European Football League 1986

In the 1986 season of the European Football League , the Eurobowl was played for the first time . For Germany , the German champion from 1985 took part in the Ansbach Grizzlies . The winner in Eurobowl I was TAFT Vantaa from Finland . They defeated the Bologna Doves from Italy in the final in Amsterdam with 20:16.

game schedule

qualification

The first game in international European club football was a purely British affair in then snow-covered Leicester.

date	home	Result	guest	Stadion
February 23	Leicester Panthers	18:32	Birmingham Bulls	Saffron Lane Stadium, Leicester

Play-offs

Quarter finals

Semifinals

Eurobowl I

Vantaa TAFT

61

Lugano Seagulls

0

TAFT Vantaa

67

Amsterdam Rams

6th

Amsterdam Rams

41

Salzburg Lions

0

TAFT Vantaa

20th

Bologna Doves

16

Bologna Doves

44

Paris jets

0

Bologna Doves

40

Birmingham Bulls

7th

Birmingham Bulls

29

Ansbach grizzlies

18th

Quarter finals

date	home	Result	guest	Stadion
August 9	Salzburg Lions	0:41 (0: 8, 0: 6, 0: 7, 0:20)	Amsterdam Rams	EVV Stadium, Eindhoven (NL)
August 9	Lugano Seagulls	0:61 (0:13, 0:21, 0:14, 0:13)	Vantaa TAFT	EVV Stadium, Eindhoven (NL)
August 10	Birmingham Bulls	29:18 (0:12, 14: 0, 7: 0, 8: 6)	Ansbach grizzlies	Zwolsche Boys Stadium, Zwolle (NL)
August 10	Bologna Doves	44: 0 (18: 0, 20: 0, 6: 0, 0: 0)	Paris jets	Zwolsche Boys Stadium, Zwolle (NL)

Semifinals

date	home	Result	guest	Stadion
13 August	Birmingham Bulls	7:40 (0:20, 0: 6, ??: 7, ??: 7)	Bologna Doves	Zuiderpark Stadium, s'Gravenhage (NL)
13 August	Amsterdam Rams	6:67 (0:14, 6:20, 0:20, 0:13)	Vantaa TAFT	Zuiderpark Stadium, s'Gravenhage (NL)

3rd place match

date	home	Result	guest	Stadion
	Birmingham Bulls	21: 0	Amsterdam Rams

Eurobowl I

→ Main article : Eurobowl I

date	home	Result	guest	Stadion
August 16	Bologna Doves	16:20 (2: 0, 7: 7, 0: 7, 7: 6)	Vantaa TAFT	Olympic Stadium , Amsterdam (NL)

Web links

• Football history
• Enciclopedia del football italiano (PDF; 296 kB) Warriors Bologna (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On This Day: 1986. (No longer available online.) In: birminghambulls.co.uk. February 23, 2016, archived from the original on February 26, 2016 ; accessed on February 26, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.