2017 European Junior Championship of American football

The 2017 European Junior Championship was the 13th European Junior Championship. It was held from July 14 to July 16, 2017 in Paris.[1]

2017 European Junior Championship

Quarter 1 2 3 4 Tot
Dates	July 14–16, 2017
City	Paris (France)
Stadiums
Results
Winner	Austria
Runners-Up	France
3rd Place	Germany

Qualification

A total of eight teams reported to enter for qualification. Therefore, two four-nation tournaments were scheduled, with the winners of these tournaments earning a spot for the final tournament in Paris. Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland were grouped together while the other tournament was planned with Serbia, Italy, Russia and Hungary.[1] As a consequence of the conflict of two organisations, both claiming to be the real IFAF, some weeks before the start of the qualification, a second European Junior Championship was announced to be held in Denmark.[2] Russia and Hungary thus withdrew their participation in the Serbian qualification tournament.[3]

Tournament in Serbia

Russia and Hungary withdrew. Italy qualified by a victory over host Serbia.

Date	Home team	Result	Away team	Ref
	Serbia	6–7	Italy	[3]

Tournament in the Netherlands

All matches were played in Almere. Germany won both games with a shutout and thus qualified for the final tournament in Paris.

Date	Home team	Result	Away team	Ref
2 June 2017	Germany	51–00	Switzerland
2 June 2017	Netherlands	06–14	Spain
3rd place game
4 June 2017	Netherlands	20–21	Switzerland
Final
4 June 2017	Germany	43–00	Spain	[4]

Final tournament

Qualified teams

•  France (host nation)
•  Austria (defending champion)
•  Italy (tournament in Serbia)
•  Germany (tournament in Netherlands)

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Austria	19
	Italy	0
					Austria	17
					France	7
	Germany	0
	France	7			Third place
					Italy	0
					Germany	50

Matches

	1	2	3	4	Total
Germany	0	0	0	0	0
France	7	0	0	0	7

at Stade Laurent Plegelatte, Villepinte, France

• Date: Jul 14, 2017
• Game time: 14:00

	1	2	3	4	Total
Italy	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	3	9	7	0	19

at Stade Laurent Plegelatte, Villepinte, France

• Date: Jul 14, 2017
• Game time: 18:00

References

1. "EJC 2017 tournament lineup is set". eurobowl.info. IFAF. 18 Nov 2016. Retrieved 23 Dec 2016.
2. "Both Denmark and France to hold contending European Junior Championships this summer". americanfootballinternational.com. 13 Mar 2017. Retrieved 16 Jun 2017.
3. "Italy downs Team Serbia to qualify for IFAF Paris European Junior Championships". americanfootballinternational.com. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 16 Jun 2017.
4. "France, Austria, Germany and Italy in the U19 European Championship". infaf.info. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 19 Jun 2017.