2014 European American Football Championship

The 2014 American Football Championship was held as a three-stage tournament. The participating national teams were divided into three divisions based on their last performance.

The tournament of division C took place in late summer 2012 in Switzerland and Austria . Serbia emerged as the winner of the tournament and qualified for the next higher division.

In the late summer of 2013, six teams in division B played the last place in the 2014 main tournament , which Germany won in the final on June 7th in front of 27,000 spectators in Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium against Austria 30-27.

Division A

The main sponsor and namesake of the A-European Championship was the Salzburg food manufacturer Eat the Ball , which means that the tournament was called Eat the Ball Football European Championship 2014 . It took place between May 30th and June 7th in Austria.

Host

UPC arena NV arena Ravelin Street Ernst Happel Stadium Venues of the American Football Euro 2014

The organization of the tournament of division A, the actual American football European championship 2014, was transferred to the Austrian association AFBÖ . The preliminary round matches were played in the UPC Arena in Graz and in the NV Arena in St. Pölten . The game for 5th place was scheduled in the Ravelinstraße football center, the final and the match for 3rd place took place in the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna .

Graz	St. Polten	Vienna	Vienna
UPC arena	NV arena	Football center Ravelinstrasse	Ernst Happel Stadium

Teams

The following teams took part in the final round (division A):

•  Germany (defending champion)
•  France
•  Austria
•  Sweden
•  Finland
•  Denmark (winner division B, 2013 )

Preliminary round

Group A, St. Pölten, NV Arena

date	Kick off	Team 1	Result	Team 2
30th May	19:00	Germany	47: 7 (7: 0, 17: 0, 16: 7, 7: 0)	Finland
June 1st	16:00	Finland	16:13 (6: 0, 0: 6, 10: 0, 0: 7)	Sweden
3rd of June	19:00	Sweden	40:52 (0:14, 12:14, 14: 7, 14:17)	Germany

	team	Sp	Points	TD	Diff.
1.	Germany	2	4-0	99:47	+52
2.	Finland	2	2: 2	23:60	−37
3.	Sweden	2	0: 4	53:68	−15

Group B, Graz, UPC Arena

date	Kick off	Team 1	Result	Team 2
31. May	19:00	Austria	49: 7 (14: 0, 7: 0, 21: 0, 7: 7)	Denmark
2th of June	19:00	Denmark	0:65 (0:13, 0:28, 0:14, 0:10)	France
June 4th	19:00	France	9:28 (0:14, 3: 0, 0:14, 6: 0)	Austria

	team	Sp	Points	TD	Diff.
1.	Austria	2	4-0	77:16	+61
2.	France	2	2: 2	74:28	+46
3.	Denmark	2	0: 4	7: 114	−107

Placement games

Play for 5th place, Vienna, Ravelinstrasse

date	Kick off	Third A	Result	Third B
6th of June	19:00	Sweden	24:17 (6: 0, 3: 3, 0:14, 15: 0)	Denmark

Game for 3rd place, Vienna, Ernst Happel Stadium

date	Kick off	Second A	Result	Second B
June 7th	14:00	Finland	21:35 (0: 7, 7: 7, 0:14, 14: 7)	France

Final, Vienna, Ernst Happel Stadium

Final - Vienna (27,000 spectators)
team		Points	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT
Austria		27	0	9	0	8th	10
Germany		30th	14th	0	0	3	13
Austria	Germany	player	Move
0	7th	Niklas Römer	1-yard pass from Marco Ehrenfried (PAT Jan Hilgenfeldt)
0	14th	Maximilian Wild	Fumble recovery (PAT Jan Hilgenfeldt)
3	14th	Christopher Kappel	37-yard field goal
9	14th	Laurinho Walch	19-yard pass from Christoph Gross (missed PAT Christopher Kappel)
17th	14th	Philipp Margreiter	1-yard run (2-point conversion Christoph Gross)
17th	17th	Jan Hilgenfeldt	25 yard field goal
17th	24	Dominic Hanselmann	11-yard pass from Marco Ehrenfried (PAT Jan Hilgenfeldt)
24	24	Christoph Gross	9-yard pass from Christian Stefani (PAT Christopher Kappel)
27	24	Christopher Kappel	32-yard field goal
27	30th	Niklas Römer	7-yard pass from Marco Ehrenfried

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  Fan park in front of the Ernst Happel Stadium

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  Kick off

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  Halftime show

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  Spectator ranks at the final

statistics

Most successful scorer

Pl.	player	position	TD	FG	Saf.	2PC	PAT	Points
1	Danny Washington	RB	7th	-	-	-	-	42
2	Andreas Hofbauer	RB	5	-	-	-	-	30th
	Stephen Yepmo	RB	5	-	-	-	-	30th
4th	Jan Hilgenfeldt	WR / K	-	4th	-	-	15th	27
5	Boris Bede	K	-	2	-	-	13	19th
6th	Laurinho Walch	WR	3	-	-	-	-	18th
	Guillaume Rioux	WR	3	-	-	-	-	18th
	Christoph Kappel	K	-	2	-	-	12	18th
9	Akseli Olin	K	-	3	-	-	5	14th

Division B

The tournament of the B teams took place from August 31st to September 7th 2013 in Milan and was organized by the Italian association FIDAF. All games were played in the Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli stadium.

