European Football League 2009

The European Football League 2009 was the 23rd season of the most important European competition for club teams in the sport of American football . 16 teams from nine national associations took part. In the Euro Bowl XXIII defending champions were SWARCO Raiders Tirol from Innsbruck and the French team La Courneuve Flash over. With 30:19 the Tyroleans were able to successfully defend their title.

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Twelve of the 16 teams competed against each other in a qualifying round. This consisted of four groups with three teams each. The first in the group qualified for the quarter-finals and met one of four seeded teams. The seeded teams were the semi-finalists of the preseason.

Attendees

For Germany the were German champions , the Braunschweig Lions , and the EFAF Cup winner last year, the Berlin Adler , at the start. The Berliners just failed in the qualifying round to La Courneuve Flash from France. The Lions won their group, but then failed in the quarterfinals to the Swarco Raiders Tirol from Innsbruck with 7:35. The national champions, the Graz Giants , defending champions Swarco Raiders Tirol and record champion Vienna Vikings started for Austria . All three representatives were set and thus only entered the competition in the quarter-finals. Both the Viennese (in the quarter-finals) and the Graz (semi-finals) failed at La Courneuve. The Raiders, on the other hand, were able to stop La Courneuve's triumphant advance in the final.

Qualifying round

Division 1

	society	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1.	Braunschweig Lions	2	100:400	+60	4-0
2.	Bolzano Giants	2	41:53	−12	2: 2
3.	Valencia Firebats	2	19:67	−48	0: 4

home	guest	Result
Bolzano Giants	Valencia Firebats	20: 0
Valencia Firebats	Braunschweig Lions	19:47
Braunschweig Lions	Bolzano Giants	53:21

Division 2

	society	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1.	Elancourt Templiers	2	89:49	+40	4-0
2.	Bergamo Lions	2	68:59	0+9	2: 2
3.	L'Hospitalet Pioners	2	055: 104	−49	0: 4

home	guest	Result
Elancourt Templiers	L'Hospitalet Pioners	62:23
L'Hospitalet Pioners	Bergamo Lions	32:42
Bergamo Lions	Elancourt Templiers	26:27

Division 3

	society	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1.	La Courneuve Flash	2	59:37	+22	4-0
2.	Berlin eagle	2	78:31	+47	2: 2
3.	Moscow Patriots	2	13:82	−69	0: 4

home	guest	Result
Moscow Patriots	La Courneuve Flash	13:28
Berlin eagle	Moscow Patriots	54: 0
La Courneuve Flash	Berlin eagle	31:24

Division 4

	society	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1.	Porvoo Butchers	2	49:13	+36	4-0
2.	Stockholm Mean Machines	2	54:34	+20	2: 2
3.	Oathful 1814's	2	19:75	−56	0: 4

home	guest	Result
Porvoo Butchers	Oathful 1814's	27: 7
Stockholm Mean Machines	Porvoo Butchers	6:22
Oathful 1814's	Stockholm Mean Machines	12:48

Play-offs

Quarter finals

Semifinals

Eurobowl XXIII

Swarco Raiders Tirol

35

Braunschweig Lions

7th

Swarco Raiders Tirol

31

Porvoo Butchers

13

Seinäjoki Crocodiles

21st

Porvoo Butchers

27 1

Swarco Raiders Tirol

30th

La Courneuve Flash

19th

Graz Giants

20th

Elancourt Templiers

6th

Graz Giants

33

La Courneuve Flash

35

Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna

3

La Courneuve Flash

14th

¹ After extension

Quarter finals

	Eggenberg May 16, 2016 4:00 p.m.		Graz Giants	20: 6	Elancourt Templiers		ASKÖ stadium
				(0: 0, 0: 0, 6: 0, 14: 6) Match report

	Seinäjoki May 16, 2016 4:00 p.m.		Seinäjoki Crocodiles	21:27	Porvoo Butchers		Seinäjoki Stadium
				(7: 7, 7: 0, 0: 6, 7: 8) OT: 0: 6 game report

	Innsbruck May 16, 2016 8:00 p.m.		Swarco Raiders Tirol	35: 7	Braunschweig Lions		Tivoli New
				(14: 7, 14: 0, 0: 0, 7: 0) Match report

	Vienna May 17, 2016 3 p.m.		Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna	3: 14	La Courneuve Flash		Hohe Warte stadium
				(0: 0, 3: 6, 0: 8, 0: 0) Match report

Semifinals

	La Courneuve June 13, 2009 6:00 p.m.		La Courneuve Flash	35:33	Graz Giants		Stade Marville spectators: 3,100
				(6: 7, 16:14, 0: 0, 13:12) Match report

	Innsbruck June 13, 2009 8:00 p.m.		Swarco Raiders Tirol	31: 13	Porvoo Butchers		Tivoli New
				(14: 7, 14: 0, 3: 0, 0: 6) Match report

Eurobowl

→ Main article : Eurobowl XXIII

	Innsbruck July 11, 2009 8:00 p.m.		Swarco Raiders Tirol	30: 19	La Courneuve Flash		Tivoli-Neu spectators: 6,500 Referee: Perttu Hautala
				(3: 0, 17: 6, 7: 7, 3: 6) Match report

See also

• EFAF Cup 2009

Web links

• Schedule / Results 2009 (complete schedule on eurobowl.info)