European Football League 2009
The European Football League 2009 was the 23rd season of the most important European competition for club teams in the sport of American football . 16 teams from nine national associations took part. In the Euro Bowl XXIII defending champions were SWARCO Raiders Tirol from Innsbruck and the French team La Courneuve Flash over. With 30:19 the Tyroleans were able to successfully defend their title.
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Twelve of the 16 teams competed against each other in a qualifying round. This consisted of four groups with three teams each. The first in the group qualified for the quarter-finals and met one of four seeded teams. The seeded teams were the semi-finalists of the preseason.
Attendees
For Germany the were German champions , the Braunschweig Lions , and the EFAF Cup winner last year, the Berlin Adler , at the start. The Berliners just failed in the qualifying round to La Courneuve Flash from France. The Lions won their group, but then failed in the quarterfinals to the Swarco Raiders Tirol from Innsbruck with 7:35. The national champions, the Graz Giants , defending champions Swarco Raiders Tirol and record champion Vienna Vikings started for Austria . All three representatives were set and thus only entered the competition in the quarter-finals. Both the Viennese (in the quarter-finals) and the Graz (semi-finals) failed at La Courneuve. The Raiders, on the other hand, were able to stop La Courneuve's triumphant advance in the final.
Qualifying round
Division 1
society | Sp | TD | Diff. | Points | |
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1. | Braunschweig Lions | 2 | 100:40 | +60 | 4-0 |
2. | Bolzano Giants | 2 | 41:53 | −12 | 2: 2 |
3. | Valencia Firebats | 2 | 19:67 | −48 | 0: 4 |
Division 2
society | Sp | TD | Diff. | Points | |
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1. | Elancourt Templiers | 2 | 89:49 | +40 | 4-0 |
2. | Bergamo Lions | 2 | 68:59 | +9 | 2: 2 |
3. | L'Hospitalet Pioners | 2 | 55: 104 | −49 | 0: 4 |
Division 3
society | Sp | TD | Diff. | Points | |
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1. | La Courneuve Flash | 2 | 59:37 | +22 | 4-0 |
2. | Berlin eagle | 2 | 78:31 | +47 | 2: 2 |
3. | Moscow Patriots | 2 | 13:82 | −69 | 0: 4 |
Division 4
society | Sp | TD | Diff. | Points | |
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1. | Porvoo Butchers | 2 | 49:13 | +36 | 4-0 |
2. | Stockholm Mean Machines | 2 | 54:34 | +20 | 2: 2 |
3. | Oathful 1814's | 2 | 19:75 | −56 | 0: 4 |
Play-offs
Quarter finals | Semifinals | Eurobowl XXIII | |||||||||||
Swarco Raiders Tirol | 35 | ||||||||||||
Braunschweig Lions | 7th | ||||||||||||
Swarco Raiders Tirol | 31 | ||||||||||||
Porvoo Butchers | 13 | ||||||||||||
Seinäjoki Crocodiles | 21st | ||||||||||||
Porvoo Butchers | 27 1 | ||||||||||||
Swarco Raiders Tirol | 30th | ||||||||||||
La Courneuve Flash | 19th | ||||||||||||
Graz Giants | 20th | ||||||||||||
Elancourt Templiers | 6th | ||||||||||||
Graz Giants | 33 | ||||||||||||
La Courneuve Flash | 35 | ||||||||||||
Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna | 3 | ||||||||||||
La Courneuve Flash | 14th |
Quarter finals
Eggenberg May 16, 2016 4:00 p.m. |
Graz Giants |
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Elancourt Templiers |
ASKÖ stadium | ||||||||
(0: 0, 0: 0, 6: 0, 14: 6) Match report |
Seinäjoki May 16, 2016 4:00 p.m. |
Seinäjoki Crocodiles |
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Porvoo Butchers |
Seinäjoki Stadium | ||||||||
(7: 7, 7: 0, 0: 6, 7: 8) OT: 0: 6 game report |
Innsbruck May 16, 2016 8:00 p.m. |
Swarco Raiders Tirol |
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Braunschweig Lions |
Tivoli New | ||||||||
(14: 7, 14: 0, 0: 0, 7: 0) Match report |
Vienna May 17, 2016 3 p.m. |
Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna |
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La Courneuve Flash |
Hohe Warte stadium | ||||||||
(0: 0, 3: 6, 0: 8, 0: 0) Match report |
Semifinals
La Courneuve June 13, 2009 6:00 p.m. |
La Courneuve Flash |
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Graz Giants |
Stade Marville spectators: 3,100 |
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(6: 7, 16:14, 0: 0, 13:12) Match report |
Innsbruck June 13, 2009 8:00 p.m. |
Swarco Raiders Tirol |
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Porvoo Butchers |
Tivoli New | ||||||||
(14: 7, 14: 0, 3: 0, 0: 6) Match report |
Eurobowl
Innsbruck July 11, 2009 8:00 p.m. |
Swarco Raiders Tirol |
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La Courneuve Flash |
Tivoli-Neu spectators: 6,500 Referee: Perttu Hautala |
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(3: 0, 17: 6, 7: 7, 3: 6) Match report |
See also
Web links
- Schedule / Results 2009 (complete schedule on eurobowl.info)