Category: European American Football Leagues

December 29, 2020

British American Football Association National Leagues Premiership 2019

British American Football Association Logo [Reference: 1

Final Standings

BAFANL Premiership	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Premiership North
Tamworth Phoenix (SF)	10	9	1	0	303	84	.900
Manchester Titans (SF)	10	7	3	0	276	170	.700
Merseyside Nighthawks	10	6	3	1	273	206	.650
Edinburgh Wolves	10	3	7	0	114	248	.300
Sheffield Giants	10	2	7	1	140	204	.250
Leicester Falcons	10	2	8	0	105	299	.200
Premiership South
London Warriors (SF)	10	10	0	0	611	35	1.000
London Blitz (SF)	10	8	2	0	269	145	.800
Bristol Aztecs	10	4	6	0	125	211	.400
London Olympians	10	4	6	0	233	245	.400
Kent Exiles	10	3	7	0	102	336	.300
Farnham Knights	10	1	9	0	56	424	.100

[Reference: 2-3]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
18.08.2019	Tamworth Phoenix	7	London Blitz	6
18.08.2019	London Warriors	63	Manchester Titans	0
	Championship		Britbowl 33
01.09.2019	London Warriors	56	Tamworth Phoenix	29

[Reference: 1-2]

Regular Season Results Premiership North

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
14.04.2019	Leicester Falcons	21	Sheffield Giants	8
	Week 2
21.04.2019	Sheffield Giants	6	Tamworth Phoenix	28
	Week 3
28.04.2019	Leicester Falcons	18	Merseyside Nighthawks	23
	Week 4
05.05.2019	Edinburgh Wolves	16	Sheffield Giants	15
05.05.2019	Manchester Titans	49	Leicester Falcons	16
05.05.2019	Tamworth Phoenix	34	Merseyside Nighthawks	6
	Week 5
12.05.2019	Sheffield Giants	0	Manchester Titans	6
12.05.2019	Merseyside Nighthawks	33	Edinburgh Wolves	14
	Week 6
19.05.2019	Edinburgh Wolves	0	Tamworth Phoenix	50
19.05.2019	Merseyside Nighthawks	50	Manchester Titans	33
	Week 7
25.05.2019	Tamworth Phoenix	22	Sheffield Giants	12
26.05.2019	Manchester Titans	14	Edinburgh Wolves	0
	Week 8
01.06.2019	Tamworth Phoenix	42	Leicester Falcons	9
	Week 9
09.06.2019	Sheffield Giants	14	Leicester Falcons	12
09.06.2019	Edinburgh Wolves	12	Merseyside Nighthawks	33
	Week 10
15.06.2019	Tamworth Phoenix	0	Manchester Titans	21
16.06.2019	Merseyside Nighthawks	20	Sheffield Giants	0
16.06.2019	Leicester Falcons	10	Edinburgh Wolves	0
	Week 11
23.06.2019	Leicester Falcons	7	Tamworth Phoenix	28
23.06.2019	Sheffield Giants	33	Edinburgh Wolves	8
23.06.2019	Manchester Titans	43	Merseyside Nighthawks	3
	Week 12
30.06.2019	Edinburgh Wolves	17	Manchester Titans	6
	Week 13
06.07.2019	Tamworth Phoenix	48	Edinburgh Wolves	0
07.07.2019	Manchester Titans	49	Sheffield Giants	30
07.07.2019	Merseyside Nighthawks	50	Leicester Falcons	0
	Week 14
21.07.2019	Leicester Falcons	6	Manchester Titans	38
	Week 15
28.07.2019	Sheffield Giants	22	Merseyside Nighthawks	22
28.07.2019	Manchester Titans	17	Tamworth Phoenix	21
28.07.2019	Edinburgh Wolves	47	Leicester Falcons	6

[References: 2]

Regular Season Results Premiership South

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
21.04.2019	London Warriors	85	Farnham Knights	0
21.04.2019	London Blitz	33	Bristol Aztecs	2
	Week 2
28.04.2019	London Blitz	41	Farnham Knights	0
	Week 3
05.05.2019	London Warriors	46	London Blitz	15
05.05.2019	London Olympians	33	Kent Exiles	23
	Week 4
12.05.2019	Bristol Aztecs	0	Kent Exiles	9
12.05.2019	London Olympians	14	London Blitz	21
	Week 5
19.05.2019	London Warriors	38	Bristol Aztecs	0
19.05.2019	Kent Exiles	7	London Blitz	42
19.05.2019	Farnham Knights	13	London Olympians	39
	Week 6
26.05.2019	London Warriors	71	Kent Exiles	6
26.05.2019	Farnham Knights	0	London Blitz	33
	Week 7
02.06.2019	Farnham Knights	0	London Warriors	70
02.06.2019	Bristol Aztecs	36	London Olympians	20
	Week 8
09.06.2019	Farnham Knights	9	Bristol Aztecs	26
	Week 9
16.06.2019	Farnham Knights	28	Kent Exiles	13
16.06.2019	London Olympians	7	London Warriors	54
	Week 10
23.06.2019	London Olympians	68	Farnham Knights	6
23.06.2019	Kent Exiles	17	Bristol Aztecs	12
23.06.2019	London Blitz	7	London Warriors	54
	Week 11
30.06.2019	Kent Exiles	8	London Olympians	28
30.06.2019	Bristol Aztecs	8	London Blitz	20
	Week 12
07.07.2019	London Olympians	10	Bristol Aztecs	11
07.07.2019	Kent Exiles	0	London Warriors	80
	Week 13
21.07.2019	London Warriors	58	London Olympians	0
21.07.2019	Bristol Aztecs	30	Farnham Knights	0
21.07.2019	London Blitz	42	Kent Exiles	0
	Week 14
28.07.2019	London Blitz	15	London Olympians	14
28.07.2019	Bristol Aztecs	0	London Warriors	55
28.07.2019	Kent Exiles	19	Farnham Knights	0

