Eurobowl I

Eurobowl I

TAFT Vantaa Bologna Doves ( VL ) ( IFL ) 20th 16
date	August 16, 1986
city	Amsterdam
Stadion	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Number of visitors	2,000
Television broadcast
TV channel	not transferred

Eurobowl I was the final of the first season of the European Football League . On August 16, 1986 the Bologna Doves and the TAFT Vantaa faced each other. The Finnish TAFT Vantaa were able to win the first final with 20 to 16.

Course of the game

The first points of the game scored by a player from Bologna in that it the quarterback in the opponent 's end zone for a rather rare Safety slumped has. In the second match area the next points were a long 65- yard - touchdown -Pass of American quarterback Joey Jordan to Bob Collins scored the TAFT Vantaa. The Italian representatives were able to take the lead again in the further course of the quarter with a 36-yard run, which resulted in an intermediate result of 9 to 7 for the Doves at half time. In the third quarter of the game, TAFT was able to achieve a touchdown and an extra point, in the fourth and final quarter the Doves made another touchdown. However, TAFT was able to achieve a touchdown in the middle of the same quarter, whereby the attempted two-point conversion to 22 to 16 failed. So the game ended with 20 to 16 for TAFT.

Scoreboard

August 16, 1986 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
team		Points	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
TAFT Vantaa		20th	0	7th	7th	6th
Bologna Doves		16	2	7th	7th	0
Vantaa	Bologna	player	Move
0	2		Safety
7th	2	Bob Collins	65 yard pass from Joey Jordan (PAT?)
7th	9	Garry Pearson	36 yard run (PAT Davide Cuppini)
14th	9	Harry Tele	14 yard run (PAT?)
14th	16	Garry Pearson	7 yard run (PAT Davide Cuppini)
20th	16	Harry Tele	1 yard run

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BritballNow.co.uk Eurobowl Results (in English), accessed July 8, 2009.
2. ↑ Eurobowl overview (in Italian), accessed October 1, 2015.