Conf’Ouest 1997
| Date | Winners | Runners-Up | ||
| Ouest Bowl I | ||||
| 1997 | Yankees Angers | W |
Conf’Ouest 1998
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 1998 | Yankees Angers | 14 | Pioneers Tours | 12 |
| 1998 | Dockers Nantes | 36 | Chouans Les Herbiers | 0 |
| 3rd Place | ||||
| 1998 | Pioneers Tours | 44 | Chouans Les Herbiers | 6 |
| Ouest Bowl II | ||||
| 1998 | Yankees Angers | 20 | Dockers Nantes | 14 |
Conf’Ouest 1999
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Ouest Bowl III | ||||
| 1999 | Yankees Angers | W |
Conf’Ouest 2000
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 2000 | Dockers Nantes | 0 | Pioneers Tours | F # |
| 2000 | Conquerants Caen | F # | Angers Yankees | 0 |
| Ouest Bowl IV | ||||
| 2000 | Dockers Nantes | 15 | Yankees Angers | 14 |
Conf’Ouest 2001
| P | W | L | T | F | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
| Poule | |||||||||
| Chevaliers Orleans | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 2.00 |
| Yankees Angers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1.33 |
| Pioneers Tours | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0.67 |
| Caimans Le Mans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Poule | |||||||||
| Dockers Nantes |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Ouest Bowl V | ||||
| 2001 | Dockers Nantes | W |
Conf’Ouest 2002
| P | W | L | T | F | PF | PA | Pts | Pct | |
| Poule A | |||||||||
| *Dockers Nantes | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 12 | 3.00 |
| *Chevaliers Orleans | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 68 | 8 | 2.00 |
| *Margoillats Reze | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Pioneers Tours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Poule B | |||||||||
| *Kangourous Pessac | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 12 | 12 | 3.00 |
| *Phenix Limoges | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 112 | 6 | 1.50 |
| *Sphinx Pau | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 58 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Pumas Bourgneuf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Poule C | |||||||||
| *Kelted Le Saint | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 20 | 11 | 2.75 |
| *Yankees Angers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 46 | 7 | 1.75 |
| Caimans Le Mans | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 44 | 6 | 1.50 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Quarter-Finals | ||||
| 2002 | Dockers Nantes | 0 | Sphinx Pau | F |
| 2002 | Kelted Le Saint | 0 | Chevaliers Orleans | F |
| 2002 | Kanourous Pessac | 14 | Margouillats Reze | 8 |
| 2002 | Yankees Angers | 14 | Phenix Limoges | 6 |
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 2002 | Dockers Nantes | 14 | Kelted Le Saint | 0 |
| 2002 | Kangourous Pessac | 20 | Yankees Angers | 6 |
| 5th Place | ||||
| 2002 | Margouillats Reze | 0 | Phenix Limoges | 6 |
| 3rd Place | ||||
| 2002 | Kelted Le Saint | 14 | Yankees Angers | 8 |
| Ouest Bowl VII | ||||
| 2002 | Dockers Nantes | 24 | Kangourous Pessac | 0 |
Conf’Ouest 2003
| P | W | L | T | F | Pts | Pct | |
| Phenix Limoges | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Kelted Le Saint | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Margouillats Reze | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pionniers Tours | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Conf’Ouest 2004
| P | W | L | T | F | Pts | Pct | |
| Caimans Le Mans | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Phenix Limoges | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Kelted Le Saint | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.67 |
| Pionniers Tours | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.60 |
| Yankees Angers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.50 |
| Margouillats Reze | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 |
| Licornes de St. Brieuc | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Viperes de Tonniens | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Playoff 1 | ||||
| 08.02.2004 | Phenix Limoges | 6 | Kelted Le Saint | 20 |
| 07.02.2004 | Caimans Le Mans | 30 | Yankees Angers | 6 |
| Ouest Bowl IX | ||||
| 29.02.2004 | Caimans Le Mans | 30 | Kelted Le Saint | 24 |
Conf’Ouest 2005
| P | W | L | T | F | Pts | Pct | |
| Licornes St. Brieuc | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Tonnerre de Brest | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 |
| Ankou de Rennes | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Report
The Conference Ouest (Ouest Bowl) was an independent American Football in Brittany that ran from 1997 to 2005. It is sometimes considered a French Regional Division 4, although there were no other Regional Division 4 leagues in France at the time, and there was no relegation or promotion to and from the French 3rd Division (Casque d’Argent – Silver Helmet).
YankeesAngers won the West Bowl in 1997, 1999 and 2000; Dockers Nantes in 1998 and 2001 and 2002. Caimans Le mans won the Ouest Bowl in 2004 and in 2005 Licornes St. Brieuc (Unicorns) took the title, although there were no playoffs. 2005 was the last year of the Counference Ouest, with only three teams competing, and it didn’t return in 2006.
References
Internet Archive
[1] Conference Ouest | Wayback Machine (2001) Tournois: Ouest Bowl [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010302233355/http://confouest.free.fr/tournoi.htm [Accessed 18 April 2020]
[2] Conference Ouest | Wayback Machine (2001) Tournois: Ouest Bowl II [1998] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010302233355/http://confouest.free.fr/tournoi.htm [Accessed 18 April 2020]
[3] Conference Ouest | Wayback Machine (2001) Tournois: Ouest Bowl II [2000] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010302233355/http://confouest.free.fr/tournoi.htm [Accessed 18 April 2020]
[4] Conference Ouest | Wayback Machine (2001) Tournois: Lettre de Conf’Ouest no. 31 [2001] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010802044505/http://confouest.free.fr/tournoi.htm [Accessed 18 April 2020]
[5] Conference Ouest | Wayback Machine (2002) Tournois: Ouest Bowl VII [2002][Poules Playoffs] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20020605031540/http://confouest.free.fr/tournoi.htm [Accessed 18 April 2020]
[6] US Foot | Wayback Machine (2006) Conf Ouest Saison 2003 [Classement] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20061210011301/http://www.usfoot.com/classements.php?site=1&s=2003&r=5&c=5&e=0 [Accessed 18 April 2020]
[7] US Foot | Wayback Machine (2005) Conf Ouest Saison 2004 [Classement] [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20051030172406/http://www.usfoot.com/classements.php?site=1&s=2004&r=5&c=5&e=0 [Accessed 18 April 2020]
[8] US Foot | Wayback Machine (2005) Conf Ouest Saison 2004 [Calendriers][Playoff 1] [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20050107073310/http://www.usfoot.com/calendriers.php?site=1&s=2004&t=3&n=1&c=5 [Accessed 18 April 2020]
[9] US Foot | Wayback Machine (2005) Conf Ouest Saison 2004 [Calendriers][Finale] [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20050107073253/http://www.usfoot.com/calendriers.php?site=1&s=2004&t=5&n=1&c=5 [Accessed 18 April 2020]
[10] US Foot | Wayback Machine (2005) Conf Ouest Saison 2005 [Classement] [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20050417212929/http://www.usfoot.com/classements.php?site=1&s=2005&r=5&c=5&e=0 [Accessed 18 April 2020]
Images
[11] Conference Ouest | Wayback Machine (2001) Conference Ouest Map [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010303153123im_/http://confouest.free.fr/images/ouest.gif [Accessed 18 April 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Sean Douglas and Tim Leadingham
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