The 2018
LNFA season is the 24th season of
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 ...
in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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Teams were divided into two categories, named Serie A and B.
Badalona Dracs
The Badalona Dracs (, "Badalona Dragons") are a gridiron football team based in Badalona, Catalonia. History
Three American football enthusiasts got together in Badalona on a December 1987's evening to found the team. They were Pere Moliner, first ...
are the defending champions.
LNFA Serie A
Competition format changes
The FEFA agreed to expand the Serie A to three groups of five teams according to geographical criteria, for reducing the economical costs for the clubs.
After the resignation of runners-up
Reus Imperials to continue playing the league due to financial difficulties only two days before the start of the season, the Group A was reduced to four teams.
At the end of the regular season, The twelve best qualified teams overall will qualify to the playoffs while the two worst teams will play the relegation playoffs.
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams are tied at the end of the competition, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria:
# Highest percentage of wins in games between tied teams.
# Lowest percentage of points against in games between tied teams.
# Highest difference between points scored and points against in games between tied teams.
# Lowest percentage of points against in all the games.
# Highest difference between points scored and points against in all the games.
# Lowest percentage of sent off players in all the games.
# Drawing of lots.
Stadia and locations
Fifteen teams entered the LNFA Serie A, the top-tier level of American football in Spain, after the changes in the competition format.
Regular season
Group A
Group B
Group C
Overall standings
Playoffs
Copa de España
Prior to the season, the Copa de España was played between the THREE teams that registered in the competition.
Badalona Dracs
The Badalona Dracs (, "Badalona Dragons") are a gridiron football team based in Badalona, Catalonia. History
Three American football enthusiasts got together in Badalona on a December 1987's evening to found the team. They were Pere Moliner, first ...
achieved their third trophy ever.
The final was played at Polideportivo Batiste Subies, in
La Pobla de Farnals
La Pobla de Farnals ( es, Puebla de Farnals) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Nord in the Valencian Community
The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community o ...
.
References
External links
Spanish American Football FederationFieldgoal.eu
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Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano
2018 in Spanish sport
2018 in American football