The AFL Europe Championship is a triennial international Australian football competition played between European national teams. The European Championship is played in a full traditional 18-a-side format (formerly 16-a-side) unlike the Euro Cup which has a 9-a-side format. It is organised by AFL Europe and held every three years.
Players are not paid to participate. Eligibility is similar to the Australian Football International Cup with national team representatives restricted to nationals - citizens who were resident in the country between the ages of 10 and 16.AFL Europe – European Championships 2022 Player Eligibility
The inaugural competition was played in Sweden and Denmark in August 2010. The 2013 championships were held in Ireland in August 2013. A women's division was added in 2016 which was won by host nation Great Britain.
Historically the competition has been dominated by Great Britain and Ireland who between them have won every edition of the competition, both men's and women's, up to the 2022 tournament, while Germany and the Scandinavian teams have also featured regularly in the final phases.
Results
Men's Division YearHost Final Third place matchNumber of teamsChampionsScoreRunners UpThirdScoreFourth 2010 Copenhagen, Denmark Scania, Sweden Ireland 68 - 51 Denmark Sweden 39 - 29 Great Britain 8 2013 Dublin, Ireland Ireland 7.3 (45) - 6.8 (44) Great Britain Denmark 7.6 (48) - 5.2 (32) Sweden 6 2016 London, United Kingdom Great Britain 7.9 (51) - 4.5 (29) Ireland Germany 4.6 (30) - 4.5 (29) Sweden 4 2019 London, United Kingdom Great Britain 7.7 (48) - 2.2 (14) Denmark Ireland Croatia 6 2022 Zagreb, Croatia Ireland 10.10 (70) - 7.3 (45) France Great Britain 13.12 (90) - 5.3 (33) Croatia 5
Team performance Team 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 Croatia 5th 5th 4th 4th Denmark 2nd 3rd 2nd Finland 8th Germany 7th 6th 3rd 6th 5th Great Britain 4th 2nd 1st 1st 3rd Iceland 6th Ireland 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st Sweden 3rd 4th 4th France 5th 2nd +TeamChampionsRunners-upThird place Ireland311 Great Britain211 Denmark -21 France -1 - Sweden - -1 Germany - -1
Women's Division YearHost Final Third place matchNumber of teamsChampionsScoreRunners UpThirdScoreFourth 2016 London, United Kingdom Great Britain 1.2 (8) - 0.2 (2) Ireland European Crusaders 3 2019 London, United Kingdom Ireland 102 point win Germany European Crusaders 3 2022 Zagreb, Croatia Ireland 115 point win Great Britain Germany 33 point win Croatia 5
See also Euro Cup (AFL) AFL European Combine
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