[References: 3]

Report

London Warriors again won the British American Football Association National Leagues Premiership Title, defeating Tamworth Phoenix 56-29 in the Final, Britbowl 33. They had dominated the season throughout, winning all 10 games during the regular season, amassing 611 points while only conceding 35, before trouncing Manchester Titans 63-0 in the Semi-Finals. The other Semi-Finalists were London Blitz who had finished on a 8-2-0 record in the Premiership South. Tamworth were Premiership North Champions with a 9-1-0 record, while Manchester Titans had finished 7-3-0. Other teams competing were Merseyside Nighthawks (6-3-1), Edinburgh Wolves (3-7-0), Sheffield Giants (2-7-1) and Leicester Falcons (2-8-0) in the Premiership North and Bristol Aztecs (4-6-0), London Olympians (4-6-0), Kent Exiles (3-7-0) and Farnham Knights (1-9-0) in the Premiership South.

Britbowl 33 Premiership Final Video

BAFA National Leagues Premiership Britbowl 33 2019 Video [Reference: ]

References

Images

[1] British American Football (2013) logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.britishamericanfootball.org/Images/logo.png [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Websites

[2] British American Football Association League Republic (2019) Adult League: Premiership North [Internet] Available from: bafanle.leaguerepublic.com.=/l/fg/1_567612366.html [Accessed 7 May 2020][Broken Link]

[3] British American Football Association League Republic (2019) Adult League: Premiership South [Internet] Available from: https://bafanle.leaguerepublic.com/l/standingsForDate/494942526/2/-1/-1.html [Accessed 7 May 2020][Broken Link]

Videos

[3] Onside TV You Tube (2019) 1 September 2019, BRITBOWL33 Premiership Final (London Warriors vs Tamworth Phoenix) [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyU49hjI9o [Accessed 29 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer (IAFOA)

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 29 December 2020

December 8, 2020

European Super League 2019

European Super League Logo [Reference: 1]

Final Standings

Topliga 2019	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts	Pct
*Warsaw Eagles	6	6	0	0	288	16	12	1.000
*Bydgoszcz Archers	6	5	1	0	216	33	10	.833
*Vilnius Iron Wolves	6	4	2	0	94	81	8	.667
Krakow Tigers	6	2	4	0	72	200	4	.333
Kaunas Dukes	6	1	5	0	59	253	2	.167
Zabki Dukes	6	0	6	0	44	258	0	.000
EESL 2019
*Moscow Spartans	6	5	1	0	182	19	10	.833
*St. Petersburg North Legion	6	5	1	0	94	65	10	.833
Minsk Litvins	6	1	5	0	93	184	2	.167
St. Petersburg Griffins	6	1	5	0	45	146	2	.167

European Super League 2019 [Reference: 1]

Topliga Playoffs

Date	HomeTeam		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
06.07.2019	Bydgoszcz Archers		Vilnius Iron Wolves
	Final
20.07.2019	Warsaw Eagles	20	Bydgoszcz Archers	0

European Super League Topliga Playoffs 2019 [Reference: 2]

EESL Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	3rd Place Playoff
13.07.2019	St. Petersburg Griffins	36	Minsk Litvins	20
	Final
13.07.2019	St. Petersburg North Legion	16	Moscow Spartans	42

European Super League EESL Playoffs 2019 [Reference: 2]

Topliga-EESL Final

Date	HomeTeam	Away Team
	ESL-EESL Final
27.07.2019	Moscow Spartans	Warsaw Eagles

European Super League Topliga-Eastern European Super League Playoffs 2019 [Reference: 2]

Topliga Regular Season

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
06.04.2019	Krakow Tigers	0	Warsaw Eagles	49
07.04.2019	Kaunas Dukes	18	Vilnius Iron Wolves	46
	Week 2
14.04.2019	Krakow Tigers	0	Bydgoszcz Archers	51
	Week 3
27.04.2019	Vilnius Iron Wolves	0	Warsaw Eagles	38
27.04.2019	Bydgoszcz Archers	47	Kaunas Dukes	0
	Week 4
04.05.2019	Krakow Tigers	6	Vilnius Iron Wolves	42
04.05.2019	Bydgoszcz Archers	50	Zabki Dukes	0
	Week 5
11.05.2019	Kaunas Dukes	0	Warsaw Eagles	75
	Week 6
18.05.2019	Warsaw Eagles	30	Bydgoszcz Archers	16
18.05.2019	Zabki Dukes	0	Vilnius Iron Wolves	47
	Week 7
01.06.2019	Bydgoszcz Archers	20	Krakow Tigers	0
02.06.2019	Kaunas Dukes	41	Zabki Dukes	6
	Week 8
08.06.2019	Warsaw Eagles	42	Kaunas Dukes	0
09.06.2019	Krakow Tigers	32	Zabki Dukes	6
	Week 9
15.06.2019	Vilnius Iron Wolves	3	Bydgoszcz Archers	32
15.06.2019	Zabki Dukes	0	Warsaw Eagles	54
	Week 10
22.06.2019	Vilnius Iron Wolves	37	Kaunas Dukes	0
22.06.2019	Zabki Dukes	32	Krakow Tigers	34

European Super League Topliga Regular Season 2019 [Reference: 2]

EESL Regular Season

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 2
13.04.2019	Minsk Litvins	21	St. Petersburg North Legion	27
	Week 3
20.04.2019	Moscow Spartans	19	St. Petersburg Griffins	6
	Week 5
04.05.2019	Moscow Spartans	21	St. Petersburg North Legion	0
05.05.2019	St. Petersburg Griffins	0	Minsk Litvins	40
	Week 6
12.05.2019	Minsk Litvins	0	Moscow Spartans	44
	Week 7
18.05.2019	St. Petersburg North Legion	18	St. Petersburg Griffins	0
	Week 8
01.06.2019	St. Petersburg Griffins	7	St. Petersburg North Legion	10
01.06.2019	Moscow Spartans	54	Minsk Litvins	0
	Week 10
15.06.2019	Minsk Litvins	18	St. Petersburg Griffins	26
15.06.2019	St. Petersburg North Legion	7	Moscow Spartans	2
	Week 12
29.06.2019	St. Petersburg Griffins	6	Moscow Spartans	42
29.06.2019	St. Petersburg North Legion	33	Minsk Litvins	14

European Super League – East European Super League Regular Season 2019 [Reference: 2]

Report

The European Super League was an American Football League featuring four teams from Poland and two from Lithuania in the Topliga and three from Russia and one from Belarusin the East European Super League, that followed on from the Central European Football League (2006-2016) and the Amsterdam Crusaders (International-only schedule 2018) as the top level European American Football League played on a weekly basis in two or more countries.

The two Divisions (or Leagues) played separate schedules until the Final. Topliga Champions were Warsaw Eagles who defeated Bydgoszcz Archers, both Poland, 20-0 in the Topliga Final. Lithuania’s Vilnius Iron Wolves were defeated in the Semi-Final. East European Super League Champions were Moscow Spartans who had a surprisingly easy 42-16 victory over St. Petersburg North Legion in the EESL Final. There were plans for a European Super League Topliga – East European Super League Final between the Warsaw Eagles and EESL Champions Moscow Spartans but it appears to have not taken place.

References

Logos

[1] American Football International (2019) ESL-2019-Logo [Internet] Available from: [Accessed 8 December 2020]

Websites

[1] Polska Liga Futbolu Amerykanskiego (2019) European Super League (ESL) – Topliga Tables 2019 [Internet] Available from: http://www.pzfa.pl/tables [Accessed 8 December 2020]

[2] Polska Liga Futbolu Amerykanskiego (2019) European Super League (ESL) – Topliga Matches 2019 [Internet] Available from: http://www.pzfa.pl/matches [Accessed 8 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tomas (Dublin Bay Raptors).

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 8 December 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

November 30, 2020

Finnish American Football Federation Maple Bowls 1980-Present

Suomen Amerikkalaisen Jalkopallon Litto (Finnish American Football Federation Logo) [Reference: 1]

