EFAF Cup

The EFAF Cup is an international competition for European American Football clubs. After the European Football League(EFL), the EFAF Cup is the second highest level of club competition in the European Federation of American Football (EFAF).

EFAF Cup

Organised by EFAF, this competition is comparable to football's UEFA Cup. American Football teams from the strongest leagues in Europe compete annually to achieve results good enough to qualify them for the EFAF Cup competition.

The current format dates from 2002 and offers top-division European clubs who have not qualified for the highest level of competition (EFL) a chance to play internationally.

Participants are Champions and Vice-Champions of the "smaller" American Football nations, and those finishing just behind EFL qualification places in the "bigger" American Football leagues.

Competition Format

In the group phase, four groups consist each of three teams. Each team plays each other once and has a home game and an away game. The winners of these groups qualify directly for the semi-final phase.

Should more teams qualify for and enter the EFAF Cup competition, more groups are created and a quarter-final phase introduced.

Players

Participating teams must submit a roster of at most 60 players to EFAF by March 31st of the competition year. These players, and no others, are permitted to play for the club within the competition that year. No changes can be made to the list.

On each game day, the roster must be reduced to 45 players who will actually participate in the game. This number must include no more than 3 "American" players. In EFAF rules an "American" is defined as a player with an American, Canadian, Mexican, or Japanese passport.Fact|date=June 2007 There is no restriction on how many of these 3 can be on the field at the same time.

EFAF Cup Finals

EFAF-Cup 2007

The EFAF Cup participants in 2007 are split into four groups (divisions). The group champion qualifies directly for the semi-final stage.

The 2007 groups are as follows:

Division 1

Division 1 consists of only two teams, who play each other once home and once away:
# Turek Graz Giants (Austria)
# Dresden Monarchs (Germany)

Division 2

# Oslo Vikings (Norway)
# Amsterdam Crusaders (Netherlands)
# Berlin Adler(Germany)

Division 3

# Cineplexx Blue Devils (Austria)
# Madrid Osos (Spain)
# Coventry Jets (United Kingdom)

Division 4

# Carinthian Black Lions (Austria)
# Prague Lions (Czech Republic)
# Winterthur Warriors (Switzerland)

EFAF-Cup 2006

The 2006 groups were as follows:

Group A

# Marburg Mercenaries (Germany)
# Bolzano Giants (Italy)
# Aix-en-Provence Argonautes (France)

Group B

# Eidsvoll 1814´s (Norway)
# Farnham Knights (United Kingdom)
# Vålerenga Trolls (Norway)

Group C

# Stuttgart Scorpions (Germany)
# Cineplexx Blue Devils (Austria)
# Winterthur Warriors (Switzerland)

Group D

# Zurich Renegades (Switzerland)
# Elancourt Templiers (France)
# Amsterdam Crusaders (Netherlands)

Group E

# Turek Graz Giants (Austria)
# Berlin Adler (Germany)
# Prague Lions (Czech Republic)

Quarter Finals

* 1) Eidsvoll 1814´s vs. Bolzano Giants 41:20
* 2) Marburg Mercenaries vs. Turek Graz Giants 28:31
* 3) Zurich Renegades vs. Farnham Knights 41:8
* 4) Stuttgart Scorpions vs. Cineplexx Blue Devils 12:20

Semi Finals

* Eidsvoll 1814´s vs. Cineplexx Blue Devils 35:6
* Zurich Renegades vs. Turek Graz Giants 9:25

Final

Held on 8th June 2006 in Graz, Austria.

* Turek Graz Giants vs. Eidsvoll 1814´s 37:20

External links

* [http://www.eurobowl.info/ EFAF Cup]