Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts F:A
1	Finland	2	2	0	0	27	7	4:0
2	Italy	2	1	1	0	16	17	2:2
3	Germany	2	1	1	0	21	13	2:2
4	Sweden	2	0	2	0	3	30	0:4

Finals Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
08.1993	Finland	10	Germany	0
08.1993	Italy	9	Sweden	0
	3rd Place
08.1993	Germany	21	Sweden	3
	Final
08.1993	Italy	7	Finland	17

Final – Italy 7 Finland 17

Italy 7 Finland 17 The game was Nationally televised but only 2000 people turned up to watch with Finland winning despite gaining only 139 yards to Italy’s 280. Two touchdowns in the second quarter decided the game – Sihvonen running in from a yard out and Suokas recovering a fumble in Italy’s endzone. Lappailainen added a 40 yard Field Goal in the final quarter before Italy scored a late consolation TD from Cinelli who went in from a yard out moments before full time.

Telgate, Italy	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Finland	0	14	0	3	17
Italy	0	0	0	7	7

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
–	No Scoring	0-0
	2nd Quarter
FIN	Sihvonen 1 yd Run (PAT good)	7-0
FIN	Suokas Fumble Rec in endzone (PAT good)	14-0
	3rd Quarter
–	No Scoring	14-0
	4th Quarter
FIN	Lappailainen 40 yd FG	17-0
ITA	Cinelli 1 yd Run (PAT good)	17-7

Tournament Report

Finland, runners-up to Great Britain in the 1991 European Football League European Championships (American Football) won the 1993 edition in their absence with a 17-7 victory in the Final against hosts Italy in Telgate, 20 miles north of Milan. Finland had defeated Germany in the Semi-Finals and Italy won 9-0 in their match with Sweden to reach the Final. The Germans took third.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1993) “Finns lift our Euro Crown” First Down. August 14, 1993. Pg. 20

Websites

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith

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