| Tourney Name: | 2023 European Championship |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Size: | 320px |
| Datefrom: | 8 October 2022 |
| Dateto: | October 2023 |
| Host: | Europe |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Champion: | Austria |
| Runnerup: | Finland |
| Third: | Italy |
| Preceded By: | 2021 |
| Succeeded By: | 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]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| (8) | (7) | (6) | (5) | |
| (10) | (11) | (12) |
| Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | 23 | +5 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 23 | 28 | -5 |
| Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 52 | 20 | +32 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 38 | 34 | +4 | ||
| 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 19 | 55 | -36 |
| Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 102 | 23 | +79 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 58 | 100 | –42 | ||
| 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 50 | 87 | –37 |
| Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 76 | 7 | +69 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 16 | 37 | -21 | ||
| 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 2 | 50 | -48 |
The final round was played on 5–6 August and 28–29 October 2023. Games involving Russia were not played.