German Football League Juniors

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The German Football League Juniors ( GFLJ ) is the top division for juniors within the German American Football Association AFVD . Since the 2001 season the GFLJ has existed as a national licensing league under the direct care of the AFVD. It currently consists of four groups (North, West Central, South). The group west has 5 teams, the other groups 6 each.

A season consists of two parts. First, the teams in their respective groups play each against each other. The best eight teams qualify for the play-offs. These are played in the KO system and end with the Junior Bowl.

The respective bottom of the table must play a relegation to remain in the league, provided there are other potential qualifiers for a place. In order to qualify for the GFLJ, both sporting and economic license requirements of the association must be met.

Initial classification

For the first GFL Juniors season, the junior teams who wanted to participate in the new league could register. Fifteen teams initially registered for the twelve places. In order to distribute the places, a rating for the years 1998-2000 was created for each team. This rating consisted of the number of players in the squad and the performance of the teams. These values ​​were weighted according to a certain key and resulted in a final value.

This resulted in the following ranking:

space team Cadre points League points total
1 Hamburg Junior Devils 158.90 47 205.90
2 Braunschweig Junior Lions 137.39 33 170.39
3 Berlin Rebels 61.46 55 116.46
4th Darmstadt Diamonds 43.66 58 101.66
5 Berlin eagle 57.33 43 100.33
6th Dusseldorf panther 44.66 51 95.66
7th Cologne crocodiles 51.53 33 84.56
8th Stuttgart Scorpions 19.98 51 75.98
9 Franken Knights 32.45 43 75.45
10 SG Hanau / Obertshausen 34.81 31 65.81
11 Wiesbaden Phantoms 25.37 39 64.37
12 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 22.62 37 59.62
13 Saarland Hurricanes 16.43 39 55.43
14th Weinheim Longhorns 13.57 37 50.57
15th NFA monarchs 21.80 24 45.80
Legend - division into leagues
GFL Juniors North GFL Juniors Middle GFL Juniors South-West GFL Juniors South-East

The SG Hanau / Obertshausen withdrew at an early stage, so that ultimately the teams NFA Monarchs and Weinheim Longhorns would not have made it into the GFL-J. A solution was found so that all teams could compete. For the first year, the southern group was divided into two seasons of three teams each, of which the bottom of the table was relegated, so that the originally planned team strengths per group were achieved for the 2002 season. In addition, the Braunschweig Junior Lions withdrew, so that the northern group only played with three teams.

particularities

In the 2007 season, only three teams competed in the northern group.

The Junior Bowl XXXI in 2012 was the only one so far where two teams from the same city clashed.

2017 season

Teams 2017     Blue pog.svg : GFLJ North     Green pog.svg : GFLJ West     Yellow pog.svg : GFLJ Middle     Red pog.svg : GFLJ South
GFLJ North GFLJ West GFLJ middle GFLJ South

Junior Bowl

The Junior Bowl is the final of the junior teams. It has been held since 1982. Since 2001, the participants have been determining themselves via the GFLJ. Before that, the regional associations determined their regional champions and these played the knockout round. Record winners are the Düsseldorf Panthers with 15 championships.

year winner loser Result place spectator
2016 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns Cologne crocodiles 24:21 Schwäbisch Hall 1750
2015 Cologne crocodiles Dortmund Giants 36:14 Cologne 1800
2014 Cologne crocodiles Dusseldorf panther 37: 00 Dusseldorf 2328
2013 Saarland Hurricanes Cologne crocodiles 26:25 Dusseldorf 1872
2012 Cologne Falcons Cologne crocodiles 40: 13 Cologne 2350
2011 Cologne Falcons Dusseldorf panther 24:18 Cologne 4362
2010 Dusseldorf panther Hamburg Young Huskies 17: 70 Berlin 513
2009 Berlin eagle Cologne Falcons 21:14 Mönchengladbach 1051
2008 Dusseldorf panther Stuttgart Scorpions 49:30 Mönchengladbach 1500
2007 Dusseldorf panther Stuttgart Scorpions 47: 26 Mönchengladbach 1943
2006 Dusseldorf panther Berlin eagle 26: 70 Dusseldorf 1530
2005 Dusseldorf panther Franken Knights 48:10 Dusseldorf 1050
2004 Dusseldorf panther Franken Knights 47: 70 Dusseldorf 1200
2003 Dusseldorf panther Darmstadt Diamonds 40: 00 Schwäbisch Hall 583
2002 Dusseldorf panther Darmstadt Diamonds 61: 26 Dusseldorf 700
2001 Darmstadt Diamonds Stuttgart Scorpions 13: 60 Koblenz 700
2000 Berlin Rebels Darmstadt Diamonds 19:14 Hanau 782
1999 Hamburg Blue Devils Stuttgart Scorpions 43-00 Hanau 832
1998 Dusseldorf panther Darmstadt Diamonds 13: 90 Braunschweig 1400
1997 Berlin eagle Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 33: 00 Hamburg 770
1996 Berlin Rebels Munich cowboys 41: 12 Aschaffenburg 500
1995 Darmstadt Diamonds Dusseldorf panther 19: 13 Stuttgart 700
1994 Berlin eagle Frankfurt Gamblers 22: 00 Ruesselsheim 1340
1993 Cologne crocodiles Regensburg Royals 44: 60 Stuttgart
1992 Berlin Rebels Stuttgart Scorpions 38: 60 Hanover 2734
1991 Dusseldorf panther Darmstadt Diamonds 22:12 Hamburg
1990 Berlin eagle Ansbach grizzlies 28: 00 Dusseldorf 400
1989 Berlin eagle Kempten Comets 36:12 Nuremberg
1988 Dusseldorf panther Würzburg Pumas 27: 80 Hanover
1987 Dusseldorf panther Munich cowboys 19:14 Mainz
1986 Dusseldorf panther Munich cowboys 22: 00 Cologne
1985 Dusseldorf panther Noris Rams 50:19 Nuremberg
1984 Düsseldorf bulldozer Munich Rangers 19: 00 Dusseldorf
1983 Cologne crocodiles Munich Rangers 13: 60 Ruesselsheim
1982 Dusseldorf panther Cologne crocodiles 13: 60 Cologne

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ License statutes (PDF; 41 kB)
  2. ↑ Source: www.football-history.de
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / junior-bowl.de

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