Bowl	Date	Winners		Runners-Up
I	1980	Espoo Poli	12	Helsinki MAJS	0
II	1981	Helsinki MAJS	30	Helsinki East City Giants	24
III	1982	Helsinki Roosters	22	Helsinki MAJS	3
IV	1983	Helsinki Roosters	28	Espoo Poli	17
V	1984	Helsinki East City Giants	45	Turku Trojans	7
VI	1985	Vantaa TAFT	32	Espoo Poli	29
VII	1986	Helsinki Roosters	31	Espoo FT Scotch	21
VIII	1987	Helsinki Roosters	14	Turku Trojans	7
IX	1988	Helsinki Rossters	23	Munkka Colts	21
X	1989	Munkka Colts	3	Helsinki East City Giants	0
XI	1990	Helsinki Roosters	21	Tampere Rocks	9
XII	1991	Helsinki East City Giants	17	Helsinki Roosters	14
XIII	1992	Helsinki East City Giants	34	Turku Trojans	24
XIV	1993	Helsinki East City Giants	23	Turku Trojans	20
XV	1994	Helsinki East City Giants	24	Turku Trojans	7
XVI	1995	Helsinki Roosters	36	Helsinki East City Giants	14
XVII	1996	Helsinki Roosters	23	Helsinki East City Giants	22
XVIII	1997	Helsinki Roosters	36	Porvoo Butchers	0
XIX	1998	Helsinki Roosters	42	Turku Trojans	26
XX	1999	Helsinki Roosters	35	Turku Trojans	14
XXI	2000	Helsinki Roosters	25	Seinäjoki Crocodiles	17
XXII	2001	Seinäjoki Crocodiles	15	Helsinki Roosters	13
XXIII	2002	Helsinki Roosters	44	Turku Trojans	20
XXIV	2003	Turku Trojans	21	Helsinki Roosters	16
XXV	2004	Helsinki Roosters	49	Turku Trojans	28
XXVI	2005	Porvoo Butchers	17	Seinäjoki Crocodiles	7
XXVII	2006	Porvoo Butchers	41	Helsinki Wolverines	22
XXVIII	2007	Porvoo Butchers	15	Seinäjoki Crocodiles	14
XXIX	2008	Porvoo Butchers	47	Helsinki Roosters	41
XXX	2009	Porvoo Butchers	47	Helsinki Roosters	16
XXXI	2010	Porvoo Butchers	30	Seinäjoki Crocodiles	17
XXXII	2011	Helsinki Wolverines	30	Seinäjoki Crocodiles	27
XXXIII	2012	Helsinki Roosters	20	Helsinki Wolverines	17
XXXIV	2013	Helsinki Roosters	52	Helsinki Wolverines	31
XXXV	2014	Helsinki Roosters	21	Turku Anders Trojans	7
XXXVI	2015	Seinäjoki Crocodiles	45	Helsinki Roosters	33
XXXVII	2016	Helsinki Roosters	10	Seinäjoki Crocodiles	0
XXXVIII	2017	Helsinki Roosters	37	Wasa Royals	9
XXXIX	2018	Helsinki Roosters	44	Kuopio Steelers	13
XXXX	2019	Helsinki Roosters	50	Kuopio Steelers	6
XXXXI	2020	Kuopio Steelers	21	Helsinki Wolverines	0

Finnish American Football Federation Maple Bowls 1980-Present [Reference: 2-6]

Report

The first SAJL Finnish American Football Federation Maple Bowl was played in 1980 with Espoo Poli, from a small town on the outskirts og Helsinki defeating Helsinki MAJS 12-0. The next four Maple Bowls were won by Helsinki teams (MAJS in 1981, Roosters in 1982 and 1983 and East City Giants in 1984). Vantaa TAFT, another team from a small town on the outskirts of Helsinki, won the title in 1985, then the Helsinki Roosters won three-in-a-row from 1986 to 1989. Munkka Colts, a suburb of Helsinki won the 10th Maple Bowl 3-0 with just a Field Goal.

The second decade of the Maple Bowl brought a Helsinki dominance with Helsinki East City Giants winning four in-a-row from 1991 to 1994, and the Roosters winning in 1990 and then six-in-a-row from 1995 to 2000. Seinäjoki Crocodiles became the first team from outside the Greater Helsinki Area to win the Maple Bowl in 2001, defeating the Roosters 15-13. This started a period of regional dominance, with Turku Trojans winning in 2003, interrupted by the Roosters again in 2001 and 2003, before the Porvoo Butchers from 35 Km east of the Helsinki City Limits winning six-in-a-row from 2005 to 2010.

Helsinki Wolverines won their first Maple Bowl in 2011, and then the Helsinki Roosters won another seven from 2012 to 2019, interrupted only by Seinäjoki Crocodiles second Maple Bowl triumph in 2015. Kuopio Steelers brought the Maple Bowl back to the regions with their first Maple Bowl in 2020, winning 21-0 against Helsinki Wolverines.

Munkka Colts Sakari Karstun kicks the only score of the match in a 3-0 win over Helsinki East City Giants in Maple Bowl X in 1989 [Reference: 7]{Picture Credit: SAJL]

Images

[1] SAJL (2018) SAJL Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.sajl.fi/@Bin/2800183/SAJL_rgb_glow%20%20laatikko.jpeg [Accessed 19 August 2018]

Websites

[2] SAJL (2020) Vaahteramaljat 1980-1989 [Internet] Available from: https://www.sajl.fi/sarjat/miehet/vaahteraliiga/mestarit/vaahteramaljat-1980-1989/ [Accessed 30 November 2020]

[3] SAJL (2020) Vaahteramaljat 1990-1999 [Internet] Available from: https://www.sajl.fi/sarjat/miehet/vaahteraliiga/mestarit/vaahteramaljat-1990-1999/ [Accessed 30 November 2020]

[4] SAJL (2020) Vaahteramaljat 2000-2009 [Internet] Available from: https://www.sajl.fi/sarjat/miehet/vaahteraliiga/mestarit/vaahteramaljat-2000-2009/ [Accessed 30 November 2020]

