2014 European Championship of American football explained

Tourney Name:2014 European Championship
Year:2014
Size:320px
Datefrom:May 30
Dateto:June 7
Host:Austria
Nations:6
Champion:Germany
Runnerup:Austria
Third:France
Preceded By:2010
Succeeded By:2018

The 2014 European Championship was the 13th European Championship of American football. The competition was held in Austria between May 30 and June 7, 2014. The top three teams qualified for the 2015 IFAF World Championship.

Qualification

Since 2003, the European Championships have been held in three different stages, with the winners of the C- and B-Pool tournaments each being promoted to the next-highest level. The winner of the C-Pool tournament in 2012 was Serbia. The B-Pool tournament 2013 took place from August 31 to September 7 in Milan, Italy. In addition to Italy and Serbia, there was also Denmark, Spain, the Czech Republic and Great Britain battled for a spot in the A-Pool for 2014 in Austria. The winner was Denmark, which qualified for the A-pool in 2014.[1]

Teams

Venues

Below is a list of the venues which hosted games during the 2014 EFAF European Championship. Each preliminary round group was hosted in a single arena in St. Pölten (Group A) and Graz (Group B). The knockout phase and Finals took place at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna.

Preliminary roundKnockout stage
width=20%St. Pöltenwidth=20%Grazwidth=20%Vienna
NV Arena
Capacity: 8,000
UPC-Arena
Capacity: 15,400
Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Capacity: 51,000

Group stages

Group A

Standings

Teams
align=left 2 0 0 1.000 99 47 13
align=left 1 0 1 0.500 23 60 2
align=left 0 0 2 0.000 53 68 8

Schedule

Group B

Standings

Teams
align=left 2 0 0 1.000 77 16 11
align=left 1 0 1 0.500 74 28 10
align=left 0 0 2 0.000 7 114 1

Schedule

Final stage

1st Place

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EFAF European Championships 2014 in Austria . EFAF.info . 28 May 2013 . 31 May 2013 . 13 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313000942/http://www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=Newsmeldung&ID=1659 . dead .