LAF 2016
| LAF 2016 | P | W | L | T | Pct |
| Premier | |||||
| Moscow Patriots (SF) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Minsk Livins (SF) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 |
| St. Petersburg Grffins (P) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 |
| Moscow Spartans (P) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 |
| Podolsk Knight (P) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .428 |
| Yaroslavl Rebels | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 |
| Moscow United | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 |
| Moscow Bruins | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 |
| Volga | |||||
| Nizhny Novgorod Raiders 52 (P) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Penza Phoenix | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| Samara Petrels | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| North | |||||
| St. Petersburg North Legion (P) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| St. Petersburg Ministry of Emergencies | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .417 |
| Chernopovets Rhinos | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 |
| Moscow Dragons | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 |
| South | |||||
| Sevastopol Titans (P) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Stavropol Stones | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .833 |
| Krasnodar Bison | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 |
| Simferopol Taurus | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 |
| Volzhsky Kites | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| Ural | |||||
| Perm Steel Tigers (P) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Chelyabinsk Tanks (P) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 |
| Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 |
| Team South Ural Chelyabinsk | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 |
| Yekaterinburg Piranha | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 |
| Kurgan Hornets | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Playoffs Round 1 | ||||
| 13.08.2016 | Sevastopol Titans | 3 | Moscow Spartans | 13 |
| 13.08.2016 | St. Petersburg North Legion | 27 | St. Petersburg Griffins | 30 |
| 14.08.2016 | Perm Steel Tigers | 12 | Podolsk Knight | 13 |
| 14.08.2016 | Nizhny Novgorod Raiders 52 | 27 | Chelyabinsk Tanks | 6 |
| Quarter-Finals | ||||
| 28.08.2016 | St. Petersburg Griffins | 15 | Moscow Spartans | 21 |
| 28.08.2016 | Podolsk Knight | 14 | Nizhny Novgorod Raiders 52 | 21 |
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 24.09.2016 | Minsk Litvins | 13 | Moscow Spartans | 40 |
| 24.09.2016 | Moscow Patriots | 29 | Nizhny Novgorod Raiders 52 | 8 |
| Final | ||||
| 08.10.2016 | Moscow Patriots | 12 | Moscow Spartans | 7 |
LAF 2017
| LAF 2017 | P | W | L | T | Pct |
| Premier | |||||
| Moscow Spartans (SF) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Moscow Patriots (SF) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 |
| St. Petersburg Griffins (SF) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 |
| St. Petersburg North Legion | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 |
| Moscow Bears | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 |
| Moscow United | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 |
| Podolsk Knight | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 |
| Yaroslavl Rebels | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 |
| Volga | |||||
| Perm Steel Tigers (P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Samara Petrels (P) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| Izhevsk Steelworkers | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| Ural | |||||
| Chelyabinsk Tanks (P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning (P) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| Astana Wolves | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| Chelyabinsk South Ural Scouts | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| North | |||||
| Petropavlovsk Karelian Gunners (P) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Moscow Dragons (P) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
| Vologda Rhinos (P) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 |
| St. Petersburg Ministry of Emergencies (P) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| Obninsk Cyborgs | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Regions Cup Quarter-Finals | ||||
| 15.07.2017 | Petropavlovsk Karelian Gunners | 40 | St. Petersburg MOE | 0 |
| 15.07.2017 | Samara Petrels | 7 | Perm Steel Tigers | 27 |
| 16.07.2017 | Chelyabinsk Tanks | 15 | Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning | 18 |
| 16.07.2017 | Moscow Dragons | 48 | Vologda Rhinos | 7 |
| Regions Cup Semi-Finals | ||||
| 05.08.2017 | Moscow Dragons | 20 | Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning | 12 |
| 05.08.2017 | Petropavlovsk Karelian Gunners | 34 | Perm Steel Tigers | 42 |
| Regions Cup 3rd Place | ||||
| 06.08.2017 | Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning | 20 | Petropavlovsk Karelian Gunners | 25 |
| Regions Cup Final | ||||
| 06.08.2017 | Perm Steel Tigers | 36 | Moscow Dragons | 7 |
| LAF Semi-Finals | ||||
| 19.08.2017 | Perm Steel Tigers | 20 | Moscow Patriots | 37 |
| 19.08.2017 | Moscow Spartans | 12 | St. Petersburg Griffins | 13 |
| LAF Final | ||||
| 02.09.2017 | Moscow Patriots | 24 | St. Petersburg Griffins | 6 |
