegnjaja kick), 1-68 0:11, SER 7 - SWE 14

Fourth quarter

  • 09:26 SWE - S Diakiti 0 yd interception return (R G Miranda kick), , SER 7 - SWE 21
  • 01:26 SER - J Ikic 14 yd pass from D Obradinovic (Z Stegnjaja kick), 8-40 3:30, SER 14 - SWE 21
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Sweden 6 13 01231
  Switzerland 6 0 006

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
First quarter
  • 11:39 SUI - J Falk 33 yd interception return (C Cordey pass failed), , SWE 0 - SUI 6
  • 08:27 SWE - A Jallai 57 yd pass from P Juhlin (R G Miranda kick failed), 5-70 3:12, SWE 6 - SUI 6

Second quarter

  • 07:26 SWE - O Lundberg 5 yd run (R G Miranda kick), 13-73 6:49, SWE 13 - SUI 6
  • 00:11 SWE - K Borzsei 12 yd pass from T Nilsson (R G Miranda kick failed), 2-70 0:17, SWE 19 - SUI 6

Fourth quarter

  • 07:23 SWE - A Jallai 17 yd pass from T Nilsson (P Juhlin pass failed), 11-67 4:52, SWE 25 - SUI 6
  • 06:50 SWE - B Prasopsin 29 yd interception return (T Nilsson rush failed), , SWE 31 - SUI 6
Quarter 1 2 34Total
  Switzerland 0 7 6013
 Serbia 0 10 7724

at Sports Center Pampas, Kragujevac, Serbia

  • Date: 23 October 2022
  • Game time: 2:00 PM

Division C

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Team W L Pct PF PA PD
 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 34Total
 Denmark 0 0 13013
 Finland 6 21 132060

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
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Finland 0 14 21742
 Czech Republic 0 10 0010

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
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Czech Republic 7 7 62040
 Denmark 14 14 31445

at Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte, Denmark

  • Date: 29 October 2022
  • Game time: 2:00 PM
  • Recap

Division D

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Team W L Pct PF PA PD
 Austria 2 0 1.000 76 7 +69
 France 1 1 0.500 16 37 -21
 Hungary 0 2 0.000 2 50 -48
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Austria 11 17 0735
 France 0 0 077

at Stade Pierre Delort, Marseille, France

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Hungary 0 0 000
 Austria 7 3 171441

at Sportplatz Donaufeld, Vienna, Austria

  • Date: 23 October 2022
  • Game time: 1:00 PM
  • Game weather: Cloudy 15 °C (59 °F)
  • Game attendance: 1432
  • Recap Statistics
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 France 0 6 039
 Hungary 0 2 002

at Budapest Rugby Center, Budapest, Hungary

  • Date: 5 November 2022
  • Game time: 1:30 PM
  • Game attendance: 2270
  • Referee: Endre Breznay
  • Recap HU Recap FR

Group A, final stage

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The final round was played on 5–6 August and 28–29 October 2023. Games involving Russia were not played.

1–4

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Semifinals 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

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Placement 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

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Placement 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

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5th place game
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Great Britain 0 7 101330
 Denmark 0 0 71522

at Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte, Denmark

  • Date: 28 October 2023
3rd place game
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Italy 7 9 7326
 Sweden 0 0 077

at Valhalla IP, Gothenburg, Sweden

  • Date: 28 October 2023
  • Game time: 3:00 PM
  • Game attendance: 1421
  • Referee: Wickham
  • Recap Statistics
Final
Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Finland 0 0 000
 Austria 0 7 71428

at NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, Austria

  • Date: 28 October 2023
  • Game time: 3:00 PM
  • Game attendance: 6400
  • Statistics

Group B

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Round 1Round 2Final
22. October 2022
postponed
 Spain26
6. August 2023 Germany
 Ireland7
 Spain23 Israel
 Israel30
 IsraelNA
 TurkeyNA
  • 16th place game: Ireland – Turkey 14:17

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Suomen miesten EM-pelit vauhtiin lokakuussa". jenkkifutis.fi (in Finnish). SAJL. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Preston, Michael (29 October 2023). "Austria are the champions of Europe". American Football International. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ^ "IFAF Statement - European Championship (M-T)". IFAF. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.