Final Standings
Pos | P | W | L | T | PF | PA | |
1 | Russia (CP) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 60 |
2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 74 |
3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 48 |
4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 94 |
5 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 91 |
Playoffs
Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
3rd Place | ||||
03.08.2003 | Denmark | 20 | Czech Republic | 45 |
Final | ||||
03.08.2003 | Italy | 35 | Russia | 43 |
Results
Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
23.07.2003 | Denmark | 3 | Czech Republic | 7 |
29.07.2003 | Czech Republic | 14 | Italy | 28 |
30.07.2003 | Netherlands | 10 | Russia | 28 |
31.07.2003 | Italy | 63 | Netherlands | 21 |
31.07.2003 | Russia | 42 | Denmark | 15 |
Report
The young Russian team defeated the experienced Italian squad 43-35 in a high-intensity game in the European Federation of American Football European Championships in Cophenhagen, Denmark in 2003.
Russia and Italy had both won their two group games to qualify for the Final, and Czech Republic triumphed 45-20 over Denmark in the 3rd place match with Netherlands finishing fifth. The Russian team was based on the 2002 European Junior Champions and qualified for the EFAF European Championships B-Group in Amiens-Picardie in France in 2004.
References
Images
[1] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]
Websites
[2] EFAF (2003) EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003 C-GROUP [Internet] Available from: http://www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=EC2003 [Accessed 23 September 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Ralph Schmeer (IAFOA)
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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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