German Football League

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German Football League
Sport	American football
Founded	1979
No. of teams	12
Country	Germany
Current champions	Braunschweig Lions
Official website	g-f-l.org

The German football League (GFL) is the elite bundesliga for American football in Germany.

Contents 1 League set-up 2 GFL Teams in 2006 2.1 GFL North 2.2 GFL South 3 German Bowls 4 External links

[edit] League set-up

The GFL is partitioned into north and south conferences, each with six teams. In each conference, every team plays against every other team of the own conference, both at home and away. Each team also plays 2 interconference games, so that the regular season covers 12 games. After the end of the regular season, four teams from both conferences enter the playoffs, to determine the German championship. The winner of a conference plays against the 4th place team of the other group, second against third of the other conference. The final is called the German Bowl. The lowest ranked team of each conference plays against the winner of the second division, and may be relegated if they lose.

[edit] GFL Teams in 2006

[edit] GFL North

• Berlin Adler
• Braunschweig Lions
• Cologne Falcons
• Dresden Monarchs
• Düsseldorf Panther
• Hamburg Blue Devils

[edit] GFL South

• Darmstadt Diamonds
• Marburg Mercenaries
• Munich Cowboys
• Saarland Hurricanes
• Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
• Stuttgart Scorpions

[edit] German Bowls

Year	Champion	Opponent	Result
1979	Frankfurter Löwen	Ansbach Grizzlies	14 - 8
1980	Frankfurter Löwen	Ansbach Grizzlies	21 - 12
1981	Ansbach Grizzlies	Frankfurter Löwen	27 - 6
1982	Ansbach Grizzlies	Cologne Crocodiles	12 - 6
1983	Düsseldorf Panther	Ansbach Grizzlies	22 - 7
1984	Düsseldorf Panther	Ansbach Grizzlies	14 - 7
1985	Ansbach Grizzlies	Düsseldorf Panther	14 - 7
1986	Düsseldorf Panther	Ansbach Grizzlies	27 - 14
1987	Berlin Adler	Badener Greifs	37 - 12
1988	Red Barons Cologne	Düsseldorf Panther	25 - 20
1989	Berlin Adler	Red Barons Cologne	30 - 23
1990	Berlin Adler	Cologne Crocodiles	50 -38
1991	Berlin Adler	Cologne Crocodiles	22 - 21
1992	Düsseldorf Panther	Munich Cowboys	24 - 23
1993	Munich Cowboys	Cologne Crocodiles	42 -36
1994	Düsseldorf Panther	Berlin Adler	27 - 17
1995	Düsseldorf Panther	Hamburg Blue Devils	17 - 10
1996	Hamburg Blue Devils	Düsseldorf Panther	31 - 12
1997	Braunschweig Lions	Cologne Crocodiles	26 - 23
1998	Braunschweig Lions	Hamburg Blue Devils	20 - 14
1999	Braunschweig Lions	Hamburg Blue Devils	25 - 24
2000	Cologne Crocodiles	Braunschweig Lions	31 - 29
2001	Hamburg Blue Devils	Braunschweig Lions	31 - 13
2002	Hamburg Blue Devils	Braunschweig Lions	16 - 13
2003	Hamburg Blue Devils	Braunschweig Lions	37 - 36
2004	Berlin Adler	Braunschweig Lions	10 - 7
2005	Braunschweig Lions	Hamburg Blue Devils	31 - 28
2006	Braunschweig Lions	Marburg Mercenaries	31 - 13

[edit] External links

• German Football League official website
• German Bowl