Austrian Football League 2018
| Austrian Football League 2018 | |
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| master | Swarco Raiders Tirol |
| final | Austrian Bowl XXXIV |
| Teams | 8th |
| Games | 40 + 5 play-off games |
| ← AFL 2017
AFL 2019 →
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The Austrian Football League 2018 is the 34th season of the top Austrian men's American football division . It began on March 17, 2018 and ended on July 21, 2018 with the Austrian Bowl XXXIV.
mode
The mode remains the same as last year, with the Cineplexx Blue Devils being relegated from the league as last season's finisher and the Bratislava Monarchs being promoted as Division I winners . After 2016 , the league consists of teams from three nations again. Each team competes against three teams in one home and one away game. There is only one game against the other four opponents, so that each team plays ten games in the basic round. The four opponents that are played only once are different for each team.
The teams in places 3 to 6 qualify for the wild card round. The winners from this round and the best two teams from the regular season play the playoffs. Its winners play for the Austrian title in the Austrian Bowl XXXIV.
Teams
 
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AFL football teams (2018) |
- Swarco Raiders Tirol (Innsbruck)
- Dacia Vienna Vikings (Vienna)
- Danube Dragons (Vienna)
- Graz Giants (Graz)
- Ljubljana Silverhawks (Ljubljana)
- AFC Rangers Mödling (Mödling / Wr. Neudorf)
- Steelsharks Traun (Traun)
- Bratislava Monarchs (Bratislava)
Basic round
table
| AFL 2018 | |||||||||
| team | Sp | S. | U | N | Pct | P35 + | P35− | Diff | |
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| 1 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | 10 | 8th | 0 | 2 | 0.800 | 475 | 209 | +266 |
| 2 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | 10 | 8th | 0 | 2 | 0.800 | 397 | 234 | +163 |
| 3 | Graz Giants | 10 | 6th | 0 | 4th | 0.600 | 312 | 240 | +72 |
| 4th | Danube Dragons | 10 | 6th | 0 | 4th | 0.600 | 291 | 280 | +11 |
| 5 | AFC Rangers Mödling | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.500 | 323 | 340 | −17 |
| 6th | Ljubljana Silverhawks | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.500 | 298 | 362 | −64 |
| 7th | Steelsharks Traun | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.100 | 302 | 483 | −181 |
| 8th | Bratislava monarchs | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.100 | 172 | 422 | −250 |
Legend: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, Pct = winning percentage,
P35 + = points scored (max. 35 more than opponents), P35− = allowed points (max. 35 more than own), Diff = difference
If two teams have the same points, the direct comparison of
qualification for the semi-finals,
qualification for the play-offs,
relegation
counts
game schedule
| date | Kick off | home | Result | Away | |
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| week 1 | |||||
| April 14th | 15:00 | Ljubljana Silverhawks | 33:63 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | |
| April 14th | 17:00 | Steelsharks Traun | 40:56 | AFC Rangers Mödling | |
| April 15th | 14:00 | Bratislava monarchs | 7:24 | Graz Giants | |
| June 24th | 16:00 | Danube Dragons | 21:16 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | |
| Week 2 | |||||
| March 24th | 15:00 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | 65: 6 | Bratislava monarchs | |
| 25th March | 15:00 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | 68:14 | Steelsharks Traun | |
| April 28 | 15:00 | AFC Rangers Mödling | 54:24 | Ljubljana Silverhawks | |
| April 29 | 15:00 | Graz Giants | 34:21 | Danube Dragons | |
| Week 3 | |||||
| March 31 | 14:30 | Graz Giants | 32:45 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | |
| March 31 | 15:00 | AFC Rangers Mödling | 14:49 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | |
| March 31 | 17:00 | Steelsharks Traun | 47:15 | Bratislava monarchs | |
| April 1st | 15:00 | Danube Dragons | 23:12 | Ljubljana Silverhawks | |
| Week 4 | |||||
| 7th of April | 15:00 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | 41:14 | Graz Giants | |
| 7th of April | 15:00 | Ljubljana Silverhawks | 49:27 | Steelsharks Traun | |
| April 8th | 14:00 | Bratislava monarchs | 14:49 | AFC Rangers Mödling | |
| April 8th | 15:00 | Danube Dragons | 7:42 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | |
| Week 5 | |||||
| April 21 | 15:00 | Ljubljana Silverhawks | 31:28 | Danube Dragons | |
| April 21 | 15:00 | AFC Rangers Mödling | 36:34 | Graz Giants | |
| April 22 | 14:00 | Bratislava monarchs | 36:28 | Steelsharks Traun | |
| April 22 | 15:00 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | 35:28 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | |
| Week 6 | |||||
| 5th of May | 15:00 | Graz Giants | 35:27 | Ljubljana Silverhawks | |
| 5th of May | 17:00 | Steelsharks Traun | 40:70 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | |
