National Arena League
The National Arena League (NAL) is a US arena football league that was founded in 2017.
history
The founders of the Columbus Lions decided in 2016 to found their own league, the National Arena League. The reason for this are many different teams that withdrew from other arena football leagues. Teams from the Arena Football League (AFL) and American Indoor Football (AIF), which was dissolved in 2016, took part, as well as some newly established franchises.
The first game in league history was played by the Columbus Lions against the Jacksonville Sharks in front of 2,456 spectators. The Sharks won 56:41.
In the course of the season, some teams had to withdraw from play due to lack of funding. This affected the Corpus Christi Rage and the Dayton Wolfpack .
The first titleholders are the Jacksonville Sharks , who won the final 27:21 against the Columbus Lions .
mode
Originally, 15 game days were planned per team, but since two teams were eliminated during the season, a team could only play a maximum of 12 game days.
The first four teams in the table qualify for the playoffs, with the first in the table playing against the fourth and the second in the table against the third. The better placed team has home rights. The two winners then play the NAL Championship, the final of the league.
2017 season
Participating teams
| team | place | arena | capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Lions | Columbus, Georgia | Columbus Civic Center | 7,573 |
| Corpus Christi Rage | Corpus Christi, Texas | American Bank Center | 10,000 |
| Dayton Wolfpack | Dayton, Ohio | Team only plays away games, no home games !!! | |
| Georgia Firebirds | Albany, Georgia | Albany Civic Center | 8,436 |
| High Country Grizzlies | Boone, North Carolina | George M. Holmes Convocation Center | 8.325 |
| Jacksonville Sharks | Jacksonville, Florida | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena | 13.011 |
| Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | Allentown, Pennsylvania | PPL Center | 8,500 |
| Monterrey Steel | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Arena Monterrey | 17,599 |
Closing table
| 2017 National Arena League standings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S. | N | Streak | |
| 1 - Jacksonville Sharks | 11 | 1 | L1 |
| 2 - Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | 9 | 1 | W7 |
| 3 - Columbus Lions | 9 | 3 | W6 |
| 4 - Monterrey Steel | 7th | 4th | W1 |
| High Country Grizzlies | 3 | 7th | L4 |
| Georgia Firebirds | 2 | 9 | L5 |
| Dayton Wolfpack | 0 | 7th | L7 |
| Corpus Christi Rage | 0 | 9 | L9 |
Playoffs
| Jacksonville | 43 | ||
| Monterrey | 32 | ||
| Jacksonville | 27 | ||
| Columbus | 21st | ||
| Leigh Valley | 50 | ||
| Columbus | 52 | ||
Individual evidence
- ↑ NAL GEARED UP FOR SUCCESS IN INAUGURAL SEASON. Retrieved July 23, 2017 .
- Jump up ↑ Jacksonville Sharks vs. Columbus Lions (Mar 17, 2017). Retrieved July 23, 2017 .
- ↑ Sharks dominate National Arena League, which is experiencing growing pains in first year . In: jacksonville.com . ( jacksonville.com [accessed July 23, 2017]).
- ^ Alan Harwell: Another indoor football team bites the dust, Rage calls it quits after going 0-9 . ( kristv.com [accessed July 23, 2017]). Another indoor football team bites the dust, Rage calls it quits after going 0-9 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2017 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.
