European Football League 2002

The European Football League 2002 was the 16th edition of the most important competition for American football club teams at European level. In addition to the EFL , the EFAF Cup was held for the first time in 2002 . This competition was created in order to enlarge the possible field of participants in European competitions. In terms of sporting importance, the EFAF Cup is classified behind the EFL. In the Euro Bowl defending champions beat Bergamo Lions the Braunschweig Lions with 27:20 and celebrated their third Euro Bowl win in a row in front of 8,741 spectators at Eintracht-Stadion .

mode

In the 2002 season, a qualification phase was played out in four divisions. The mode within the divisions was different. Each division identified two teams who then competed against each other in the quarter-finals. Thus each division provided a semifinal participant.

Qualifying round

Division 1

In Division 1, only two teams were seeded, which automatically reached the quarter-finals.

• Seinäjoki Crocodiles
• Tyreso Royal Crowns

Division 2

In Division 2, the Braunschweig Lions were seeded for the quarter-finals. Second place for the quarter-finals was played out among five teams in three play-off rounds. Here the Donetsk Scythians prevailed.

• Braunschweig Lions
• Donetsk Scythians
• Kiev Slavs
• Kishinev Barbarians
• Moscow Bears
• Moscow Patriots

home	Result	guest
Kiev Slavs	59: 0	Kishinev Barbarians

date	Kick off	home	Result	guest	Stadion
		Donetsk Scythians	21:21	Moscow Patriots
		Moscow Patriots	9:10 report	Donetsk Scythians
April 14th	15:00	Kiev Slavs	13: 7 (6: 0, 7: 0, 0: 0, 0: 7) report	Moscow Bears	Olimpiysky stadium, Kiev
		Moscow Bears	15:17	Kiev Slavs

date	Kick off	home	Result	guest	Stadion
April 27	16:00	Donetsk Scythians	27: 7 report	Kiev Slavs	Kirovets Stadium, Donetsk,
		Kiev Slavs	6:20	Donetsk Scythians

Division 3

In Division 3, the Aix-en-Provence Argonautes and Bergamo Lions prevailed.

• Aix-en-Provence Argonautes
• Bergamo Lions
• Madrid Osos
• Zaragoza Lions

date	Kick off	home	Result	guest	Stadion
		Zaragoza Lions	6:47 report	Aix-en-Provence Argonautes
March 24th		Aix-en-Provence Argonautes	62:22 (20: 0, 14: 0, 14:14, 14: 8) report	Zaragoza Lions
March 23	18:00	Madrid Osos	6:35 (0:12, 0:14, 0: 0, 6: 0) report	Bergamo Lions	Estadio Cerro del Telégrafo, Rivas Vaciamadrid
April 13th		Bergamo Lions	53: 0 (26: 0, 0: 0, 6: 0, 21: 0) report	Madrid Osos	Bergamo

Division 4

In contrast to the other three groups, Division 4 played everyone against everyone in the system. Only Prague against Vienna and Ancona against Innsbruck played a round trip each. The other matches were only played once, so that each team played four games.

date	home	Result	guest	Stadion
	Ancona Dolphins	28:20 report	Tyrolean Raiders
	Ancona Dolphins	21:14 (0: 0, 14: 0, 7: 7, 0: 7) report	Prague panthers
April 13th	Tyrolean Raiders	0:49 (0:14, 0:14, 0:14, 0: 7) report	Chrysler Vikings Vienna	Tivoli W1, Innsbruck
April 21	Prague panthers	30:35 (7: 7, 10:14, 7:14, 6: 0) report	Chrysler Vikings Vienna
April 27	Tyrolean Raiders	20:54 (0: 7, 7:26, 6: 7, 7:14) report	Prague panthers	Tivoli W1, Innsbruck
April 28	Chrysler Vikings Vienna	53: 0 (16: 0, 10: 0, 14: 0, 13: 0) report	Ancona Dolphins	Hohe Warte stadium, Vienna
5th of May	Chrysler Vikings Vienna	55:27 (21:10, 6: 9, 14: 8, 14: 0) report	Prague panthers	Hohe Warte stadium, Vienna
May 11th	Tyrolean Raiders	40:56 (7: 7, 7:13, 14:27, 12: 9) report	Ancona Dolphins	Tivoli W1, Innsbruck

	society	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1.	Chrysler Vikings Vienna	4th	192: 570	+135	8-0
2.	Ancona Dolphins	4th	105: 127	−22	6: 2
3.	Prague Panthers	4th	125: 131	−6	2: 6
4th	Tyrolean Raiders	4th	080: 187	−107	0: 8

Play-offs

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played between the two qualifiers of the four preliminary round divisions.

date	Kick off	home	Result	guest	Stadion
May 18	14:00	Tyreso Royal Crowns	7:30 (0: 0, 0: 3, 7: 6, 0:21) report	Seinäjoki Crocodiles	Bollmoravallen
25. May	16:00	Seinäjoki Crocodiles	20: 0 (0: 0, 6: 0, 14: 0, 0: 0) report	Tyreso Royal Crowns	Keskusurheilukenttä
May 19th	18:00	Braunschweig Lions	51: 0 (14: 0, 15: 0, 22: 0, 0: 0) report	Donetsk Scythians	Hamburger Strasse stadium
25. May	14:30	Donetsk Scythians	7:70 report	Braunschweig Lions	Stadium NAU, Kiev
May 26	3:30 p.m.	Bergamo Lions	28:13 report	Aix-en-Provence Argonautes	Osio Sotto Stadium, Bergamo
May 26	15:00	Chrysler Vikings Vienna	42: 7 (0: 7, 0:28, 7: 0, 0: 7) report	Ancona Dolphins	Hohe Warte, Vienna

	Semifinals					Eurobowl XVI - Braunschweig
		Braunschweig Lions	15th
		Seinäjoki Crocodiles	7th
							Braunschweig Lions	20th
							Bergamo Lions	27
		Vienna Vikings	14th
		Bergamo Lions	40

Semifinals

	Braunschweig June 15, 6:00 p.m.		Braunschweig Lions	15: 7	Seinäjoki Crocodiles		Hamburger Strasse stadium
				(0: 7, 3: 0, 6: 0, 6: 0) Match report

	Vienna June 16, 3 p.m.		Chrysler Vikings Vienna	14:40	Bergamo Lions		Hohe Warte stadium
				(0: 6, 0:14, 7:20, 7: 0) Match report

Eurobowl

→ Main article : Eurobowl XVI

	Braunschweig July 6th		Braunschweig Lions	20:27	Bergamo Lions		Stadium on Hamburger Strasse spectators: 8,970
				(0: 0, 6:13, 7: 7, 7: 7) Match report

See also

• EFAF Cup 2002

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EUROBOWL Quarterfinals 2002: 8 Clubs qualified , eurobowl.info, May 9, 2002. Accessed August 9, 2013.