LAF 2018
| LAF 2018 | P | W | L | T | Pct |
| Center | |||||
| Moscow Spartans (SF) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Moscow Patriots (SF) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 |
| St. Petersburg Griffins (SF) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 |
| Moscow United (P) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 |
| Moscow Dragons (P) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 |
| Yaroslavl Rebels | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 |
| Ural | |||||
| Perm Steel Tigers (P) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning (P) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 |
| Astana Wolves | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 |
| Chelyabinsk Tanks | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Regions Cup Semi-Finals | ||||
| 04.08.2018 | Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning | 18 | Moscow United | 37 |
| 04.08.2018 | Perm Steel Tigers | 40 | Moscow Dragons | 0 |
| Regions Cup 3rd Place | ||||
| 05.08.2018 | Moscow Dragons | 0 | Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning | 42 |
| Regions Cup Final | ||||
| 05.08.2018 | Moscow United | 6 | Perm Steel Tigers | 42 |
| LAF Semi-Finals | ||||
| 18.08.2018 | Perm Steel Tigers | 14 | Moscow Patriots | 42 |
| 18.08.2018 | Moscow Spartans | 33 | St. Petersburg Griffins | 0 |
| LAF Final | ||||
| 02.09.2018 | Moscow Spartans | 7 | Moscow Patriots | 3 |
Report
The Russian Open Championship – League of American Football was divided into a Premier Division and Five Regional Divisions in 2016, with the addition of Minsk Litvins from Belarus in 2016. Moscow Patriots won the Final 12-7 against Moscow Spartans. With the loss of its South Division in 2017 and 6 of its teams, the Regions Cup was introduced which was won by Perm Steel Tigers from the Volga Division, who qualified for the LAF Semi-Finals with a 36-7 win over Moscow Dragons in the Regions Cup Final. Joining them in the LAF Semi-Finals were the top three teams in the Premier Division: Moscow Spartans, Moscow Patriots and St. Petersburg Griffins. Moscow Patriots won the LAF Final 24-6 over St. Petersburg Griffins. In 2018, the last year of the League of American Football, Perm Steel Tigers again won the Regions Cup, defeating Moscow United 42-6 in the Cup Final, joining the same three teams as in 2017 in the Semi-Finals. This time Moscow Spartans became one of a handful of teams other than the Big 3Teams (Moscow Patriots, Moscow Bears and St. Petersburg Griffins) to win the Final, triumphing 7-3 in a low-scoring Final with Moscow Patriots.
![League of American Football Final 2018 Moscow Spartans v Moscow Patriots [Reference: 9]](https://i0.wp.com/eirball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FAFR-LAF-Final-2018-Moscow-Spartans-v-Moscow-Patriots-Action-Photo-resized.jpg?w=778&ssl=1)
About Russian American Football and the League of American Football
The Federation of American Football of Russia was formed in 1992, just immediately after the the end of the USSR and Communism. After that oneseason, the League took a long break, returning in 2002. In 2016 teams were added in Kazakhstan (Astana Wolves) and Belarus (Minsk Litvins) and became a Russian Open Championship, named the League of American Football. After losing three of its division between 2016 and 2018, and 16 of its initial 26 teams, the top four broke away in 2019 to form the East European Super League (Moscow Spartans, St. Petersburg North Legion, St. Petersburg Griffins and Minsk Litvins).
References
Logos
[1] League of American Football (2018) fafr_logo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20161103012214im_/http://amfoot.ru/themes/img/fafr_logo.png?1 [Accessed 14 December 2020]
Internet Archive
[2] League of American Football (2016) Calendar [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20160924180501/http://laf.amfoot.ru/?r=match&comp=18 [Accessed 14 December 2020]
[3] League of American Football (2016) Teams [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20161103012214/http://laf.amfoot.ru/?r=team/complist&comp=18 [Accessed 14 December 2020]
[4] League of American Football (2017) Calendar [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20171211083407/http://laf.amfoot.ru/?r=match&comp=64 [Accessed 14 December 2020]
[5] League of American Football (2018) Teams [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20171215024303/http://laf.amfoot.ru/?r=team/complist&comp=64 [Accessed 14 December 2020]
Websites
[6] League of American Football (2018) Calendar [Internet] Available from: http://laf.amfoot.ru/?r=calendar&comp=101 [Accessed 14 December 2020]
[7] League of American Football (2018) Teams [Internet] Available from: http://laf.amfoot.ru/competition/team/ [Accessed 14 December 2020]
[8] League of American Football (2018) About [Internet] Available from: http://laf.amfoot.ru/competition/about/ [Accessed 14 December 2020]
Images
[9] League of American Football (2018) “Spartans” New Champions of LAF [Internet] Available from: http://amfoot.ru/upload/1ABB5931-9903-4377-9B44-125D3895BA93.jpg [Accessed 14 December 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Vlad.
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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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Last Updated: 13 December 2020
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