The following teams took part in the tournament:

•  Great Britain (relegated division A, 2010 )
•  Italy
•  Spain
•  Denmark
•  Czech Republic
•  Serbia (winner division C, 2012 )

Preliminary round

Group A

date	Kick off	Team 1	Result	Team 2
August 31	21:00	Spain	7:55 (0:14, 0:21, 0: 7, 7:13)	Italy
September 2nd	21:00	Great Britain	58: 6 (29: 0, 22: 6, 0: 0, 7: 0)	Spain
September 4th	21:00	Italy	20:16 (3: 0, 3: 3, 0: 6, 14: 7)	Great Britain

	team	Sp	Points	TD	Diff.
1.	Italy	2	4-0	75:23	+52
2.	Great Britain	2	2: 2	74:26	+48
3.	Spain	2	0: 4	13: 113	−100

Group B

date	Kick off	Team 1	Result	Team 2
August 31	16:30	Denmark	38:10 (8: 7, 14: 0, 16: 0, 0: 3)	Serbia
September 2nd	16:30	Serbia	9:13 (0: 3, 3: 0, 6: 3, 0: 7)	Czech Republic
September 4th	16:30	Czech Republic	0:34 (0:10, 0: 7, 0: 7, 0:10)	Denmark

	team	Sp	Points	TD	Diff.
1.	Denmark	2	4-0	72:10	+62
2.	Czech Republic	2	2: 2	13:43	−30
3.	Serbia	2	0: 4	19:51	−32

Placement games

Play for 5th place

date	Kick off	Third A	Result	Third B
7th of September	10:00	Spain	0:30 (0: 7, 0:10, 0:13, 0: 0)	Serbia

3rd place match

date	Kick off	Second A	Result	Second B
7th of September	15:00	Great Britain	24:13 (7: 7, 14: 3, 0: 3, 3: 0)	Czech Republic

final

date	Kick off	Winner A	Result	Winner B
7th of September	20:00	Italy	29:49 (7:14, 12:14, 7: 7, 3:14)	Denmark

Division C

The C-European Championship was played in August and September 2012. The following teams were entitled to participate in the tournament of the lowest division:

•  Russia (relegated division B, 2010 )
•  Serbia
•  Switzerland
•  Netherlands
•  Belarus

After a pre-qualification, in which Belarus met Russia, the actual tournament was decided in two game days. The semi-finals took place on September 14th in St. Gallen (Switzerland). The final and match for third place took place two days later in Hohenems (Austria).

qualification

In a preliminary match Russia first played against Belarus. For the Belarusian team it was the first international game ever. Russia qualified for the semi-finals with a win.

date	Team 1	Result	Team 2
August 2012	Russia	46: 0	Belarus

Semifinals

date	Kick off	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Stadion
September 14th	13:00	Netherlands	14:21 (0: 0, 6:14, 8: 7, 0: 0) Statistics report (PDF; 4.8 MB)	Serbia	Grundmoos stadium, St. Gallen (Switzerland)
September 14th	17:00	Switzerland	20:19 (7: 0, 0:13, 13: 0, 0: 6) Statistics report (PDF; 5.6 MB)	Russia	Grundmoos stadium, St. Gallen (Switzerland)

3rd place match.

date	Kick off	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Stadion
16th September	13:00	Netherlands	17:15 (0: 3, 0: 6, 10: 0, 7: 6) Statistics report (PDF; 5.2 MB)	Russia	Herrenried Stadium, Hohenems (Austria)

final

date	Kick off	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Stadion
16th September	17:00	Serbia	20:14 (13: 0, 7: 7, 0: 0, 0: 7) Statistics report (PDF; 5.6 MB)	Switzerland	Herrenried Stadium, Hohenems (Austria)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Report on vienna.at from April 8, 2014, accessed on May 6, 2016
2. ↑ Eat the Ball Football European Championship 2014 in Austria. (No longer available online.) In: football-austria.com. AFBÖ , June 27, 2013, archived from the original on May 6, 2016 ; accessed on February 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ EFAF European Championships 2014 in Austria. EFAF , May 28, 2013, accessed June 9, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Report on vienna.at from April 8, 2014, accessed on May 6, 2016
5. ↑ http://www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=Newsmeldung&ID=1617
6. ↑ http://www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=Newsmeldung&ID=1586
7. ↑ http://www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=Newsmeldung&ID=1573

Web links

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