2021 European Championship of American football explained
| Tourney Name: | 2021 European Championship |
| Year: | 2019–21 |
| Size: | 320px |
| Host: | Europe |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Champion: | Italy |
| Runnerup: | Sweden |
| Third: | Finland |
| Preceded By: | 2018 |
| Succeeded By: | 2023 |
The 2021 European Championship was the 15th European Championship in American football. The preliminary round has been played around Europe from 21 September to 2 November 2019. The final round was scheduled to be played in 2020, but due to the COVID-pandemic it was postponed to 2021, and was played in August and October 2021.[1] In 2021 6 out of the scheduled 12 games has not been played, including the semi-final between reigning champion France and Italy.
Group A, first round
The first round was played from 21 September to 2 November 2019. The 12 best teams from the previous championships have been selected to play in the top division, selected into three seeds. Top seed teams were the first 4 teams of the 2018 championship (France, Austria, Finland and Sweden), second tier contained the other 2 teams in the final round (Great Britain and Denmark) along with Italy and Serbia, third tier contained the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Russia and Switzerland.[2]
| A | B | C | D |
|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| (8) | (7) | (6) | (5) |
| (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | |
Division A
| Team | | | | | | |
|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 41 | 10 | +31 |
| 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 23 | 13 | +10 |
| 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 3 | 44 | –41 | |
Division B
| Team | | | | | | |
|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 59 | 14 | +45 |
| 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 80 | 21 | +59 |
| 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 104 | –104 | |
Division C
| Team | | | | | | |
|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 99 | 3 | +96 |
| 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 25 | 63 | –38 |
| 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 19 | 77 | –58 | |
Division D
| Team | | | | | | |
|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 70 | 21 | +49 |
| 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 48 | 36 | +12 |
| 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 7 | 68 | –61 | |
Group A, final stage
9–12
Group B
| Team | | | | | | |
|---|
| 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 127 | 46 | +81 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 72 | 49 | +23 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 81 | 66 | +15 |
| 1 | 3 | 0.250 | 102 | 81 | +21 |
| 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 140 | –140 | |
Note: Belgium stepped down from the Championship in 2020, so their both played games (victory against Israel and loss against Hungary) have been administrated as 0:35 losses. The Israel-Spain game was cancelled.See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Remaining fixtures in 2020 for the Men's tackle European Championship have been postponed until 2021 . ifaf.org . 2020-06-08.
- Web site: Groupings/dates set for 2020 IFAF European championships . 2020-02-05 . americanfootballinternational.com.
