2009 BAFL season

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The 2009 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXIII, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on 27 September 2009.

Contents

Schedule

Regular season

Formula

Based on the British American Football League, setup for the 2009 season there will be a 3 tier structure consisting of:

DivisionTeams
BAFL Premier5
BAFL 1 North Conference7
BAFL 1 South East Conference6
BAFL 1 South West Conference6
BAFL 2 Central Conference6
BAFL 2 East Conference4
BAFL 2 North Conference4
BAFL 2 Scottish Conference4
BAFL 2 South East Conference4
BAFL 2 South West Conference5

Regular season standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points for, PA = Points against

Clinched playoff seeds are shaded in green.

BAFL Premier standings

BAFL Premier
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
London Blitz 8001.00030443
Coventry Cassidy Jets 5300.625145142
Bristol Aztecs 5300.625180186
Farnham Fast Lane Knights 2600.250133231
Sussex Thunder 0800.00064224

BAFL Division 1 standings

BAFL Division 2 standings

Playoffs

The playoffs are scheduled to be played on 5/6 September 2009. BritBowl XXIII will then be played on 27 September 2009 at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.

BAFL Premier Playoff

SeedTeams
1 London Blitz
2 Coventry Jets
3 Bristol Aztecs
4 Farnham Knights

BAFL Premier Championship Game/BritBowl

Semi-finals BritBowl
1 London Blitz33
4 Farnham Knights 13 1 London Blitz 26
2 Coventry Jets28 2 Coventry Jets 7
3 Bristol Aztecs 14

BAFL 1 Playoff

SeedTeams
1 London Cobras
2 Tamworth Phoenix
3 East Kilbride Pirates
4 Oxford Saints
5 Cambridgeshire Cats
6 Gateshead Senators
7Kent Exiles
8 Doncaster Mustangs

BAFL 1 Championship Game

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 London Cobras66
8 Doncaster Mustangs 0
1 London Cobras22
5 Cambridgeshire Cats 6
4 Oxford Saints 13
5 Cambridgeshire Cats25
1 London Cobras 8
3 East Kilbride Pirates 0
2 Tamworth Phoenix27
7 Kent Exiles 20
2 Tamworth Phoenix 0
3 East Kilbride Pirates25
3 East Kilbride Pirates28
6 Gateshead Senators 0

BAFL 2 Playoff

The BAFL 2 Playoffs are split geographically between the North and the South. The Southern half of the draw includes the conferences champions from each of the East, South East and South West. The Northern half includes conferences champions from the Scottish, Northern and Central conferences. There is a wild card team from each of the North and the South.

SeedSouthern SectionNorthern Section
1 Colchester Gladiators Manchester Titans
2 Hampshire Thrashers Staffordshire Surge
3 East Kent Mavericks Glasgow Tigers
4 Bedfordshire Blue Raiders Leicester Falcons

BAFL 2 Championship Game

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Manchester Titans 15
4 Leicester Falcons39
4 Leicester Falcons7
3 Glasgow Tigers 6
2 Staffordshire Surge 0
3 Glasgow Tigers12
4 Leicester Falcons 33
1 Colchester Gladiators 32
1 Colchester Gladiators41
4 Bedfordshire Blue Raiders 16
1 Colchester Gladiators49
2 Hampshire Thrashers 20
2 Hampshire Thrashers24
3 East Kent Mavericks 6

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