[5] SAJL (2020) Vaahteramaljat 2010-2015 [Internet] Available from: https://www.sajl.fi/sarjat/miehet/vaahteraliiga/mestarit/vaahteramaljat-2010-2015/ [Accessed 30 November 2020]

[6] SAJL (2020) Vaahteramaljat 2016-2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.sajl.fi/sarjat/miehet/vaahteraliiga/mestarit/vaahteramaljat-2016-2020/ [Accessed 30 November 2020]

Images

[7] SAJL (2020) Karstun kultakenkäisy [Internet] Available from: https://www.sajl.fi/@Bin/12143685/Karstun%20kultakenk%c3%a4isy.jpeg [Accessed 30 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Niall Howard.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 30 November 2020

November 5, 2020

European League of Football 2021

European League of Football Logo [References: 1]

Standings

ELF 2021	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
North
Panthers Wroclaw
Berlin Thunder
Hamburg Sea Devils
Leipzig Kings
South
Barcelona Dragons
Cologne Centurions
Frankfurt Galaxy
Stuttgart Surge

[Reference: 4]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team	Away Team
	Semi-Finals
11.09.2021
12.09.2021
	ELF Bowl
26.09.2021

[References: 3]

Regular Season

Date	Home Team	Away Team
	Week 1
19.06.2021	Barcelona Dragons	Stuttgart Surge
19.06.2021	Panthers Wroclaw	Cologne Centurions
20.06.2021	Hamburg Sea Devils	Frankfurt Galaxy
20.06.2021	Berlin Thunder	Leipzig Kings
	Week 2
26.06.2021	Panthers Wroclaw	Leipzig Kings
27.06.2021	Cologne Centurions	Barcelona Dragons
27.06.2021	Stuttgart Surge	Frankfurt Galaxy
	Week 3
03.07.2021	Leipzig Kings	Cologne Centurions
03.07.2021	Barcelona Dragons	Hamburg Sea Devils
04.07.2021	Frankfurt Galaxy	Panthers Wroclaw
04.07.2021	Berlin Thunder	Stuttgart Surge
	Week 4
10.07.2021	Cologne Centurions	Frankfurt Galaxy
10.07.2021	Stuttgart Surge	Leipzig Kings
10.07.2021	Hamburg Sea Devils	Berlin Thunder
	Week 5
18.07.2021	Berlin Thunder	Panthers Wroclaw
18.07.2021	Leipzig Kings	Hamburg Sea Devils
18.07.2021	Frankfurt Galaxy	Barcelona Dragons
	Week 6
24.07.2021	Panthers Wroclaw	Hamburg Sea Devils
24.07.2021	Barcelona Dragons	Berlin Thunder
25.07.2021	Stuttgart Surge	Cologne Centurions
	Week 7
31.07.2021	Hamburg Sea Devils	Barcelona Dragons
31.07.2021	Cologne Centurions	Panthers Wroclaw
01.08.2021	Leipzig Kings	Berlin Thunder
01.08.2021	Frankfurt Galaxy	Stuttgart Surge
	Week 8
07.08.2021	Barcelona Dragons	Cologne Centurions
07.08.2021	Frankfurt Galaxy	Hamburg Sea Devils
08.08.2021	Leipzig Kings	Stuttgart Surge
	Week 9
14.08.2021	Panthers Wroclaw	Frankfurt Galaxy
14.08.2021	Stuttgart Surge	Barcelona Dragons
15.08.2021	Berlin Thunder	Hamburg Sea Devils
	Week 10
21.08.2021	Cologne Centurions	Leipzig Kings
22.08.2021	Hamburg Sea Devils	Panthers Wroclaw
22.08.2021	Berlin Thunder	Barcelona Dragons
	Week 11
28.08.2021	Cologne Centurions	Stuttgart Surge
28.08.2021	Barcelona Dragons	Frankfurt Galaxy
28.08.2021	Panthers Wroclaw	Berlin Thunder
29.08.2021	Hamburg Sea Devils	Leipzig Kings
	Week 12
05.09.2021	Stuttgart Surge	Berlin Thunder
05.09.2021	Leipzig Kings	Panthers Wroclaw
05.09.2021	Frankfurt Galaxy	Cologne Centurions

[References: 3]

Report

A new 8-team fully professional American Football League in Europe – the European League of Football is planned to start in June 2021 with a 12-week 10-game schedule announced, playing by NFL rules as opposed to NCAA as everywhere else in Europe.

It will be the first fully professional league since the demise of NFL Europa in 2007, and has been met with much criticism by the German Football League – the current top league in Europe – as 6 of the franchises will be based in Germany, with two more in Spain (Barcelona Dragons) and Poland (three times Champions Wroclaw Panthers).

Following the demise of the NFLE/WLAF, the Central European Football League, featuring teams from Poland to Turkey and France to Hungary was a weekly Football League, but not fully pro, lasting until 2016.

The six German teams are Berlin Thunder, Frankfurt Galaxy, Cologne Centurions and Hamburg Sea Devils (all using the same names as their previous NFL Europe/World League of American Football team), Stuttgart Surge (using the name of the old Sacramento Surge team in the WLAF) and Leipzig Kings. Barcelona Dragons is also a resurrection of the previous NFLE/WLAF team name.

