Final Standings

Country	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts F:A
Finals Qualifiers
Germany – hosts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy – holders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great Britain	1	1	0	0	36	6	2:0
Finland	1	1	0	0	49	0	2:0
Non-Qualifiers
France	2	1	1	0	19	42	2:2
Norway	2	1	1	0	13	49	2:2
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	6	13	0:2
Sweden	1	0	1	0	0	13	0:2

Qualifiers

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
	Netherlands	6	France	13
	Sweden	0	Norway	13
	Round 2
	Great Britain	36	France	6
07.05.1989	Finland	49	Norway	0
	Automatic Qualifiers
	Germany		Hosts
	Italy		Holders

Report

Germany, as hosts, and Italy, as holders, qualified automatically for the Finals, to be held in Bremerhaven, on the North Sea Coast. In the first round of the Qualifiers France and Norway beat the Dutch and Swedes respectively, before falling to the British and Finns.

References

Newspapers

[1] Leadon, Frank (1989) “The European Championship Round-Up” World American Football. 13th September, 1989. pg. ??

Websites

[2] Suomen Amerikkalaisen Jalkapollen Litto (2020) National Teams | Gentlemen | 1989 [Internet] Available from: https://www.sajl.fi/maajoukkueet/miehet/historia/1980-luku-maaottelut/1989/ [Accessed 14 June 2020]

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.

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