First Round Group Standings

Eurobowl 1st Round 1993	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Group
Cardkey Raiders Den Haag (Ned)	2	2	0	0	81	48	4
St. Gallen Raiders (Swi)	2	0	2	0	48	81	0
Group
Amsterdam Crusaders (Ned)	2	2	0	0	110	26	4
SAFIR Argonautes Aix-en-Provence (Fra)	2	1	1	0	132	54	2
Leuven Lions (Bel)	2	0	2	0	0	162	0
Group
London Olympians (Eng)	1	1	0	0	32	29	2
Dusseldorf Panther (Ger)	1	0	1	0	29	32	0
Group
Pharones Milano (Ita)	2	2	0	0	70	14	4
LEVIS Graz Giants (Aut)	2	0	2	0	14	70	0
Group
East City Giants Helsinki (Fin)	1	1	0	0	40	35	2
Uppsala 86ers (Swe)	1	0	1	0	35	40	0

First Round Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away GTeam
	Group
1993	Cardkey Raiders Den Haag	50	St. Gallen Raiders	20
02.05.1993	St. Gallen Raiders	28	Cardkey Raiders Den Haag	31
	Group
1993	Amsterdam Crusaders	56	Leuven Lions	0
1993	Leuven Lions	0	SAFIR Argonauts Aix-en-Provence	106
09.05.1993	SAFIR Argonauts Aix-en-Provence	26	Amsterdam Crusaders	54
	Group
09.05.1993	Dusseldorf Panthers	29	London Olympians	32
	Group
1993	LEVIS Graz Giants	7	Pharones Milano	35
1993	Pharones Milano	35	LEVIS Graz Giants	7
	Group
09.051993	East City Giants Helsinki	40	Uppsala 86ers	35

Finals Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Intermediate Round
09.05.1993	Cardkey Raiders Den Haag	36	Pharaones Milano	34
	Semi-Finals
06.06.1993	Amsterdam Crusaders	22	Cardkey Raiders	7
19.06.1993	East City Giants	29	London Olympians	34
	Eurobowl Final		Heysel Stadium, Brussels
03.07.1993	London Olympians	42	Amsterdam Crusaders	21

Report

Britain’s London Olympians won the Eurobowl in 1993, defeating the Amsterdam Crusaders of the Netherlands 42-21 in the Final, after triumphing 32-29 in Dusseldorf, Germany against the hometown Panther in their First Round group, and then winning 34-29 against East City Giants from Helsinki in Finland in the Semi-Finals.

The First Round pitted 11 teams in 5 groups with one group of three, where Amsterdam Crusaders and SAFIR Argonautes Aix-en-Provence (France) made light work of Leuven Lions from Belgium. In the Group decider Amsterdam Admirals disposed of the SAFIR Argonautes 54-26 in a high-scoring shootout. East City Giants had a tougher time in their group match with Uppsala 86ers of Sweden, eventually winning 40-35. The other two Groups were played over two legs, home-and-away (home-and-home to readers from USA). The Swiss champions St. Gallen Raiders lost both legs of their group to Cardkey Raiders of Netherlands and LEVIS Graz Giants of Austria likewise lost both legs of their group match with Pharaones Milano of Italy. The Intermediate Round match saw Cardkey Raiders won a close encounter with Pharaones Milano 36-34.

The Championship was an emotional one for the British team as the Final took place at Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium, where one of the worst soccer tragedies occurred, involving Liverpool fans, and was played on July 3rd, the eve of American Independence Day. It was the second Eurobowl title in a row for the Olympians and they had defeated Amsterdam Admirals, winners of the two previous Eurobowls in 1990 and 1991.

Newspapers

[1] First Down Reporter (1993) “O’s get that Helsink-ing feeling over Euro Dream” First Down. May 18, 1993. pg. 21

[2] Anon. (1993) “Flying Dutch in Final” First Down. June 12, 1993. pg. 21.

[3] Anon. (1993) “Results, Standings and Fixtures” First Down. June 26, 1993. pg. 21.

[4] Voss, Lawrence (1993) “Olympic Gold” First Down. July 10, 1993. pg. 1.

Websites

[5] Svenska Amerikansk Fotbollforbundet (2020) Eurobowl [Internet] Available from: https://www.saff.se/forbundet/Historia/Eurobowl [Accessed 4 May 2020]

[6] Britball Now (2016) Results in European Competition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-in-euro-competition.html [Accessed 4 May 2020]

Bibliography

[7] Peter Nichols (1994) “American Football: Eurobowl” Guinness Sports Yearbook 1994. Pg. 34. Guinness Publishing. Enfield, Middlesex.

Logos

[8] 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]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ciaran Simms

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