Eurobowl

Eurobowl
Eurobowl VIII in 1994, Bergamo Lions vs. London Olympians.
In operation	1986–2019
Number of bowls	33
Television partner(s)	Eurosport
Most bowl appearances	Vienna Vikings (10)
Most bowl championships	New Yorker Lions (6)
Last championship 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.

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.

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	Amsterdam Crusaders	Mike Kane RB
III	1989	22 July 1989	Milan, Italy	Legnano Frogs	27–23	Amsterdam Crusaders	Robert Frasco QB
IV	1990	28 July 1990	Rimini, Italy	Manchester Spartans	34–22	Legnano Frogs
V	1991	13 July 1991	Offenbach, Germany	Amsterdam Crusaders	21–20	Berlin Adler	Paul Troth QB
VI	1992		Uppsala, Sweden	Amsterdam Crusaders	42–24	Giaguari Torino
VII	1993	3 July 1993	Brussels, Belgium	London Olympians	42–21	Amsterdam Crusaders	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	Düsseldorf Panther	21–14	London Olympians	Francesco Mavaro RB
X	1996	6 July 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	5 July 1998	Hamburg, Germany	Hamburg Blue Devils	38–19	La Courneuve Flash
XIII	1999	26 June 1999	Hamburg, Germany	Braunschweig Lions	27–23	Hamburg Blue Devils
XIV	2000	17 June 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Bergamo Lions	42–20	Hamburg Blue Devils	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	Braunschweig Lions	Dino Bucciol QB
XVII	2003	5 July 2003	Braunschweig, Germany	Braunschweig Lions	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	29–60	Bergamo Lions	Lance Gustafson RB
XX	2006	22 July 2006	Vienna, Austria	Vikings Vienna	41–90	La Courneuve Flash	Mike Latek DL
XXI	2007	1 July 2007	Vienna, Austria	Vikings Vienna	70–19	Marburg Mercenaries	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	Berlin Adler	34–31	Vikings Vienna	Benjamin Scharweit
XXV	2011	18 June 2011	Innsbruck, Austria	Swarco Raiders Tirol	27–12	Berlin Adler	Florian Grein RB
XXVI	2012	21 July 2012	Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Calanda Broncos	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	Berlin Adler	20–17	New Yorker Lions	Darius Outlaw QB
XXIX	2015	20 June 2015	Braunschweig, Germany	New Yorker Lions	24–14	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	Casey Therriault QB
XXX	2016	11 June 2016	Innsbruck, Austria	New Yorker Lions	35–21	Swarco Raiders Tirol	Niklas Römer WR
XXXI	2017	10 June 2017	Frankfurt, Germany	New Yorker Lions	55–14	Frankfurt Universe	Casey Therriault QB
XXXII	2018	9 June 2018	Frankfurt, Germany	New Yorker Lions	20–19	Frankfurt Universe	Jadrian Clark
XXXIII	2019	8 June 2019	Potsdam, Germany	Potsdam Royals	62–12	Amsterdam Crusaders	Paul Zimmermann QB

Rank	Team	Titles	Appearances	Years won	Years runner-up
1	New Yorker Lions†	6	8	1999, 2003, 2015–2018	2002, 2014
2	Vikings Vienna	5	10	2004–2007, 2013	2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012
3	Bergamo Lions	3	6	2000–2002	1994, 2004, 2005
4	Swarco Raiders Tirol	3	5	2008, 2009, 2011	2013, 2016
	Hamburg Blue Devils	3	5	1996–1998	1999, 2000
6	Amsterdam Crusaders	2	6	1991, 1992	1988, 1989, 1993, 2019
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	Potsdam Royals	1	1	2019
	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
16	La Courneuve Flash	0	3		1998, 2006, 2009
17	Frankfurt Universe	0	2		2017, 2018
18	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.

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

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