CEFL Cup 2017
| CEFL Cup 2017 | P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct |
| CEFL Cup Western Group | |||||||
| Kranj Alp Devils (Slo) (F) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 43 | .750 |
| Sarajevo Spartans (BiH)(3P) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 49 | .750 |
| Zagreb Patriots (Cro) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 96 | .000 |
| CEFL Cup Eastern Group | |||||||
| Novi Sad Dukes (Ser)(F) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 26 | 1.000 |
| Belgrade Blue Dragons (Ser) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 50 | .667 |
| Indija Indians (Ser) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 53 | .333 |
| Sirmium Legionaires (Ser) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 76 | .000 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| 3rd Place | ||||
| 11.06.2017 | Sarajevo Spartans | 0 | Belgrade Blue Dragons | 14 |
| Final | ||||
| 10.06.2017 | Kranj Alp Devils | 0 | Novi Sad Dukes | 59 |
CEFL Cup 2018
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Cup Semi-Final | ||||
| 03.05.2018 | SBB Vukovi Belgrade (Ser) | 28 | Budapest Cowbells (Hun) | 18 |
| 03.05.2018 | Gdynia Seahawks (Pol) | 56 | Sakarya Tatankalari (Tur) | 28 |
| CEFL Cup Final | ||||
| 10.06.18 | SBB Vukovi Belgrade (Ser) | 55 | Gdynia Seahawks (Pol) | 41 |
CEFL Cup 2019
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Quarter-Finals | ||||
| 13.04.2019 | Budapest Cowbells (Hun) | 6 | Moscow Spartans (Rus) | 24 |
| 13.04.2019 | Bucharest Rebels (Rom) | 14 | Belgrade SBB Vukovi (Ser) | 28 |
| 13.04.2019 | Bolzano Giants (Ita) | 36 | Budapest Wolves (Hun) | 19 |
| 13.04.2019 | Istanbul ITU Hornets (Tur) | 40 | Moscow Patriots (Rus) | 19 |
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 11.05.2019 | Belgrade SBB Vukovi | 27 | Bolzano Giants | 42 |
| 18.05.2019 | Istanbul ITU Hornets | 17 | Moscow Spartans | 43 |
| CEFL Cup | ||||
| 09.06.2019 | Bolzano Giants | 14 | Moscow Spartans | 15 |
Report
The Central European Football League Cup in 2017 comprised two Groups Western and Eastern, with representatives from Slovenia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia (Western) and Serbia (Eastern). After a Mini-League of 3 to 4 games each the Group winners met in the Final, won 59-0 by Serbia’s Novi Sad Dukes versus Slovenia’s Kranj Alp Devils. The Cup became a single elimination cup in 2018 featuring four countries’ representatives: Serbia, Poland, Hungary and Turkey. Again it was a Serbian team which triumphed in the Final as SBB Vukovi Belgrade defeated Gdynia Seahawks of Poland 55-41. The Cup was expanded in 2019 to include teams from Romania, Italy and Russia with Moscow Spartans taking the prize back to Russia with a close 15-14 triumph in the Final against Italy’s Bolzano Giants. The 2020 edition of the Cup was cancelled to due concerns and travel restrictions relating to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic.
About
The Central European Football League was a AA (3rd Level) European American Football League which operated from 2006 to the present (at time of writing) with the first 11 years as a AAA League based in the Balkans and Central European countries which formed the Soviet Block, Ottoman Empire and Austro-Hungarian Empire of the 20th Century, due to there being not enough teams in each country for their own league prior to 2017.
Since 2017 the CEFL Championship has operated as a AA (3rd Level) Regional Mini-League in Central Europe, stretching from Moscow in Russia in the East, Istanbul in Turkey in the South, Thonon in South-East France in the West and Wroclaw in Poland in the North, while the CEFL Cup has operated as a A Level (4th Level) Regional Mini-League or Cup in the same areas, but primarily in the Balkan countries .
References
Images
[1] Central European Football League (2009) CEFL Logo [Internet] Available from: https://cefl.avaladsfmusic.group/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cefl-544-180-300×99.png [Accessed 6 June 2020]
Websites
[2] Central European Football League (2019) 2019 Schedule & Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.european-league.com/2019-schedule-standings/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]
[3] American Football International (2017) CEFL Cup: Gdynia Seahawks from Poland outlast Hungary’s Budapest Cowbells, reach CEFL Cup Final [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/cefl-cup-gdynia-seahawks-from-poland-outlast-hungarys-budapest-cowbells-reach-cefl-cup-final/ [Accessed 20 July 2018]
[4] American Football International (2017) Livestream: CEFL Cup Final – SBB Vukovi Belgrade (Serbia) v Gdynia Seahawks (Poland), June 10, 5p (11a EST) [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/livestream-cefl-cup-final-sbb-vukovi-belgrade-serbia-v-gdynia-seahawks-poland-june-10-5p-11a-est/ [Accessed 20 July 2018]
[5] Central European Football League (2021) 2018 Schedule – Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.european-league.com/2018-schedule-standings/ [Accessed 24 May 2021]
[6] Central European Football League (2019) 2019 Schedule & Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.european-league.com/2019-schedule-standings/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]
[7] Central European Football League (2019) 2020 Schedule & Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.european-league.com/2020-schedule-standings/ [Accessed 23 May 2021]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Tomasz Dybikowski (Dublin Bay Raptors).
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