National Ligaen is the top

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 ...

league in

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founded in 1988. It is organized by the

Danish American Football Federation The Danish American Football Federation (DAFF; Danish: ''Dansk Amerikansk Fodbold Forbund'') is an American football organization in Denmark founded in 1988. Its headquarters are located in Brøndby. DAFF organizes Denmark's national American foot ...

. The league finale and the winning trophy is called Mermaid Bowl. The Copenhagen Towers won the 2022 finale for a record tenth time, defeating the Gold Diggers 32–17.

Teams in 2022

* AaB 89ers * Copenhagen Towers *

Søllerød Gold Diggers The Søllerød Gold Diggers are an american football team from Rudersdal, Denmark. The club was founded in 2003. Søllerød Gold Diggers are members of the Danish American Football Federation (DAFF) and compete in the National Ligaen, the highes ...

* Triangle Razorbacks

Mermaid Bowl

The Mermaid Bowl is the DAFF championship game, the Danish equivalent of the NFL's

Super Bowl The Super Bowl is the annual final playoff game of the National Football League (NFL) to determine the league champion. It has served as the final game of every NFL season since 1966, replacing the NFL Championship Game. Since 2022, the game ...

. The name is taken from the famous

Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a h ...

, a symbol of Denmark. The first final, in 1988, was not played under the Mermaid Bowl name.

References

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