German Football League 2018

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German Football League 2018
Logo of the German Football League
master Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns (4th title)
final German Bowl XL
Relegated Hamburg huskies
Teams 16
Games 112 + 7 play-off games
spectator 176,490  (ø 1,576 per game)
← GFL 2017

The German Football League 2018 was the 40th season of the German Football League (GFL), the top division of American football in Germany.

The 2018 GFL season was played from late April to early September. The regular season was followed by the play-offs, in which the participants of the German Bowl were determined. In the German Bowl XL , which took place in Berlin on October 13th , the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns met Frankfurt Universe . Schwäbisch Hall prevailed with 21:19 and secured the second championship in a row and the fourth title in the GFL.

mode

Basically, a total of 16 teams compete in two separate groups (eight each in the GFL North and eight in the GFL South). Each of these groups holds a round-robin tournament in which two teams meet twice, with each team enjoying home rights once. After each game, the winning team receives two points and the defeated team receives zero. In the event of a tie, each team receives one point. The opponent's points are counted as minus points. After the end of the round-robin tournament, a ranking list is determined, in which the number of points scored is decisive. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decides.

After the round-robin tournaments, the best four teams compete in a play-off round for the German championship. The last teams of the two groups fight in a relegation to stay in the league.

The play-offs for the championship are played crosswise. That is, the first in the group plays against the fourth in the other group in a quarter-finals. Accordingly, the second in the group plays against the third in the other group. The group first and second enjoy home rights. The winning teams compete against each other in the semi-finals in such a way that the winner from group A or fourth from group B meets the second from group B or the third from group A. The team that is better placed in the round-robin tournament enjoys home rights. The winners of the two semi-finals compete against each other in the German Bowl XL . Since the rules of the GFL are based on the rules of college football of the NCAA , overtime is played out in the play-offs according to these rules .

In the relegation, the bottom of the group of GFL South plays against the champions of GFL 2 South in a return match, with each team enjoying one home right. Accordingly, the last of the GFL Nord competes against the master of GFL 2 Nord. The respective winner from the first and second leg qualifies for the GFL, the loser competes in GFL 2 in the following season .

Teams

Teams 2018 GFL North GFL South00Blue pog.svg00Red pog.svg

In the group north, the following teams took part in the league:

The Potsdam Royals prevailed in the relegation against the Berlin Adler . For the Berlin Adler it meant relegation to GFL 2 after 15 years in the top German league.

In the group south, the following teams took part in the league:

The Kirchdorf Wildcats were able to defeat the Saarland Hurricanes in the relegation .

Season course

The regular season started on April 21st and ended on September 9th.

