2017 European Junior Championship of American football explained

2017 European Junior Championship
Dates July 14–16, 2017
City Paris (France)
Stadiums
Results
Winner Austria
Runners-Up France
3rd Place Germany

The 2017 European Junior Championship was the 13th European Junior Championship. It was held from July 14 to July 16, 2017 in Paris.[1]

Qualification

A total of eight teams reported to enter for qualification. Therefore, two four-nation tournaments were scheduled, with the winners of these tournaments earning a spot for the final tournament in Paris. Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland were grouped together while the other tournament was planned with Serbia, Italy, Russia and Hungary. As a consequence of the conflict of two organisations, both claiming to be the real IFAF, some weeks before the start of the qualification, a second European Junior Championship was announced to be held in Denmark.[2] Russia and Hungary thus withdrew their participation in the Serbian qualification tournament.[3]

Tournament in Serbia

Russia and Hungary withdrew. Italy qualified by a victory over host Serbia.

Date Home team Result Away team Ref
Serbia 6–7 Italy

Tournament in the Netherlands

All matches were played in Almere. Germany won both games with a shutout and thus qualified for the final tournament in Paris.

Date Home team Result Away team Ref
2 June 2017Germany 51–0 Switzerland
2 June 2017Netherlands 6–14 Spain
3rd place game
4 June 2017Netherlands 20–21 Switzerland
Final
4 June 2017Germany 43–0 Spain [4]

Final tournament

Qualified teams

Matches

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EJC 2017 tournament lineup is set . IFAF . eurobowl.info . 18 Nov 2016 . 23 Dec 2016 . 23 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161223135400/http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=newsmeldung&ID=1905 . dead .
  2. Web site: Both Denmark and France to hold contending European Junior Championships this summer . americanfootballinternational.com . 16 Jun 2017 . 13 Mar 2017.
  3. Web site: Italy downs Team Serbia to qualify for IFAF Paris European Junior Championships . americanfootballinternational.com . 16 Jun 2017 . 8 May 2017.
  4. Web site: France, Austria, Germany and Italy in the U19 European Championship . infaf.info . 19 Jun 2017 . 6 June 2017.