Austrian Football Division One 2015
The Austrian Football Division One 2015 is the 18th season of the second highest Austrian division in American football . It began on March 28, 2015 with the game of the Vienna Vikings 2 against the Steelsharks Traun (14:10) and ended on July 11 with the victory of the Cineplexx Blue Devils against the AFC Rangers (47:28) in the Silver Bowl XVIII .
In the past season the occupied Carinthian Lions and Vienna Knights even the second and third place in Division 1 and thus should the AFL ascend. Since the two teams refused, they were transferred to the lower leagues. The three best teams from Division 2 last season , the Steelsharks Traun , the AFC Rangers and the Haller Löwen, joined the league .
The American Football Association Austria wanted to increase the highest league, the Austrian Football League , from 5 to 8 participants after this season . That would have meant that after this season the three best teams from Division 1 would have to be promoted, except of course the second teams of the Vikings and Raiders. Associated with this would have been a package that provides both sporting (game plan) and financial (subsidies) incentives. At the same time, the three best teams from Division 2 would have been promoted to Division 1. A relegated team was not planned for this season.
Each of the 7 teams had to play 4 home and 4 away games this year. The best 4 teams met again in the playoffs, with the first and second placed against the fourth and third placed had home rights. The winners of the playoffs then met in the Silverbowl XVIII. After the season it was announced that only the two finalists would be promoted to the AFL. Furthermore, the Haller Löwen will be relegated to Division 2 again after a season without a win.
Teams
Division I football teams (2015) |
- Cineplexx Blue Devils (Hohenems)
- Vienna Vikings 2 (Vienna)
- AFC Rangers (Mödling)
- Steelsharks Traun (Traun)
- Swarco Raiders Tirol 2 (Innsbruck)
- St. Pölten Invaders (St. Pölten)
- Haller Löwen (Hall in Tirol)
table
G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Diff = Difference
Playoffs with home rights | |
Playoffs |
Division I 2015 | |||||||||
team | G | W. | L. | T | PCT | PF | PA | Diff | |
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1 | Cineplexx Blue Devils | 8th | 8th | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 285 | 86 | +199 |
2 | Vienna Vikings 2 | 8th | 7th | 1 | 0 | 0.875 | 198 | 134 | +64 |
3 | AFC Rangers | 8th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 214 | 191 | +23 |
4th | Steelsharks Traun | 8th | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 202 | 194 | +8 |
5 | Swarco Raiders Tirol 2 | 8th | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 135 | 148 | −13 |
6th | St. Pölten Invaders | 8th | 2 | 6th | 0 | 0.250 | 187 | 201 | −14 |
7th | Haller Lions | 8th | 0 | 8th | 0 | 0,000 | 62 | 329 | −267 |
game schedule
Final round
Playoffs: Semi-Finals | Silver Bowl XVIII | |||||||
1 | Cineplexx Blue Devils | 43 | ||||||
4th | Steelsharks Traun | 14th | ||||||
1 | Cineplexx Blue Devils | 47 | ||||||
3 | AFC Rangers | 28 | ||||||
2 | Vienna Vikings 2 | 13 | ||||||
3 | AFC Rangers | 24 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cineplexx Blue Devils get Silver Bowl XVIII ( Memento from December 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Increase in the AFL 2016 ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )