German American football team
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American Football Association Germany |
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| region | IFAF Europe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IFAF accession | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Peter Springwald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quarterback | Alexander Hauptert , Paul Zimmermann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Changing stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international match Germany 12: 6 Italy ( Castel Giorgio , Italy ; 1981 )
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| World Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participation in the finals | 3 ( first : 2003 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best results | Third in 2003 and 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participation in the finals | 10 ( first : 1983 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best results | European champion 2001 , 2010 and 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participation in the finals | 2 ( first : 2005 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best results | First 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (As of September 13, 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The German American Football National Team is a selection of German football players led by the AFVD .
Already in 1981, two years after the founding of the AFBD (one of the predecessors of the AFVD), a selection was launched and won against Italy in Castel Giorgio . The national team will regularly since then with few exceptions at the European Championships of EFAF (since 2014 IFAF Europe ) and the World Championships of the IFAF part.
In autumn 1989, as well as in 2000 and 2001, the AFVD hosted a European championship. While the German selection lost the semifinals in 1989 and the final against Finland in 2000 , they won the final against this very opponent in Hanau in 2001 (19: 7) and thus became European champions for the first time.
Further successes include winning the World Games in 2005 (20: 6 against Sweden ) in Duisburg and the European championship titles at the 2010 European Championships in Frankfurt am Main and 2014 in Vienna . There are also further second and third places in various European and World Cup tournaments.
Participation in international competitions
Participation in the world championships
| 1999 in Italy | not participated |
| 2003 in Germany | 3rd place |
| 2007 in Japan | 3rd place |
| 2011 in Austria | 5th place |
| 2015 in USA | not participated |
Participation in the European Championships
| 1983 in Castel Giorgio , Italy | 3rd place |
| 1985 in Italy | 3rd place |
| 1987 in Finland | 2nd place |
| 1989 in Germany | 3rd place |
| 1991 in Finland | not qualified |
| 1993 in Italy | 3rd place |
| 1995 in Austria | not participated |
| 1997 in Italy | not qualified |
| 2000 in Germany | 2nd place |
| 2001 in Germany | European champion |
| 2005 in Sweden | 2nd place |
| 2010 in Germany | European champion |
| 2014 in Austria | European champion |
| 2018 in Finland | not participated |
Participation in the World Games
| 2005 in Germany | gold medal |
| 2017 in Poland | Silver medal |
Squad
Squad of the German American football team for the 2017 World Games :
Legend:
- NYL = New York Lions (8)
- SHU = Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns (6)
- KBH = Kiel Baltic Hurricanes (5)
- SFU = Samsung Frankfurt Universe (5)
- MNRX = Dresden Monarchs (4)
- REB = Berlin Rebels (3)
- CAR = Assindia Cardinals (2)
- ADL = Berlin Eagle (2)
- PAN = Düsseldorf Panther (2)
- SAH = Saarland Hurricanes (2)
- COM = Allgäu Comets (1)
- EFP = Elmshorn Fighting Pirates (1)
- HBD = Hamburg Blue Devils (1)
- COW = Munich Cowboys (1)
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RAI = Swarco Raiders (1)
- PHA = Wiesbaden Phantoms (1)
Web links
- National team history. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ June 2017) _PM.pdf Squad for the World Games 2017 (PDF; 19 kB), afvd.de, accessed on September 18, 2018