References

Logos

[1] European League of Football Facebook Page (2021) Profile Picture, February 4, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/europeanleagueoffootball/photos/a.100150555247238/159345569327736/ [Accessed 27 April 2021]

Websites

[2] American Football International (2020) Pro football returns to Europe: European League of Football kicks off in 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/pro-football-returns-to-europe-european-league-of-football-kicks-off-in-2021/ [Accessed 5 November 2020]

[3] Mailchimp ELF (2021) European League of Football Season Schedule 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://mailchi.mp/468f778ac192/european-league-of-league-of-football-season-schedule-2021?e=8720ab58ac [Accessed 20 April 2021]

[4] European League of Football Facebook Page (2021) Post, 26 April 2021: “The divisions with the updated Leipzig Kings logo!” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/europeanleagueoffootball/photos/a.189040923024867/211338784128414 [Accessed 27 April 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Gunning (American Football International); Tomas; Carmine and Morgan (Dublin Bay Raptors)

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 20 April 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

July 12, 2020

Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano (Galicia) 2012-2016

Liga Gallega de Football Americano Logo [Ref: 6]

I LGFA 2012

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Santiago Black Ravens (C)	3	3	0	0	196	50	1.000
CFA Trasnos	3	1	2	0	90	110	.333
San Francisco Teo	3	1	2	0	50	156	.333
Oviedo Madbulls	3	1	2	0	84	104	.333

Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano (Galicia) Standings 2012 [Ref: 1]

II LGFA 2013

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Santiago Black Ravens (C)	6	6	0	0	379	136	1.000
Oviedo Madbulls	6	4	2	0	280	193	.667
Club San Francisco Teo Football	6	3	3	0	265	241	.500
Trasnos CFA	6	2	4	0	151	255	.333
Towers Football	6	0	6	0	111	361	.000

Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano (Galicia) Standings 2013 [Ref: 2]

III LGFA 2014

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Santiago Black Ravens (C)	6	5	1	0	127	88	.833
Oviedo Madbulls	6	4	2	0	183	58	.667
Towers Football	6	2	4	0	108	166	.333
Vigo Guardians	6	1	5	0	65	171	.167

Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano (Galicia) Standings 2014 [Ref: 3]

IV LGFA 2015

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Cazuza Towers (C)	6	5	1	0	231	29	.833
Santiago Black Ravens	6	5	1	0	202	59	.833
Vigo Guardians	6	2	4	0	102	235	.333
A Estrada Bestas	6	0	6	0	42	254	.000

Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano (Galicia) Standings 2015 [Ref: 4]

IV LGFA 2016

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Santiago Black Ravens (C)	6	5	1	0	189	101	.833
Cazuza Towers	6	4	2	0	238	66	.667
Vigo Guardians	6	0	6	0	52	312	.000

Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano (Galicia) Standings 2016 [Ref: 5]

Report

Santiago Black ravens won the Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano (Galician American Football League) four out of the five years it operated from 2012 to 2016, with Cazuzas Towers winning the other season (2015).

The AGFA is an independent American Football Association in Galicia in Northwest Iberia, that ran a four team American Football League from 2012 to 2016, with only three teams the final year before the Contact League ceased, leaving just the Flag and Womens Flag football Leagues.

References

Websites

[1] AGFA (2012) I Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano [Internet] Available from: http://agfa.weebly.com/2012-i-lgfa.html [Accessed 22 January 2019]

[2] AGFA (2012) II Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano [Internet] Available from: http://agfa.weebly.com/2013-ii-lgfa.html [Accessed 22 January 2019]

[3] AGFA (2012) III Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano [Internet] Available from: http://agfa.weebly.com/2014-iii-lgfa.html [Accessed 22 January 2019]

[4] AGFA (2012) IV Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano [Internet] Available from: http://agfa.weebly.com/2015-iv-lgfa.html [Accessed 22 January 2019]

[5] AGFA (2012) V Liga Gallega de Futbol Americano [Internet] Available from: http://agfa.weebly.com/liga-gallega-de-fuacutetbol-americano.html [Accessed 22 January 2019]

Images

[6] AGFA (2012) 8226016 [Internet] Available from: http://agfa.weebly.com/uploads/4/9/6/2/4962142/8226016.png?183 [Accessed 22 January 2019]

Acknowledgements

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Catalan Supercup of American Football 1995

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*		Away Team
	1st Round
12.11.1995	Sant Feliu Bucaners	6	Granollers Fenix	52
12.11.1995	Sant Just Trons	0	Cyclones	2
	2nd Round
19.11.1995	Reus Imperials	0	Terassa Reds	2
19.11.1995	Argentona Bocs	18	Granollers Fenix	0
19.11.1995	Manresa Bagamonts	12	Anoia Power	0
19.11.1995	Salt Falcons	55	Sant Just Trons	0
	3rd Round
26.11.1995	Hospitalet Pioners	32	Terassa Reds	0
26.11.1995	Poble Nou Bufals	44	Argentona Bocs	6
26.11.1995	CP Vilafranca Eagles	40	Manresa Bagamonts	0
26.11.1995	Badalona Drags	12	Salt Falcons	6
	Semi-Finals
03.12.1995	Hospitalet Pioners	8	Poble Nou Bufals	17
03.12.1995	CP Vilafranca Eagles	25	Badalona Drags	6
	Final
17.12.1995	Poble Nou Bufals	10	CP Vilafranca Eagles	6

Catalan Supercup of American Football Results 1995 [Ref: 1]

Report

Poble Nou Bufals won the Catalan Supercup of American Football in 1995 by defeating CP Vilafranca Eagles 10-6 in the Final, after disposing of Argentona Bocs, Hospitalet Pioners in earlier rounds.

