2017 European Junior Championship of American football
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|| Dates || July 14–16, 2017
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|| Gold Winner || {{flag|Austria}}
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|| Silver Runners-Up || {{flag|France}}
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|| Bronze 3rd Place || {{flag|Germany}}
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The 2017 European Junior Championship was the 13th European Junior Championship. It was held from July 14 to July 16, 2017 in Paris.{{cite web | title = EJC 2017 tournament lineup is set | publisher = IFAF | website = eurobowl.info | date = 18 Nov 2016 | url = http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=newsmeldung&ID=1905 | accessdate = 23 Dec 2016 | archive-date = 23 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161223135400/http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=newsmeldung&ID=1905 | url-status = dead }}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/denmark-host-country-u19-european-championship/ |title=Both Denmark and France to hold contending European Junior Championships this summer |website=americanfootballinternational.com |accessdate=16 Jun 2017 |date=13 Mar 2017}} Russia and Hungary thus withdrew their participation in the Serbian qualification tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/italy-downs-team-serbia-qualify-ifaf-paris-european-junior-championships/ |title=Italy downs Team Serbia to qualify for IFAF Paris European Junior Championships |website=americanfootballinternational.com |accessdate=16 Jun 2017 |date=8 May 2017}}
= Tournament in Serbia =
= 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.
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! Date | Home team | Result | Away team | Ref |
| 2 June 2017
|style="text-align:right;"| Germany {{flagicon|GER}} | style="text-align:center;"| 51–0{{0}} | {{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland | ||
| 2 June 2017
|style="text-align:right;"| Netherlands {{flagicon|NED}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{0}}6–14 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain | ||
| colspan=5| 3rd place game | ||||
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| 4 June 2017
|style="text-align:right;"| Netherlands {{flagicon|NED}} | style="text-align:center;"| 20–21 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland | ||
| colspan=5| Final | ||||
| 4 June 2017
|style="text-align:right;"| Germany {{flagicon|GER}} | style="text-align:center;"| 43–0{{0}} | {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain | {{cite web|url=http://www.ifaf.info/federations/europe/france-austria-germany-italy-u19-european-championship/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615213949/http://www.ifaf.info/federations/europe/france-austria-germany-italy-u19-european-championship/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 15, 2017 |title=France, Austria, Germany and Italy in the U19 European Championship |website=infaf.info |accessdate=19 Jun 2017 |date=6 June 2017}} |
Final tournament
= Qualified teams =
- {{flag|France}} (host nation)
- {{flag|Austria}} (defending champion)
- {{flag|Italy}} (tournament in Serbia)
- {{flag|Germany}} (tournament in Netherlands)
= Bracket =
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| RD1-team1 = {{flag|Austria}}
| RD1-score1= 19
| RD1-team2 = {{flag|Italy}}
| RD1-score2= 0
| RD1-team3 = {{flag|Germany}}
| RD1-score3= 0
| RD1-team4 = {{flag|France}}
| RD1-score4= 7
| RD2-team1 = {{flag|Austria}}
| RD2-score1= 17
| RD2-team2 = {{flag|France}}
| RD2-score2= 7
| RD2b-team1 = {{flag|Italy}}
| RD2b-score1= 0
| RD2b-team2 = {{flag|Germany}}
| RD2b-score2= 50
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= Matches =
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References
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{{European Championship of American football}}