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Boğaziçi Sultans
Boğaziçi Sultans is Turkey's first American football team, founded in 1987 at the Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. Formerly named as ''Bogaziçi Elephants'', the team improved their game by practicing with American soldiers, and played their first game against another Turkish team with ''Istanbul Pistoflar'' winning 28-0. The team's head coach is Erdem Özsalih. The team plays in the American Football First League of Turkey and American Football University League of Turkey. History The Sultans were followed by other university teams such as Hacettepe Red Deers, İTÜ Hornets, Marmara Sharks and METU Falcons after 1993. Players from these teams founded many other teams all around Turkey. Sultans won many championships and played a leading role in the development of American football in Turkey. Boğaziçi University International Sports Fest was the only football tournament in Turkey for years. In Turkey, American football was played without protective equipment until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at each end. The offense (sports), offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped Ball (gridiron football), football, attempts to advance down the field by Rush (gridiron football), running with the ball or Forward pass#Gridiron football, throwing it, while the Defense (sports), defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance the ball at least ten yard, yards in four Down (gridiron football), downs or plays; if they fail, they turnover on downs, turn over the football to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the Glossary of American football#drive, drive. Points are scored primarily b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilkent University
Bilkent University () is a private non-profit research university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by İhsan Doğramacı, the first president of the Council of Higher Education and the head of the prominent Doğramacı family, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research in 1984. It has constantly been ranked among the top Turkish universities since its establishment. In 2011, it was ranked 112th in the world by The World University Rankings. Bilkent University was modeled after Harvard University and was the first non-profit private university established in the country. The name Bilkent is an abbreviation of ''bilim kenti'', meaning "city of science" in Turkish. History Preparations for the establishment of the university began in 1967, with the purchase of a tract of land to the west of Ankara. In the late 1970s the foundations of the buildings which now house administrative offices, the faculty of engineering, and the library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football Teams In Turkey
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SBB Vukovi Beograd
SBB Vukovi Beograd are an American football team from Belgrade, Serbia. After establishing in 2003, in just few years SBB Vukovi have become one of the best-organized and most successful American football teams in Eastern Europe. Today SBB Vukovi are competing in SAAF Serbian Superleague and Central European Football League. Establishment The interest in American football in Serbia grew rapidly after the first television broadcasts of NFL season in 2001. The first meetings of several people who threw football began in the summer of 2002 in Belgrade Ada Ciganlija. The number of new players each week increased, and at the end of the year was over 30 people. The club was officially founded on 14 January 2003, and was the second established American football club in Serbia. Shortly thereafter, all major cities in Serbia started with the establishment of new clubs. The first game was played in the spring of that year without helmets and shoulder pads, against the Kragujevac Wild B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFAF
The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is the international governing body of American football associations. The IFAF oversees the organisation and promotion of all international competitions across both contact and non contact versions of the game, including the IFAF World Championship of American Football, which is held every four years. The IFAF became a provisionary member of SportAccord in 2003, and became a full SportAccord member in 2005. In 2023, IFAF was officially recognised as an Olympic IF (International Federation) by the IOC. In 2023, IFAF marked a historic new streak, with flag football being selected as one of the five new Sports for the LA 28 Olympic Summer Games. The organization's head office is located in Paris, France. Structure and organization The IFAF recognizes in their respective areas the following branches and has 75 members as of June 2024: * IFAF Africa : 12 * IFAF Americas : 16 * IFAF Asia : 13 * IFAF Europe : 29 (European C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koç Rams
The Koç Rams are an American football team in Istanbul, Turkey, which plays in the Turkish Gridiron Football First League. They also played in the 2022 season of the European League of Football (ELF), under the name ''Istanbul Rams''. History The Rams belong to the Koç University Sports Club located on the campus of Koç University in Sarıyer, Istanbul. ''Koç'' is the Turkish word for ''ram''. The team was founded in 2004. After promoting to the Turkish Superleague in 2013, the Rams have since made the Turkish Superleague Final game in 2014, 2015 and 2016. In 2016, they won their first Superleague Championship, defeating the Boğaziçi Sultans, 21–14. In addition, 2016 was their first year to compete in the IFAF Europe Champions League (a minor European competition held in 2014, 2015 and 2016). The Rams became the first Turkish team to ever win a Champions League game by knocking off the St. Petersburg Griffins of Russia. Then they went on to defeat the reigning cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazi Warriors
Gazi Warriors is the American football team of Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1998 by a few students, and competes in the American Football First league of Turkey, American Football First League of Turkey and American Football University League of Turkey. Achievements Gazi Warriors became champion in the first season 2007-08 of the University League winning over another Ankara team Hacettepe Red Deers with 36–18 in the final game at Beypete Campus in Ankara. In the 2010-11 First League season, Gazi Warriors won their first ever championship title after defeating the defending champion Istanbul team Boğaziçi Sultans in the final match with six additional periods at the Sakarya Atatürk Stadium in Adapazarı that lasted a record time of around five hours. The following season, Gazi Warriors became for the second consecutive time champion defeating Hacettepe Red Deers 46-12 in the final match at the Cebeci İnönü Stadium in Ankara.- References Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a mainly continental climate, and an area of with a population of 19 million people. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Europe's second-longest river, the Danube, empties into the Danube Delta in the southeast of the country. The Carpathian Mountains cross Romania from the north to the southwest and include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of . Bucharest is the country's Bucharest metropolitan area, largest urban area and Economy of Romania, financial centre. Other major urban centers, urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timiș ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Bucharest metropolitan area, metropolitan area of 2.3 million residents, which makes Bucharest the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 8th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 6 districts (''Sectors of Bucharest, Sectoare''), while the metropolitan area covers . Bucharest is a major cultural, political and economic hub, the country's seat of government, and the capital of the Muntenia region. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly History of architecture#Revivalism and Eclecticism, Eclectic, but also Neoclassical arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
