LNFA 2015

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The LNFA 2015 season was the 21st season of American football in Spain. Badalona Dracs were the defending champions, but lost to Valencia Firebats in the final.

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Teams were divided into three categories, named Serie A, B and C, with promotion and relegation between them.

LNFA Serie A

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Location of teams in LNFA 2015 Serie A

Six teams entered the LNFA Serie A, the top-tier level of American football in Spain. L'Hospitalet Pioners, Rivas Osos, Valencia Firebats, Valencia Giants and Badalona Dracs repeated from last year. Mallorca Voltors were promoted from last year LNFA Serie B.

Valencia Firebats won their fourth title. Mallorca Voltors and L'Hospitalet Pioners were relegated.

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification or relegation FIR DRA OSO GIA PIO VOL
1 Valencia Firebats 1091403131+272Playoffs—28–2576–040–2044–2834–0
2 Badalona Dracs 107333294+2383–7—34–025–2254–1459–0
3 Rivas Osos 106 [a] 4189240−5129–4817–14—27–1422–1532–6
4 Valencia Giants 106 [a] 4244153+9126–200–1414–6—28–1447–0
5 L'Hospitalet Pioners 1028159296−137Relegation playoffs0–470–4813–267–19—41–8
6 Mallorca Voltors 1001026439−413Relegated0–596–566–300–540–27—
Source: Serie A at FieldGoal
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Osos ahead on head-to-head record; Osos–Giants 27–14, Giants–Osos 14–6.

Playoffs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 6, Valencia
 
 
 Valencia Firebats 21
 
June 20, Badalona
 
 Valencia Giants 6
 
 Valencia Firebats 30
 
June 7, Badalona
 
 Badalona Dracs 20
 
 Badalona Dracs 42
 
 
 Rivas Osos 6
 

Promotion/relegation playoffs

The fifth placed team in Serie A, L'Hospitalet Pioners, played Serie B runner-up, Barberà Rookies. Rookies won the game and will play in next year Serie A.

Team 1 Score Team 2
L'Hospitalet Pioners 35–54 Barberà Rookies

LNFA Serie B

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Coyotes
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Camioneros
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Location of teams in LNFA 2015 Serie B
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Ten teams played the Serie B in 2015. Gijón Mariners and Cantabria Bisons resigned to play in the league, due to the new competition format with longer travels. [1]

The two group winners joined directly the semifinals while the second and the third qualified teams played the quarterfinal round.

The worst qualified team was directly relegated to Serie C while the second worst one played a game against the Serie C runner-up to remain in the league.

Legend
The two group winners advanced to the semifinals
Runner-up and third qualified advanced to the quarterfinals.
The team with the second worst record would play a relegation playoff.
The team with the worst record would be relegated.

Group Odd

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification IMP COB COY BUF HOR
1 Reus Imperials 88022251+171Semifinals—20–728–1442–021–7
2 Murcia Cobras 844115117−2Quarterfinals14–34—19–1620–1326–0
3 Santurtzi Coyotes 83 [a] 598105−70–1914–7—38–68–12
4 Barcelona Búfals 83 [a] 567157−900–3220–714–0—14–8
5 Zaragoza Hornets 82646118−72Relegation playoffs9–260–150–810–0—
Source: Serie B at FieldGoal
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Coyotes ahead on head-to-head record; Coyotes–Búfals 38–6, Búfals–Coyotes 14–0.

Group Even

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification ROO LIO BLA CAM HUR
1 Barberà Rookies 88019175+116Semifinals—24–2030–030–727–13
2 Granada Lions 853229139+90Quarterfinals22–28—20–2726–736–2
3 Las Rozas Black Demons 83 [a] 5122124−27–219–17—19–212–21
4 Camioneros Coslada 83 [a] 5104121−176–79–2613–7—21–6
5 Zaragoza Hurricanes 81775262−187Relegated0–2433–620–410–39—
Source: Serie B at FieldGoal
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Black Demons ahead on head-to-head record; Black Demons–Camioneros 19–2; Camioneros–Black Demons 13–7.

Promotion playoffs

 
Wild CardSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
May 3
 
 
 Granada Lions 46
 
May 16
 
 Santurtzi Coyotes 13
 
 Reus Imperials 48
 
 
 Granada Lions 7
 
 
May 31
 
 
 Reus Imperials 24
 
May 2
 
 Barberà Rookies 20
 
 Murcia Cobras 14
 
May 17
 
 Las Rozas Black Demons 27
 
 Barberà Rookies 28
 
 
 Las Rozas Black Demons 21
 
 
 
 

LNFA Serie C

The new Serie C was composed by the Regional and interregional leagues. The top 8 teams could qualify to the promotion playoffs, but finally only six teams signed up for the playoffs. [2] [3]

Andalusian League

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCT LIO POTBAR LIN GOL
1 Granada Lions [a] (X)44022429+1951.000—————
2Fuengirola Potros (Y)76128174+207.85721–39—21–046–1956–4
3Almería Barbarians (Y)743128187−59.5710–6112–51—37–1338–9
4 Sevilla Linces (Y)725130242−112.2868–590–4125–28—34–13
5Córdoba Golden Bulls (Y)70751282−231.0000–650–457–1318–31—
Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(X) Ineligible; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs
Notes:
  1. ↑ Granada Lions can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.

