Final Standings

Pos		P	W	L	T	PF	PA
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	40	32
2	West Germamy	2	1	1	0	66	45
3	Finland	2	1	1	0	59	67
4	Great Britain	2	0	2	0	33	54

Finals Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
20.08.1987	Finland	21	West Germamy	44
20.08.1987	Great Britain	10	Italy	16
	3rd Place
23.08.1987	Finland	38	Great Britain	23
	Final
23.08.1987	Italy	24	West Germany	22

Report

Italy won the 1987 American Football European Championship defeating West Germany 24-22 in the Final in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland. Finland took the Bronze Medal, winning 38-22 against Great Britain in the 3rd Place Playoff.

The Tournament was organised by the European Football League and played as a four-team elimination tournament in Helsinki, Finland from the 20th to 23rd of August.

References

Newspapers

[1] Rowe, Peter (1987) “Mamma Mia! Germans Fall to Roman Empire” First Down. August 29, 1987. pg. 20

[2] Rowe, Peter (1987) “Faller at the first” First Down. August 29, 1987. pg. 19

[3] Anon (1987) “St. Louis scores 3 but Finns take the bronze” First Down. August 29, 1987. pg. 20

[4] Anon. (1987) “On your Markus Becker KO’s the Finns” First Down. August 29, 1987. pg. 20

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kevin Smyth, Ian Collins, Ian Clarke, Tony Meenaghan, John Malone, Robert Gorby, Frank Winters, Fergus C. Ryan, Declan Mulvey, Gareth Quigley and John O’Reilly.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 14 June 2020

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