Eurobowl

The Eurobowl was the championship final game of a tournament style playoff to determine the champion of all of the American football leagues in Europe. The tournament featured the top or champion clubs from each countries top league that was called the European Football League (EFL). The first Eurobowl final was played in 1986 in Amsterdam.

"Euro Bowl" redirects here. For rugby, see Euro Bowl (rugby league).
Not to be confused with EuroCup (disambiguation).
Eurobowl
Eurobowl VIII in 1994, Bergamo Lions vs. London Olympians.
In operation1986–2019
Number of bowls33
Television partner(s)Eurosport
Most bowl appearancesVienna Vikings (10)
Most bowl championshipsNew Yorker Lions (6)
Last championship game8 June 2019
Websitehttp://www.eurobowl.info

After 2014, it was known as the BIG6 European Football League (BIG6). Before 2014, the Eurobowl was the final championship game of the European Football League.[1]

The last BIG6 was played in 2018. The last Eurobowl was played on 8 June 2019 without any playoff league competition prior to the game. The Potsdam Royals beat the Amsterdam Crusaders 62–12.[2]

With six titles the New Yorker Lions from Braunschweig are the leading team in Eurobowl wins. The Vienna Vikings have the most appearances at 10, and winning five Eurobowl championship finals.

Roster

Every team in the European Football League had to publish its 60-man roster. After that no player can be added. Every game day the teams have to nominated an EFAF active game day roster, which is limited to 45 players with a maximum of 3 active Americans as defined USA, Canadian, Mexican or Japanese passport holders. These three players may all be on the field at the same time.


Eurobowls
Game YearDateCity WinnersScoreRunners-up MVP
I 198616 August 1986Amsterdam, Netherlands Taft Vantaa Finland 20–16 Bologna Doves Italy Joe Jordan QB
II 19887 August 1988London, United Kingdom Helsinki Roosters Finland 35–14 Amsterdam Crusaders Netherlands Mike Kane RB
III 198922 July 1989Milan, Italy Legnano Frogs Italy 27–23 Amsterdam Crusaders Netherlands Robert Frasco QB
IV 199028 July 1990Rimini, Italy Manchester Spartans United Kingdom 34–22 Legnano Frogs Italy
V 199113 July 1991Offenbach, Germany Amsterdam Crusaders Netherlands 21–20 Berlin Adler Germany Paul Troth QB
VI 1992Uppsala, Sweden Amsterdam Crusaders Netherlands 42–24 Giaguari Torino Italy
VII 19933 July 1993Brussels, Belgium London Olympians United Kingdom 42–21 Amsterdam Crusaders Netherlands Richard Dunkley RB
VIII 19944 June 1994Stuttgart, Germany London Olympians United Kingdom 26–23 Bergamo Lions Italy Stephen Hutchinson RB
IX 19958 July 1995Stuttgart, Germany Düsseldorf Panther Germany 21–14 London Olympians United Kingdom Francesco Mavaro RB
X 19966 July 1996Stuttgart, Germany Hamburg Blue Devils Germany 21–14 Aix-en-Provence Argonautes France
XI 1997Stuttgart, Germany Hamburg Blue Devils Germany 35–14 Bologna Phoenix Italy
XII 19985 July 1998Hamburg, Germany Hamburg Blue Devils Germany 38–19 La Courneuve Flash France
XIII 199926 June 1999Hamburg, Germany Braunschweig Lions Germany 27–23 Hamburg Blue Devils Germany
XIV 200017 June 2000Hamburg, Germany Bergamo Lions Italy 42–20 Hamburg Blue Devils Germany Tyrone Rush RB / Babak Movassaghi
XV 20017 July 2001Vienna, Austria Bergamo Lions Italy 28–11 Vikings Vienna Austria
XVI 20026 July 2002Braunschweig, Germany Bergamo Lions Italy 27–20 Braunschweig Lions Germany Dino Bucciol QB
XVII 20035 July 2003Braunschweig, Germany Braunschweig Lions Germany 21–14 Vikings Vienna Austria Kim Kuci RB
XVIII 200410 July 2004Vienna, Austria Vikings Vienna Austria 53–20 Bergamo Lions Italy Lance Gustafson RB / Peter Sangenette WR
XIX 20058 July 2005Vienna, Austria Vikings Vienna Austria 29–60 Bergamo Lions Italy Lance Gustafson RB
XX 200622 July 2006Vienna, Austria Vikings Vienna Austria 41–90 La Courneuve Flash France Mike Latek DL
XXI 20071 July 2007Vienna, Austria Vikings Vienna Austria 70–19 Marburg Mercenaries Germany Josiah Cravalho RB/DB
XXII 20085 July 2008Innsbruck, Austria Swarco Raiders Tirol Austria 28–24 Vikings Vienna Austria Florian Grein RB
XXIII 200911 July 2009Innsbruck, Austria Swarco Raiders Tirol Austria 30–19 La Courneuve Flash France Florian Grein RB
XXIV 20104 July 2010Vienna, Austria Berlin Adler Germany 34–31 Vikings Vienna Austria Benjamin Scharweit
XXV 201118 June 2011Innsbruck, Austria Swarco Raiders Tirol Austria 27–12 Berlin Adler Germany Florian Grein RB
XXVI 201221 July 2012Vaduz, Liechtenstein Calanda Broncos Switzerland 27–14 Vikings Vienna Austria DJ Wolfe RB
XXVII 20136 July 2013Innsbruck, Austria Vikings Vienna Austria 37–14 Swarco Raiders Tirol Austria Christoph Gross QB
XXVIII 201419 July 2014Berlin, Germany Berlin Adler Germany 20–17 New Yorker Lions Germany Darius Outlaw QB
XXIX 201520 June 2015Braunschweig, Germany New Yorker Lions Germany 24–14 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns Germany Casey Therriault QB
XXX 201611 June 2016Innsbruck, Austria New Yorker Lions Germany 35–21 Swarco Raiders Tirol Austria Niklas Römer WR
XXXI 201710 June 2017Frankfurt, Germany New Yorker Lions Germany 55–14 Frankfurt Universe Germany Casey Therriault QB
XXXII 20189 June 2018Frankfurt, Germany New Yorker Lions Germany 20–19 Frankfurt Universe Germany Jadrian Clark
XXXIII 20198 June 2019Potsdam, Germany Potsdam Royals Germany 62–12 Amsterdam Crusaders Netherlands Paul Zimmermann QB

