American Football European Championship 2021

The 2021 European American Football Championship is the 15th edition of this tournament. The qualification was played out in 2019. The semi-finals were originally supposed to take place in August and the final in October 2020, but this has been postponed for one year to August and October 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

mode

In a qualifying round three teams competed against each other in four groups. The group winners then play the European champions. The second and third place winners also compete against each other and thus play out places 5 to 12. A B-EM will take place parallel to the European Championship, but - in contrast to previous years - the participants cannot qualify for the actual EM and thus cannot fight for the continental title.

Qualification phase

Division A

The reigning European champions France faced Serbia and the Czech Republic in their qualifying group. In the opening game against the outsider Czech Republic, the top favorite France found it surprisingly difficult. The French only managed one touchdown at half time. After the break, the Czechs were even able to shorten it to 3: 7. Only in the final section did the defending champion live up to his role as a favorite and ultimately won clearly. In the second game, Serbia celebrated an undisputed home win, so that on the last day of the game the expected final between Serbia and France came. There France was able to prevail in a defensively dominated game in the last quarter with 14: 7. Both touchdowns on the part of the defending champion were achieved by the defensive.

space	country	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1	France	2	41:10	+31	4-0
2	Serbia	2	23:13	+10	2: 2
3	Czech Republic	2	03:44	−41	0: 4

	Jihlava October 13, 2019 4:00 p.m.		Czech Republic	3:28	France		FC Vysočina spectators: 850
				(0: 0, 0: 7, 3: 0, 0:21) Match report

	Požarevac October 27, 2019 11:30 a.m.		Serbia	16: 0	Czech Republic		Gradski stadium
				(7: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0, 6: 0) Match report

	Villeneuve-d'Ascq November 9, 2019 4:00 p.m.		France	13: 7	Serbia		Stade Pierre-Mauroy
				(7: 0, 0: 7, 0: 0, 6: 0)

Division B

In Division B, the highest seeded team, Austria, surprisingly failed to prevail. The reigning European runner-up won the opening game in Switzerland. In the home game against Italy, Team Austria led 14-3 in the third quarter, but missed three field goals during the game. With two touchdowns in the last quarter, the Italians turned the game around and beat the favorites. In the final game against Switzerland, Italy celebrated an undisputed 38-0 victory and qualified for the final round of the European Championship.

space	country	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1	Italy	2	59:140	0+45	4-0
2	Austria	2	80:210	0+59	2: 2
3	Switzerland	2	00: 104	−104	0: 4

	Chur September 21, 2019		Switzerland	0:66	Austria		Ringstrasse stadium
				(0:21, 0:28, 0: 7, 0:10) Match report

	Vienna October 6, 2019		Austria	14: 21	Italy		Spectators: 950
				(7: 0, 0: 3, 7: 3, 0:15) Match report

	Milan October 20, 2019 3:00 p.m.		Italy	38: 0	Switzerland		Referee: Marco Sala
				(14: 0, 10: 0, 7: 0, 7: 0) Match report

Division C

space	country	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1	Finland	2	99: 30	+96	4-0
2	Denmark	2	25:63	−38	2: 2
3	Netherlands	2	19:77	−58	0: 4

	Arnhem October 12th 2019		Netherlands	0:55	Finland

	Gentofte October 19, 2019 4:00 p.m.		Denmark	22:19	Netherlands		Gentofte Sports Park
				(8: 0, 8: 7, 6: 0, 0:12) Match report

			Finland	44: 3	Denmark
				(0: 3, 20: 0, 21: 0, 3: 0) Match report

Division D

space	country	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1	Sweden	2	70:21	+49	4-0
2	Great Britain	2	48:36	+12	2: 2
3	Russia	2	07:68	−61	0: 4

	Moscow October 5th 2019		Russia	7:34	Sweden
				(0: 7, 0:13, 7: 7, 0: 7) Match report

	London 19th October 2019		Great Britain	34: 0	Russia

	Kristianstad November 2nd, 2019 2 p.m.		Sweden	36:14	Great Britain
				(3: 0, 13: 0, 13: 0, 7:14) Match report

Finals

Participating teams

•  France
• Finland
• Italy
• Sweden

B-EM group

A European B championship was also held. The first legs took place in 2019, but the second legs originally planned for 2020 have not yet.

space	country	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1	Hungary	2	55:14	+41	4-0
2	Belgium	2	39:54	−15	2: 2
3	Spain	2	37:49	−12	2: 2
4th	Israel	2	50:54	0−4	2: 2
5	Turkey	2	47:57	−10	0: 4

Games

	Samsun September 19, 2019 2:00 p.m. ( UTC + 2 )		Turkey	22:27	Israel		Çarşamba Stadyumu
				(3: 7, 13:12, 0: 0, 6: 8) Match report

	Jerusalem October 6, 2019 5:00 p.m. ( UTC + 2 )		Israel	23:32	Belgium		Kraft Family Sports Campus spectators: 1000
				(0: 7, 17: 7, 0: 6, 6:12) Match report

	Budapest October 12, 2019 5:00 p.m. ( UTC + 2 )		Hungary	24: 7	Spain		Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium
				(14: 0, 0: 0, 10: 0, 0: 7)

	Coslada October 26, 2019 3:30 p.m. ( UTC + 2 )		Spain	30:25	Turkey		Municipal Sports Center Valleaguado
				(0: 7, 10:10, 8: 8, 12: 0) Match report

	Beringen October 26, 2019 6:00 p.m. ( UTC + 1 )		Belgium	7:31	Hungary
				(0: 3, 0: 0, 7:21, 0: 7) Match report

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Remaining fixtures in 2020 for the Men's tackle European Championship have been postponed until 2021. In: ifaf.org. June 8, 2020, accessed June 19, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Groupings / dates set for 2020 IFAF European championships. In: americanfootballinternational.com. February 5, 2020, accessed on February 26, 2020 . 
3. ^ Team France gets past Czech Republic with late surge. In: americanfootballinternational.com. October 14, 2019, accessed on March 2, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Team Serbia blanks Czech Republic as IFAF 2020 European Championship qualifying nears end. In: americanfootballinternational.com. October 30, 2019, accessed February 28, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Team France gets by Serbia, advances to IFAF EC Final Four. In: americanfootballinternational.com. November 11, 2019, accessed March 6, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Team Austria triumphs at the start of the European Championship. In: football.at. September 21, 2019, accessed March 10, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Italy sends shock waves throughout Europe, upsets Team Austria. In: americanfootballinternational.com. October 7, 2019, accessed on March 10, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Team Italy advances to IFAF EC Group A finals with easy win over Switzerland. In: americanfootballinternational.com. October 21, 2019, accessed on March 20, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Results EM Men 2019/2021. In: football-aktuell.de. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .