European Football League 2001

The 2001 season of the European Football League was carried out similarly to the previous year. In addition to a Northern League and a Southern League, other teams were combined in smaller divisions. In these various qualifying games, the participants were played for the quarter-finals. After the withdrawal of Oslo there was the situation that all participants of the Northern and Southern League took part in the quarter-finals regardless of their sporting performance.

No club from Germany took part in the European Football League in 2001. Austria sent the Vienna Vikings and the Tyrolean Raiders into the race, who met in the quarter-finals for a direct duel. As in previous years, the St. Gallen Vipers competed for Switzerland .

Qualifying round

Northern League

Because of the withdrawal of the Oslo Vikings , the Stockholm Mean Machines qualified without a fight for the quarter-finals.

Southern League

home	Result	guest
Bergamo Lions	35-0	Tyrolean Raiders
Tyrolean Raiders	34:35	Bergamo Lions
St. Gallen Vipers	9:45	Tyrolean Raiders
Tyrolean Raiders	6:22	St. Gallen Vipers
St. Gallen Vipers	14:55	Bergamo Lions
Bergamo Lions	49: 0	St. Gallen Vipers

	society	Sp	Points	TD	Diff.
1.	Bergamo Lions	4th	8-0	174: 48	+126
2.	Tyrolean Raiders	4th	2: 6	85: 101	−16
3.	St. Gallen Vipers	4th	2: 6	45: 155	−110

Division 1

home	Result	guest
London O's	0:22	Flash de La Courneuve
Flash de La Courneuve	41:13	London O's

Division 2

home	Result	guest
Bolzano Giants	12:20	Ancona Dolphins
Ancona Dolphins	21:12	Bolzano Giants
Vienna Vikings	28:12	Bolzano Giants
Bolzano Giants	13:54	Vienna Vikings
Ancona Dolphins	14:21	Vienna Vikings
Vienna Vikings	49: 7	Ancona Dolphins

	society	Sp	Points	TD	Diff.
1.	Vienna Vikings	4th	8-0	152: 46	+106
2.	Ancona Dolphins	4th	4: 4	62:94	−32
3.	Bolzano Giants	4th	0: 8	49: 123	−74

Division 3

Because of the withdrawal of the Aix-en-Provence Argonautes , the Badalona Drags qualified for the quarter-finals without a fight.

Play-offs

Quarter finals

home	Result	guest
Badalona Drags	52:72	Stockholm Mean Machines
Vienna Vikings	34:33	Tyrolean Raiders
La Courneuve Flash	62: 0	St. Gallen Vipers
Bergamo Lions	34:14	Ancona Dolphins

Semifinals

home	Result	guest
La Courneuve Flash	12:28	Bergamo Lions
Vienna Vikings	23:14	Stockholm Mean Machines

Eurobowl

	Vienna 7 July 2001 5:30 p.m.		Vienna Vikings	11:28	Bergamo Lions		High waiting audience: 6,500
				(3: 0, 0: 7, 8: 7, 0:14) Match report

Web links

• Euro Bowl XV on britballnow.co.uk (Engl.)
• LIONS TAKE EUROBOWL TITLE ( Memento from June 4, 2002 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence