LIVESTREAM: IFAF Europe 2016 Qualifying Tournament – Great Britain Takes On Team Russia

| American Football | 09/16/2016

The second round of games in IFAF Europe’s Qualifying tournaments takes place this weekend as Great Britain will play Team Russia at Sixways Stadium in Worcester, Great Britain.

The first round of games held two weeks ago saw Italy defeat both Israel and Serbia to move on to the 2017 qualifier against either Sweden or Denmark.

This weekend, four nations – Czech Republic, Holland, Great Britain and Russia – will decide the other team to face one of the two Scandinavian teams next year. The first game pits the Czech Republic and Holland and the second game features the hosts, Great Britain playing Russia.

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Great Britain automatically qualified for this tournament based on their result from the 2013 Group B tournament. Russia qualified after downing Norway 20-0 last year in Russia.

The Great Britain-Russia game will start at 8 p CET (2p EDT) following the completion of the game between Holland and the Czech Republic.

IFAF Europe Qualifying Tournament – Great Britain v. Russia

Roger Kelly is an editor and a writer for AFI. A former PR Director the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League for 7 years, he now lives in Sweden writing about and scouting American Football throughout the world.