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| Dates | 29 April 2018 - 1 September 2018 | ||||
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| Season | 2018 | ||||
| Teams | 10 | ||||
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| Defending champions | Moscow Patriots | ||||
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2018 LAF season is the 19th edition of the first level American football championship in Russia, organized by FAFR (Federation of American Football), and it is the 3rd edition of the League of American Football.
Moscow Patriots is the defending champion.
| Pos. | Team | % | GP | W | - | L | PF | PA |
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| 1 | Perm Steel Tigers | 1.000 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 21 |
| 2 | Ekaterinburg Ural Lightnings | .500 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 126 |
| 3 | Astana Wolves | .333 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 145 |
| 4 | Chelyabinsk Tanks | .167 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 111 |
| Pos. | Team | % | GP | W | - | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow Spartans | 1.000 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 71 |
| 2 | Moscow Patriots | .857 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 230 | 55 |
| 3 | Sankt Petersburg Griffins | .571 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 112 |
| 4 | Moscow United | .429 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 222 |
| 5 | Moscow Dragons | .143 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 269 |
| 6 | Yaroslavl Rebels | .000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 80 | 302 |
| Qualification Round | Regions Cup finals | Semifinal | XIX Russkij Bowl | ||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Moscow Patriots | ||||||||||||||||||
| U1 | Perm Steel Tigers | CR1 | [ to be determined ] | ||||||||||||||||
| C5 | Moscow Dragons | [ to be determined ] | |||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Moscow United | [ to be determined ] | |||||||||||||||||
| U2 | Ekaterinburg Ural Lightnings | Moscow Spartans | |||||||||||||||||
| Moscow Patriots | |||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Moscow Spartans | ||||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Sankt Petersburg Griffins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1 September 2018 |
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