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IFAF Europe Champions League

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IFAF Europe Champions League
SportAmerican football
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Ceased2016
No. of teams13
Country Europe
Last
champion(s)
Poland Panthers Wrocław
Most titlesPanthers Wrocław
Carlstad Crusaders
Helsinki Roosters (1 each)
Official websiteIFAF Europe Online

The IFAF Europe Champions League was a European Cup-inspired tournament for European Gridiron teams affiliated to IFAF Europe. It has been held annually between 2014 and 2016.

History

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In 2014, the IFAF Europe Champions League was formed in the same year the BIG6 European Football League initiated in taking the place of the Eurobowl tournament. The format involved 13 teams from Europe. The Group Stage format borrowed from the IFAF World Championship while the Final Four format came from the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

After the 2016 season the competition was replaced by the IFAF Northern European Football League 2017. The number of participating teams was reduced to 5, all from Northern Europe.[1]

Champions

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Championship Winners

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Season Venue Winner Result Runner-Up Reference
2014 France Elancourt Finland Helsinki Roosters 36–29 Serbia SBB Belgrade Vukovi [2]
2015 Serbia Belgrade Sweden Carlstad Crusaders 84–49 Serbia SBB Belgrade Vukovi [3]
2016 Poland Wroclaw Poland Panthers Wrocław 40–37 Italy Seamen Milano [4]

Conference Champions

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Season Northern Group Central/Southern Group Eastern Group Western/Southern Group
2014 Finland Helsinki Roosters France Elancourt Templiers Serbia SBB Belgrade Vukovi France Thonon Black Panthers
2015 Sweden Carlstad Crusaders United KingdomEngland London Blitz Serbia SBB Belgrade Vukovi France Thonon Black Panthers
2016 Poland Panthers Wrocław Italy Milano Seamen Turkey İstanbul Koç Rams Austria Danube Dragons

Teams

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Team Seasons 2014 2015 2016 2017 Final Four Titles Won
Austria Cineplexx Blue Devils 1 RS 0 0
Austria Danube Dragons 1 SF 1 0
Czech Republic Prague Lions 1 RS 0 0
Denmark Copenhagen Towers 2 RS RS 0 0
Denmark Triangle Razorbacks 1 RS 0 0
Finland Helsinki Roosters 2 C RS 1 1
France Aix-en-Provence Argonautes 1 RS 0 0
France Dauphins de Nice 1 RS 0 0
France Elancourt Templiers 1 SF 1 0
France Thonon Black Panthers 2 SF SF 2 0
United Kingdom London Blitz 2 RS SF 1 0
Hungary Budapest Wolves 1 RS 0 0
Italy Parma Panthers 1 RS 0 0
Italy Milano Seamen 2 RS RU 1 0
Poland Wrocław Panthers 1 C 1 1
Portugal Lisboa Devils 1 RS X 0 0
Russia Moscow Patriots 1 X 0 0
Russia Sankt Petersburg Griffins 1 RS 0 0
Slovenia Ljubljana Silverhawks 1 RS 0 0
Serbia Kragujevac Wild Boars 1 X 0 0
Serbia Novi Sad Dukes 1 RS 0 0
Serbia SBB Belgrade Vukovi 3 RU RU RS 2 0
Spain L'Hospitalet Pioners 2 RS RS 0 0
Spain Rivas Osos 1 RS 0 0
Sweden Carlstad Crusaders 3 RS C RS 1 1
Sweden Örebro Black Knights 1 RS 0 0
Turkey Boğaziçi Sultans 4 RS RS RS X 0 0
Turkey Koç Rams 2 SF X 1 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 5 Clubs to Participate in 2017 IFAF Europe Champions League
  2. ^ "Helsinki Roosters Win It All!". Archived from the original on 2015-11-28. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  3. ^ CL2015F4: Carlstad Crusaders Won The IFAF Europe Champions League!
  4. ^ "CL2016F4: Panthers Wrocław vs Milan Seamen - Finals". Archived from the original on 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
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