2012 BFL season

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2012 BFL season
Total # of teams15
Regular seasonFebruary 19
PlayoffsMay 22 – May 27
Belgian Bowl Belgian Bowl XXV
Belgian Bowl DateJune 9, 2012
Belgian Bowl LocationOstend, Belgium
Belgian Bowl Champions Brussels Tigers
FFL Champions Brussels Bulls
LFFAB Champions Brussels Tigers
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The 2012 season of the Belgian Football League (BFL) is the regular season played in the Belgium. The championship game is the Belgian Bowl XXV.

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Regular season

Regular season standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

FFL 2012 Standings
WLTPCTPFPASTK
Brussels Bulls 510.83311755L1
West Flanders Tribes 411.66715780W3
Antwerp Diamonds 411.6677847W1
Brussels Black Angels 420.6677737W3
Ghent Gators 240.33376114L2
Leuven Lions 051.0005795L4
Puurs Titans 051.00047183L3
Limburg Shotguns (*)-------
  • (*)Limburg Shotguns gave forfait for the entire 2012 season. The games the Shotguns played became null and void, as if they were never played.
LFFAB 2012 Standings
WLTPCTPFPASTK
Brussels Tigers 8001.0031020W8
Corbais Fighting Turtles 620.75020693
Liège Monarchs 440.500146152
Charleroi Cougars 440.500160170
Andenne Bears 350.375142200
Tournai Phoenix 161.125138235
Luxembourg Steelers 161.12554247

 clinched seed to the playoffs

Post season

Belgian Bowl XXV
DateJune 9

In the Wild Card Playoffs both teams of the FFL won their games. The top ranked team of the FFL, the Brussels Bulls lost in the Semifinals against the Antwerp Diamonds. In the regular season the Bulls won all but one game, that was the game against the Diamonds. The Brussels Tigers made a perfect season winning all eight games in the LFFAB and also the two games in the playoffs including the Belgian Bowl.

The Belgian Bowl XXV was held on June 9, 2012 in Ostend. The Brussels Tigers won over the Antwerp Diamonds in a rematch of Belgian Bowl XV . It was the second time for the Brussels Tigers to win the national trophy.

Quarterfinals
May 20, 2012 @ Ottignies, Ostend
Semifinals
May 27, 2012 @ Molenbeek, Evere
Belgian Bowl XXV
June 9, 2012 @ Ostend
1 Brussels Bulls 9
2 Corbais Fighting Turtles 133 Antwerp Diamonds 12
3 Antwerp Diamonds 223 Antwerp Diamonds 6
1 Brussels Tigers 46
1 Brussels Tigers 34
2 West Flanders Tribes 422 West Flanders Tribes 7
3 Liège Monarchs 0

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