# European Championship of American football

The European Championship is a continental competition of American football founded in 1983 and contested by the member countries of IFAF Europe. The tournament also serves as a qualifier for the IFAF World Cup. This Championship is also known as, "the Golden Fair League." Until 2014 the European Federation of American Football coordinated the competition. The first Championship tournament was held in 1983.
In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European champion Italy national American football team announced that it refused to play against Russia in October 2022 in a qualifier for the 2023 IFAF European Championships.

## Results

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place |
| 1983 Details | Italy | Italy | 18–60 | Finland | West Germany | 27–20 | France |
| 1985 Details | Italy | Finland | 13–20 | Italy | West Germany | 13–00 | France |
| 1987 Details | Finland | Italy | 24–22 | West Germany | Finland | 38–23 | Great Britain |
| 1989 Details | West Germany | Great Britain | 26–00 | Finland | West Germany | 29–90 | Italy |
| 1991 Details | Finland | Great Britain | 14–30 | Finland | Netherlands | 17–12 | France |
| 1993 Details | Italy | Finland | 17–70 | Italy | Germany | 21–30 | Sweden |
| 1995 Details | Austria | Finland | 27–70 | Italy | Austria | 18–00 | Ukraine |
| 1997 Details | Italy | Finland | 27–60 | Sweden | Italy | 14–70 | Great Britain |
| 2000 Details | Finland | Finland | 30–290 | Germany | Ukraine Great Britain | | |
| 2001 Details | Germany | Germany | 19–70 | Finland | Sweden | | Great Britain |
| 2005 Details | Sweden | Sweden | 16–70 | Germany | Finland | 34–12 | Great Britain |
| 2010 Details | Germany | Germany | 26–10 | France | Austria | 30–00 | Sweden |
| 2014 Details | Austria | Germany | 30–27 | Austria | France | 35–21 | Finland |
| 2018 Details | Finland | France | 28–14 | Austria | Finland | 35–21 | Sweden |
| 2021 Details | Europe | Italy | 41–14 | Sweden | Finland | 14–6 | France |
| 2023 Details | Europe | Austria | 28–0 | Finland | Italy | 26–7 | Sweden |
* ↑ No 3rd place match played. Both teams shared the third position.
* ↑ Great Britain withdrew

## Teams

* Winner
* Runner-up
* Third place
* Fourth place
* SF – Semi-finalist
* QF – Quarter finalist
* Q – Participant of the qualification round
* Q3 – Participant of the third qualification round
* Q2 – Participant of the third qualification round
* Q1 – Participant of the third qualification round
| Name | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 2000 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2021 | 2023 |
| Finland Finland | 2Runner-up | 1Winner | 3 place | 2Runner-up | 2Runner-up | 1Winner | 1Winner | 1Winner | 1Winner | 2Runner-up | 3 place | 5 place | 4 place | 3 place | 3 place |
| Germany Germany | 3 place | 3 place | 2Runner-up | 3 place | 9 | 3 place | 4QF | 9 | 2Runner-up | 1Winner | 2Runner-up | 1Winner | 1Winner | 9 | 9 |
| Italy Italy | 1Winner | 2Runner-up | 1Winner | 4 place | 5Q3 | 2Runner-up | 2Runner-up | 3 place | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1Winner |
| Great Britain United Kingdom | 9 | 9 | 4 place | 1Winner | 1Winner | 9 | 9 | 4 place | 3Semi-finalist | 3Semi-finalist | 4 place | 6 place | 9 | 5 place | 8 place |
| Sweden Sweden | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7Q1 | 5Q3 | 4 place | 5Q | 2Runner-up | 9 | 3Semi-finalist | 1Winner | 4 place | 5 place | 4 place | 2Runner-up |
| France France | 4 place | 4 place | 4QF | 4QF | 4 place | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5Q | 4QF | 2Runner-up | 3 place | 1Winner | 4 place |
| Austria Austria | 5 place | 9 | 7Q1 | 9 | 6Q2 | 9 | 3 place | 9 | 5Q | 4QF | 9 | 3 place | 2Runner-up | 2Runner-up | 5 place | 1Winner |
| Ukraine Ukraine | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 place | 5Q | 3Semi-finalist | 4QF | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Netherlands Netherlands | 9 | 9 | 7Q1 | 7Q1 | 3 place | 5Q | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7Q | 9 |
| Norway Norway | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6Q2 | 9 | 9 | 5Q | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Belgium Belgium | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7Q1 | 9 | 5Q | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Spain Spain | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7Q1 | 9 | 5Q | 5Q | 9 | 4QF | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Russia Russia | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6Q2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5Q | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Denmark Denmark | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5Q | 9 | 9 | 6 place | 6 place | 6 place |
| Switzerland Switzerland | 9 | 9 | 6Q2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7Q | 9 |
| Serbia Serbia | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 place |

### Performance by team

| Pos. | Team | Champion | Runner-up | Third | Fourth |
| 1 | Finland | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2 | – | 1* | 4 |
| 5 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 8 | Ukraine | – | – | 1* | 1 |
| 9 | Netherlands | – | – | 1 | – |
* *semi-finalist in 2000 (no 3rd place match played)