Russian American Football Championship
Upcoming season or competition: 2020 EASL season | |
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Formerly | Russian Championship |
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Sport | American football |
Founded | 1991 / 2002 / 2016 |
No. of teams | 11 |
Country | Russia and Kazakhstan |
Most recent champion(s) | Moscow Patriots |
Most titles | Moscow Patriots (15 titles) |
TV partner(s) | LAF Network |
Russian American Football Championship (Russian: Чемпионат России по Aмериканскому Футболу, romanized: Chempionat Rossii po Amerikanskomu Futbolu) is the highest level of American football played in Russia, previously known as the League of American Football (LAF; Russian: Лига Американского Футбола, romanized: Liga Amerikanskogo Futbola, ЛАФ).
There are 11 teams in two divisions participating in the league.[1]
History
American football came into the Soviet Union in late 1980s. The first official games were played in 1989 when American high school all-star teams from Oklahoma played exhibition games against local teams, following a failed attempt to have college football bowl game be played in Moscow (known as the Glasnost Bowl). In the same year the very first game between Russian teams was played.[2]
In 1991, the Soviet Championship was founded. The league became the Russian Championship in 1992 as the country collapsed. The league was suspended in the turmoils of the dissolution of the USSR.[2]
The Russian Championship was founded again in 2002. The league has been growing ever since.[2]
In 2016 it was reorganized as The League of American Football, LAF in short. But in 2019 the league was re-organized as Russian Championship.
Teams in 2019
This is the participants teams in the recent season:
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List of Champions
References
- ^ Ilya Kravtsov: Kaliningrad to Vladivostok: Season In Review American Football International
- ^ a b c Ilya Kravtsov: Hockey Pads to the FAFR: The History of American Football in Russia American Football International
- ^ "АМЕРИКАНСКИЙ ФУТБОЛ• МОСКВА. Чемпионат России. Финал• Московские медведи - Московские патриоты - 14:33• NFL. 4-я неделя". www.sport-express.ru. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "АМЕРИКАНСКИЙ ФУТБОЛ• Чемпионат России. Финал• Московские Патриоты - Московские Медведи - 32:7• NFL. Регулярный чемпионат• 7-я игровая неделя". www.sport-express.ru. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "АМЕРИКАНСКИЙ ФУТБОЛ• Чемпионат России. Финал". www.sport-express.ru. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "АМЕРИКАНСКИЙ ФУТБОЛ• МОСКВА. Чемпионат России". www.sport-express.ru. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "АМЕРИКАНСКИЙ ФУТБОЛ• Чемпионат России. Финал". www.sport-express.ru. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Советский спорт - новости футбол, хоккей, биатлон и другие виды спорта". Советский спорт. Retrieved 17 March 2019.