Qualifying Results
Date | Venue | Home Team | Away Team | ||
Qualifying Round 1 | |||||
19.04.1998 | Roskilde, DK | Denmark | 2 | Norway | 6 |
Qualifying Round 2 | |||||
19.04.1998 | Stockholm, SWE | Sweden | 14 | Russia | 18 |
02.05.1998 | St. Gallen, SWI | Switzerland | 16 | Austria | 13 |
17.05.1998 | Barcelona, SPA | Spain | L | France | W |
31.05.1998 | Crystal Palace, ENG | Great Britain Crusaders | 54 | Norway | 0 |
Qualifiers
Route | Country |
Automatic Qualifier (Hosts) | Germany |
Automatic Qualifier (Holders) | Finland |
Qualifying (won 18-14 v Sweden) | Russia |
Qualifying (Won 16-13 v Austria) | Switzerland |
Qualifying (Won v Spain) | France |
Qualifying (Won 54-0 v Norway) | Great Britain Crusaders |
Finals Draw – 2-10 August 1998 – Dusseldorf, Germany
Blue Group | Red Group |
Finland (Holders) | Germany (Hosts) |
Great Britain Crusaders | Switzerland |
France | Russia |
Report
Great Britain Crusaders easily qualified for the European Football League European Junior Championships (Contact American Football) in 1998 with a 54-0 win over Norway who had knocked out neighbours Denmark in Round 1. They were joined in the Finals by Russia (victors over Sweden), France (who defeated Spain) and Switzerland (who had a narrow win against Austria). There they would meet Hosts Germany and Holders Finland. The Finals were held 2nd-10th August 1998 in Dusseldorf, Nord-Rhein-Westfalen, Germany.
References
Newspapers
[1] Anon. (1998) “Great Britain Crusaders 54 Norway 0” First Down. June 6, 1998. Pg. 21
Websites
[2] Google Groups (1998) uk.sport.football.american [European Youth Championships 1998] post to Group by Damon Kirby 5/13/98 [Internet] Available from: http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.sport.football.american/nofdk9PBgls [Accessed 16 July 2018]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Cillian Smith
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