2016 German Football League
| 2016 German Football League | |
|---|---|
| League | German Football League |
| Sport | American football |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Regular season | |
| German Bowl XXXVIII | |
The 2016 German Football League season is the 38th edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany and seventeenth since the renaming of the American Football Bundesliga to German Football league.
The regular season runs form April to early September, followed by the play-offs. The season will culminate in the German Bowl XXXVIII.
Modus
During the regular season each club plays all other clubs in its division twice, home and away, resulting in each team playing 14 regular season games. There are no games between clubs from opposite divisions, interconference games having been abolished after the 2011 season when the GFL was expanded from 14 to 16 teams.[1]
The best four teams in each division qualify for the play-offs where, in the quarter finals, teams from opposite divisions play each other, whereby the better placed teams have home advantage. The first placed team plays the fourth placed from the other division and the second placed the third placed team. From the semi-finals onwards teams from the same division can meet again.[1]
The eighth placed team in each division entered a two-leg play-off with the winner of the respective division of the German Football League 2, the second tier of the league system in Germany. The winners of this contest qualified for the GFL for the following season. In case of a GFL division consisting of less than eight clubs no play-off is necessary.[1]
References
External links
- Official GFL website (German)
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