Great Britain women's national American football team

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Medal record
Women's American football
Representing  United Kingdom
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Finland
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Spain
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Great Britain

The Great Britain women's national American football team are the official American football senior national team of Great Britain.

History[edit]

The 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]

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. [4] In doing so, Great Britain became the first European team to play in an IFAF World Championship final.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Team Finland Rules the Day Capturing Gold at the IFAF Europe Women's European Championships". AFI. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Team Mexico defeats Great Britain Lions to capture bronze medal at Women's World Championship". AFI. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Sweden captures historic silver at IFAF 2019 Women's European Championships". AFI. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  4. ^ "GREAT BRITAIN INTO THE IFAF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL". BAFA. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.