Great Britain women's national American football team

Medal record
Women's American football
Representing United Kingdom
World Championships
European Championships

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

History

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] 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

^ "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.

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[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.

[McElwee-4] 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.

[Newsbeat-5] "This is Phoebe Schecter, Britain's first female NFL coach". BBC Newsbeat. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[6] "GREAT BRITAIN INTO THE IFAF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL". BAFA. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

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