# 2021 European Championship of American football

The 2021 European Championship was the 15th European Championship in American football. The preliminary round has been played around Europe from 21 September to 2 November 2019. The final round was scheduled to be played in 2020, but due to the COVID-pandemic it was postponed to 2021, and was played in August and October 2021. In 2021 6 out of the scheduled 12 games has not been played, including the semi-final between reigning champion France and Italy.

## Group A, first round

The first round was played from 21 September to 2 November 2019. The 12 best teams from the previous championships have been selected to play in the top division, selected into three seeds. Top seed teams were the first 4 teams of the 2018 championship (France, Austria, Finland and Sweden), second tier contained the other 2 teams in the final round (Great Britain and Denmark) along with Italy and Serbia, third tier contained the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Russia and Switzerland.
| A | B | C | D |
| France (1) | Austria (2) | Finland (3) | Sweden (4) |
| Serbia (8) | Italy (7) | Denmark (6) | Great Britain (5) |
| Czech Republic (9) | Switzerland (10) | Netherlands (11) | Russia (12) |

### Division A

| Team | W | L | Pct | PF | PA | PD |
| France | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 41 | 10 | +31 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 23 | 13 | +10 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 3 | 44 | –41 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| France | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
at Stadion v Jiráskově ulici, Jihlava, Czech Republic
* Date: 13 October 2019
* Game time: 4:00 PM
* Game attendance: 850
* Recap Article
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
at Gradski stadion, Požarevac, Serbia
* Date: 27 October 2019
* Game time: 11:30 AM
* Game attendance: 600
* Recap Article
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Serbia | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| France | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
* Date: 9 November 2019
* Game time: 4:00 PM
* Game attendance: 5000
* Article

### Division B

| Team | W | L | Pct | PF | PA | PD |
| Italy | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 59 | 14 | +45 |
| Austria | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 80 | 21 | +59 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 104 | –104 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Austria | 21 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 66 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Stadion Ringstrasse, Chur, Switzerland
* Date: 21 September 2019
* Recap
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Italy | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| Austria | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
at Vienna, Austria
* Date: 6 October 2019
* Game attendance: 950
* Recap
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
at Milan, Italy
* Date: 20 October 2019
* Game time: 3:00 PM
* Referee: Marco Sala
* Recap

### Division C

| Team | W | L | Pct | PF | PA | PD |
| Finland | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 99 | 3 | +96 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 25 | 63 | –38 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 19 | 77 | –58 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Finland | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Sportpark 't Cranevelt, Arnhem, Netherlands
* Date: 12 October 2019
* Game time: 7:00 PM
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Netherlands | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
| Denmark | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
at Gentofte Sportspark, Gentofte, Denmark
* Date: 19 October 2019
* Game time: 4:00 PM
* Recap
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Finland | 0 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 44 |
at Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion, Vantaa, Finland
* Date: 26 October 2019
* Game time: 2:00 PM
* Recap

### Division D

| Team | W | L | Pct | PF | PA | PD |
| Sweden | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 70 | 21 | +49 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 48 | 36 | +12 |
| Russia | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 7 | 68 | –61 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sweden | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
at Moscow, Russia
* Date: 5 October 2019
* Game time: 6:00 PM
* Recap
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Great Britain | 13 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
at New River Stadium, London, Great Britain
* Date: 19 October 2019
* Game time: 4:00 PM
* Recap
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Sweden | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 36 |
at Kristianstad fotbollsarena, Kristianstad, Sweden
* Date: 2 November 2019
* Game time: 2:00 PM
* Recap

## Group A, final stage
### 1–4

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 7 | Italy | 35 | | | |
| 1 | France | 0 DNP | | | |
| 1 | France | 0 DNP | 7 | Italy | 41 |
| | | | 4 | Sweden | 14 |
| 3 | Finland | 14 | 4 | Sweden | 14 |
| 4 | Sweden | 22 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 1 | France | 6 |
| | | | 3 | Finland | 14 |

### 5–8

| Placement 5–8 | Placement 5–8 | Placement 5–8 | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| 2 | Austria | 48 | | | |
| 8 | Serbia | 6 | | | |
| 8 | Serbia | 6 | 2 | Austria | 38 |
| | | | 6 | Denmark | 25 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 0 | 6 | Denmark | 25 |
| 6 | Denmark | 35 DNP | 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | | 8 | Serbia | 35 |
| | | | 5 | Great Britain | 0 DNP |

### 9–12

| Placement 9–12 | Placement 9–12 | Placement 9–12 | 9th place game | 9th place game | 9th place game |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 0 | | | |
| 12 | Russia | 35 DNP | | | |
| 12 | Russia | 35 DNP | 12 | Russia | 36 |
| | | | 10 | Switzerland | 9 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 35 | 10 | Switzerland | 9 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 0 DNP | 11th place game | 11th place game | 11th place game |
| | | | 9 | Czech Republic | 35 |
| | | | 11 | Netherlands | 0 DNP |

## Group B

| Team | W | L | Pct | PF | PA | PD |
| Hungary | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 127 | 46 | +81 |
| Spain | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 72 | 49 | +23 |
| Israel | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 81 | 66 | +15 |
| Turkey | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | 102 | 81 | +21 |
| Belgium | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 140 | –140 |
Note: Belgium stepped down from the Championship in 2020, so their both played games (victory against Israel and loss against Hungary) have been administrated as 0:35 losses. The Israel-Spain game was cancelled.