title: 2017 European Junior Championship of American football
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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. 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. Russia and Hungary thus withdrew their participation in the Serbian qualification tournament.
  
  ### 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 | |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  
  ## Final tournament
  
  ### Qualified teams
  
  * France (host nation)
  * Austria (defending champion)
  * Italy (tournament in Serbia)
  * Germany (tournament in Netherlands)
  
  ### Bracket
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Austria | 19 | | |
  | Italy | 0 | | |
  | Italy | 0 | Austria | 17 |
  | | | France | 7 |
  | Germany | 0 | France | 7 |
  | France | 7 | Third place | Third place |
  | | | Italy | 0 |
  | | | Germany | 50 |
  
  ### Matches
  
  | Period | 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
  
  | Period | 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
  