Catalan League

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDEAGBOC URO REDSENLEGPAGWOLFALALM
1Vilafranca Eagles (Y)990035981+278——34–7—29–1447–21—59–6—57–0
2Argentona Bocs (Y)980132881+2470–31——32–10——57–064–047–7—
3 Barcelona Uroloki (Y)9702310112+198—13–20——24–1234–33———77–7
4Terrassa Reds (Y)9513272108+16419–21—0–18——30–8—59–0—72–0
5Vall d'Aro Senglars (Y)9414193110+83—13–19—6–6—12–1414–6—39–6—
6Torrelles Legends (Y)9405281178+103—7–26————55–037–027–29—
7Barcelona Pagesos (Y)930692303−21114–32—0–517–50———26–7——
8Sarrià de Ter Wolves (Y)920760350−290——6–47—0–39———13–628–13
9Salt Falcons (Y)9207122266−1440–49—0–3916–26——25–26———
10Salou Almogàvers (Y)900938466−428—0–63——6–440–7912–13—0–33—
Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs

Central Conference

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualificationTORWILJABSMICUESTI
1Arganda Toros (A)66021645+171Playoffs——21–647–12——
2Majadahonda Wildcats (Y)65120257+14512–13—26–14———
3Tres Cantos Jabatos (A)633170121+49Playoffs———38–22—39–0
4Alcorcón Smilodons (A)624142160−18—2–30——42–1358–14
5ANV Cuervos (Y)62483246−1632–6615–5426–66———
6Guadalajara Stings (Y)60645229−1847–516–54——12–14—
Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(A) Advance to a further round; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs

An extra gameday was played to reach the required minimum of six games to compete in the playoffs for promotion. The results of the extra game were:

Eastern Conference

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualificationSHA RIC PREWOLSPA
1Alicante Sharks (A)87116051+109Playoffs—27–614–636–636–0
2 Sueca Ricers (Y)85315475+7924–6—6–1213–026–0
3Cartagena Pretorianos (Y)73 [a] 47081−112–148–26—18–718–7
4Cehegín Wolves (Y)73 [a] 4101114−137–2022–14TBD—27–13
5La Nucía Spartans (Y)81727191−1640–70–397–60–32—
Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(A) Advance to a further round; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Pretorianos wins head-to-head against Wolves (1–0)

Northern League

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification MAR COY BIS DAR
1 Gijón Mariners (A)66024829+219Playoffs—10–733–085–0
2Santurtzi Coyotes [a] (X)63319745+15220–23—0–666–0
3 Cantabria Bisons (A)633105113−8Playoffs2–356–45—53–0
4Zaragoza Dark Knights (Y)6060363−3630–620–590–38—
Source: Serie C at FieldGoal
(A) Advance to a further round; (X) Ineligible; (Y) Refused to qualify for the playoffs
Notes:
  1. ↑ Santurtzi Coyotes can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.

Playoffs

The top 8 teams could qualify to the promotion playoffs, but finally only six teams signed up for these. [4] [5] The champion of the Serie C will promote directly to Serie B, while the runner-up must play one more game against a Serie B team. [6]

Granada Lions and Santurtzi Coyotes can not qualify for the playoffs, as they also play Serie B.

Tiebreakers

The six teams are ranked based on these criteria: [7]

  1. higher percentage of wins
  2. lower average of points allowed
  3. superior point difference average
  4. lower average of players sent off
  5. lucky draw

Ranking

#TeamWPADifC
1 Gijón Mariners 1.0004.836.5Northern League
2Arganda Toros1.0007.528.5Central Conference
3Alicante Sharks.8756.413.6Eastern Conference
4Cantabria Bisons.50018.8–1.3Northern League
5Tres Cantos Jabatos.50020.28.2Central Conference
6Alcorcón Smilodons.33326.7–3Central Conference

Bracket

 
Wild CardSemifinalsFinals
 
                
 
April 25 & May 2
 
 
 Cantabria Bisons 263056
 
May 16 & 23
 
 Tres Cantos Jabatos 257 32
 
 Gijón Mariners 4961110
 
 
 Cantabria Bisons 77 14
 
 
May 30
 
 
 Gijón Mariners 13
 
April 26 & May 2
 
 Alicante Sharks 0
 
 Alicante Sharks 163450
 
May 16 & 24
 
 Alcorcón Smilodons 66 12
 
 Arganda Toros 369
 
 
 Alicante Sharks 2013 33
 
 
 
 

Promotion/relegation playoff

Team 1 Score Team 2
Zaragoza Hornets 13–7 Alicante Sharks

References

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