IFAF Europe Champions League

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IFAF Europe Champions League
Sport American football
Founded2014;11 years ago (2014)
Ceased2016
No. of teams13
CountryFlag of Europe.svg Europe
Last
champion(s)
Flag of Poland.svg Panthers Wrocław
Most titles Panthers Wrocław
Carlstad Crusaders
Helsinki Roosters (1 each)
Official website www.ifafeurope.org

The IFAF Europe Champions League was a European Cup-inspired tournament for European Gridiron teams affiliated to IFAF Europe. It has been held annually between 2014 and 2016.

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History

In 2014, the IFAF Europe Champions League was formed in the same year the BIG6 European Football League initiated in taking the place of the Eurobowl tournament. The format involved 13 teams from Europe. The Group Stage format borrowed from the IFAF World Championship while the Final Four format came from the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

After the 2016 season the competition was replaced by the IFAF Northern European Football League 2017. The number of participating teams was reduced to 5, all from Northern Europe. [1]

Champions

Championship winners

SeasonVenueWinnerResultRunner-UpReference
2014 Flag of France.svg Elancourt Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki Roosters 36–29 Flag of Serbia.svg SBB Vukovi Beograd [2]
2015 Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade Flag of Sweden.svg Carlstad Crusaders 84–49 Flag of Serbia.svg SBB Vukovi Beograd [3]
2016 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Panthers Wrocław 40–37 Flag of Italy.svg Seamen Milano [4]

Conference champions

SeasonNorthern GroupCentral/Southern GroupEastern GroupWestern/Southern Group
2014 Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki Roosters Flag of France.svg Elancourt Templiers Flag of Serbia.svg SBB Vukovi Beograd Flag of France.svg Thonon Black Panthers
2015 Flag of Sweden.svg Carlstad Crusaders Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London Blitz Flag of Serbia.svg SBB Vukovi Beograd Flag of France.svg Thonon Black Panthers
2016 Flag of Poland.svg Panthers Wrocław Flag of Italy.svg Milano Seamen Flag of Turkey.svg İstanbul Koç Rams Flag of Austria.svg Danube Dragons

Teams

TeamSeasons 2014 2015 2016 2017 Final FourTitles Won
Flag of Austria.svg Cineplexx Blue Devils 1RS00
Flag of Austria.svg Danube Dragons 1SF10
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague Lions 1RS00
Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen Towers 2RSRS00
Flag of Denmark.svg Triangle Razorbacks 1RS00
Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki Roosters 2CRS11
Flag of France.svg Aix-en-Provence Argonautes 1RS00
Flag of France.svg Dauphins de Nice 1RS00
Flag of France.svg Elancourt Templiers 1SF10
Flag of France.svg Thonon Black Panthers 2SFSF20
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London Blitz 2RSSF10
Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest Wolves 1RS00
Flag of Italy.svg Parma Panthers 1RS00
Flag of Italy.svg Milano Seamen 2RSRU10
Flag of Poland.svg Panthers Wrocław 1C11
Flag of Portugal.svg Lisboa Devils 1RSX00
Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Patriots 1X00
Flag of Russia.svg Sankt Petersburg Griffins 1RS00
Flag of Slovenia.svg Ljubljana Silverhawks 1RS00
Flag of Serbia.svg Kragujevac Wild Boars 1X00
Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad Dukes 1RS00
Flag of Serbia.svg SBB Vukovi Beograd 3RURURS20
Flag of Spain.svg L'Hospitalet Pioners 2RSRS00
Flag of Spain.svg Rivas Osos 1RS00
Flag of Sweden.svg Carlstad Crusaders 3RSCRS11
Flag of Sweden.svg Örebro Black Knights 1RS00
Flag of Turkey.svg Boğaziçi Sultans 4RSRSRSX00
Flag of Turkey.svg Koç Rams 2SFX10

See also

References

  1. 5 Clubs to Participate in 2017 IFAF Europe Champions League
  2. "Helsinki Roosters Win It All!". Archived from the original on 2015-11-28. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  3. CL2015F4: Carlstad Crusaders Won The IFAF Europe Champions League!
  4. "CL2016F4: Panthers Wrocław vs Milan Seamen - Finals". Archived from the original on 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2016-07-24.