Belgian Football League

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Belgian Football League
Current season or competition:
2014 BFL season
Sport American football
Founded 1987
No. of teams 17
Country

 Belgium

 Luxembourg
Most recent champion(s) Brussels Tigers[1]
Related competitions FFL & LFFAB
Official website www.BFL.com

The Belgian american Football League (BFL) is the amateur sports league for American football in Belgium. The league currently consists of fourteen teams from Belgian cities and regions and one team from Luxembourg. The league is divided into two conferences—the Flemish American Football League (FFL) and Ligue Francophone de Football Amercain de Belgique (LFFAB). At the end of each regular season, three teams from each conference play in the BFL playoffs, a six-team single-elimination tournament that culminates with the championship game, known as the Belgian Bowl.[2]

Season's History

Main article: Overview Belgian Football League History

2012 season

Main article: 2012 BFL season


2012 Regular Season standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
     - clinched seed to the playoffs

FFL 2012 Standings
 W L T PCT PF PA STK
Brussels Bulls 5 1 0 .833 117 55 L1
West Flanders Tribes 4 1 1 .667 157 80 W3
Antwerp Diamonds 4 1 1 .667 78 47 W1
Brussels Black Angels 4 2 0 .667 77 37 W3
Ghent Gators 2 4 0 .333 76 114 L2
Leuven Lions 0 5 1 .000 57 95 L4
Puurs Titans 0 5 1 .000 47 183 L3
Limburg Shotguns (*) - - - - - - -
  • (*)Limburg Shotguns gave forfait for the entire 2012 season. The games the Shotguns played became null and void, as if they were never played.
LFFAB 2012 Standings
 W L T PCT PF PA STK
Brussels Tigers 8 0 0 1.00 310 20 W8
Corbais Fighting Turtles 6 2 0 .750 206 93
Liège Monarchs 4 4 0 .500 146 152
Charleroi Cougars 4 4 0 .500 160 170
Andenne Bears 3 5 0 .375 142 200
Tournai Phoenix 1 6 1 .125 138 235
Luxembourg Steelers 1 6 1 .125 54 247

2012 Postseason

Belgian Bowl XXV
Antwerp Diamonds Brussels Tigers
(FFL) (LFFAB)
6 46
1 2 3 4 Total
AD 6
BT 46
Date June 9
Stadium Oostende
City Oostende
 < XXIV Belgian Bowl XXVI > 
  Quarterfinals
May 20, 2012 @ Ottignies, Oostende		     Semifinals
May 27, 2012 @ Molenbeek, Evere		     Belgian Bowl XXV
June 9, 2012 @ Oostende
                           
      1  Brussels Bulls 9  
  2  Corbais Fighting Turtles 13     3  Antwerp Diamonds 12    
  3  Antwerp Diamonds 22         3  Antwerp Diamonds 6
      1  Brussels Tigers 46
      1  Brussels Tigers 34    
  2  West Flanders Tribes 42     2  West Flanders Tribes 7  
  3  Liège Monarchs 0  

current season

2013 Regular Season standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
     - clinched seed to the playoffs

FFL 2013 Standings
 W L T PCT PF PA STK
Brussels Bulls
Izegem Tribes
Antwerp Diamonds
Brussels Black Angels
Ghent Gators
Leuven Lions
Puurs Titans
LFFAB 2013 Standings
Groupe A 2013 Standings
 W L T PCT PF PA STK
Brussels Tigers
Liège Monarchs
Andenne Bears
Luxembourg Steelers
Groupe B 2013 Standings
 W L T PCT PF PA STK
Ottignies Fighting Turtles
Tournai Phoenix
Waterloo Warriors
Charleroi Cougars

2013 Postseason

Belgian Bowl XXVI
' '
(LFFAB) (FFL)
1 2 3 4 Total
' 0
' 0
Date June 2
Stadium Izegem
City [[]]
 < XXV Belgian Bowl XXVII > 
  Quarterfinals
May 12, 2013 @ TBD		     Semifinals
May 19, 2013 @ TBD		     Belgian Bowl XXVI
June 2, 2013 @ Izegem
                           
      1  FFL #1  
  2  LFFAB #2      LFFAB #2 or FFL #3    
  3  FFL #3          
       
      1  LFFAB #1    
  2  FFL #2      FFL #2 or LFFAB #3  
  3  LFFAB #3  

Football rules

The BFL uses this field layout, spanning 100yards from one endzone to the other.
Main article: American football rules

The BFL uses the American college football rules: (2011/2012 NCAA Rulebook). These differ from the popular professional league of the USA, the NFL. The officials are organised in the Belgian american football officials committee (BAFOC).