Group north

Games north

GFL North 2018 Lions Kiel Baltic Hurricanes Dresden monarchs BR CC HH HI PR
New York Lions Logo.svg New Yorker Lions Braunschweig 42: 3
21: 3.14: 0.7: 0.0: 0 		28:28
14: 7.14: 14.0: 7.0: 0 		21:26
6: 21.0: 3.0: 0.15: 2 		42:21
14: 0.14: 7.7: 6.7: 8 		39: 0
13: 0.10: 0.7: 0.9: 0 		49: 0
14: 0.14: 0.7: 0.14: 0 		45:14
21: 7.14: 0.3: 7.7: 0
Kiel Baltic Hurricanes logo.svg Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 14:22
7: 6.0: 9.0: 7.7: 0 		31:34
13: 10,10: 3.0: 7.8: 14 		6:17
0: 10.6: 0.0: 7.0: 0 		22:22
0: 15.7: 0.0: 7.15: 0 		48:13
22: 0.14: 0.9: 6.3: 7 		37:15
7: 0.7: 0.9: 7.14: 8 		14:38
0: 6.7: 13.7: 12.0: 7
Dresden Monarchs logo 3D.svg Dresden monarchs 24:44 7: 14,10
: 13,0: 3,7: 14 		56:21
7: 7.21: 7.14: 0.14: 7 		20:18
3: 3.7: 0.7: 0.3: 15 		24: 7
0: 0.17: 0.0: 0.7: 7 		52:14
14: 7,17: 7,14: 0.7: 0 		35: 0
7: 0.14: 0.0: 0.14: 0 		42:24
7: 7.7: 17.21: 0.7: 0
Berlin Rebels 23:14
7: 0.7: 7.0: 7.9: 0 		24:28
7: 0.14: 6.3: 7.0: 15 		30: 7
7: 0.6: 0.10: 0.7: 7 		34:13
7: 0.21: 0.0: 7.6: 6 		24: 0
0: 0.10: 0.14: 0.0: 0 		38: 0
10: 0.7: 0.21: 0.0: 0 		20:31
0: 6.13: 6.7: 12.0: 7
Cologne crocodiles 6:43
6: 14.0: 13.0: 7.0: 9 		32:14
7: 7.3: 0.19: 7.3: 0 		27:58
0: 20.7: 21.14: 7.6: 10 		29:37
14: 7.0: 14.7: 13.8: 3 		38:21
7: 0.14: 14.17: 7.0: 0 		31: 7
7: 0.0: 7.7: 0.17: 0 		31:18
7: 0.14: 12.3: 0.7: 6
Hamburg huskies 0:45
0: 14.0: 7.0: 21.0: 3 		14:24
0: 3.7: 7.0: 7.7: 7 		6:42
0: 14.0: 14.0: 14.6: 0 		7:24
0: 7.0: 14.0: 3.7: 0 		28:43
7: 14.21: 7.0: 7.0: 15 		21:31
0: 21.7: 10.0: 0.14: 0 		24:42
7: 14.0: 14.3: 7.14: 7
Hildesheim Invaders 6:51
0: 7.6: 23.0: 14.0: 7 		15:14
3: 7.0: 7.0: 0.12: 0 		3:40
0: 14.0: 13.3: 10.0: 3 		17:31
0: 17.7: 0.3: 7.7: 7 		14:34
0: 3.7: 14.0: 7.7: 10 		23: 9
14: 0.3: 0.6: 6.0: 3 		0:56
0: 14.0: 21.0: 14.0: 7
Potsdam Royals 13:41
10: 14.0: 14.3: 7.0: 6 		50:21
19: 7.7: 7.14: 7.10: 0 		34:45 7: 17,14
: 7.7: 7.6: 14 		18:21
0: 7.0: 7.12: 0.6: 7 		41:42
0: 13,14: 7,13: 7,14:15 		24: 0
7: 0.3: 0.7: 0.7: 0 		0:14
0: 0.0: 0.0: 7.0: 7

Source: Conference Schedule on stats.gfl.info

Closing table north

Pl. team total home Away Points TD Diff.
1 New Yorker Lions Braunschweig 14 (11/1/2) 7 (5/1/1) 7 (6/0/1) 23: 50 526: 178 +348
2 Dresden monarchs 14 (11/1/2) 7 (6/0/1) 7 (5/1/1) 23: 50 507: 287 +220
3 Berlin Rebels 14 (11/0/3) 7 (5/0/2) 7 (6/0/1) 22: 60 367: 211 +156
4th Cologne crocodiles 14 (7/1/6) 7 (4/0/3) 7 (3/1/3) 15:13 376: 403 0−27
5 Potsdam Royals 14 (6/0/8) 7 (2/0/5) 7 (4/0/3) 12:16 403: 360 0+43
6th Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 14 (4/1/9) 7 (2/1/4) 7 (2/0/5) 09:19 297: 394 0−97
7th Hildesheim Invaders 14 (4/0/10) 7 (2/0/5) 7 (2/0/5) 08:20 145: 446 −301
8th Hamburg huskies 14 (0/0/14) 7 (0/0/7) 7 (0/0/7) 00:28 157: 499 −342

Explanations:  = qualification for the play-offs; = Relegation
status: September 9, 2018
Sources: Conference Standings on stats.gfl.info and GFL Nord on football-aktuell.de

