Austrian Bowls 1984-Present

Year	Bowl	Winners		Runners-Up
1984	I	Salzburg Lions	27	GrazGiants	10
1986	II	Graz Giants	31	Vienna Vikings	12
1987	III	Graz Giants	20	Salzburg Lions	0
1988	IV	Graz Giants	33	Vienna Vikings	15
1989	V	Salzburg Lions	34	Graz Giants	0
1990	VI	Graz Giants	59	Klosterneuberg Mercenaries	7
1991	VII	Graz Giants	38	Vienna Vikings	7
1992	VIII	Graz Giants	28	Schwarzenau Rangers	13
1993	IX	Feldkirch Dinos	45	Salzburg Bulls	10
1994	X	Vienna Vikings	45	Levi’s Graz Giants	23
1995	XI	Levi’s Graz Giants	26	Vienna Vikings	20
1996	XII	Vienna Vikings	41	Levi’s Graz Giants	35
1997	XIII	Graz Giants	35	Klosterneuberg Mercenaries	14
1998	XIV	Graz Giants	43	Vienna Vikings	3
1999	XV	Vienna Vikings	37	GrazGiants	35
2000	XVI	Vienna Vikings	34	Tyrolean Raiders	28
2001	XVII	Vienna Vikings	24	Tyrolean Raiders	14
2002	XVIII	Vienna Vikings	52	Graz Giants	21
2003	XIX	Vienna Vikings	56	Graz Giants	42
2004	XX	Tyrolean Raiders	28	Vienna Vikings	20
2005	XXI	Vienna Vikings	43	Tyrolean Raiders	14
2006	XXII	Raiders Tirol	43	Vienna Vikings	19
2007	XXIII	Vienna Vikings	42	Graz Giants	14
2008	XXIV	Graz Giants	31	Raiders Tirol	21
2009	XXV	Vienna Vikings	22	Graz Giants	19
2010	XXVI	Danube Dragons	28	Raiders Tirol	21
2011	XXVII	Raiders Tirol	23	Vienna Vikings	13
2012	XXVIII	Vienna Vikings	48	Raiders Tirol	34
2013	XXIX	Vienna Vikings	48	Raiders Tirol	31
2014	XXX	Vienna Vikings	24	Raiders Tirol	17
2015	XXXI	Raiders Tirol	38	Vienna Vikings	0
2016	XXXII	Raiders Tirol	51	Graz Giants	7
2017	XXXIII	Vienna Vikings	45	Raiders Tirol	26
2018	XXXIV	Raiders Tirol	51	Vienna Vikings	48
2019	XXXV	Raiders Tirol	42	Vienna Vikings	34

Composite Austrian Bowl Table

Team	W	L
Vienna Vikings	14	11
Graz Giants / Levi’s Graz Giants	10	10
Raiders Tirol / Tyrolean Raiders	7	9
Salzburg Lions	2	1
Feldkirch Dinos	1	0
Danube Dragons	1	0
Salzburg Bulls	0	1
Schwarzenau Rangers	0	1
Klosteneuberg Mercenaries	0	2

Report

The first Austrian Bowl (American Football) was held in 1984 in Salburg, and was won 27-10 by Salzburg Lions over Graz Giants. Graz Giants went on to become one of the most successful of all Austrian American Football teams, winning 10 Austrian Bowls in 20 appearances, although the record is held by Vienna Vikings, with 14 wins from 25 appearances. Other winners have been Raiders Tirol (Innsbruck) with 7 victories in 16 appearances, and Salzburg Lions with two wins, and Feldkirch Dinos and Danube Dragons with one win each.

References

Websites

[1] Football Austria (2020) Oesterreichische Meister [Internet] Available from: https://football-austria.com/austrian-bowl-champions/ [Accessed 18 April 2020]

Images

[2] Football Austria (2020) Logo FA [Internet] Available from: https://football-austria.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/logofa.png [Accessed 18 April 2020]

[3] Football Austria (2020) Raiders Tirol Raiders blicken auf eine historische Saison zurück [Internet] Available from: https://football-austria.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Siegerbild_ECTC.jpg [Accessed 18 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kevin Smyth, Ian Collins, Ian Clarke, Alan McCormack, Jason Caldwell, Paul Nolan, Andrew McGovern, Colm Murray, Niall Brennan, Jim Naughton, Brian Bird, Paul Hynes.

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