The conferences

The BFL is divided into a Dutch-speaking conference and a French-speaking conference, based on the northern Flemish Community and the southern French Community of Belgium. These two communities intermingle in the territory of Brussels, two teams based in Brussels play in the Dutch (FFL) and one team plays in the French (LFFAB). The LFFAB has one team from Luxembourg, the Dragons. The conferences are important for the championship game as they determine who will participate in the play-offs. Teams only play interconference games in the play-offs.

Teams

There are 17 BFL teams. The La Louvière Wolves are on hold. New teams must be located 20 km from an existing team. This rule does not apply for Brussels.

Team City or area Founded Head coach Website
Flemish American Football League, FFL, Flanders Flemish Community
Antwerp Diamonds Antwerp, BE 1989 John Jolie Diamonds
Puurs Titans Puurs, BE 2004 Dorian Vermeir / Olivier Van Moorleghem Titans
Brussels Black Angels Brussels, BE 1989 Romuald Derys Black Angels
Brussels Bulls Brussels, BE 2005 Curtis Plybon Bulls
Ghent Gators Ghent, BE 1999 Roald Piqueur Gators
Leuven Lions Leuven, BE 1986 Kevin Marcoen Lions
*Limburg Shotguns* Leopoldsburg, BE 2008 none Shotguns
West Flanders Tribes West Flanders, BE 1989 Benedict Verheyen Tribes
Ligue Francophone de Football Amercain de Belgique, LFFAB, Wallonia French Community
Andenne Bears Andenne, BE 2002 Didier Smeyers Bears
Brussels Tigers Brussels, BE 1998 Pascal DeCoo & Alexandre DeConinck Tigers
Charleroi Cougars Charleroi, BE 1993 Marc Gosset Cougars
Corbais Fighting Turtles Corbais, BE 2008 Mo Jablonka Turtles
*La Louvière Wolves* La Louvière, BE 2005 Thibaut Dubois Wolves
Liège Monarchs Liège, BE 1986 Luis Iglesias Alvarez Monarchs
Luxembourg Steelers Dudelange, LUX 1993 Marc Watry Steelers
Tournai Phoenix Tournai, BE 1986 Roel Bernaerts Wapi Phoenix
Waterloo Warriors Waterloo, BE 2011 Warriors
  • *On hold*

Team locations

Location of the teams in the Belgian Football League

West Flanders Tribes is a fusion of two teams, the Izegem Redskins and the Ostend Seminoles. Both the homefields were inherited in the new fusion team Tribes.

BFL Records

  • Most National Championships:
    • 8 West Flanders Tribes (2000, 2001, 2006-2011)
  • Most appearances in a National Championship:
    • 9 West Flanders Tribes (1999-2001, 2006-2011)
  • Most consecutive National Championships:
    • 6 West Flanders Tribes (2006-2011)[3]
  • Most consecutive appearances in a National Championship:
    • 6 West Flanders Tribes (2006-2011)
  • Most consecutive Appearances in the playoffs:
    • 10 Brussels Black Angels (2001-2011)
  • Most consecutive wins:
    • 50 West Flanders Tribes (27 Februari 2007 - 4 June 2011)[4]
  • Longest streak no losses:
    • 53 West Flanders Tribes (21 May 2006 - 4 June 2011)
  • Most consecutive perfect seasons:
    • 4 West Flanders Tribes (2008-2011)
  • Most consecutive unbeaten seasons:
    • 5 West Flanders Tribes (2007-2011)[5]

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.belgianbowl.be/
  2. ↑ http://www.belgianbowl.be/
  3. ↑ http://www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=Newsmeldung&ID=1391
  4. ↑ http://www.efaf.info/text.php?Inhalt=Newsmeldung&ID=1391
  5. ↑ http://www.efaf.info/text.php? Inhalt=Newsmeldung&ID=1391
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