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Saarland Hurricanes
The Saarland Hurricanes are an American football team from Saarbrücken, Germany. Saarbrücken is the capital of the federal German state of Saarland, which the club is named after. The club was formed in 1996 in a merger of the two local sides Saarbrücken Wölfe and Dillingen Steelhawks.Team History Saarland Hurricanes website, retrieved 20 January 2011 As its greatest success, the team has won promotion to the twice, in 2000 and 2010. In this league, it qualified for the play-offs once, in 2005. On junior level the club earned its greatest success in 2013 when it won the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Football League
The German Football League (GFL) is an American football league in Germany and was formed in 1979. Playing rules are based on those of the American NCAA. In 1999, the league switched its name from ''American-Football-Bundesliga'' to ''German Football League''.Geschichte AFVD website, accessed: 29 December 2010 In terms of attendance figures, cumulative salaries paid by teams, performance in international exhibition games and competitions and ability to draw foreign talent, the GFL is arguably the strongest national league in Europe. League set-up 
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2011 German Football League
The 2011 German Football League season was the thirty third edition of the top-level American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ... competition in Germany and twelfth since the renaming to German Football League. League tables The league tables of the two GFL divisions: North South Notes References External links Official GFL website GFL 2011 {{German Football League clubs Gfl Gfl German Football League seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 German Football League
The 2021 German Football League season was the 42nd edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany. It was the first season after the 2020 season had to be cancelled due to Covid-19. The regular season started on 5 June and ended on 5 September 2021, followed by the play-offs. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the start of the season was more than one month later than in other years. The Covid-19 pandemic as well as the European League of Football "raiding" the GFL for coaches, players and even entire teams led to the withdrawal of the Hildesheim Invaders, the Elmshorn Fighting Pirates (both GFL North) and the Ingolstadt Dukes (GFL South) before the season began. While the vacancy in the South was filled with the Saarland Hurricanes, the Northern division played with six instead of the normal eight teams. To reduce the strain on teams and the risk of infection, the AFVD decided to further subdivide each division into two groups, with only the teams within a gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 German Football League
The 2020 German Football League season was the planned 42nd edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany. The regular season was expected to start on 25 April and was expected to end on 6 September 2020, followed by the play-offs. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the start of the season was first postponed, and later completely cancelled. The season was expected to conclude with German Bowl XLII, which was planned to be held on 10 October 2020 in Frankfurt. Instead German Bowl XLII was held on October 9, 2021 to end the 2021 German Football League season. 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. 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 field advantage. The first placed team plays the fourth placed from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 German Football League
The 2019 German Football League season is the 41st edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany. The regular season starts on 27 April and will be finished on 8 September 2019, followed by the play-offs. The season culminated in the German Bowl XLI, which will be held on 12 October 2019 in Frankfurt. 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. 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 field 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 German Football League
The 2018 German Football League season was the 40th edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany. The regular season started on 21 April and finished on 9 September 2018, followed by the play-offs. The season culminated in the German Bowl XL, which was held on 13 October 2018 in Berlin. 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. 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 field 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. The eighth pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirchdorf Wildcats
The Kirchdorf Wildcats are an American football team in Kirchdorf am Inn, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 2017 when it won the southern division of the German Football League 2 and earned the right to play-off for promotion to the German Football League which they won against the Saarland Hurricanes. The club was formed as the Simbach Wildcats in 1986, then based in Simbach am Inn. It was renamed in early 2004 after the club had moved to Kirchdorf. History The club was formed in 1986 as the Simbach Wildcats in Simbach am Inn, Bavaria. After only playing friendlies in its first two seasons the club entered the Bavarian league in 1988. It won a league championship in 1992 and earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, a league later renamed to GFL 2. In 1994 the club won the southern division of the 2. Bundesliga but lost both games against the Stuttgart Scorpions in the promotion round and had to remain in its league. By 1998 the Wildcats were suffering from a lack of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 German Football League
The 2017 German Football League season was the 39th edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany and 18th since the renaming of the ''American Football Bundesliga'' to German Football league. The regular season started on 22 April and finished on 3 September 2017, followed by the play-offs. The season culminated in the German Bowl XXXIX, held on 7 October 2017 in Berlin. 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. 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 field advantage. The first placed team plays the fourth placed from the other division a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresden Monarchs
The Dresden Monarchs are an American football team from Dresden, Germany. They have been a member of the first tier German Football League since 2002 and play in its Northern Division. They are the reigning champion after having won German Bowl XLII. The club reached the German Bowl for the first time in 2013, where it lost to the Braunschweig Lions by a single point. The 2021 season saw their first division title in the first tier German Football League when they placed first in the North Division with a record of nine victories, one defeat in the regular season. In German Bowl XLII the Monarchs defeated the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 28–19 to claim their first ever title. History Starting out The Dresden Monarchs were formed in January 1992 and entered in the ''Aufbauliga Ost'' the following year, the lowest possible league in the region. The ''Monarchs'', in the following years, gradually worked their way up through the league system, winning the league they played in every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 German Football League
The 2016 German Football League season was 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 started on 16 April and finished on 10 September 2016, followed by the play-offs. The season culminated in the German Bowl XXXVIII, held on 8 October 2016 in Berlin. The championship was won by the New Yorker Lions who defeated the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 31–20 in a repeat of the 2014 and 2015 finals, which the Lions had also won. 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. The best four teams in each division qualify for the play-offs where, in the quarter fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 German Football League
The 2015 German Football League season was the thirty seventh edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany and sixteenth since the renaming of the ''American football Bundesliga'' to German Football league. The regular season started on 18 April and finished on 5 September 2015, followed by the play-offs. The season culminated in the German Bowl XXXVII, held on 10 October 2015 in Berlin, the fourth consecutive time and the sixth overall for the championship decider to be held in the German capital. The championship was won by the New Yorker Lions who defeated the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 41–31 in a repeat of the 2014 final which the Lions had won by a record margin of 38 points. Modus During the regular season each club plays all other clubs in its division twice, home and away, resulting in each team playing, nominally, 14 regular season games. The northern division in 2015 however consisted of only seven teams, resulting in only twelve regular season gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