References

Websites

[1] Salt Falcons (1997) 1995 Competitions [Internet] Available from: http://www.grn.es/falcons/eng/sea95/season95.html [Accessed 12 July 2001] [Broken Link – No Longer Available: Available on the Wayback Machine Internet Archive at: https://web.archive.org/web/20031026071550/www.grn.es/falcons/eng/sea95/season95.html[Accessed 11 July 2020]

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Scottish American Football Capital Bowl 1990

Results

Date	*Winners*		*Runners-Up*
	Semi-Finals
08.04.1990	Edinburgh Phoenix	20	Granite City Oilers	0
08.04.1990	Glasgow Lions	29	Clydesdale Colts	8
	Capital Bowl V
08.04.1990	Glasgow Lions	12	Edinburgh Phoenix	6

Capital Bowl 1990 [Ref: 1]

Report

Glasgow Lions won the Capital Bowl for the third time in 1990, and the first since 1987, when they previously entered, by defeating Edinburgh Phoenix in the Final, in what was a match-up between arguably the two best Scottish American Football teams at the time.

The Capital Bowl was a Scottish American Football Weekend tournament held annually at Meadowbank Stadium, in Edinburgh.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon (1989) “Capital punishment for the Oilers” Aberdeen Evening Press. Monday, April 9, 1990. pg. 14

[2] Anon (1989) “Grid iron: Oilers crash to Edinburgh Phoenix” Aberdeen Press and Journal. Monday, April 9, 1990. pg. 18

Past Copies of the Aberdeen Evening Press and Aberdeen Press and Journal are available to view online at the British Newspaper Archive at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ which is a subscription service.

Websites

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Scottish American Football Capital Bowl 1989

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
30.04.1989	Musselburgh Magnums	12	Fife 49ers	0
30.04.1989	Glasgow Diamonds	10	Edinburgh Phoenix	0
	Capital Bowl
30.04.1989	Musselburgh Magnums	9	Glasgow Diamonds	6

Capital Bowl Results 1989 [Ref: 1-4]

Report

The Musselburgh Magnums got revenge on the Glasgow Diamonds in the Capital Bowl on 30 April 1989, winning 9-6 in the Final, a result that was a reverse of the Final in 1988.

The Capital Bowl was a Scottish American Football Weekend tournament held annually at Meadowbank Stadium, in Edinburgh.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon (1989) “Capital Success” Aberdeen Evening Press. Monday, May 1, 1989. pg. 16

[2] Clyne, Fraser (1989) “American Football” Aberdeen Evening Press. Saturday, May 13, 1989. pg. 10

[3] Anon (1989) “Grid iron” Aberdeen Press and Journal. Monday, May 1, 1989. pg. 18

[4] Clyne, Fraser (1989) “Oilers set for winning start” Aberdeen Press and Journal. Saturday, May 13, 1989. pg. 20

Websites

Acknowledgements

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British American Football Association Britbowl Finals 1985-Present

British American Football Association Logo [Ref: 1]

