Austrian Football Division Three

Austrian Football Division Three

Current season	AFL Division III 2019
sport	American football
abbreviation	AFL Division III
Association	American Football Federation Austria
Teams	10
Country countries	Austria , Hungary (1 team)
Title holder	Znojmo Knights
Record champions	Swarco Raiders Tirol II , Vienna Knights 2 (2 titles)
Website	football.at
↑ Division II ↓ Division IV

The Austrian Football Division Three (Division III) is the fourth highest division in American football in Austria and is held under the responsibility of the American Football Association Austria (AFBÖ). Division III is played exclusively on an amateur basis . The champion and winner of the Challenge Bowl is entitled to play a relegation game for promotion with the last placed in Division II . The last-placed player plays a relegation game for relegation against the winner of Division IV .

Game mode

Fehérvár Enthroners Schwaz Hammers Pinzgau Celtics Carinthian Eagles Gmunden Rams AFC Vertex Warriors Danube Dragons 2 Asperhofen Blue Hawks Upper Styrian Rhinos Weinviertel Spartans

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

In 2012 the league was founded with 2 conferences of 4 teams each. The two group best of the conferences then played the play-offs. The winners from it then played the Challenge Bowl. In 2014 the league was expanded to 4 conferences of 4 teams each. Since a new league was founded in 2015 with Division IV, some teams were downgraded from Division 3 and the league was reduced to 2 conferences of 4 teams each. In 2019 the league will consist of 10 teams in 2 conferences, each of which will play 8 games in the basic round.

Clubs in Austria must prove the ability (financial as well as organizational nature) of the team when the Austrian American Football Association is founded. In addition to a conversation with the association, this also includes 3 test matches as a non-league team.

Season 2019

In the 2019 season the following teams will play in Division III:

Conference A:

• Schwaz Hammers (Schwaz)
• Pinzgau Celtics (Piesendorf)
• Carinthian Eagles (Villach)
• Gmunden Rams (Gmunden)
• AFC Vertex Warriors (Wörgl)

Conference B:

• Danube Dragons 2 (Vienna)
• Asperhofen Blue Hawks (Heiligeneich)
• Upper Styrian Rhinos (Mürzhofen)
• Weinviertel Spartans (Zistersdorf)
• Fehérvár Enthroners ( Székesfehérvár , Hungary)

Past seasons

2015 season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against

	Play-offs with home rights
	Play-offs

Conference A
	team	W.	L.	T	PCT	PF	PA
1	Carinthian Lions	6th	0	0	1,000	231	21st
2	Graz Giants 2nd	3	3	0	0.500	130	149
3	Gmundner Rams	3	3	0	0.500	115	137
4th	Pinzgau Devils	0	6th	0	0,000	31	200
Conference B
	team	W.	L.	T	PCT	PF	PA
1	Vienna Knights	6th	0	0	1,000	197	43
2	Danube Dragons 2	3	3	0	0.500	164	105
3	Weinviertel Spartans	2	4th	0	0.333	94	171
4th	AFC Rangers 2nd	1	5	0	0.167	76	212

	Playoffs					Challenge Bowl XII
	A1	Carinthian Lions	27
	B2	Danube Dragons 2	30th
						B1	Vienna Knights	56
						B2	Danube Dragons 2	14th
	B1	Vienna Knights	73
	A2	Graz Giants 2nd	0

2014 season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against

	Playoffs with home rights
	Playoffs

Conference A / B
	team	W.	L.	T	PCT	PF	PA
1	Vienna Knights 2	6th	0	0	1,000	160	47
2	Budapest Wolves	5	1	0	0.833	227	70
3	Danube Dragons 2	4th	2	0	0.667	135	93
4th	Weinviertel Spartans	3	3	0	0.500	95	113
5	AFC Rangers 2nd	2	4th	0	0.333	80	112
6th	Carnuntum Legionaries	1	5	0	0.167	66	130
7th	Vienna Warlords 2	0	6th	0	0,000	49	247
Conference C / D
	team	W.	L.	T	PCT	PF	PA
1	Telf's Patriots	6th	0	0	1,000	215	20th
2	Raptors Fürstenfeld	5	1	0	0.833	220	164
3	Graz Giants 2nd	5	1	0	0.833	185	64
4th	Pinzgau Devils	3	3	0	0.500	103	108
5	Gmundner Rams	3	3	0	0.500	93	100
6th	Styrian Hurricanes	2	4th	0	0.333	83	132
7th	Pongau Ravens	0	6th	0	0,000	32	215
8th	Carinthian Eagles	0	6th	0	0,000	18th	204

	Playoffs					Challenge Bowl XI
	A1	Vienna Knights 2	14th
	B2	Fürstenfeld Raptors	28
						B2	Fürstenfeld Raptors	14th
						A2	Budapest Wolves	41
	B1	Telf's Patriots	9
	A2	Budapest Wolves	35

Challenge Bowl

From 2004 to 2011 the Challenge Bowl was played by Division II teams.

No.	year	Final date	winner	finalist	result	venue
I.	2004	June 26th	Cineplexx Blue Devils II	Gussing gladiators	27:10
II	2005	June 12	Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders II	Budapest Wolves	24: 6
III	2006	15th of July	ASVÖ gladiators	Vienna Knights	44:15
IV	2007	June 30th	Styrian stallions	Graz Giants II	24:15
V	2008	June 29th	Swarco Raiders Tirol II	Graz Giants II	45:15
VI	2009	July 4th	Styrian Bears	Amstetten Thunder	30: 0	Sports center Rosenhain , Graz
VII	2010	June 26th	Amstetten Thunder	Schwaz Hammers	61: 0	Umdasch Stadium , Amstetten
VIII	2011	3rd of July	Zagreb Patriots	Cineplexx Blue Devils	27:22
IX	2012	June 16	Vienna Knights 2	Graz Giants 2nd	8: 6
X	2013	7th of July	Vienna Warlords	Danube Dragons 2	15: 6	Training center Ravelinstrasse , Vienna
XI	2014	July 19	Budapest Wolves	Raptors Fürstenfeld	41:14	Fürstenfeld
XII	2015	June 21st	Vienna Knights	Danube Dragons 2	56:14	Training center Ravelinstrasse , Vienna
XIII	2016	30th July	Vienna Knights 2	AFC Rangers 2nd	31: 0	Mödling
XIV	2017	22nd of July	Pannonia Eagles	Graz Giants 2nd	40:30	Franz Kovacsich Platz, Baumgarten
XV	2018	July 28th	Znojmo Knights	Styrian Hurricanes	20: 7	Stallhofen leisure center
XVI	2019	20th of July	Fehervar Enthroners	Upper Styrian Rhinos	32: 6	Oberaich sports field

Challenge Bowl winner since 2004

• 2 × Swarco Raiders Tirol II
• 2 × Vienna Knights 2
• 1 × Cineplexx Blue Devils II
• 1 × ASVÖ gladiators
• 1 × Styrian Stallions
• 1 × Styrian Bears
• 1 × Amstetten Thunder
• 1 × Zagreb Patriots
• 1 × Vienna Warlords
• 1 × Budapest Wolves
• 1 × Vienna Knights
• 1 × Pannonia Eagles
• 1 × Znojmo Knights
• 1 × Fehervar Enthroners

See also

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

Web links

• AFL Division III at the American Football Association Austria .