Group south

Games south

GFL South 2018 SHU Frankfurt Universe Marburg Mercenaries Ingolstadt Dukes Allgäu Comets StS Munich cowboys KW
Blank1x1.svg Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 17: 7
7: 0.10: 0.0: 0.0: 7 		38:19
7: 0.14: 12.3: 7.14: 0 		44:13
14: 0.20: 0.7: 6.3: 7 		65:23
13: 0.26: 15.20: 8.6: 0 		49:19
14: 0.21: 6.9: 6.5: 7 		48: 7
14: 0.27: 0.7: 0.0: 7 		40: 0
7: 0.30: 0.0: 0.3: 0
Frankfurt Universe Logo.jpg Frankfurt Universe 9:12
6: 0.3: 0.0: 10.0: 2 		63: 7
14: 0.21: 0.14: 7.14: 0 		24:14
14: 0.0: 7.2: 7.8: 0 		55:14
20: 7.14: 0.7: 7.14: 0 		42: 0
10: 0.14: 0.7: 0.11: 0 		45: 6
7: 0.17: 0.14: 0.7: 6 		38: 7
3: 0.14: 0.14: 0.7: 7
Marburg Mercenaries logo.jpg Marburg Mercenaries 31:34
0: 7.17: 6.0: 0.14: 21 		19:26
9: 0.0: 10.7: 9.3: 7 		30:24
9: 0.14: 10.7: 7.0: 7 		28:14
14: 0.0: 7.7: 0.7: 7 		36:43
0: 0.15: 18.7: 7.14: 18 		33:30
7: 10.14: 14.0: 0.12: 6 		33: 7
14: 7.13: 0.0: 0.6: 0
Ingolstadtdukes.png Ingolstadt Dukes 7:45
0: 21.7: 10.0: 14.0: 0 		26:40
3: 2.7: 15.0: 7.16: 16 		30:34
0: 13.17: 7.3: 7.10: 7 		42:52
7: 7.7: 10.0: 14.28: 21 		28:21
7: 7.7: 7.7: 0.7: 7 		44:21
7: 0.17: 0.20: 14.0: 7 		21: 9
7: 3.7: 6.0: 0.7: 0
Allgaeu Comets Logo.png Allgäu Comets 14:55
0: 14.7: 14.0: 27.7: 0 		7:66
0: 26.7: 20.0: 14.0: 6 		28:25
14: 0.0: 7.0: 5.14: 13 		23:21
3: 0.6: 7.0: 7.14: 7 		56:14
21: 7.21: 0.14: 0.0: 7 		28:31
14: 3.14: 17.0: 0.0: 11 		35:23
6: 0.15: 16.7: 7.7: 0
Blank1x1.svg Stuttgart Scorpions 0:38
0: 14.0: 14.0: 10.0: 0 		7:41
7: 14.0: 13.0: 0.0: 14 		27:30
3: 3,14: 13,0: 7,10: 7 		10:37
3: 0.7: 17.0: 13.0: 7 		22:42
3: 7.13: 6.0: 15.6: 14 		14:21
0: 7.0: 7.0: 7.14: 0 		35:14
14: 0.7: 0.7: 0.7: 14
MC-Logo.png Munich cowboys 14:44
7: 7.0: 10.7: 13.0: 14 		0:17
0: 0.0: 7.0: 3.0: 7 		45:17
14: 7,10: 0,0: 3,21: 7 		28:23
0: 0.7: 17.7: 0.14: 6 		24:34
14: 0.10: 14.0: 14.0: 6 		37: 7
10: 0.21: 0.6: 7.0: 0 		12:13
0: 0.6: 3.0: 0.6: 10
Blank1x1.svg Wildcats church village 0:29
0: 0.0: 9.0: 14.0: 6 		7:31
0: 17.7: 7.0: 7.0: 0 		29:24
0: 10.0: 0.12: 7.17: 7 		20:20
0: 0.7: 12.13: 8.0: 0 		17:33
3: 7.7: 7.0: 13.7: 6 		15: 7
5: 0.7: 7.3: 0.0: 0 		6:14
0: 0.3: 0.3: 0.0: 14

Source: Conference Schedule on stats.gfl.info

Final table south

Pl. team total home Away Points TD Diff.
1 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 14 (14/0/0) 7 (7/0/0) 7 (7/0/0) 28: 00 558: 163 +395
2 Frankfurt Universe 14 (12/0/2) 7 (6/0/1) 7 (6/0/1) a20: 4 a0 504: 143 +361
3 Allgäu Comets 14 (8/0/6) 7 (4/0/3) 7 (4/0/3) 16:12 403: 488 0−85
4th Munich cowboys 14 (6/0/8) 7 (3/0/4) 7 (3/0/4) 12:16 290: 373 0−83
5 Marburg Mercenaries 14 (6/0/8) 7 (4/0/3) 7 (2/0/5) 12:16 366: 438 0−72
6th Ingolstadt Dukes 14 (4/1/9) 7 (3/0/4) 7 (1/1/5) 09:19 350: 401 0−51
7th Wildcats church village 14 (3/1/10) 7 (2/1/4) 7 (1/0/6) 07:21 167: 372 −205
8th Stuttgart Scorpions 14 (2/0/12) 7 (1/0/6) 7 (1/0/6) 04:24 226: 486 −260
a Universe was deducted 4 points for violating the licensing terms.

Explanations:  = qualification for the play-offs; = Relegation
status: September 9, 2018
Sources: Conference Standings on stats.gfl.info and GFL Nord on football-aktuell.de

Relegation

North

Due to a home defeat on the third last match day against the only remaining competitor, the Hildesheim Invaders , the Hamburg Huskies were prematurely bottom of the table.

Hamburg
September 22, 2018
3 p.m. 		Hamburg huskies
10:36
Dusseldorf panther Hammer Park
Spectators: 641
Referee: Pruin
(0: 7, 3: 3, 0: 7, 7:19)
Match report
Düsseldorf
October 6, 2018
3 p.m. 		Dusseldorf panther
34: 21
Hamburg huskies BZA Karl Hohmann Stadium
Spectators: 2,100
Referee: Schrader
(14: 0, 14: 0, 0: 7, 6:14)
Match report

south

Stuttgart
September 22, 2018
6:00 p.m. 		Stuttgart Scorpions
72: 34
Ravensburg Razorbacks Gazi Stadium
Spectators: 1,970
Referee: Fischer
(21: 0, 26: 0, 13:21, 12:13)
Game report
Weingarten
October 7, 2018
3 p.m. 		Ravensburg Razorbacks
6:48
Stuttgart Scorpions Lindenhof Stadium
Spectators: 2,038
Referee: Stehle
(0:14, 0:14, 0:13, 6: 7)
Match report

Play-offs

  Quarterfinals
22./23. September 2018 		Semi-finals
September 29, 2018 		German Bowl XL
October 13, 2018
                           
  1N New York Lions Logo.svg New York Lions 59        
4S MC-Logo.png Munich cowboys 14th  
1N New York Lions Logo.svg New York Lions 17th
  2S Frankfurt Universe Logo.jpg Frankfurt Universe 20th  
2S Frankfurt Universe Logo.jpg Frankfurt Universe 6th
3N Berlin Rebels 5  
2S Frankfurt Universe Logo.jpg Frankfurt Universe 19th
  1S Sister Hall Unicorns 21st
1S Sister Hall Unicorns 37    
4N Cologne crocodiles 14th  
1S Sister Hall Unicorns 23
  2N Dresden Monarchs logo 3D.svg Dresden monarchs 7th  
2N Dresden Monarchs logo 3D.svg Dresden monarchs 51
  3S Allgaeu Comets Logo.png Allgäu Comets 19th  

Quarter finals

Dresden
September 22, 2018
3 p.m. 		Dresden Monarchs logo 3D.svg Dresden monarchs
51: 19
Allgäu Comets Allgaeu Comets Logo.png Heinz-Steyer-Stadion
Spectators: 2,790
Referee: Voigtländer
(7: 0, 14: 7, 21: 0, 9:12)
Match report
Schwäbisch Hall
September 22, 2018
5:00 p.m. 		Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
37: 14
Cologne crocodiles Optima Sportpark
Spectators: 2,493
Referee: Ball
(7: 0, 3: 0, 7: 0, 20:14)
Match report
Braunschweig
September 22, 2018
6:00 p.m. 		New York Lions Logo.svg New Yorker Lions Braunschweig
59: 14
Munich cowboys MC-Logo.png Eintracht Stadium
Spectators: 3,712
Referee: Thinker
(14: 7, 10: 0, 28: 0, 7: 7)
Match report
Frankfurt am Main
September 23, 2018
3 p.m. 		Frankfurt Universe Logo.jpg Frankfurt Universe
6: 5
Berlin Rebels Coats of arms of None.svg PSD Bank Arena
spectators: 2,164
Referee: Tschurer
(0: 3, 3: 0, 0: 0, 3: 2)
Match report

Semifinals

Schwäbisch Hall
September 29, 2018
5:00 p.m. 		Coats of arms of None.svg Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
23: 7
Dresden monarchs Dresden Monarchs logo 3D.svg Optima Sportpark
Spectators: 3,204
Referee: Fischer
(14: 0, 2: 0, 0: 7, 7: 0)
Match report
Braunschweig
September 29, 2018
6:00 p.m. 		New York Lions Logo.svg New Yorker Lions Braunschweig
17:20
Frankfurt Universe Frankfurt Universe Logo.jpg Eintracht Stadium
Spectators: 3,421
Referee: In-law
(7: 7, 3: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3)
OT: 7: 7, 0: 3
match report

