American Football / World Bowl (NFL Europe)
The NFL Europe League started life in 1991 as the "World League of American Football". It was created by the NFL as a way to spread the popularity of American Football world-wide. The original World League consisted of ten teams: six in the United States, one in Canada and three in Europe (London Monarchs, Frankfurt Galaxy and Barcelona Dragons). The league was suspended after the 1992 season and the decision was made to restructure the league, making it Europe only. The league returned in 1995 with the three original European teams and three new teams: Amsterdam Admirals, Rhein Fire (based in Düsseldorf) and Scottish Claymores. The London Monarchs were suspended after the 1998 season, and replaced by the Berlin Thunder for 1999. In 2004 Cologne Centurions replaced Barcelona Dragons, and in 2005 Hamburg Sea Devils replaced Scottish Claymores. Therefore, of the six teams, five were from Germany, and what started as a World league, changed to a European league and became almost a country league. 2007 was its final season.
Edition | Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
XV | 2007 | Hamburg Sea Devils | 37-28 | Frankfurt Galaxy |
XIV | 2006 | Frankfurt Galaxy | 22-7 | Amsterdam Admirals |
XIII | 2005 | Amsterdam Admirals | 27-21 | Berlin Thunder |
XII | 2004 | Berlin Thunder | 30-24 | Frankfurt Galaxy |
XI | 2003 | Frankfurt Galaxy | 35-16 | Rhein Fire |
X | 2002 | Berlin Thunder | 26-20 | Rhein Fire |
IX | 2001 | Berlin Thunder | 24-17 | Barcelona Dragons |
VIII | 2000 | Rhein Fire | 13-10 | Scottish Claymores |
VII | 1999 | Frankfurt Galaxy | 38-24 | Barcelona Dragons |
VI | 1998 | Rhein Fire | 34-10 | Frankfurt Galaxy |
V | 1997 | Barcelona Dragons | 38-24 | Rhein Fire |
IV | 1996 | Scottish Claymores | 31-27 | Frankfurt Galaxy |
III | 1995 | Frankfurt Galaxy | 26-22 | Amsterdam Admirals |
II | 1992 | Sacramento Surge | 21-17 | Orlando Thunder |
I | 1991 | London Monarchs | 21-0 | Barcelona Dragons |
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