Eurobowl Finals 1986-Present
| Year | Bowl | Winners | Runners-Up | ||
| EFL Eurobowl | |||||
| 1986 | I | TAFT Vantaa (Fin) | 16 | Bologna Doves (Ita) | 2 |
| 1988 | II | Helsinki Roosters (Fin) | 35 | Amsterdam Crusaders (Ned) | 14 |
| 1989 | III | Legnano Frogs (Ita) | 27 | Amsterdam Crusaders (Ned) | 23 |
| 1990 | IV | Manchester Spartans (GB) | 34 | Legnano Frogs (Ita) | 22 |
| 1991 | V | Amsterdam Crusaders (Ned) | 21 | Berlin Adler (Ger) | 20 |
| 1992 | VI | Amsterdam Crusaders (Ned) | 42 | Giaguari Torino (Ita) | 24 |
| 1993 | VII | London Olympians (GB) | 34 | Amsterdam Crusaders (Ned) | 22 |
| EFAF Eurobowl | |||||
| 1994 | VIII | London Olympians (GB) | 26 | Bergamo Lions (Ita) | 23 |
| 1995 | IX | Duesseldorf Panther (Ger) | 21 | London Olympians (GB) | 14 |
| 1996 | X | Hamburg Blue Devils (Ger) | 21 | Aix-en-Provence Argonautes (Fra) | 14 |
| 1997 | XI | Hamburg Blue Devils (Ger) | 35 | Bologna Phoenix (Ita) | 14 |
| 1998 | XII | Hamburg Blue Devils (Ger) | 38 | Paris Flash (Fra) | 19 |
| 1999 | XIII | Braunschweig Lions (Ger) | 27 | Hamburg Blue Devils (Ger) | 23 |
| 2000 | XIV | Bergamo Lions (Ita) | 42 | Hamburg Blue Devils (Ger) | 20 |
| 2001 | XV | Bergamo Lions (Ita) | 28 | Chrysler Vienna Vikings (Aut) | 11 |
| 2002 | XVI | Bergamo Lions (Ita) | 27 | Braunschweig Lions (Ger) | 20 |
| 2003 | XVII | Braunschweig Lions (Ger) | 21 | Chrysler Vienna Vikings (Aut) | 14 |
| 2004 | XVIII | Chrysler Vienna Vikings (Aut) | 53 | Bergamo Lions (Ita) | 20 |
| 2005 | XIX | Chrysler Vienna Vikings (Aut) | 29 | Bergamo Lions (Ita) | 6 |
| 2006 | XX | Dodge Vienna Vikings (Aut) | 41 | La Courneuve Flash (Fra) | 9 |
| 2007 | XXI | Dodge Vienna Vikings (Aut) | 70 | Marburg Mercenaries (Ger) | 19 |
| 2008 | XXII | Swarco Raiders Tirol (Aut) | 28 | Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna (Aut) | 24 |
| 2009 | XXIII | Tirol Raiders (Aut) | 30 | La Courneuve Flash (Fra) | 19 |
| 2010 | XXIV | Berlin Adler (Ger) | 34 | Vienna Vikings (Aut) | 31 |
| 2011 | XXV | Tirol Raiders (Aut) | 27 | Berlin Adler (Ger) | 12 |
| 2012 | XXVI | Calanda Broncos (Swi) | 27 | Vienna Vikings (Aut) | 14 |
| 2013 | XXVII | Vienna Vikings (Aut) | 37 | Tirol Raiders (Aut) | 14 |
| 2014 | XXVIII | Berlin Adler (Ger) | 20 | Braunschweig New Yorker Lions (Ger) | 17 |
| IFAFE Big 6 Eurobowl | |||||
| 2015 | XXIX | Braunschweig New Yorker Lions (Ger) | 24 | Schwabish-Hall Unicorns (Ger) | 14 |
| 2016 | XXX | Braunschweig New Yorker Lions (Ger) | 35 | Swarco Raiders Tirol (Aut) | 21 |
| 2017 | XXXI | Braunschweig New Yorker Lions (Ger) | 55 | Frankfurt Samsung Universe (Ger) | 14 |
| 2018 | XXXII | Braunschweig New Yorker Lions (Ger) | 20 | Frankfurt Samsung Universe (Ger) | 19 |
| 2019 | XXXII | Potsdam Royals (Ger) | 62 | Amsterdam Crusaders (Ned) | 12 |
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The European Federation of American Football / European Football League Eurobowl was the Champions League of American Football in Europe from 1986 to 2014. The Winners of each of the European National Leagues got to compete in the tournament, which was run by the European Football League from 1986 to 1994, and then after the expulsion of Great Britain in 1995, by the European Federation of American Football. It was superseded in 2015 by the IFAF Europe Big 6 European Football League.
Finnish teams were the earliest winners of the Eurobowl, with TAFT Vantaa and Helsinki Roosters winning in 1986 and 1988. Italian team Legnano Frogs, from Milan won in 1989, and in 1990, Britain’s Manchester Spartans won. Amsterdam Crusaders brought the title to the Netherlands in 1991 and 1992, and the following two years they were brought back to Britain by the London Olympians. A run of five German, victories in a row followed: Duesseldorf Panther (1995), Hamburg Blue Devils (1996-1998) and Braunschweig Lions (1999).
Bergamo Lions won the Eurobowl three years in succession from 2000 to 2002, and the followed a German-Austrian dominance, with Braunschweig Lions winning in 2003, followed by six Austrian victories in a row: Vienna Vikings (2004-2007) and Tirol Raiders from Innsbruck (2008-2009). Berlin Adler won in 2010, Tirol Raiders again in 2011, Calanda Broncos from the tiny Rhaetian-speaking Swiss canton of Graubunden / Grissons in 2012, and another Vienna Vikings win in 2014.
Berlin Adler won the last EFAF Eurobowl for Germany in 2014, after which the top competition for European American Football clubs became the IFAF Europe Big 6 European Football League. The Eurobowl was won four years in succession (2015-2018) by the Braunshweig New Yorker Lions during the IFAFE Big 6 era, before Potsdam Royals, another German team convincingly won it in 2019.
Irish teams competed from 1988 to 1992 (Dublin Celts and Craigavon Cowboys), before the American Football association of Ireland resigned its seat in the EFL due to money concerns, along with a host of other European countries [Ref: 12]. It reapplied to the new EFAF in 1994 and after protracted struggles over the running of the game in Ireland was eventually readmitted in the early 2000s, under the new administration of the Irish American Football Association.
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]
Websites
[2] Eurobowl (2015) Eurobowl History [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=history [Accessed 15 April 2020]
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[3] American Football International (2014) IFAF Europe Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IFAF.Europe.Logo_.2.png [Accessed 30 August 2017]
Websites
[4] Eurobowl (2015) BIG6 EFL Standings 2015 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=tabellen&Liga=BIG6&Archiv=2015 [Accessed 15 April 2020]
[5] Eurobowl (2015) BIG6 EFL Schedule / Results 2015 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=BIG6&Archiv=2015 [Accessed 15 April 2020]
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[7] Eurobowl (2017) BIG6 EFL Standings 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=tabellen&Liga=BIG6&Archiv=2017 [Accessed 15 April 2020]
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[10] American Football International (2019) Livestream: Eurobowl XXXIII – Potsdam Royals vs Amsterdam Crusaders, sat June 8, 6p CEDT (12p EDT) [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/livestream-eurobowl-xxxi-potsdam-royals-vs-amsterdam-crusaders-sat-june-8-6p-cedt-12p-edt/ [Accessed 21 June 2020]
[11] sport.de (2019) EFL Eurobowl [Internet] Available from: https://www.sport.de/american-football/efaf-efl/ma8881791/potsdam-royals_amsterdam-crusaders/news/ [Accessed 21 June 2020]
Newspapers
[12] Anon. (1994) “Irish Dream” First Down. July 16, 1994. pg. 17.
Images
[13] Wikipedia (2020) EuroBowl 86 Logo {Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/2/2c/EuroBowl86.svg/1200px-EuroBowl86.svg.png [Accessed 5 April 2020]
[14] Britball Now | Facebook (2016) Photo February 26, 2016: ” Birmingham Bulls defense swarm over Dublin Celts QB John Donnelly in this 1989 Eurobowl qualifier “[Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/131555973564179/photos/a.616537095066062/946026535450448/?type=3&theater [Accessed 11 November 2019]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association and Sean Douglas, Dublin Rebels.
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