German Bowl

Berlin
October 13, 2018
6:00 p.m. 		Coats of arms of None.svg Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
21:19
Frankfurt Universe Frankfurt Universe Logo.jpg Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Spectators: 15,213
Referee: Plendl
(0:13, 7: 0, 0: 0, 14: 6)
Match report

statistics

Most successful scorer, regular season

Pl. player team Item TD FG S. 2PC PAT Points
1 United StatesUnited States Mitchell Paige Dresden monarchs WR 26th - - - - 156
2 United StatesUnited States Silas Nacita Marburg Mercenaries RB 21st - - 1 - 128
3 GermanyGermany Florian Finke Dresden monarchs K - 13 - - 66 105
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Sean Richard Berlin Rebels RB / WR 17th - - - - 102
5 United StatesUnited States Anthony Mella Ingolstadt Dukes WR 15th - - 2 - 94
6th GermanyGermany Tim Stadlmayr Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns K - 11 - - 59 92
7th United StatesUnited States Jordan Paul Allgäu Comets WR 14th - - 2 - 88
8th DenmarkDenmark Phillip Friis Andersen Berlin Rebels K - 15th - - 42 87
9 GermanyGermany Tobias Goebel New Yorker Lions Braunschweig K - 8th - - 62 86
10 United StatesUnited States Nathaniel Robitaille Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns WR 14th - - - - 84

Status: September 9, 2018, source: GFL statistics on stats.gfl.info

Audience numbers

society Regular season Play-offs
cut To 2017 Home games in detail Quarter finals Semifinals
New Yorker Lions Braunschweig 3,423 + 3.7% 3,528 2,655 3,261 3,418 3.112 3,410 4,575 3.712 3,421
Dresden monarchs 2,934 + 3.3% 2,310 7,100 1,740 1,930 2,180 2,940 2,339 2,790 -
Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 2,055 −21.7% 2.156 2.172 2,438 2,256 1,883 1,436 2,047 - -
Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 2,019 + 7.6% 2,169 2,018 2,854 1,935 1,708 1,768 1,680 2,493 3,204
Munich cowboys 1,876 + 34.6% 1,834 1.939 1.965 1,756 1,748 1,819 2,074 - -
Samsung Frankfurt Universe 1,813 −56.1% 1,672 1,526 1,509 1,625 3,017 1,409 1,935 2.164 -
Cologne crocodiles 1,489 + 24.7% 2.173 1,523 1,535 1,030 1,241 1,434 1,489 - -
Potsdam Royals 1,450 + 37.1% 1 2,360 1,300 1,080 1,100 1.310 1.011 1,986 - -
Stuttgart Scorpions 1,387 −23.0% 1,566 1,580 1.311 1,739 1,047 1,325 1,138 - -
Allgäu Comets 1,243 + 17.4% 1,832 1,168 1,043 1,031 1,094 1,232 1,298 - -
Hildesheim Invaders 1.011 −4.4% 1,114 1,500 830 962 762 911 995 - -
Marburg Mercenaries 1.005 −6.8% 1,420 965 840 770 1,240 850 950 - -
Wildcats church village 907 + 91.0% 1 1,000 900 900 850 850 1,250 600 - -
Berlin Rebels 904 −30.4% 1,123 1,283 837 688 588 973 834 - -
Ingolstadt Dukes 877 −13.4% 1,026 954 951 1,197 500 539 974 - -
Hamburg huskies 820 + 11.2% 1,337 836 756 892 662 648 611 - -
cut To 2017
Regular season group north 1,761 −4.8%
Regular season group south 1,391 −17.3%
Regular season GFL 1,576 −10.8%
Play-offs 2,964 −6.3%

Status: October 2, 2018, information according to stats.gfl.info

1 Based on GFL2 average 2017

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Conference Standings. GFL, accessed April 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Results archive. GFL, accessed April 21, 2019 .
  3. ^ Samsung Frankfurt Universe licensing procedure. In: afvd.de. AFVD , September 4, 2018, accessed September 6, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Game Results. GFL, accessed April 21, 2019 .
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