Belgian Football League

Belgian Football League

Full name	Belgian American Football League
sport	American football
abbreviation	BFL
League foundation	1987
Teams	18th
Country countries	Belgium
Title holder	Brussels Black Angels
Record champions	West Flanders Tribes
Website	http://www.bafl.be/

The Belgian Football League ( BFL ) is an amateur American football league in Belgium . The league currently consists of 18 teams. The league is divided into two conferences - the Flemish American Football League (FAFL) and the Ligue Francophone de Football Americain de Belgique (LFFAB). At the end of each season, three teams from each conference play against each other in the BFL play-offs for the Belgian Bowl .

Teams

team	Conference	Founded	Website
Antwerp Argonauts	FAFL	2016	Argonauts
Brussels Black Angels	FAFL	1989	Black Angels
Brussels Tigers	LFFA	1998	Tigers
Charleroi Coal Miners	LFFA	1993	CoalMiners
Limburg shotguns	FAFL	2008	Shotguns
Ostend Pirates	FAFL	2013	Pirates
Liège Monarchs	LFFA	1986	Monarchs
Waterloo Warriors	LFFA	2011	Warriors

Belgian Bowl

Belgian champion (1987-1994)
1987	Mouscron Redskins
1988	Brussels Raiders
1989	Brussels Raiders
1990	Brussels Raiders
1991	Brussels Raiders
1992	Leuven Lions
1993	Luxembourg Red Lions
1994	Brussels Raiders

Belgian Bowl (from 1995)
No.	year	Final date	winner	finalist	Result	venue
VIII	1995		Tournai Cardinals	Brussels Raiders	34:12
IX	1996		Tournai Cardinals	Brussels Angels	13: 60
X	1997		Tournai Cardinals	Brussels Angels	98: 70
XI	1998		Tournai Cardinals	Brussels Angels	16: 30
XII	1999		Antwerp Diamonds	Izegem Redskins	41: 60
XIII	2000	28th of May	Izegem Redskins	Charleroi cougars	28: 00	Izegem
XIV	2001	3rd of June	Izegem Redskins	Brussels Tigers	22: 00	Ghent
XV	2002	2th of June	Brussels Tigers	Antwerp Diamonds	24:14	Ingelmunster
XVI	2003		Brussels Black Angels	Antwerp Diamonds	without a fight 1
XVII	2004	6th of June	Antwerp Diamonds	Leuven Lions	14: 00	Charleroi
XVIII	2005	June 5th	Antwerp Diamonds	Brussels Black Angels	13: 20	Doornik
XIX	2006	June 4th	West-Vlaanderen Tribes	Tournai Phoenix	23:14	Vorst
XX	2007	2th of June	West-Vlaanderen Tribes	Brussels Black Angels	35:13	Brussels
XXI	2008	31. May	West-Vlaanderen Tribes	Brussels Black Angels	25:20	Anderlecht
XXII	2009	31. May	West-Vlaanderen Tribes	Tournai Phoenix	12: 00	Brussels
XXIII	2010	May 29th	West-Vlaanderen Tribes	Brussels Tigers	36: 60	Sint-Agatha-Berchem
XXIV	2011	June 4th	West-Vlaanderen Tribes	Brussels Black Angels	20:14	Ostend
XXV	2012	June 9th	Brussels Tigers	Antwerp Diamonds	46: 60	Ostend
XXVI	2013	2th of June	Brussels Tigers	Brussels Bulls	9-0	Izegem
XXVII	2014	June 29th	Ghent Gators	Brussels Tigers	38: 00	Izegem
XXVIII	2015	June 27th	Brussels Black Angels	Brussels Tigers	13: 80	Sint-Niklaas
XXIX	2016	June 26th	Ostend Pirates	Brussels Black Angels	16:15	Sint-Niklaas
XXX	2017	July 1	Brussels Black Angels	Brussels Tigers	27:20	Ringing
XXXI	2018	June 30th	Brussels Black Angels	Limburg shotguns	50: 00	Ringing
XXXII	2019	June 30th	Brussels Black Angels	Limburg shotguns	40:20	Crossing Stadium, Schaarbeek

¹ In 2003 the Antwerp Diamonds were disqualified before the Belgian Bowl.

Most successful teams

rank	team	title	Participation	Years
1	West-Vlaanderen Tribes	8th	9	1999, 2000, 2001, 2006–2011
2	Brussels Black Angels	5	12	1996–1998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 , 2016, 2017–2019
3	Brussels Raiders	5	6th	1988-1991, 1994, 1995
4th	Tournai Phoenix	4th	6th	1995–1998 , 2006, 2009
5	Brussels Tigers	3	8th	2001, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
6th	Antwerp Diamonds	3	6th	1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012
7th	Leuven Lions	1	2	1992 , 2004
8th	Ostend Pirates	1	1	2016
8th	Ghent Gators	1	1	2014
8th	Luxembourg Red Lions	1	1	1993

Web links

• Official FAFL website (Dutch)
• Official LFFAB website (French)

Individual evidence

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