2023 European Championship of American football

2023 European Championship of American football

Tournament details
Host nation	Europe
Dates	8 October 2022 – October 2023
No. of nations	11
Final positions
Champions File:Gold medal blank.svg	Austria
Runner-up File:Silver medal blank.svg	Finland
Third-place File:Bronze medal blank.svg	Italy
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The 2023 European Championship was the 16th European Championship in American football. The preliminary round was played around Europe from 8 October to 5 November 2022. The final round was played in August and October 2023. Austria won the European Championship title after defeating Finland, 28–0, in the final. Austria wide receiver Philipp Haun was named the MVP of the game after catching three touchdowns.

Group A, first round

The first round was played around Europe from 8 October to 5 November 2022. It saw 11 teams divided to four groups. Russia was due to be the 12th nation participating as the 3rd team in group 1 but the nation was removed from the tournament due to ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia's games were removed from the schedule.

A	B	C	D
Italy (1)	Sweden (2)	Finland (3)	France (4)
Great Britain (8)	Serbia (7)	Denmark (6)	Austria (5)
Russia (9)	Switzerland (10)	Czech Republic (11)	Hungary (12)

Division A

Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	PD
Italy	1	0	1.000	28	23	+5
Great Britain	0	1	0.000	23	28	-5

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Italy	7	14	0	7	28
Great Britain	7	9	0	7	23

at Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Italy

• Date: 30 October 2022
• Game time: 3:00 PM
• Game weather: Sunny 22 °C (72 °F)
• Game attendance: 1050
• Referee: Marco Sala
• Recap Boxscore

Division B

Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	PD
Sweden	2	0	1.000	52	20	+32
Serbia	1	1	0.500	38	34	+4
Switzerland	0	2	0.000	19	55	-36

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Serbia	0	0	7	7	14
Sweden	7	0	7	7	21

at Behrn Arena, Örebro, Sweden

• Date: 8 October 2022
• Game time: 6:00 PM
• Game weather: Crisp 6 °C (43 °F)
• Game attendance: 942
• Referee: J Kaya
• Recap Statistics

Game information

First quarter 01:33 SWE - E Almeida 7 yd pass from P Juhlin (R G Miranda kick), 4-59 2:07, SER 0 - SWE 7 Third quarter 05:52 SWE - S Diakiti 0 yd blocked punt return (R G Miranda kick), , SER 0 - SWE 14 05:35 SER - P Bajalica 68 yd pass from D Obradinovic (Z Stegnjaja kick), 1-68 0:11, SER 7 - SWE 14 Fourth quarter 09:26 SWE - S Diakiti 0 yd interception return (R G Miranda kick), , SER 7 - SWE 21 01:26 SER - J Ikic 14 yd pass from D Obradinovic (Z Stegnjaja kick), 8-40 3:30, SER 14 - SWE 21

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Sweden	6	13	0	12	31
Switzerland	6	0	0	0	6

at Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland

• Date: 16 October 2022
• Game time: 2:00 PM
• Game weather: Sunny 6 °C (43 °F)
• Game attendance: 200
• Recap Statistics

Game information

First quarter 11:39 SUI - J Falk 33 yd interception return (C Cordey pass failed), , SWE 0 - SUI 6 08:27 SWE - A Jallai 57 yd pass from P Juhlin (R G Miranda kick failed), 5-70 3:12, SWE 6 - SUI 6 Second quarter 07:26 SWE - O Lundberg 5 yd run (R G Miranda kick), 13-73 6:49, SWE 13 - SUI 6 00:11 SWE - K Borzsei 12 yd pass from T Nilsson (R G Miranda kick failed), 2-70 0:17, SWE 19 - SUI 6 Fourth quarter 07:23 SWE - A Jallai 17 yd pass from T Nilsson (P Juhlin pass failed), 11-67 4:52, SWE 25 - SUI 6 06:50 SWE - B Prasopsin 29 yd interception return (T Nilsson rush failed), , SWE 31 - SUI 6

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Switzerland	0	7	6	0	13
Serbia	0	10	7	7	24

at Sports Center Pampas, Kragujevac, Serbia

• Date: 23 October 2022
• Game time: 2:00 PM

Division C

Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	PD
Finland	2	0	1.000	102	23	+79
Denmark	1	1	0.500	58	100	–42
Czech Republic	0	2	0.000	50	87	–37

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Denmark	0	0	13	0	13
Finland	6	21	13	20	60

at Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion, Vantaa, Finland

• Date: 8 October 2022
• Game time: 2:00 PM
• Game weather: Cloudy with rain 13 °C (55 °F)
• Game attendance: 365
• Referee: Veikko Lamminsalo
• Recap