Britbowl Finals 1985-Present

*Year*	*Bowl*	*Winners*		*Runners-Up*
		BAFL
1985	Summerbowl I	London Ravens	45	Streatham Olympians	7
1986*	Summerbowl II	Birmingham Bulls	23	Glasgow Lions	2
		Budweiser League
1986*	Bud Bowl I	London Ravens	20	London Olympians	12
1987	Bud Bowl II	London Ravens	40	Manchester Allstars	23
1988	Bud Bowl III	Birmingham Bulls	30	London Olympians	6
1989	Bud Bowl IV	Manchester Spartans	21	Birmingham Bulls	14
		NDMA
1990	NDMA Coke Bowl I	Manchester Spartans	27	Northants Storm	25
1991	NDMA Coke Bowl II	Birmingham Bulls	39	London Olympians	38
1992	NDMA Coke Bowl III	London Olympians	34	Leicester Panthers	6
1993	NDMA Bowl	London Olympians	40	Glasgow Lions	14
		BAFA
1994	BAFA Div 1 Bowl	London Olympians	24	Birmingham Bulls	23
1995	BAFA Div 1 Bowl	Birmingham Bulls	34	London Olympians	30
1996	BAFA Div 1 Bowl	Leicester Panthers	10	Milton Keynes Pioneers	6
		BIGC
1997	BIG C Final	London O’s	26	Milton Keynes Pioneers	20 ot
		BAFA
1998	BSL Div 1 Bowl	London O’s	20	Sussex Thunder	0
1999	BSL Div 1 Bowl	London O’s	9	Birmingham Bulls	6
2000	BSL Div 1 Bowl	London O’s	34	Birmingham Bulls	26
2001	BSL Div 1 Bowl	London O’s	37	East Kilbride Pirates	20
2002	BSL Div 1 Bowl	London O’s	42	PA Knights	15
2003	BSL Div 1 Bowl	London O’s	35	East Kilbride Pirates	7
2004	BSL Div 1 Bowl	PA Knights	28	London O’s	14
2005	Britbowl XIX	London O’s	21	PA Knights	19
2006	Britbowl XX	London Olympians	45	London Blitz	30
2007	Britbowl XXI	London Blitz	14	Coventry Jets	6
2008	Britbowl XXII	Coventry Jets	33	London Blitz	32
2009	Britbowl XXIII	London Blitz	26	Coventry Jets	7
2010	BAFACL Premiership	London Blitz	34	Coventry Jets	20
2011	BAFACL Premiership	London Blitz	18	London Warriors	0
2012	BAFANL Premiership	London Blitz	37	London warriors	21
2013	BAFANL Premiership	London Warriors	26	London Blitz	23
2014	BAFANL Final	London Warriors	10	London Blitz	8
2015	BAFANL Final	London Warriors	20	London Blitz	19
2016
2017
2018
2019	BAFANL Premiership	London Warriors	56	Tamworth Phoneix	29

British American Football Britbowls 1985-Present [Ref: 2-3]

Note: BAFL = British American Football League, NDMA = National Division Management Association, BAFA = British American Football Association, BSL = British senior League, BIGC = British Independent Gridiron Conference. *Two Organisation held different BLeagues and Bowl Games in 1986, with the most important one disputed.

Report

London teams have won most of British American Football’s Top Bowl Games, known as the Britbowl. London Ravens won the first three from 1985 to 1987, with the Birmingham Bulls also winning a rival Bowl Game in 1986. Between 1988 and 1991 the Champions were all North or Midlands teams, with Manchester Spartans winning in 1989 and 1990 and Birmingham Bulls winning in 1988 and 1991.

London Olympians then won three-in-a-row from 1992 to 1994, before the title headed back to the Midlands, with Birmingham Bulls triumphing in 1995 and Leicester Panthers in 1996. Then followed a seven year winning streak for the London O’s until 2003, with the PA Knights ((Farnham, Surrey) interrupting the sequence in 2004, before London O’s won again in 2005 and 2006 (they reverted back to the Olympians name in 2006).

London Blitz then won five of the next six Finals from 2007 to 2012, with Coventry Jets winning in between in 2008. London Warriors won the title from 2013 to 2019.

References

Images

[1] American Football International (2013) logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.britishamericanfootball.org/Images/logo.png [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Websites

[2] Bitball Now (2016) British Champions List [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/british-champions-list.html [Accessed 11 July 2020]

[3] British American Football Association League Republic (2019) Adult League [Internet] Available from: bafanle.leaguerepublic.com.=/l/fg/1_567612366.html [Accessed 7 May 2020][Broken Link]

Websites

Acknowledgements

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European Federation of American Football AMPRO European Top 20 Teams 1995

European Top 20

Place	Team
1	Dusseldorf Panther (Ger)
2	Legnano Frogs (Ita)
3	Aix-en-Provence Argonautes (Fra)
4	Birmingham Bulls (Eng)
5	London Olympians (Eng)
6	Helsinki Roosters (Fin)
7	Hanau Hawks (Ger)
8	East City Giants (Fin)
9	Gladiatori Roma (Ita)
10	Berlin Adler (Ger)
11	Paris Castor-Sphinx (Fra)
12	Graz Giants (Aut)
13	Solna Chiefs (Swe)
14	Cologne Crocodiles (Ger)
15	Porvoo Buthchers (Fin)
16	Limhamn Griffins (Swe)
17	Vienna Vikings (Aut)
18	Kristianstad C4 Lions (Swe)
19	San Lazzaro Phoenix (Ita)
20	Cophenhagen Towers (Den)

EFAF AMPRO European Top 20 American Football Teams 1995 [Ref: 2]

Report

AMPRO, who organised the EuroBowl in 1995, released their end-of-season European American Football Rankings in September 1995. Germany’s Dusseldorf Panther were the number 1 ranked team in Europe, followed by Italy’s Legnano Frogs, French team Aix-en-Provence Argonautes, two English sides – Birmingham Bulls and London Olympians – and Finland’s Helsinki Roosters. [Ref: 2]

Hanau Hawks, the German team who had defeated Ireland’s National Team 19-6 in a friendly on 3rd September 1995, were ranked seventh. [Ref: 3]

References

Images

[1] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1996) “European Finals” First Down. September 30, 1995. pg. 21

Websites

[3] Britball Now (2009) British and Irish Friendly results against foreign opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer (IAFOA)

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