2011 German Football League

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2011 German Football League
League German Football League
Sport American football
Duration9 April–8 October 2011
Number of teams14
Promoted to GFL Berlin Rebels, Franken Knights, Hamburg Blue Devils, Rhein-Neckar Bandits
Relegated to GFL2 Assindia Cardinals, Plattling Black Hawks
Regular season
GFL North champions Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
  GFL North runners-up Mönchengladbach Mavericks
GFL South champions Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
  GFL South runners-up Marburg Mercenaries
German Bowl XXXIII
Champions Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
  Runners-up Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
GFL seasons

The 2011 German Football League season was the thirty third edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany and twelfth since the renaming to German Football League. [1]

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League tables

The league tables of the two GFL divisions:

North

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPCTQualification or relegation
1 Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 141202444224+220.857Qualification to play-offs
2 Mönchengladbach Mavericks 141013375233+142.750
3 Düsseldorf Panther 14905351309+42.643
4 Berlin Adler 14707368296+72.500
5 Dresden Monarchs 14608405237+168.429
6 New Yorker Lions 144010222311−89.286
7 Assindia Cardinals 141112162532−370.107Relegation play-offs to GFL2
Source: football-aktuell.de, GFL.info
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage, [notes 1] 2) Head-to-head results

South

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPCTQualification or relegation
1 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 131300617256+3611.000Qualification to play-offs
2 Marburg Mercenaries 131102392240+152.846
3 Stuttgart Scorpions 13715316335−19.577
4 Munich Cowboys 14707256277−21.500
5 Wiesbaden Phantoms 13319241366−125.269
6 Saarland Hurricanes 132011194363−169.154
7 Plattling Black Hawks 110011157521−364.000Relegation play-offs to GFL2
Source: football-aktuell.de, GFL.info
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage, [notes 1] 2) Head-to-head results

Notes

  1. 1 2 The official standings of the GFL actually use points (plus two for a win, one positive and one negative for a draw and minus two for a loss) instead of winning percentage, which sometimes produce different results if teams have unequal numbers of games played

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals German Bowl XXXIII
         
N1 Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 45
S4 Munich Cowboys 6
N1 Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 45
N3 Düsseldorf Panther 21
S2 Marburg Mercenaries 10
N3 Düsseldorf Panther 14
N1 Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 44
S1 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 48
S1 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 53
N4 Berlin Adler 27
S1 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 47
N2 Mönchengladbach Mavericks 21
N2 Mönchengladbach Mavericks 43
S3 Stuttgart Scorpions 17

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References

  1. ↑ "GFL 2011". football-aktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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