Eurobowl Explained

Eurobowl should not be confused with EuroCup (disambiguation).

Eurobowl
In Operation:	1986–2019
Number:	33
Television:	Eurosport
Most Apps:	Vienna Vikings (10)
Most Champs:	New Yorker Lions (6)
Last Game:	8 June 2019
Website:	http://www.eurobowl.info

The Eurobowl first played in 1986, was the championship final game of a tournament style playoff to determine the champion of all of the American football leagues in Europe. The tournament featured the top or champion clubs from each countries top league that was called the European Football League (EFL). The first Eurobowl final was played in 1986 in Amsterdam.

After 2014, it was known as the BIG6 European Football League (BIG6). Before 2014, the Eurobowl was the final championship game of the European Football League.^[1]

The last BIG6 was played in 2018. The last Eurobowl was played on 8 June 2019 without any playoff league competition prior to the game. The Potsdam Royals beat the Amsterdam Crusaders 62–12.^[2]

With six titles the New Yorker Lions from Braunschweig are the leading team in Eurobowl wins. The Vienna Vikings have the most appearances at 10, and winning five Eurobowl championship finals.

Roster

Every team in the European Football League had to publish its 60-man roster. After that no player can be added. Every game day the teams have to nominated an EFAF active game day roster, which is limited to 45 players with a maximum of 3 active Americans as defined USA, Canadian, Mexican or Japanese passport holders. These three players may all be on the field at the same time.

Eurobowls

Game	Year	Date	City	Winners	Score	Runners-up	MVP
I	1986	16 August 1986	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Taft Vantaa	20–16	Bologna Doves	Joe Jordan QB
II	1988	7 August 1988	London, United Kingdom	Helsinki Roosters	35–14		Mike Kane RB
III	1989	22 July 1989	Milan, Italy	Legnano Frogs	27–23		Robert Frasco QB
IV	1990	28 July 1990	Rimini, Italy	Manchester Spartans	34–22	Legnano Frogs
V	1991	13 July 1991	Offenbach, Germany		21–20		Paul Troth QB
VI	1992		Uppsala, Sweden		42–24	Giaguari Torino
VII	1993	3 July 1993	Brussels, Belgium	London Olympians	42–21		Richard Dunkley RB
VIII	1994	4 June 1994	Stuttgart, Germany	London Olympians	26–23	Bergamo Lions	Stephen Hutchinson RB
IX	1995	8 July 1995	Stuttgart, Germany		21–14	London Olympians	Francesco Mavaro RB
X	1996	6 July 1996	Stuttgart, Germany		21–14	Aix-en-Provence Argonautes
XI	1997		Stuttgart, Germany		35–14	Bologna Phoenix
XII	1998	5 July 1998	Hamburg, Germany		38–19	La Courneuve Flash
XIII	1999	26 June 1999	Hamburg, Germany		27–23
XIV	2000	17 June 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Bergamo Lions	42–20		Tyrone Rush RB / Babak Movassaghi
XV	2001	7 July 2001	Vienna, Austria	Bergamo Lions	28–11	Vikings Vienna
XVI	2002	6 July 2002	Braunschweig, Germany	Bergamo Lions	27–20		Dino Bucciol QB
XVII	2003	5 July 2003	Braunschweig, Germany		21–14	Vikings Vienna	Kim Kuci RB
XVIII	2004	10 July 2004	Vienna, Austria	Vikings Vienna	53–20	Bergamo Lions	Lance Gustafson RB / Peter Sangenette WR
XIX	2005	8 July 2005	Vienna, Austria	Vikings Vienna	29–6	Bergamo Lions	Lance Gustafson RB
XX	2006	22 July 2006	Vienna, Austria	Vikings Vienna	41–9	La Courneuve Flash	Mike Latek DL
XXI	2007	1 July 2007	Vienna, Austria	Vikings Vienna	70–19		Josiah Cravalho RB/DB
XXII	2008	5 July 2008	Innsbruck, Austria	Swarco Raiders Tirol	28–24	Vikings Vienna	Florian Grein RB
XXIII	2009	11 July 2009	Innsbruck, Austria	Swarco Raiders Tirol	30–19	La Courneuve Flash	Florian Grein RB
XXIV	2010	4 July 2010	Vienna, Austria		34–31	Vikings Vienna	Benjamin Scharweit
XXV	2011	18 June 2011	Innsbruck, Austria	Swarco Raiders Tirol	27–12		Florian Grein RB
XXVI	2012	21 July 2012	Vaduz, Liechtenstein		27–14	Vikings Vienna	DJ Wolfe RB
XXVII	2013	6 July 2013	Innsbruck, Austria	Vikings Vienna	37–14	Swarco Raiders Tirol	Christoph Gross QB
XXVIII	2014	19 July 2014	Berlin, Germany		20–17		Darius Outlaw QB
XXIX	2015	20 June 2015	Braunschweig, Germany		24–14		Casey Therriault QB
XXX	2016	11 June 2016	Innsbruck, Austria		35–21	Swarco Raiders Tirol	Niklas Römer WR
XXXI	2017	10 June 2017	Frankfurt, Germany		55–14		Casey Therriault QB
XXXII	2018	9 June 2018	Frankfurt, Germany		20–19		Jadrian Clark
XXXIII	2019	8 June 2019	Potsdam, Germany		62–12		Paul Zimmermann QB

Champions

by team

Rank	Team	Titles	Appearances	Years won	Years runner-up
1	New Yorker Lions^†	6	8	1999, 2003, 2015–2018	2002, 2014
2		5	10	2004–2007, 2013	2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012
3		3	6	2000–2002	1994, 2004, 2005
4		3	5	2008, 2009, 2011	2013, 2016
4		3	5	1996–1998	1999, 2000
6		2	6	1991, 1992	1988, 1989, 1993, 2019
7		2	4	2010, 2014	1991, 2011
8		2	3	1993, 1994	1995
9		1	2	1989	1990
10		1	1	2019
		1	1	2012
		1	1	1995
		1	1	1990
		1	1	1988
		1	1	1986
16		0	3		1998, 2006, 2009
17		0	2		2017, 2018
18		0	1		2015
		0	1		2007
		0	1		1997
		0	1		1996
		0	1		1992
		0	1		1986

^† Known as Braunschweig Lions before 2011.

by country

Championships	Country	Years won
13	Germany	1995–1999, 2003, 2010, 2014–2019
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

Notes and References

Web site: The Final: Eurobowl . 25 November 2016.
Web site: LIVESTREAM: Eurobowl XXXIII - Potsdam Royals vs Amsterdam Crusaders, Sat. June 8, 6p CEDT (12p EDT). American Football International. 2019-06-08. 12 June 2019.