SuperFinał

The SuperFinał (more commonly known as the Polish Bowl) is the championship game of the Polish American Football League (PLFA). The first Polish Bowl played on November 12, 2006 in Warsaw at the Marymont stadium between top two teams in regular season. Since 2007 in the Polish Bowl game is played between Semi-Final winners.

SuperFinał
2012 game
First meetingWarsaw, November 12, 2006
Latest meetingZąbki, July 21, 2018
Next meeting2019
BroadcastersSport Klub (2011),
nSport (2012),
TVP Sport (2013)
Statistics
Meetings total13
Most winsSeahawks Gdynia (3)
Sponsors
NAC (2012), Trawnik Producent (2013)

As the Super Bowl, the Polish Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Polish Bowl I was played in 2006, while Polish Bowl VII played on July 15, 2012, to determine the champion of the 2012 regular season.

Since 2011 (Polish Bowl VI), official name of the Polish Bowl is SuperFinał, formerly the PLFA Finał.[1]

After 2017 some teams separated from PLFA into newly formed league Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego, so in 2018 both competitions held finals, referred as Polish Bowl XIII. In 2019 the PLFA ended after the regular season and the planned post-season including Polish Bowl was not held. The PLFA dissolved after the season.

In 2020 the LFA final was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, played in November behind closed doors. In 2021 7 former PLFA and LFA teams merged under the newly formed Polish football association ZFAP.[2]

Polish Bowl games

PLFA
Game Date Winning team Score Losing team Venue City Attendance Ref
INovember 12, 2006 Warsaw Eagles34–60Pomorze Seahawks Marymont stadiumWarsaw 1,300 [3]
IIOctober 14, 2007 The Crew Wrocław18–00AZS Silesia Miners Marymont stadiumWarsaw 400 [4]
IIIOctober 18, 2008 Warsaw Eagles26–14Pomorze Seahawks Stadion OlimpijskiWrocław 1,100 [5]
IVOctober 17, 2009 AZS Silesia Miners18–70The Crew Wrocław Marymont stadiumWarsaw 1,200 [6][7]
VJuly 24, 2010 Devils Wrocław26–21The Crew Wrocław Niskie Łąki stadiumWrocław 1,200 [8][9]
VIJuly 17, 2011 The Crew Wrocław27–26Devils Wrocław Bielawianka stadiumBielawa 1,500 [10]
VIIJuly 15, 2012 Seahawks Gdynia52–37Warsaw Eagles National StadiumWarsaw 23,000 [11]
VIIIJuly 14, 2013 Giants Wrocław29–13Warsaw Eagles National StadiumWarsaw 16,500 [12]
IXAugust 2, 2014 Seahawks Gdynia41–32Wrocław Panthers Stadion MiejskiGdynia 7,100 [13]
XJuly 11, 2015 Seahawks Gdynia28–21Wrocław Panthers Stadion MiejskiWrocław 14,100 [14]
XIJuly 16, 2016 Wrocław Panthers56–13Seahawks Gdynia Stadion MiejskiBiałystok 5,300 [15]
XIIJune 25, 2017 Wrocław Panthers55–21Seahawks Gdynia Stadion MiejskiŁódź 5,100
XIIIJuly 22, 2018 Warsaw Eagles33–12Kozły Poznań Dozbud ArenaZąbki, near Warsaw
XIVJuly 20, 2019 Warsaw Eagles20–0Bydgoszcz Archers Dozbud ArenaZąbki, near Warsaw not played

LFA
Game Date Winning team Score Losing team Venue City Attendance Ref
XIII July 21, 2018 Lowlanders Białystok 14–13 Panthers Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski Wrocław 4,000
XIV June 29, 2019 Panthers Wrocław 28–14 Lowlanders Białystok Stadion Olimpijski Wrocław 4,500
XV November 14, 2020 Panthers Wrocław 48–12 Lowlanders Białystok Stadion Olimpijski Wrocław 0

PFL
Game Date Winning team Score Losing team Venue City Attendance Ref
XVIJuly 17, 2021 Bydgoszcz Archers27–70Tychy Falcons Dozbud ArenaZąbki, near Warsaw [16]
XVIIJuly 23, 2022 Lowlanders Białystok21-20Kraków Kings Dozbud ArenaZąbki, near Warsaw [17]
XVIIIJuly 8, 2023 Lowlanders Białystok38-35Silesia Rebels Stadion Miejski im. gen. Kazimierza SosnkowskiegoWarsaw [18]

Appearances teams

In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of appearances, then by number of wins, and finally by year of first appearance. In the "Season(s)" column, bold years indicate winning seasons, and italic years indicate games not yet played.

App Team W L PCT Season(s)
7Panthers Wrocław 43 .5712014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
6Warsaw Eagles 42 .6002006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019
5Crew/Giants Wrocław 32 .6002007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
7Pomorze Seahawks/Seahawks Gdynia 34 .4292006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
2AZS Silesia Miners/Rebels 11 .5002007, 2009
2Devils Wrocław 11 .5002010, 2011

Rematches

The following teams have faced each other more than once in the Polish Bowl:

Venue

Five of eight Polish Bowls have been played in Warsaw (three at the RKS Marymont stadium and the last two at National Stadium). Two games have been played in Wrocław at the Olympic Stadium and the Niskie Łąki stadium. One game was played in Bielawa at the Bielawianka stadium.

See also

References
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