A record number of teams representing the most nations ever to compete in an IFAF flag football continental championship will battle for the European crown this summer in France.
EURO FLAG 2025 - the IFAF European Flag Football Championships – will feature 43 teams from 25 nations from September 25 to 27 at the Val-de-Marne Interdepartmental Sports Park in Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, in the southeast suburbs of Paris.
EURO FLAG 2025 will bring together the continent’s elite men’s and women’s flag football national teams to compete for the coveted European crown.
Great Britain’s women defend their title won in Limerick, Ireland, in 2023 and face competition from Austria, who finished fourth at the 2024 IFAF Flag Football World Championships and are ranked fourth in the world.
The talented field includes last year’s beaten finalists and 2019 champions Spain, who are ranked seventh, Germany (8th), Italy (10th) and hosts France (11th). The women’s competition features 19 teams compared with 13 contenders two years ago.
Women’s tournament entrants by world ranking: Austria (4), Great Britain (5), Spain (7), Germany (8), Italy (10), France (11), Czechia (14), Switzerland (16), Israel (17), Finland (18), Sweden (19), Denmark (20), Ireland (21), Poland (24), Ukraine (30), Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, and Türkiye (all not ranked).
In the men’s competition, reigning champion Germany faces challenges from the likes of the second-ranked nation in the world Austria, world championship bronze medalists Switzerland and three other teams ranked inside the world Top 10: France (5th), Italy (6th), and Israel (9th). The men’s competition features 23 teams compared with 20 contenders two years ago.
Men’s tournament entrants by world ranking: Austria (2), Germany (4), France (5), Italy (6), Switzerland (7), Israel (8), Denmark (11), Great Britain (14), Spain (15), Finland (18), Sweden (19), Ukraine (20), Ireland (21), Czechia (23), Poland (27), Georgia (29), Netherlands (33), Belgium (38), (Slovakia (41), Croatia, Hungary, Norway, Portugal, and Slovenia (all not ranked).
The event will mark a key milestone in the development of flag football in Europe, as it approaches its inclusion in the program at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028. EURO FLAG 2025 will also serve as a qualifier for the 2026 IFAF Flag Football World Championships.
