Israel national American football team

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Israel Israel ישראל
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Association AFI
Region Europe (EFAF)
Founded 2012
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Colors Blue and White
Head coach Yonah Mishaan
General manager Neria Granevich

The Israel national American football team is the official American football senior national team of Israel. The team formed in 2012 mainly of Israeli Football League players and coaching staff.

First Game

The first international American football game played by Israel was played 17 May 2012 in Baptist village near Petah Tikva, when the Israeli national team met Maranatha Baptist Bible College.[1] For Israeli players it was first ever game on 100 yards field in 11 players team. In the IFL American football is played on 60 yard fields by 9 player teams (in 2012, the IFL played with 8 player teams). The game finished with a 49 - 6 Maranatha win.[2]

Competitions

The first official game in EFAF competitions took place at 30 August 2015 in Madrid. The opponents was Spain national American football team from EFAF C Group European Championship. As a new entry Israel could earn its way into Group B.[3] Israel won the game 28-20.[4]

Israel will thus play in the four team Group B European Championship in Italy in September 2016 with the winner of the four team tournament eligible for another qualifying round against either Denmark or Sweden, the sixth and fifth place of the 2014 championship respectively, to the A Championship to be held in Germany in 2018.

Current Playing Squad

2015 Israel National American Football Team Playing Squad (vs Spain)
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

All time results

Date Opponent Venue Final Score Competition Result MVP
30 August 2015  Spain Prado de Santo Domingo, Madrid, ESP 28 - 20 EFAF European Championship Qualifier for Group B Win Dani Eastman [5]
02 September 2016  Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro, ITA TBA EFAF European Championship Group B Semifinal TBA TBA
04 September 2016 TBA (either  Serbia or   Switzerland) Lignano Sabbiadoro, ITA TBA EFAF European Championship Group B TBA TBA

See also

References

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