American Football Championship 1997

The 1997 European American Football Championship was the eighth European men's championship in American football . The German team did not start. The final round took place in Bolzano. European champion was defending champion Finland.

Games

qualification

	Madrid February 23, 1997		Spain	14: 17	Great Britain		Estadio de la Comunidad
				(0: 0, 6: 7, 8: 3, 0: 7)

			Sweden	56-0	Ukraine

Semifinals

	Bolzano July 16, 1997		Finland	24: 6	Great Britain		European Stadium
				(10: 0, 0: 6, 7: 0, 7: 0)

	Bolzano July 16, 1997		Italy	3:23	Sweden		European Stadium
				(0: 3, 0:12, 3: 0, 0: 8)

3rd place match

	Bolzano July 19, 1997		Italy	14: 7	Great Britain
				(0: 0, 7: 7, 0: 0, 7: 0) [game report]

final

After the final, Finnish quarterback Petrus Penkki was named MVP of the tournament.

	Bolzano July 19, 1997		Finland	27: 6	Sweden		European Stadium
				(7: 0, 3: 6, 7: 0, 10: 0)

Web links

• 1997 European Federation of American Football on Enciclopedia del football italiano
• European Championship on britballnow.co.uk
• EM 1997 on football-history.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ VIII European Champ. - 3rd place final. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 26, 1998 ; accessed on August 9, 2018 . 
2. ↑ 1997 Bolzano, Italia EM-kultaa. In: sajl.fi. Retrieved August 9, 2018 (Finnish).