| May 6th | 15:00 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | 25:20 | AFC Rangers Mödling | |
| May 6th | 15:00 | Danube Dragons | 30:27 | Bratislava monarchs | |
| Week 7 | |||||
| 12th of May | 15:00 | Ljubljana Silverhawks | 42:20 | Bratislava monarchs | |
| 12th of May | 15:00 | AFC Rangers Mödling | 31:41 | Danube Dragons | |
| 12th of May | 17:00 | Steelsharks Traun | 14:42 | Graz Giants | |
| May 13th | 15:00 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | 55:13 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | |
| Week 8 | |||||
| May 26 | 15:00 | Graz Giants | 47:28 | Steelsharks Traun | |
| May 27th | 14:00 | Bratislava monarchs | 12:38 | Danube Dragons | |
| May 27th | 15:00 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | 21:24 | Ljubljana Silverhawks | |
| May 27th | 15:00 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | 49:28 | AFC Rangers Mödling | |
| Week 9 | |||||
| 2th of June | 15:00 | Ljubljana Silverhawks | 17:55 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | |
| 3rd of June | 14:00 | Bratislava monarchs | 7:64 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | |
| 3rd of June | 15:00 | Danube Dragons | 61:28 | Steelsharks Traun | |
| 3rd of June | 15:00 | Graz Giants | 36: 0 | AFC Rangers Mödling | |
| Week 10 | |||||
| June 16 | 15:00 | AFC Rangers Mödling | 35:28 | Bratislava monarchs | |
| June 16 | 17:00 | Steelsharks Traun | 36:39 | Ljubljana Silverhawks | |
| June 16 | 18:00 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | 47:21 | Danube Dragons | |
| 17th of June | 15:00 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | 21:14 | Graz Giants | |
Source:
Play-offs
| Wild cards | Playoffs | Austrian Bowl | |||||||||||
| 1 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | 49 | |||||||||||
| 4th | Danube Dragons | 21st | 4th | Danube Dragons | 21st | ||||||||
| 5 | AFC Rangers Mödling | 18th | 1 | Swarco Raiders Tirol | 51 | ||||||||
| 2 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | 48 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | 35 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Graz Giants | 28 | 3 | Graz Giants | 21st | ||||||||
| 6th | Ljubljana Silverhawks | 21st | |||||||||||
Austrian Bowl
The Austrian Bowl was played on July 21st in the NV Arena in St. Pölten. In front of 5,500 spectators, the two dominant teams of the Austrian Football League played an exciting, points-rich game with an extremely large number of leadership changes.
The Vikings forced the Raiders to take the only punt of the game in the first drive, only to score the first seven points of the game shortly afterwards. After a long drive, the Raiders equalized to 7: 7 at the end of the first quarter. With 14 points, the first fourth was the section of the game with the fewest points. The Raiders answered a field goal of the Viennese with a touchdown and took the lead for the first time. They expanded this to 21:10 with an interception touchdown from Vincent Müller. This was also the highest leadership of a team in the entire game. Shortly before the break, the Vikings were able to shorten with a touchdown.
In the second half, the Vikings took advantage of their first possession to regain the lead with a touchdown from Bernhard Seikovits. With quick touchdowns on both sides, the lead changed three more times in the third quarter, when Innsbruck was 34:31 ahead at the end. In the last part of the game, quarterback Garrett Safron brought the Vikings by a run in front. In the following move Vincent Müller managed a kickoff- return touchdown and again the Tyroleans led. In the middle of the quarter, the Vikings equalized to 41:41 with a field goal. A touchdown by quarterback Sean Shelton on the side of the Raiders, the Vikings equalized with a pass to Philipp Dubravec. Two minutes before the end of the game, Innsbruck was 48:48 with possession. When the time was running out, the raiders came to the 20-yard line, from where kicker Thomas Pichlmann scored the winning field goal at 51:48.
| Austrian Bowl XXXIV | ||||||||||||
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St. Pölten July 21, 2018 7:00 p.m. |
Swarco Raiders Tirol |
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Dacia Vienna Vikings |
NV Arena spectators: 5,500 Referee: Bojan Savicevic |
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| (7: 7, 14:10, 13:14, 17:17) Match report |
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League MVPs
In the run-up to the Austrian Bowl XXXIV, the league MVPs for the 2018 season will be announced:
- Most Valuable Player of the Year : Sean Shelton, (Quarterback, Swarco Raiders Tirol)
- Offensive Player of the Year : Zachary Cavanaugh, (Quarterback, Ljubljana Silverhawks)
- Defensive Player of the Year : Thomas Schnurrer, (Linebacker, Spielberg Graz Giants project)
- Youngstar of the Year : Jun Jie Gao, (Linebacker, Danube Dragons)
- Coach of the year : Stefan Pokorny, (Head Coach, Danube Dragons)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ AFL 2018 starts on March 17th . AFBÖ , on January 11, 2018, as of January 25, 2018.