Champions

by team
RankTeamTitlesAppearances Years won Years runner-up
1Germany New Yorker Lions†68 1999, 2003, 2015–2018 2002, 2014
2Austria Vikings Vienna510 2004–2007, 2013 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012
3Italy Bergamo Lions36 2000–2002 1994, 2004, 2005
4Austria Swarco Raiders Tirol35 2008, 2009, 2011 2013, 2016
Germany Hamburg Blue Devils35 1996–1998 1999, 2000
6Netherlands Amsterdam Crusaders26 1991, 1992 1988, 1989, 1993, 2019
7Germany Berlin Adler24 2010, 2014 1991, 2011
8United Kingdom London Olympians23 1993, 1994 1995
9Italy Legnano Frogs12 1989 1990
10Germany Potsdam Royals11 2019
Switzerland Calanda Broncos11 2012
Germany Düsseldorf Panther11 1995
United Kingdom Manchester Spartans11 1990
Finland Helsinki Roosters11 1988
Finland Taft Vantaa11 1986
16France La Courneuve Flash03 1998, 2006, 2009
17Germany Frankfurt Universe02 2017, 2018
18Germany Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns01 2015
Germany Marburg Mercenaries01 2007
Italy Bologna Phoenix01 1997
France Aix-en-Provence Argonautes01 1996
Italy Giaguari Torino01 1992
Italy Bologna Doves01 1986
  • † Known as Braunschweig Lions before 2011.

by country
Championships Country Years won
13 Germany Germany 1995–1999, 2003, 2010, 2014–2019
8 Austria Austria 2004–2009, 2011, 2013
4 Italy Italy 1989, 2000–2002
3 United Kingdom United Kingdom 1990, 1993, 1994
2 Netherlands Netherlands 1991, 1992
2 Finland Finland 1986, 1988
1 Switzerland Switzerland 2012

References
  1. "The Final: Eurobowl". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. "LIVESTREAM: Eurobowl XXXIII - Potsdam Royals vs Amsterdam Crusaders, Sat. June 8, 6p CEDT (12p EDT)". American Football International. 2019-06-08. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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