Austrian Football Division One

Austrian Football Division One

Current season	AFL Division I 2020
sport	American football
abbreviation	AFL Division I
Association	American Football Federation Austria
Teams	10
Country countries	Austria , Slovakia (1 team)
Title holder	Amstetten Thunder
Record champions	Dodge Vikings II (6 tracks)
Website	football.at
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The Austrian Football Division One (Division 1) is the second highest division in American football in Austria and is held under the responsibility of the American Football Association Austria (AFBÖ). Division I is played on an amateur basis . There is no automatic rule of promotion to the Austrian Football League , as this is mostly based on the financial possibilities of the individual teams. The last of the regular season plays with the Division II champion , the winner of the Iron Bowl, in a relegation game for relegation.

Game mode

Division I is the second highest division in American football in Austria. The ten teams are divided into two conferences. Each team plays a home and an away game against each other from its conference in the regular season. Then the best team of a conference with home rights plays against the second-placed team of the other conference in the playoffs for a place in the Silverbowl.

Vienna Knights Styrian Bears Dacia Vikings 2 Generali Invaders Bratislava monarchs Salzburg Bulls Cineplexx Blue Devils Carinthian Lions Swarco Raiders 2 Telf's Patriots

Division I teams (2019)    : Conference A    : Conference B

Teams 2019

Conference A:

• Vienna Knights (Vienna)
• Styrian Bears (Graz)
• Dacia Vikings 2 (Vienna)
• Generali Invaders (St. Pölten)
• Bratislava Monarchs (Bratislava, Slovakia)

Conference B:

• Salzburg Bulls (Salzburg)
• Cineplexx Blue Devils (Hohenems)
• Carinthian Lions (Klagenfurt)
• Swarco Raiders Tirol 2 (Innsbruck)
• Telfs Patriots (Telfs)

history

Division I was held for the first time in 1984, and a season has been played every year since 1987. Since 1998 the final of Division I has been referred to as the Silver Bowl, with the Fischamend Oilers winning the first bowl in a win against the St. Pölten Invaders (27-6).

Since then, the league has been restructured several times, most recently after the 2008 season when, with the introduction of the AFL's interdivision in 2009, each team played a home and an away game against a team in this intermediate league.

In 2009, each team in Division I was only allowed to have three professionals or semi-professionals and only two Class A legionnaires in the roster, but they can both play on the field at the same time.

Between 2006 and 2008 the Hungarian team of the Budapest Wolves from Budapest , which had been promoted from Division II, also took part.

The second team of the Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna , which had always won the Silver Bowl since 2004, also no longer took part in this league from 2008.

Finals before 1998

year	winner	finalist	result
1984	Vienna Vikings	Linz Rhinos	28:22
1987	Klagenfurt jets	Vienna Ducks	48:42
1988	Klagenfurt jets	Vienna Ducks	30:22
1989	Schwarzenau Rangers	St. Pölten Invaders	13: 8
1990	St. Pölten Invaders	Stonefield Bulldogs / Baden Bears	74:15
1991	Vienna Ducks	Linz Rhinos	14:12
1992	St. Pölten Invaders	Vienna Vikings II	60: 6
1993	Klosterneuburg Mercenaries	Linz Rhinos	27:18
1994	St. Pölten Invaders	Vienna Vikings II	54: 6
1995	Salzburg Bulls	Fischamend Oilers	41:14
1996	Styrian longhorns	Amstetten Thunderbolts	42-0
1997	Salzburg Bulls	Amstetten Thunderbolts	22: 0

Silver Bowl

From the 1998 season, the final was played as the Silver Bowl.

No.	year	Final date	winner	finalist	result	venue
I.	1998		Fischamend Oilers	St. Pölten Invaders	27: 6
II	1999		Carinthian Cowboys	St. Pölten Invaders	40:38
III	2000	-	Cineplexx Blue Devils	St. Pölten Invaders	26: 6	Hohe Warte , Vienna
IV	2001	June 30th	Feldkirchen Falcons	Amstetten Thunderbolts	26:21	Lind Stadium , Villach
V	2002	June 29th	Feldkirchen Falcons	Chrysler Vikings II	26:14	Umdasch Stadium , Amstetten
VI	2003	June 28th	Salzburg Bulls	Chrysler Vikings II	28:27	Umdasch Stadium, Amstetten
VII	2004	3rd of July	Chrysler Vikings II	Salzburg Bulls	21:12	ASK-Sportanlage West , Salzburg
VIII	2005	2nd July	Chrysler Vikings II	Salzburg Bulls	14: 6	On the Schmelz , Vienna
IX	2006	July 9	Dodge Vikings II	Salzburg Bulls	28:14	Trauner Stadium , Traun
X	2007	7th of July	Dodge Vikings II	St. Pölten Invaders	28:20	Rudersdorf sports field , Rudersdorf
XI	2008	July 6th	Dodge Vikings II	St. Pölten Invaders	28:10	Invaders Field, St. Pölten
XII	2009	July 11th	Generali Invaders	Salzburg Bulls	27:26	ASV Platz Itzling, Salzburg
XIII	2010	June 26th	Lower Austria Titans	ASKÖ Steelsharks	24: 7	Trenkwalder Arena , Maria Enzersdorf
XIV	2011	June 11th	AFC ASKÖ Rangers	Swarco Raiders JVT	24: 7	Leisure center Wiener Neudorf , Maria Enzersdorf
XV	2012	23rd June	Carinthian Lions	Vienna Knights	21:15	Training center Ravelin , Vienna
XVI	2013	23rd June	Cineplexx Blue Devils	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna II	49:48	Herrenriedstadion , Hohenems
XVII	2014	July 26th	Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna II	Carinthian Lions	49:20	NV Arena , St. Pölten
XVIII	2015	July 11th	Cineplexx Blue Devils	AFC Rangers	47:28	Wörthersee Stadium , Klagenfurt
XIX	2016	July 23	ASKÖ Steelsharks Traun	Vienna Knights	12: 7	Wörthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt
XX	2017	29th of July	Bratislava monarchs	St. Pölten Invaders	43: 7	Wörthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt
XXI	2018	21 July	Amstetten Thunder	Vienna Knights	17:13	NV Arena, St. Pölten
XXII	2019	July 27th	Cineplexx Blue Devils	Bratislava monarchs	17:10	NV Arena, St. Pölten

Silver Bowl winner

• 6 × Dodge Vikings II (2 × as Chrysler Vikings)
• 4 × Hohenems Blue Devils
• 2 × AFC ASKÖ Rangers (1 × as LA Titans)
• 2 × Feldkirchen Falcons
• 1 × Salzburg Bulls
• 1 × Fischamend Oilers
• 1 × Carinthians Cowboys
• 1 × Carinthian Lions
• 1 × Generali Invaders
• 1 × ASKÖ Steelsharks Traun
• 1 × Bratislava Monarchs
• 1 × Amstetten Thunder

See also

• Austrian Football League
• Austrian Football Division Two
• Austrian Football Division Three
• Austrian Football Division Four
• Austrian Football Division Ladies

Web links

• AFL Division I at the American Football Association Austria

Individual evidence

1. ^ League division 2016 ( Memento from December 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) AFBÖ ; As of December 1, 2015.
2. ^ Silver Bowls ( Memento from December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) AFBÖ ; As of September 15, 2017.
3. ^ Silver Bowl Champions. In: football.at. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .