German Bowl

30th German Bowl in 2008, the game Braunschweig Lions against the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes

The German Bowl is the final of the German Football League (GFL) for the title of German Champion in American football . The German Bowls I to III were organized under the umbrella of the American Football Bund Deutschland (AFBD). The American Football Association Germany (AFVD) has hosted the event since the German Bowl IV .

The New York Lions team from Braunschweig is the record winner with twelve titles . The Braunschweig team are also the team with the most finals (18).

List of German Bowls

No.	date	winner	loser	Result	place	Stadion	spectator	MVP (team)
I.	Nov 10, 1979	Frankfurt Lions	Ansbach grizzlies	14: 80	Frankfurt am Main		300
II	July 20, 1980	Frankfurt Lions	Ansbach grizzlies	21:12	Frankfurt am Main		4,000
III	Oct 25, 1981	Ansbach grizzlies	Frankfurt Lions	27: 60	Cologne	South Stadium	2,500
IV	0Oct 2, 1982	Ansbach grizzlies	Cologne crocodiles	12: 60	eat	Gruga Stadium	8,000
V	25 Sep 1983	Dusseldorf panther	Ansbach grizzlies	22: 70	Nuremberg		6,200	RB Markus Becker (1) (DP)
VI	Oct 13, 1984	Dusseldorf panther	Ansbach grizzlies	27:13	eat	Gruga Stadium	10,000	RB Markus Becker (2) (DP)
VII	Nov 12, 1985	Ansbach grizzlies	Dusseldorf panther	14: 70	Cologne	South Stadium	9,000	RB Markus Becker (3) (DP)
VIII	July 27, 1986	Dusseldorf panther	Ansbach grizzlies	27: 40	Wurzburg	Stadium on Dallenberg	10,000	OT Bertram Lück (DP)
IX	Oct 11, 1987	Berlin eagle	Baden griffin	37:12	Berlin	Mommsen Stadium	17,000	WR Florian Gneist (BA)
X	Oct 15, 1988	Red Barons Cologne	Dusseldorf panther	25:20	Berlin	Olympic Stadium	11,000	QB Mel Crandall (1) (RBC)
XI	Oct 21, 1989	Berlin eagle	Red Barons Cologne	30:23	Nuremberg	Municipal stadium	10,500	QB Mel Crandall (2) (RBC)
XII	Oct 20, 1990	Berlin eagle	Cologne crocodiles	50:38	Dusseldorf	Rheinstadion	10,000	QB Michael Davis (1) (CC)
XIII	0Oct 5, 1991	Berlin eagle	Cologne crocodiles	22:21	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	13,000	QB Michael Davis (2) (CC)
XIV	0Oct 3, 1992	Dusseldorf panther	Munich cowboys	24:23	Hanover	Lower Saxony Stadium	8,750	RB Francesco Mavaro (1) (DP)
XV	25 Sep 1993	Munich cowboys	Cologne crocodiles	42:36 a.d.	Munich	Riem riding arena	9,000	QB Michael Davis (3) (CC)
XVI	17 Sep 1994	Dusseldorf panther	Berlin eagle	27:17	Hanau	Herbert Dröse Stadium	7,862	DB Andreas Motzkus (DP)
XVII	16 Sep 1995	Dusseldorf panther	Hamburg Blue Devils	17:10	Braunschweig	Stadium on Hamburger Strasse	12,125	RB Francesco Mavaro (2) (DP)
XVIII	0Oct 5, 1996	Hamburg Blue Devils	Dusseldorf panther	31:12	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	19,700	DB Christoph Malewski (HBD)
XIX	0Oct. 4, 1997	Braunschweig Lions	Cologne crocodiles	26:23	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	14,800	WR Jon Horton (BL)
XX	0Oct 3, 1998	Braunschweig Lions	Hamburg Blue Devils	20:14	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	22,100	DE Elzie Anderson (BL)
XXI	0Oct 9, 1999	Braunschweig Lions	Hamburg Blue Devils	25:24	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	30,400	QB Adrian Rainbow (BL)
XXII	0Oct 7, 2000	Cologne crocodiles	Braunschweig Lions	31:29	Braunschweig	Stadium on Hamburger Strasse	20,312	QB Michael Davis (4) (CC)
XXIII	0Oct 6, 2001	Hamburg Blue Devils	Braunschweig Lions	31:13	Hanover	Lower Saxony Stadium	23,193	QB Matthew Cannon (HBD)
XXIV	Oct 12, 2002	Hamburg Blue Devils	Braunschweig Lions	16:13	Braunschweig	Stadium on Hamburger Strasse	21.097	RB / WR Estrus Crayton (HBD)
XXV	Oct 11, 2003	Hamburg Blue Devils	Braunschweig Lions	37:36 a.d.	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	20,517	WR Marico Gregersen (HBD)
XXVI	0Oct 9, 2004	Berlin eagle	Braunschweig Lions	10: 70	Braunschweig	Stadium on Hamburger Strasse	17,200	QB David Caudill (BA)
XXVII	0Oct 8, 2005	Braunschweig Lions	Hamburg Blue Devils	31:28	Hanover	AWD arena	19,512	WR Marcel fragrance (BL)
XXVIII	0Oct 7, 2006	Braunschweig Lions	Marburg Mercenaries	31:13	Braunschweig	Stadium on Hamburger Strasse	15,897	DT Robert Flickinger (BL)
XXIX	0Oct 6, 2007	Braunschweig Lions	Stuttgart Scorpions	27: 60	Stuttgart	Gazi Stadium on the Waldau	8,152	QB Dennis Zimmermann (BL)
XXX	27 Sep 2008	Braunschweig Lions	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	20:14	Frankfurt am Main	Commerzbank Arena	16,177	RB Michael Andrew (BL)
XXXI	0Oct 3, 2009	Berlin eagle	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	28:21	Frankfurt am Main	Commerzbank Arena	14,234	RB David McCants (1) (BA)
XXXII	0Oct 9, 2010	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	Berlin eagle	17:10	Frankfurt am Main	Commerzbank Arena	11,121	QB Jeff Welsh (KBH)
XXXIII	0Oct 8, 2011	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	48:44	Magdeburg	MDCC arena	11,711	QB Aaron Boehme (SHU)
XXXIV	Oct 13, 2012	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	56:53	Berlin	Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park	11,242	QB Jake Spitzlberger (SHU)
XXXV	Oct 12, 2013	New York Lions 1st	Dresden monarchs	35:34	Berlin	Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park	12,157	QB Casey Therriault (1) (NYL)
XXXVI	Oct 11, 2014	New York Lions	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	47: 90	Berlin	Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park	12,531	QB Casey Therriault (2) (NYL)
XXXVII	Oct 10, 2015	New York Lions	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	41:31	Berlin	Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park	12,051	WR Evan Landi (NYL)
XXXVIII	0Oct 8, 2016	New York Lions	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	31:20	Berlin	Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park	13,047	QB Casey Therriault (3) (NYL)
XXXIX	0Oct 7, 2017	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	New York Lions	14:13	Berlin	Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park	13,502	RB David McCants (2) (NYL)
XL	Oct 13, 2018	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	Frankfurt Universe	21:19	Berlin	Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park	15,213	LB Nikolas Knoblauch (SHU)
XLI	Oct 12, 2019	New York Lions	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	10: 70	Frankfurt am Main	Commerzbank Arena	20,832	RB Christopher McClendon (NYL)

