European Football League 2004

The 2004 European Football League was the 18th edition of the highest competition for American football club teams at European level. In the Euro Bowl XVIII that hit Vienna Vikings the Bergamo Lions with 53 to 20th

Attendees

In 2004 no German teams took part in the European competitions. With the Braunschweig Lions , the reigning Eurobowl winner was also missing . The Austrian Association sent two teams into the race with the Vienna Vikings and the Graz Giants . The Landquart Broncos started for Switzerland .

Qualifying round

The qualifying round was played in four divisions, with the group leader qualifying for the semi-finals.

Division 1

date	Kick off	home	Result	guest	Stadion
8th of May	15:00	Carlstad Crusaders	17: 7 (3: 7, 7: 0, 7: 0, 0: 0) report , statistics	Avedøre Monarchs	Tingvalla IP
May 16	15:00	Vienna Vikings	42: 0 (7: 0, 21: 0, 7: 0, 7: 0) report , statistics	Carlstad Crusaders	Hohe Warte , Vienna
May 22	15:00	Avedøre Monarchs	7:34 (0:14, 0: 7, 0: 6, 7: 7) report , statistics	Vienna Vikings	Roskilde Idrætspark, Roskilde

	society	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1.	Vienna Vikings	2	76: 7	+69	4-0
2.	Carlstad Crusaders	2	17:49	−32	2: 2
3.	Avedøre Monarchs	2	14:51	−37	0: 4

Division 2

date	Kick off	home	Result	guest	Stadion
8th of May	13:00	Turku Trojans	10: 0 (7: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0) report , statistics	Arlanda Jets	Helsingin Velodromi , Helsinki
May 15	14:00	Moscow Patriots	42: 0 (0: 0, 21: 0, 7: 0, 14: 0) report , statistics	Turku Trojans	Spartak 2 Stadium, Moscow
May 22	15:00	Arlanda Jets	17: 7 (7: 0, 3: 0, 0: 7, 7: 0) report , statistics	Moscow Patriots	Pinbacken IP, Märsta

	society	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1.	Moscow Patriots	2	49:17	+32	2: 2
2.	Arlanda Jets	2	17:17	± 0	2: 2
3.	Turku Trojans	2	10:42	−32	2: 2

Division 3

date	Kick off	home	Result	guest	Stadion
10th of April	17:00	Landquart Broncos	6:28 (6: 7, 0: 0, 0:14, 0: 7) report , statistics	La Courneuve Flash	Ringstrasse Stadium, Chur
8th of May	20:00	La Courneuve Flash	14:17 (14:10, 0: 7, 0: 0, 0: 0) report , statistics	Badalona Drags	Stade Géo André, La Courneuve
May 29th	17:00	Badalona Drags	42: 7 (0: 0, 28: 7, 7: 0, 7: 0) report , statistics	Landquart Broncos	Estadi del Centenari, Badalona

	society	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1.	Badalona Drags	2	59:21	+38	4-0
2.	La Courneuve Flash	2	42:23	+19	2: 2
3.	Landquart Broncos	2	13:70	−57	0: 4

Division 4

date	Kick off	home	Result	guest	Stadion
8th of May	16:00	L'Hospitalet Pioners	20:30 (0: 0, 12:10, 0:13, 8: 7) report , statistics	Graz Giants	Estadio Municipal de L'Hospitalet
May 15	16:30	Bergamo Lions	42: 0 (7: 0, 14: 0, 14: 0, 7: 0) statistics	L'Hospitalet Pioners	Stadio Comunale di Osio Sotto, Bergamo
30th May	15:00	Graz Giants	21:49 (14:14, 0: 7, 7: 7, 0:21) report , statistics	Bergamo Lions	Eggenberg Stadium, Graz

	society	Sp	TD	Diff.	Points
1.	Bergamo Lions	2	91:21	+70	4-0
2.	Graz Giants	2	51:69	−18	2: 2
3.	L'Hospitalet Pioners	2	20:72	−52	0: 4

Play-offs

Tournament schedule

	Semifinals					Eurobowl XVIII - Vienna
		Vienna Vikings	49
		Moscow Patriots	13
							Vienna Vikings	53
							Bergamo Lions	20th
		Bergamo Lions	55
		Badalona Drags	19th

Semifinals

date	Kick off	home	Result	guest	Stadion
June 13th	15:00	Vienna Vikings	49:13 (7: 0, 14: 7, 21: 0, 7: 6) Report , statistics	Moscow Patriots	Hohe Warte , Vienna
June 12	16:30	Bergamo Lions	55:19 (20:13, 14: 0, 14: 6, 7: 0) report , statistics	Badalona Drags	Stadio Comunale Osio Sotto, Bergamo

Eurobowl

→ Main article : Eurobowl XVIII

In front of 7,000 spectators in the Hohe Warte stadium , the Vikings were clearly superior in their third participation in the final and already achieved an 18-0 lead at half time. Even after the break, the Viennese continued to score and increased the score to 39: 0 in the fourth quarter before the Lions could score. The final score of 53 to 20 meant the highest Eurobowl victory to date.

date	Kick off	home	Result	guest	Stadion
10th of July	17:00	Vienna Vikings	53:20 (6: 0, 12: 0, 14: 0, 21:20) report , statistics	Bergamo Lions	Hohe Warte , Vienna

See also

• EFAF Cup 2004

Web links

• Elitefoot - Eurobowl 2004 ( Memento from July 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Huddle 29/2004 p. 6