IFAF Europe Champions League

IFAF Europe Champions League
Sport American football
Founded 2014 (2014)
No. of teams 5
Country  Europe
Most recent
champion(s)
Poland Panthers Wrocław
Most titles Panthers Wrocław
Carlstad Crusaders
Helsinki Roosters (1 each)
Official website IFAF Europe Online

The IFAF Europe Champions League is a European Cup-inspired tournament for European Gridiron Football teams affiliated to IFAF Europe. It has been held annually since 2014.

History

In 2014, the IFAF Europe Champions League was formed in the same year the BIG6 European Football League initiated. The current format involves 12 teams from Europe. The Group Stage format borrowed from the IFAF World Championship while the final Four format came from the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. From 2017 only 5 teams participate.[1]

Champions

Championship Winners

Season Venue Winner Result Runner-Up Reference
2014 France Elancourt Finland Helsinki Roosters 36–29 Serbia SBB Belgrade Vukovi[2]
2015 Serbia Belgrade Sweden Carlstad Crusaders 84–49 Serbia SBB Belgrade Vukovi[3]
2016 Poland Wroclaw Poland Panthers Wrocław 40–37 Italy Seamen Milano[4]
2017 Finland Helsinki Roosters 21–15 Sweden Carlstad Crusaders [5]

Conference Champions

Season Northern Group Central/Southern Group Eastern Group Western/Southern Group
2014 Finland Helsinki Roosters France Elancourt Templiers Serbia SBB Belgrade Vukovi France Thonon Black Panthers
2015 Sweden Carlstad Crusaders United KingdomEngland London Blitz Serbia SBB Belgrade Vukovi France Thonon Black Panthers
2016 Poland Panthers Wrocław Italy Milano Seamen Turkey Istanbul Koç Rams Austria Vienna Danube Dragons

Teams

Team Seasons 2014 2015 2016 2017 Final Four Titles Won
Austria Cineplexx Blue Devils 1 RS 0 0
Austria Danube Dragons 1 SF 0 0
Czech Republic Prague Lions 1 RS 0 0
Denmark Copenhagen Towers 2 RSRS 0 0
Denmark Triangle Razorbacks 1 RS 0 0
Finland Helsinki Roosters 2 CRS 1 1
France Aix-en-Provence Argonautes 1 RS 0 0
France Dauphins de Nice 1 RS 0 0
France Elancourt Templiers 1 SF 1 0
France Thonon Black Panthers 2 SFSF 2 0
United Kingdom London Blitz 2 RSSF 1 0
Hungary Budapest Wolves 1 RS 0 0
Italy Parma Panthers 1 RS 0 0
Italy Milano Seamen 2 RSRU 1 0
Poland Wrocław Panthers 1 C 1 1
Portugal Lisboa Devils 1 RS X 0 0
Russia Moscow Patriots 1 X 0 0
Russia Sankt Petersburg Griffins 1 RS 0 0
Slovenia Ljubljana Silverhawks 1 RS 0 0
Serbia Kragujevac Wild Boars 1 X 0 0
Serbia Novi Sad Dukes 1 RS 0 0
Serbia SBB Belgrade Vukovi 3 RURURS 2 0
Spain L'Hospitalet Pioners 2 RSRS 0 0
Spain Rivas Osos 1 RS 0 0
Sweden Carlstad Crusaders 3 RSCRS 1 1
Sweden Örebro Black Knights 1 RS 0 0
Turkey Boğaziçi Sultans 4 RSRSRS X 0 0
Turkey Koç Rams 2 SF X 0 0

See also

References

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