European Football League 2000

In the 2000 season of the European Football League , two qualifiers for the semi-finals were played in two leagues. The other two qualifiers were played in several playoff rounds. For Germany the Cologne Crocodiles , the Braunschweig Lions and the Hamburg Blue Devils started. Austria was represented this year by the Vienna Vikings and Switzerland, as in the previous year, by the St. Gallen Vipers .

Qualifying round

Northern League

home	Result	guest
Stockholm Mean Machines	32:20	Aarhus Tigers
Aarhus Tigers	8:20	Stockholm Mean Machines
Oslo Vikings	28: 7	Aarhus Tigers
Aarhus Tigers	14:13	Oslo Vikings
Oslo Vikings	14:38	Stockholm Mean Machines

	society	Sp	Points	TD	Diff.
1.	Stockholm Mean Machines	3	6-0	90:42	+48
2.	Oslo Vikings	3	2: 4	55:59	−4
3.	Aarhus Tigers	4th	2: 6	49:93	−44

Southern League

home	Result	guest
Prague Panthers	22:29	St. Gallen Vipers
St. Gallen Vipers	21: 3	Prague Panthers
Prague Panthers	20:56	Bergamo Lions
Bergamo Lions	45:19	Prague Panthers
Bergamo Lions	56-0	St. Gallen Vipers
St. Gallen Vipers	18:56	Bergamo Lions

	society	Sp	Points	TD	Diff.
1.	Bergamo Lions	4th	8-0	213: 57	+156
2.	St. Gallen Vipers	4th	4: 4	68: 137	−69
3.	Prague Panthers	4th	0: 8	64: 151	−87

Playoff pools

 Hamburg Blue Devils and Braunschweig Lions were already seeded for the final qualifying round.  

Pool 1

home	Result	guest
Madrid Osos	14:30	Aix-en-Provence Argonautes
Aix-en-Provence Argonautes	42:13	Madrid Osos

Pool 2

home	Result	guest
Vienna Vikings	48:20	Ancona Dolphins

Pool 3

home	Result	guest
Cologne crocodiles	71:33	Bolzano Giants

Pool 4

home	Result	guest
Badalona Drags	13:42	Molosses d'Asnières
Molosses d'Asnières	6:12	Badalona Drags

Round of 16

home	Result	guest
Vienna Vikings	48:28	Aix-en-Provence Argonautes
Molosses d'Asnières	27:49	Cologne crocodiles

Quarter finals

home	Result	guest
Hamburg Blue Devils	43:16	Vienna Vikings
Braunschweig Lions	15:42	Cologne crocodiles

Semifinals

	Osio Sotto June 3, 2000		Bergamo Lions	62: 56	Cologne crocodiles		Campo Via delle Industrie
				(14:14, 21:21, 14: 7, 7:14) OT: 6: 0

	Hamburg June 3, 2000		Hamburg Blue Devils	35:12	Stockholm Mean Machines		Volksparkstadion

Eurobowl

			Eurobowl XIV
	Hamburg June 17, 2000		Hamburg Blue Devils	20:42	Bergamo Lions		Volksparkstadion spectators: 13,200
				(14: 7, 0:21, 6: 7, 0: 7) Match report

Web links

• Eurobowl 2000 on www.football-history.de
• 2000 European Federation of American Football on Enciclopedia del football italiano (ital.)