The EFAF Cup was an international competition for European American Football clubs. It was the second highest level of club competition in the
European Federation of American Football
IFAF Europe is the governing body of American football in Europe. It is a member of the International Federation of American Football. IFAF Europe replaced the European Federation of American Football (EFAF) which had began in 1976 as the American ...
(EFAF), behind the
European Football League
The European Football League (EFL) established in 1986, was a tournament for the best European American football teams affiliated to IFAF (International Federation of American Football - Europe), which replaced the European Federation of American ...
(EFL),.
EFAF Cup
Organised by
EFAF, this competition was comparable to football's
Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...
.
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 with ...
teams from the strongest leagues in Europe competed annually to achieve results good enough to qualify them for the EFAF Cup competition.
The format dated from 2002 and offers top-division European clubs who have not qualified for the highest level of competition (
EFL) a chance to play internationally.
Participants were Champions and Vice-Champions of the "smaller" American Football nations, and those finishing just behind
EFL qualification places in the "bigger" American Football leagues.
The competition was folded after the 2013 edition. The reason was, in 2014 the
Big6 European Football League was established as the new top tier competition. So in fact, the EFL took the place of the EFAF Cup.
Competition format
In the group phase, four groups consist each of three teams. Each team plays each other once and has a home game and an away game. The winners of these groups qualify directly for the semi-final phase.
Should more teams qualify for and enter the EFAF Cup competition, more groups are created and a quarter-final phase introduced.
Players
Participating teams must submit a roster of at most 60 players to
EFAF by March 31 of the competition year. These players, and no others, are permitted to play for the club within the competition that year. No changes can be made to the list.
On each game day, the roster must be reduced to 45 players who will actually participate in the game. This number must include no more than 3 "American" players. In
EFAF rules an "American" is defined as a player with an
American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
,
Canadian
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,
Mexican, or
Japan
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ese passport.
There is no restriction on how many of these 3 can be on the field at the same time.
EFAF Cup Finals
Champions
by team
by country
References
External links
EFAF Cup
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American football competitions in Europe
Recurring sporting events established in 2002
2002 establishments in Europe
2013 disestablishments in Europe
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2013