Austrian Football League 2019

Austrian Football League 2019
master	Swarco Raiders Tirol
final	Austrian Bowl XXXV
Teams	8th
Games	40 + 5 play-off games
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The Austrian Football League 2019 is the 35th season of the top Austrian men's division in American football . It starts on March 16, 2019 and ends on July 27, 2019 with the Austrian Bowl XXXV.

mode

The mode remains the same compared to previous years. Each team competes against three teams in one home and one away game. The higher a team is classified, the stronger the assigned opponents are. There is only one game against the other four opponents, so that each team plays ten games in the basic round.

The teams in places 3 to 6 qualify for the wild card round. The winners from this round and the two best teams from the regular season play the play-offs. Its winners play for the Austrian title in the Austrian Bowl XXXV.

Teams

Swarco Raiders Vienna Vikings Graz Giants Danube Dragons Mödling Rangers Prague Panthers Steelsharks Traun Amstetten Thunder

Football teams of the AFL (2019)

The Bratislava Monarchs were the last place of last season as a sporting relegated firm and were Amstetten Thunder , the winners of the Division I , replaced. However, the monarchs preferred a complete exit from the Austrian league system to relegation. The Ljubljana Silverhawks , who had achieved relegation in 2018, withdrew from the AFL due to financial difficulties. In contrast, the Prague Black Panthers are returning to the AFL despite being withdrawn after the 2015 season and lacking athletic qualifications.

• Swarco Raiders Tirol ( Innsbruck )
• Vienna Vikings ( Vienna )
• Graz Giants ( Graz )
• Danube Dragons (Vienna)
• Mödling Rangers ( Mödling )
• Prague Black Panthers ( Prague )
• Steelsharks Traun ( Traun )
• Amstetten Thunder ( Amstetten )

Basic round

Games

AFL 2019		VV	GG	DD			ST	AT
Swarco Raiders Tirol		48:28	37:30	34:14	54:14	28:14	-	-
Dacia Vienna Vikings	13:34		-	10: 3	-	28: 7	66:37	61: 0
Graz Giants	27:34	36:14		10:12	-	-	56:21	42:10
Danube Dragons	-	21:27	21:14		37:14	-	45:28	45:10
SonicWall Mödling Rangers	20:31	28:55	45:39	-		0:35	75:49	-
Prague Black Panthers	-	3:28	14:35	34:31	52:21		-	51: 6
Steelsharks Traun	14:63	-	13:46	-	31:52	8:56		49:19
Vienna Woods Amstetten Thunder	7:48	-	-	6:35	14:35	9:49	35:47

table

AFL 2019
	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Pct	P35 +	P35−	Diff
1	Swarco Raiders Tirol	10	10	0	0	1,000	386	181	+205
2	Vienna Vikings	10	7th	0	3	.700	304	217	0+87
3	Prague Black Panthers	10	6th	0	4th	.600	287	194	0+93
4th	Danube Dragons	10	6th	0	4th	.600	264	187	0+77
5	Graz Giants	10	5	0	5	.500	335	221	+114
6th	Mödling Rangers	10	4th	0	6th	.400	304	392	0−88
7th	Steelsharks Traun	10	2	0	8th	.200	297	486	−189
8th	Amstetten Thunder	10	0	0	10	.000	116	415	−299

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 pct, the direct comparison of
qualification for the semi-finals, qualification for the play-offs, relegation
source: AFL table 2019 on football-austria.com

Play-offs

	Wild Card Games					Playoffs					Austrian Bowl XXXV
						1	Swarco Raiders Tirol	49
	4th	Danube Dragons	24			4th	Danube Dragons	43
	5	Graz Giants	17th									Swarco Raiders Tirol	42
												Dacia Vienna Vikings	34
						2	Dacia Vienna Vikings	28
	3	Prague Black Panthers	35			3	Prague Black Panthers	21st
	6th	Mödling Rangers	23

Austrian Bowl

The Austrian Bowl was played on July 27th in the NV Arena in St. Pölten. In front of 5,546 spectators, the two dominating teams of the Austrian Football League played an exciting game with many points.

The game was characterized by countless textbook scenes - the audience was shown football at its finest. Dacia Vikings receiver Yannick Mayr brought his team to the front after a remarkable catch and a total of 59 yards of space after just under seven minutes. After the Raiders had equalized in the meantime with a touchdown from Fabian Abfalter, it was again the Vikings who took the lead again in the form of Maurice Wappl and his impressive catch and subsequent run over a total of 61 yards. The Dacia Vikings did not give up this lead until the break, at halftime the Viennese were leading 28:21.

Shortly after the break, the Raiders managed to equalize again through quarterback Sean Shelton. As a result, last year's champion took courage and took the lead for the first time with a spectacular rushing touchdown over 70 yards from Raiders running back Sandro Platzgummer. This changed little until the end, because the Dacia Vikings scored six more points through Maurice Wappl, but the PAT failed. Thus the Swarco Raiders Tirol defended the championship title with an extremely entertaining 42:34 final victory over the Dacia Vikings.

			Austrian Bowl XXXV
	St. Pölten July 27, 2019 7:00 p.m.		Swarco Raiders Tirol	42:34	Dacia Vienna Vikings		NV Arena spectators: 5,546
				(0: 7, 21:21, 14: 0, 7: 6) Match report

League MVPs

In the run-up to the Austrian Bowl XXXV, the league MVPs for the 2019 season will be announced:

• Most Valuable Player of the Year : Sean Shelton, (Quarterback, Swarco Raiders Tirol)
• Offensive Player of the Year : Herbert Gamboa, (Running Back, Prague Black Panthers)
• Defensive Player of the Year : Thomas Schnurrer, (Linebacker, Graz Giants)
• Youngstar of the year : Mathias Berghammer, (Wide Receiver, Steelsharks Traun)
• Coach of the year : Shuan Fatah, (Head Coach, Swarco Raiders Tirol)

Web links

• Schedule 2019 on football-austria.com (PDF; 126 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Non-descending dropouts get back on. In: football-austria.com. August 28, 2018, accessed February 6, 2019 . 
2. ↑ AFL 2019 with eight teams. In: football-austria.com. January 22, 2019, accessed February 6, 2019 . 
3. ↑ The schedule of the Austrian Football League 2019 . Football-Austria.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.