Eurobowl

The Eurobowl is both the final game and the trophy of the BIG6 European Football League (BIG6), a European American football contest. Before 2014, it was the final game of the European Football League (EFL).

The first Eurobowl was played in 1986.^[1] The current champions are the New Yorker Lions who beat the Frankfurt Universe 55–14 in Eurobowl XXXI, held in Frankfurt on 10 June 2017.^[2]

Eurobowls

Game	Year	Date	City	Winners	Score	Runners-up	MVP
I	1986	August 16, 1986	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Taft Vantaa	20–16	Bologna Doves
II	1988	August 7, 1988	London, United Kingdom	Helsinki Roosters	35–14	Amsterdam Crusaders	Mike Kane
III	1989	July 22, 1989	Milan, Italy	Legnano Frogs	27–23	Amsterdam Crusaders
IV	1990	July 28, 1990	Rimini, Italy	Manchester Spartans	34–22	Legnano Frogs
V	1991		Offenbach, Germany	Amsterdam Crusaders	21–20	Berlin Adler
VI	1992		Uppsala, Sweden	Amsterdam Crusaders	42–24	Giaguari Torino
VII	1993	July 3, 1993	Brussels, Belgium	London Olympians	42–21	Amsterdam Crusaders	Richard Dunkley
VIII	1994	June 4, 1994	Stuttgart, Germany	London Olympians	26–23	Bergamo Lions	Stephen Hutchinson
IX	1995	July 8, 1995	Stuttgart, Germany	Düsseldorf Panther	21–14	London Olympians	Estrus Crayton
X	1996		Stuttgart, Germany	Hamburg Blue Devils	21–14	Aix-en-Provence Argonautes
XI	1997		Stuttgart, Germany	Hamburg Blue Devils	35–14	Bologna Phoenix
XII	1998		Hamburg, Germany	Hamburg Blue Devils	38–19	La Courneuve Flash
XIII	1999	June 26, 1999	Hamburg, Germany	Braunschweig Lions	27–23	Hamburg Blue Devils
XIV	2000	June 17, 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Bergamo Lions	42–20	Hamburg Blue Devils
XV	2001	July 7, 2001	Vienna, Austria	Bergamo Lions	28–11	Vikings Vienna
XVI	2002	July 6, 2002	Braunschweig, Germany	Bergamo Lions	27–20	Braunschweig Lions	Dino Bucciol
XVII	2003	July 5, 2003	Braunschweig, Germany	Braunschweig Lions	21–14	Vikings Vienna	Kim Kuci
XVIII	2004	July 10, 2004	Vienna, Austria	Vikings Vienna	53–20	Bergamo Lions	Lance Gustafson / Peter Sangenette
XIX	2005	July 8, 2005	Vienna, Austria	Vikings Vienna	29–60	Bergamo Lions	Lance Gustafson
XX	2006	July 22, 2006	Vienna, Austria	Vikings Vienna	41–90	La Courneuve Flash	Mike Latek
XXI	2007	July 1, 2007	Vienna, Austria	Vikings Vienna	70–19	Marburg Mercenaries	Josiah Cravalho
XXII	2008	July 5, 2008	Innsbruck, Austria	Swarco Raiders Tirol	28–24	Vikings Vienna	Florian Grein
XXIII	2009	July 11, 2009	Innsbruck, Austria	Swarco Raiders Tirol	30–19	La Courneuve Flash	Florian Grein
XXIV	2010	July 4, 2010	Vienna, Austria	Berlin Adler	34–31	Vikings Vienna	Benjamin Scharweit
XXV	2011	June 18, 2011	Innsbruck, Austria	Swarco Raiders Tirol	27–12	Berlin Adler	Florian Grein
XXVI	2012	July 21, 2012	Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Calanda Broncos	27–14	Vikings Vienna	DJ Wolfe
XXVII	2013	July 6, 2013	Innsbruck, Austria	Vikings Vienna	37–14	Swarco Raiders Tirol	Christoph Gross
XXVIII	2014	July 19, 2014	Berlin, Germany	Berlin Adler	20–17	New Yorker Lions	Darius Outlaw
XXIX	2015	June 20, 2015	Braunschweig, Germany	New Yorker Lions	24–14	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	Casey Therriault
XXX	2016	June 11, 2016	Innsbruck, Austria	New Yorker Lions	35–21	Swarco Raiders Tirol	Niklas Römer
XXXI	2017	June 10, 2017	Frankfurt, Germany	New Yorker Lions	55–14	Frankfurt Universe	Casey Therriault

Champions

by team

Rank	Team	Titles	Appearances	Years won	Years runner-up
1	Vikings Vienna	5	10	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013	2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012
2	New Yorker Lions†	5	7	1999, 2003, 2015, 2016, 2017	2002, 2014
3	Bergamo Lions	3	6	2000, 2001, 2002	1994, 2004, 2005
4	Swarco Raiders Tirol	3	5	2008, 2009, 2011	2013, 2016
	Hamburg Blue Devils	3	5	1996, 1997, 1998	1999, 2000
6	Amsterdam Crusaders	2	5	1991, 1992	1988, 1989, 1993
7	Berlin Adler	2	4	2010, 2014	1991, 2011
8	London Olympians	2	3	1993, 1994	1995
9	Legnano Frogs	1	2	1989	1990
10	Calanda Broncos	1	1	2012
	Düsseldorf Panther	1	1	1995
	Manchester Spartans	1	1	1990
	Helsinki Roosters	1	1	1988
	Taft Vantaa	1	1	1986
15	La Courneuve Flash	0	3		1998, 2006, 2009
16	Frankfurt Universe	0	1		2017
	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	0	1		2015
	Marburg Mercenaries	0	1		2007
	Bologna Phoenix	0	1		1997
	Aix-en-Provence Argonautes	0	1		1996
	Giaguari Torino	0	1		1992
	Bologna Doves	0	1		1986

• ^† Known as Braunschweig Lions before 2011.

by country

Championships	Country	Years won
11	Germany	1995–1999, 2003, 2010, 2014–2017
8	Austria	2004–2009, 2011, 2013
4	Italy	1989, 2000–2002
3	United Kingdom	1990, 1993, 1994
2	Netherlands	1991, 1992
2	Finland	1986, 1988
1	Switzerland	2012

References

External links

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