# 2023 European Championship of American football

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

### 5–8

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

### 9–12

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

### Finals

| 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
| 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
| 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 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Final | Final |
| 22. October 2022 | 22. October 2022 | | | | |
| 22. October 2022 | 22. October 2022 | | | postponed | postponed |
| Spain | 26 | | | postponed | postponed |
| Spain | 26 | 6. August 2023 | 6. August 2023 | Germany | |
| Ireland | 7 | 6. August 2023 | 6. August 2023 | Germany | |
| Ireland | 7 | Spain | 23 | Israel | |
| | | Israel | 30 | | |
| Israel | NA | Israel | 30 | | |
| Turkey | NA | | | | |
* 16th place game: Ireland – Turkey 14:17