National leagues

National leagues

sport	American football
Association	Danish American Football Federation
League foundation	1988
Country countries	Denmark
Title holder	Copenhagen Towers
Record champions	Copenhagen Towers (8 tracks)
Website	nationalligaen.dk

The National Ligaen is the highest league in American football in Denmark . The league has existed since 1988 and is operated by the Danish American Football Federation .

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There are currently eight teams playing in the National League. After the regular season, the teams in positions three to six play two semi-finals in so-called wildcard play-offs, where they meet the two best-placed teams. The winners of the semi-finals play the championship in the Mermaid Bowl .

Mermaid Bowl

All previous finals

bowl	date	master	finalist	Result	place	Ref
1	1988	Copenhagen Vikings	Odense Swans	33: 60
I.	1989	Copenhagen Vikings	Odense Swans	17:13
II	1990	Herning Hawks	Odense Swans	20:14
III	1991	Aarhus Tigers	Odense Swans	27: 00
IV	1992	Copenhagen Towers	Herning Hawks	78:50
V	1993	Copenhagen Towers	Odense Swans	48:33
VI	1994	Copenhagen Towers	Herning Hawks	46: 70
VII	1995	Copenhagen Towers	Aarhus Tigers	35:20
VIII	1996	Roskilde Kings	Copenhagen Towers	62:48
IX	1997	Roskilde Kings	Kronborg Knights	56:37
X	1998	Aarhus Tigers	Kronborg Knights	28: 00
XI	1999	Aarhus Tigers	Kronborg Knights	48:20
XII	2000	Aarhus Tigers	Roskilde Kings	49: 60
XIII	2001	Roskilde Kings	Greve Monarchs	17:10
XIV	2002	Avedøre Monarchs 2	Roskilde Kings	27:25
XV	2003	Avedøre Monarchs	Roskilde Kings	28:14
XVI	2004	Avedøre Monarchs	Herning Hawks	41:12
XVII	Sep 24 2005	Roskilde Kings	Kronborg Knights	23: 60
XVIII	Sep 30 2006	Triangle razorbacks	Kronborg Knights	21:16
XIX	Oct 6, 2007	Triangle razorbacks	Avedøre Monarchs	32:20
XX	2008	Triangle razorbacks	Søllerød Gold Diggers	55:24
XXI	Oct 3, 2009	Søllerød Gold Diggers	Triangle razorbacks	10-00
XXII	Oct 2, 2010	Søllerød Gold Diggers	Triangle razorbacks	13: 00
XXIII	Oct 8, 2011	Triangle razorbacks	Søllerød Gold Diggers	35:31
XXIV	Oct 6, 2012	Triangle razorbacks	Søllerød Gold Diggers	34:29	Vejle Stadium , Vejle
XXV	Oct 12, 2013	Copenhagen Towers	Triangle razorbacks	28:21	Park Stadium, Randers
XXVI	Oct 11, 2014	Copenhagen Towers	Aarhus Tigers	26: 30
XXVII	Oct 10, 2015	Triangle razorbacks	Søllerød Gold Diggers	21:17
XXVIII	Oct 8, 2016	Triangle razorbacks	Copenhagen Towers	22:18
XXIX	Oct 7, 2017	Copenhagen Towers	Søllerød Gold Diggers	20: 70
XXX	Oct 13, 2018	Copenhagen Towers	Triangle razorbacks	23:22
XXXI	Oct 5, 2019	Triangle razorbacks	Copenhagen Towers	20:14

¹ The first edition of the final was not played under the name Mermaid Bowl.
² former Greve Monarchs

Most successful teams

space	team	Victories	Vice
1	Triangle razorbacks	8th	4th
2	Copenhagen Towers	8th	3
3	Roskilde Kings	4th	3
4th	Aarhus Tigers	4th	2
5	Avedøre Monarchs 1	3	2
6th	Søllerød Gold Diggers	2	5

¹ A runner-up title under the name Greve Monarchs

Web links

• National Ligaen (official site)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ history. In: razorbacks.dk. Retrieved on June 27, 2020 (dk). 
2. ↑ Towers replace Razorbacks. In: football-aktuell.de. October 14, 2013, accessed June 27, 2020 .