Summary
The Great Britain women's national American football team are the official American football senior national team of Great Britain.
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's American football | ||
Representing  United Kingdom
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| World Championships | ||
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2022 Finland | |
| European Championships | ||
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2015 Spain | |
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2019 Great Britain | |
History
editThe team competed at the 2015 European Championship, where they finished second after losing to Finland in the final game.[1] They then participated in the 2017 World Championship, where they finished fourth after losing to Mexico in the bronze medal game.[2] Great Britain hosted the 2019 European Championship, where they won a bronze medal. Great Britain forced a three-way tie with winners and runners-up Finland and Sweden, but finished third due to the tournament's tiebreakers. [3] Phoebe Schecter was the captain for both the 2015 and 2019 competitions.[4][5]
At the 2022 World Championship, Great Britain made it to the final following a winning touchdown with only two seconds to go in the game. [6] In doing so, Great Britain became the first European team to play in an IFAF World Championship final.
References
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- ^ "Team Finland Rules the Day Capturing Gold at the IFAF Europe Women's European Championships". AFI. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Team Mexico defeats Great Britain Lions to capture bronze medal at Women's World Championship". AFI. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Sweden captures historic silver at IFAF 2019 Women's European Championships". AFI. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ McElwee, Molly (10 August 2019). "Phoebe Schecter on switching equestrianism for the NFL: 'Buffalo Bills players said I tackled better than they did'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "This is Phoebe Schecter, Britain's first female NFL coach". BBC Newsbeat. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "GREAT BRITAIN INTO THE IFAF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL". BAFA. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.