Eurobowl VIII

Eurobowl VIII

Bergamo Lions London Olympians ( IFL ) ( BAFL ) 23 26th
date	4th June 1994
city	Stuttgart
Stadion	Gottlieb Daimler Stadium
Number of visitors	17,000
Television broadcast
TV channel	not transferred

Eurobowl VIII was the final of the eighth season of the European Football League . On June 4, 1994, the Bergamo Lions and the London Olympians faced each other. The English Olympians could just win the final by 26-23.

Course of the game

Final score of the game

The first points of the game were made by a player from Bergamo. The American running back Stephen Beck ran a 3 yard - touchdown . This was followed by a long 91-yard touchdown run by the Olympians, with the extra point attempt failing. In the second quarter of the game, both teams were able to achieve a touchdown, but the attempted two-point conversion of the Olympians to equalize was successful, so that it went into the half-time break with an intermediate score of 14 to 14. In the second half, the Lions were able to achieve the first field goal in the history of the Eurobowl, which allowed them to take the lead. The Olympians were able to score two more touchdowns without extra points, the attempt of the Lions to catch up with a touchdown failed. So the final score of 26-23 for the London Olympians was fixed.

Scoreboard

Eurobowl VIII - Stuttgart (16,850 spectators)
team		Points	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
London Olympians		26th	0	14th	6th	6th
Bergamo Lions		23	7th	7th	3	6th
Olympians	Lions	player	Move
0	7th	Steven Beck	3-yard run (PAT Vitali)
6th	7th	Leonard Valentine	91-yard run
6th	14th	Steven Beck	1-yard run (PAT Vitali)
14th	14th	Wessley Garth	82-yard pass from Leonard Valentine (Conv. Valentine)
14th	17th	Vitali	22-yard field goal
20th	17th	Steven Hutchinson	16-yard run
26th	17th	Steven Hutchinson	10-yard run
26th	23	Umga Fine	16-yard run

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BritballNow.co.uk Eurobowl Results (in English), accessed July 8, 2009.
2. ^ EFL 1986 (pdf) Accessed July 9, 2009.