¹ to 2010: Braunschweig Lions

List of German Bowl participants

Surname	S.	N	T	B.	P +	P−	G
New York Lions	12	6th	18th	66.7%	455	362	+93
Dusseldorf panther	6th	3	9	66.7%	183	144	+39
Berlin eagle	6th	2	8th	75.0%	204	166	+38
Hamburg Blue Devils	4th	4th	8th	50.0%	191	167	+24
Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	4th	4th	8th	50.0%	206	259	−53
Ansbach grizzlies	3	5	8th	37.5%	97	130	−33
Frankfurt Lions	2	1	3	66.7%	41	47	−6
Cologne crocodiles	1	5	6th	16.7%	155	181	−26
Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	1	4th	5	20.0%	149	162	−13
Munich cowboys	1	1	2	50.0%	65	60	+5
Red Barons Cologne	1	1	2	50.0%	48	50	−2
Dresden monarchs	0	1	1	0.0%	34	35	−1
Frankfurt Universe	0	1	1	0.0%	19th	21st	−2
Marburg Mercenaries	0	1	1	0.0%	13	31	−18
Stuttgart Scorpions	0	1	1	0.0%	6th	27	−21
Baden griffin	0	1	1	0.0%	12	37	−25

Top scorer

The following is a list of the top ten players who have scored the most points in German Bowls since 1983. For each player his main playing position and the clubs for which he scored the points are indicated.

