American Football Championship 1983

The 1983 European American Football Championship was the first ever European Championship to be held in American football . It took place from July 23 to 31, 1983 in Castel Giorgio, Italy. The hosts from Italy won their first European championship.

Tournament schedule

final

Italy

87

Italy

18th

Austria

0

BR Germany

8th

Finland

6th

Finland

33

3rd place match

Finland

52

BR Germany

27

Austria

0

France

0

France

20th

France

82

Games

	Castel Giorgio July 23, 1983 5:00 p.m.		Finland	52-0	France		Vince Lombardi Stadium spectators: 1,500
				(13: 0, 13: 0, 7: 0, 19: 0)

	Castel Giorgio July 24, 1983 5:00 p.m.		Italy	87-0	Austria		Vince Lombardi Stadium spectators: 3,000
				(26: 0, 21: 0, 14: 0, 26: 0)

	Castel Giorgio July 26, 1983 8:30 p.m.		France	82-0	Austria		Vince Lombardi Stadium spectators: 1,600
				(28: 0, 14: 0, 22: 0, 18: 0)

	Castel Giorgio July 27, 1983 8:30 p.m.		Finland	33: 8	BR Germany		Vince Lombardi Stadium spectators: 2,500
				(12: 0, 7: 0, 7: 0, 7: 8)

			3rd place match
	Castel Giorgio July 30, 1983 5:00 p.m.		France	20:27	BR Germany		Vince Lombardi Stadium spectators: 1,000
				(0:14, 0: 0, 12:13, 8: 0)

			final
	Castel Giorgio July 31, 1983 5:00 p.m.		Italy	18: 6	Finland		Vince Lombardi Stadium spectators: 3,500
				(0: 0, 6: 0, 6: 0, 6: 6)

Final placements

space	team	Sp	S.	N	TD points
1	Italy	2	2	0	105: 600
2	Finland	3	2	1	91:18
3	BR Germany	2	1	1	35:53
4th	France	3	1	2	92:79
5	Austria	2	0	2	000: 159

literature

• Fausto Batella: Field of Dreams: The mythical Vince Lombardi Stadium . eBook, ISBN 978-88-941618-3-0 .

Web links

• 1983 American Football European Federation on Enciclopedia del football italiano
• Euro1983 on EliteFoot.com
• European Championship on britballnow.co.uk