2009 BAFL season

The 2009 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXIII, the league's championship game, is scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on September 27, 2009.

Schedule

Regular Season

Formula

Based on the British American Football League, setup for the 2009 season there will be a 3 tier structure consisting of:

Division Teams
BAFL Premier 5
BAFL 1 North Conference 7
BAFL 1 South East Conference 6
BAFL 1 South West Conference 6
BAFL 2 Central Conference 6
BAFL 2 East Conference 4
BAFL 2 North Conference 4
BAFL 2 Scottish Conference 4
BAFL 2 South East Conference 4
BAFL 2 South West Conference 5

Regular season standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Clinched playoff seeds are shaded in green.

BAFL Premier standings

BAFL Premier
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
London Blitz 8001.00030443
Coventry Cassidy Jets 5300.625145142
Bristol Aztecs 5300.625180186
Farnham Fast Lane Knights 2600.250133231
Sussex Thunder 0800.00064224

BAFL Division 1 standings

BAFL 1 - North
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
East Kilbride Pirates 8110.850311117
Doncaster Mustangs 6310.650356257
Gateshead Senators 6310.650170190
Yorkshire Rams 5410.550230188
Dundee Hurricanes 2610.278133209
Merseyside Nighthawks 2710.250180242
West Coast Trojans 2700.222119203

BAFL 1 - South East
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
London Cobras 9010.95032251
Kent Exiles 7300.700362253
Cambridgeshire Cats 7300.700373281
Ipswich Cardinals 4600.364213233
Peterborough Saxons 2700.222140259
Norwich Devils 0810.05684417

BAFL 1 - South West
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Tamworth Phoenix 9100.90031752
Oxford Saints 8200.80019291
South Wales Warriors 6400.60019486
Birmingham Bulls 4600.40092123
Nottingham Caesars 2800.20073213
Redditch Arrows 1900.10020323

BAFL Division 2 standings

Northern section

BAFL 2 – Scottish
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Glasgow Tigers 8200.80019166
Clyde Valley Blackhawks 6400.600307117
Edinburgh Wolves 6400.600186137
Highland Wildcats 01000.00031442
BAFL 2 – North
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Manchester Titans 10001.00036452
Lancashire Wolverines 5410.550232193
Chester Romans 2710.250107178
Hull Hornets 2800.20092294
BAFL 2 – Central
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Staffordshire Surge 8200.80025158
Leicester Falcons 7210.75029487
Shropshire Revolution 5410.550300117
Lincolnshire Bombers 01000.00018464

Southern section

BAFL 2 – East
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Colchester Gladiators 9010.95043154
Bedfordshire Blue Raiders 8200.80020373
Watford Cheetahs 4600.400157197
Milton Keynes City Pathfinders 1900.10032406
BAFL 2 – South East
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
East Kent Mavericks 8110.85032245
London Olympians 8200.80027494
Essex Spartans 1810.15064237
Maidstone Pumas 0910.05044441
BAFL 2 – South West
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Hampshire Thrashers 8020.90037162
Cornish Sharks 7210.75029565
Gloucester Banshees 3610.350158259
Berkshire Renegades 3700.300142289
Plymouth Admirals 01000.00068476

Playoffs

The playoffs are scheduled to be played on September 5/6, 2009. BritBowl XXIII will then be played on September 27, 2009 at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.

BAFL Premier Playoff

Seed Teams
1 London Blitz
2 Coventry Jets
3 Bristol Aztecs
4 Farnham Knights

BAFL Premier Championship Game/BritBowl

Semifinals   BritBowl
1  London Blitz 33  
4  Farnham Knights 13     1  London Blitz 26
2  Coventry Jets 28   2  Coventry Jets 7
3  Bristol Aztecs 14  

BAFL 1 Playoff

Seed Teams
1 London Cobras
2 Tamworth Phoenix
3 East Kilbride Pirates
4 Oxford Saints
5 Cambridgeshire Cats
6 Gateshead Senators
7 Kent Exiles
8 Doncaster Mustangs

BAFL 1 Championship Game

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 London Cobras 66
8 Doncaster Mustangs 0
1 London Cobras 22
5 Cambridgeshire Cats 6
4 Oxford Saints 13
5 Cambridgeshire Cats 25
1 London Cobras 8
3 East Kilbride Pirates 0
2 Tamworth Phoenix 27
7 Kent Exiles 20
2 Tamworth Phoenix 0
3 East Kilbride Pirates 25
3 East Kilbride Pirates 28
6 Gateshead Senators 0

BAFL 2 Playoff

The BAFL 2 Playoffs are split geographically between the North and the South. The Southern half of the draw includes the conferences champions from each of the East, South East and South West. The Northern half includes conferences champions from the Scottish, Northern and Central conferences. There is a wild card team from each of the North and the South.

Seed Southern Section Northern Section
1 Colchester Gladiators Manchester Titans
2 Hampshire Thrashers Staffordshire Surge
3 East Kent Mavericks Glasgow Tigers
4 Bedfordshire Blue Raiders Leicester Falcons

BAFL 2 Championship Game

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Manchester Titans 15
4 Leicester Falcons 39
4 Leicester Falcons 7
3 Glasgow Tigers 6
2 Staffordshire Surge 0
3 Glasgow Tigers 12
4 Leicester Falcons 33
1 Colchester Gladiators 32
1 Colchester Gladiators 41
4 Bedfordshire Blue Raiders 16
1 Colchester Gladiators 49
2 Hampshire Thrashers 20
2 Hampshire Thrashers 24
3 East Kent Mavericks 6

See also