Game information

First quarter FIN – Mikko Seppänen 8 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Markus Ojainväli pass failed), 06:35 Finland 6–0. Drive: 8 plays, 79 yards, 3:11 Second quarter FIN – Johannes Jauhiainen 28 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Santtu Vehkomäki pass from Ambro Urjansson), 09:33 Finland 14–0. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:10. FIN – Tuukka Lehtonen 11 yd run (Markus Ojainväli kick), 04:03. Finland 21–0. Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards, 2:32 FIN – Iiro-Pekka Paakki 8 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Santtu Vehkomäki pass intercepted), 00:47 Finland 27–0. Drive: 3 plays, 45 yards, 0:29. Third quarter DEN – Simon Fons 31 yd pass from Alexander Bjerre (Kasper Sørensen kick), 11:45. Finland 27–7. Drive: 1 play, 31 yards, 0:07. FIN – Lassi Pajarinen 6 yd run (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick), 10:37. Finland 34–7. Drive: 5 plays, 76 yards, 1:08. DEN – Jens Jensen 42 yd pass from Alexander Bjerre (Kasper Sørensen kick failed), 08:47. Finland 34–13. Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards, 1:43. FIN – Kimi Linnainmaa 32 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick blocked), 05:09. Finland 40–13. Drive: 8 plays, 79 yards, 3:31. Fourth quarter FIN – Micky Kyei 38 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick failed), 11:50. Finland 46–13. Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, 1:50. FIN – Johannes Jauhiainen 23 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick), 06:50. Finland 53–13. Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 2:59. FIN – Lassi Pajarinen 38 yd run (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick), 04:09. Finland 60–13. Drive: 4 plays, 56 yards, 1:14. Top passers DEN – Alexander Bjerre – 16/33, 248 yards, 2 TD, INT FIN – Ambro Urjansson – 21/32, 404 yards, 6 TD Top rushers DEN – Magnus Nørgaard – 10 rushes, 41 yards FIN – Tuukka Lehtonen – 12 rushes, 82 yards, TD Top receivers DEN – Simon Fons – 6 receptions, 133 yards, TD FIN – Kimi Linnainmaa – 5 receptions, 117 yards, TD

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Finland	0	14	21	7	42
Czech Republic	0	10	0	0	10

at Městský stadion, Usti, Czech Republic

• Date: 16 October 2022
• Game time: 1:00 PM
• Game weather: Cloudy 21 °C (70 °F)
• Game attendance: 720
• Referee: Michal Rosíval
• Recap

Game information

First quarter Second quarter FIN – Tuukka Lehtonen 3 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick), 07:14. Finland 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 89 yards, 2:43. CZE – Pavel Mráz 7 yd run (Petr Cermák kick), 04:40. Tied 7–7. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:41. FIN – Kimi Linnainmaa 57 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick). 02:40. Finland 14–7. Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards, 1:59. CZE – Petr Cermák 40 yd field goal, 00:00. Finland 14–10. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 1:12. Third quarter FIN – Santtu Vehkomäki 21 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick), 09:46. Finland 21–10. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 2:18. FIN – Mikko Seppänen 4 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick), 03:39. Finland 28–10. Drive: 9 plays 40 yards, 4:10. FIN – Johannes Jauhiainen 10 yd pass from Ambro Urjansson (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick), 01:08. Finland 35–10. Drive: 3 plays, 10 yards, 1:19. Fourth quarter FIN – Elmeri Laalo 67 yd interception return (Aleksi Pulkkinen kick), 03:34. Finland 42–10. Top passers FIN – Ambro Urjansson – 16/27, 260 yards, 5 TD CZE – Michal Stoklasek – 7/18, 86 yards, 4 INT Top rushers FIN – Tom Suoste – 9 rushes, 40 yards CZE – Jakub Brezina – 14 rushes, 90 yards Top receivers FIN – Kimi Linnainmaa – 5 receptions, 117 yards, TD CZE – Vojtech Masita – 3 receptions, 56 yards

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Czech Republic	7	7	6	20	40
Denmark	14	14	3	14	45

at Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte, Denmark

• Date: 29 October 2022
• Game time: 2:00 PM
• Recap

Division D

Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	PD
Austria	2	0	1.000	76	7	+69
France	1	1	0.500	16	37	-21
Hungary	0	2	0.000	2	50	-48

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Austria	11	17	0	7	35
France	0	0	0	7	7

at Stade Pierre Delort, Marseille, France

• Date: 9 October 2022
• Game time: 2:00 PM
• Game attendance: 2000
• Recap AT Recap FR

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Hungary	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	7	3	17	14	41

at Sportplatz Donaufeld, Vienna, Austria

• Date: 23 October 2022
• Game time: 1:00 PM
• Game weather: Cloudy 15 °C (59 °F)
• Game attendance: 1432
• Recap Statistics

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
France	0	6	0	3	9
Hungary	0	2	0	0	2

at Budapest Rugby Center, Budapest, Hungary

• Date: 5 November 2022
• Game time: 1:30 PM
• Game attendance: 2270
• Referee: Endre Breznay
• Recap HU Recap FR

Group A, final stage

The final round was played on 5–6 August and 28–29 October 2023. Games involving Russia were not played.

1–4

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Italy	14
	5	Austria	24
						5	Austria	28
						3	Finland	0
	2	Sweden	14
	3	Finland	33			Third place
						1	Italy	26
						2	Sweden	7

5–8

	Placement 5–8					5th place game
	6	Denmark	13
	7	Serbia	6
						6	Denmark	22
						8	Great Britain	30
	4	France	6
	8	Great Britain	7			7th place game
						4	France	47
						7	Serbia	0

9–12

	Placement 9–11					9th place game
	10	Czech Republic	15
	11	Switzerland	0
						10	Czech Republic	0
						12	Hungary	30
	9	Russia	NA
	12	Hungary	NA

Finals

5th place game

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Britain	0	7	10	13	30
Denmark	0	0	7	15	22

at Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte, Denmark

• Date: 28 October 2023

3rd place game

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Italy	7	9	7	3	26
Sweden	0	0	0	7	7

at Valhalla IP, Gothenburg, Sweden

• Date: 28 October 2023
• Game time: 3:00 PM
• Game attendance: 1421
• Referee: Wickham
• Recap Statistics

Final

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Finland	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	0	7	7	14	28

at NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, Austria

• Date: 28 October 2023
• Game time: 3:00 PM
• Game attendance: 6400
• Statistics

Group B

	Round 1				Round 2				Final
	22. October 2022
									postponed
	Spain	26
					6. August 2023				Germany
	Ireland	7
					Spain	23			Israel
					Israel	30
	Israel	NA
	Turkey	NA

• 16th place game: Ireland – Turkey 14:17

See also

• International Federation of American Football