According to AFVD guidelines, foreign players are marked with an (A) after their name for non-European players.

Rg.	Pt.	player	Item	Societies)
1	60	David McCants (A)	RB	Berlin Adler , New York Lions
2	54	Michael Davis (A)	QB	Cologne crocodiles
3	39	Andreas Motzkus	QB	Dusseldorf panther
4th	37	Steffen Dölger	K	Braunschweig Lions
5	33	Tobias Goebel	K	New York Lions
6th	32	Kelvin Love (A)	WR	Braunschweig Lions
		Jörg Heckenbach	WR	Düsseldorf Panther, Cologne Crocodiles, Braunschweig Lions
		Markus Becker	RB	Dusseldorf panther
9	30th	Florian Gneist	WR	Berlin eagle
10	28	Julian Dohrendorf	WR	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
Still active players in bold

Player with the most Germanbowl wins

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Surname	team	Item	S.	T	Years
Christian Petersen	Braunschweig Lions	S.	8th	12	(2002), (2003), (2004), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, (2017)
Ludger Uckermann	Braunschweig Lions	C.	7th	12	1997, 1998, 1999, (2000), (2001), (2002), (2003) 1 , (2004), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Sebastian Reilmann	Braunschweig Lions	LB	7th	12	1997, 1998 1 , 1999, (2000), (2001), (2002), (2003), (2004), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Estrus Crayton	DP, BSL, HBD, BA	RB / WR	7th	10	1995, (1996), 1997, 1998, 1999, (2000), 2001, 2002, 2004, (2008)
Vladimir Ilic	BA, HBD, BSL	DT	7th	9	1990, 1991, (1995), 1996, 1998, (1999), 2001, 2002, 2003
Christian Bollmann	Braunschweig Lions	WR	7th	8th	2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, (2017), 2019
Steffen Dölger	Braunschweig Lions	K / P	7th	8th	1997, 1998, 1999, (2000), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Frank Stahnke	Berlin Adler, Braunschweig Lions	WR	7th	8th	1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, (1994), 1997, 1998, 1999
Frank Söhlke 2	Braunschweig Lions	1st floor	6th	11	1997, 1998, 1998, (2000), (2001), (2002), (2003), (2004), 2005, 2006, 2007
Ken Steinbiß	Dusseldorf panther	DE	6th	9	1983, 1984, (1985), 1986, (1988), 1992, 1994, 1995 1 , (1996)
David McCants	Berlin Adler, New York Lions	RB	6th	8th	2009, (2010) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, (2017) 2019
Jens Sander	Berlin Adler, Braunschweig Lions	OT	6th	8th	1989, 1990, 1991, (1994), 1997, 1998, 1999, (2000), (2001)
Patrik Finke	Berlin Adler, Braunschweig Lions	DE	6th	7th	2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, (2017), 2019

¹ did not take part in the final due to injury ² players with the most participations in a row - 11

Head coach with the most Germanbowl wins

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Surname	team	S.	T	Years
Kent Anderson	BSL, HBD, BA	7th	10	1997, 1998, 1999, (2000), 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, (2008), (2009)
Troy Tomlin	Braunschweig Lions	5	10	(2001), (2002), (2003), (2004), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, (2017), 2019

Television broadcast

The German Bowl was first broadcast live on television in 2004.

year	Channel
2004	rheinmaintv , K28 (Thuringia), TV Magdeburg, TV Berlin
2005	rheinmaintv
2006-2007
2008-2010	DSF
2011-2017	Eurosport , Eurosport 2
2018-2019	Sport1

Others

• The German Youth Championship is played in the Junior Bowl .
• The German women's championship is played in the ladies bowl.

See also

• Junior Bowl
• Eurobowl
• Super bowl

Web links

Commons : German Bowl  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the German Bowl

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.afvd.de/text.php?Inhalt=newsmeldung&ID=1365 September 30, 2004
2. ↑ http://www.afvd.de/text.php?Inhalt=newsmeldung&ID=1371 October 7, 2004
3. ↑ http://www.afvd.de/text.php?Inhalt=newsmeldung&ID=1801 October 4, 2005