| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Europe |
| Dates | – |
| No. of nations | 12 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Italy |
Runner-up  |  Sweden |
Third-place  |  Finland |
←2018 2023 → | |
The2021 European Championship was the 15thEuropean Championship inAmerican 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-19 pandemic it was postponed to 2021, and was played in August and October.[1] In 2021 six out of the scheduled 12 games has not been played, including the semi-final between France and Italy.
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, while the third tier contained the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Russia and Switzerland.[2]
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| France | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
atStade Pierre-Mauroy,Villeneuve-d'Ascq,France
| 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
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| 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
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
| Denmark | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
atGentofte Sportspark,Gentofte,Denmark
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Great Britain | 13 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
atNew River Stadium,London,Great Britain
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Sweden | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 36 |
at Kristianstad fotbollsarena,Kristianstad,Sweden
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 7 | Italy | 35 | |||||||
| 1 | France | 0 DNP | |||||||
| 7 | Italy | 41 | |||||||
| 4 | Sweden | 14 | |||||||
| 3 | Finland | 14 | |||||||
| 4 | Sweden | 22 | Third place | ||||||
| 1 | France | 6 | |||||||
| 3 | Finland | 14 | |||||||
| Placement 5–8 | 5th place game | ||||||||
| 2 | Austria | 48 | |||||||
| 8 | Serbia | 6 | |||||||
| 2 | Austria | 38 | |||||||
| 6 | Denmark | 25 | |||||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 0 | |||||||
| 6 | Denmark | 35 DNP | 7th place game | ||||||
| 8 | Serbia | 35 | |||||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 0 DNP | |||||||
| Placement 9–12 | 9th place game | ||||||||
| 9 | Czech Republic | 0 | |||||||
| 12 | Russia | 35 DNP | |||||||
| 12 | Russia | 36 | |||||||
| 10 | Switzerland | 9 | |||||||
| 10 | Switzerland | 35 | |||||||
| 11 | Netherlands | 0 DNP | 11th place game | ||||||
| 9 | Czech Republic | 35 | |||||||
| 11 | Netherlands | 0 DNP | |||||||
| 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.