Sport American football Most recent
champion(s) Swarco Raiders Tirol | No. of teams 8 Most titles Vienna Vikings (13) | |
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Founded 1984; 33 years ago (1984) Country Austria
Czech Republic
Slovenia | ||
The Austrian Football League (AFL) is the elite league of American football in Austria. The league was founded in 1984 and plays by the rules of the NCAA.
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History
The AFL is commonly considered as one of the best American football leagues in Europe, hence the EFL was won seven times by AFL teams in the eight-year period from 2004 to 2011.
In 2010, eight teams participated in the league, with seven being from Austria and one, the Prague Panthers from the Czech Republic.
In 2012, six teams participated in the league, with five being from Austria and one, the Prague Panthers from the Czech Republic.
The regular season consists of ten games and starts in mid March and the playoffs continue through July. The final game is called the Austrian Bowl and was held for the first time in 1984 in Salzburg, Austria.
Teams
In 2016 the AFL consisted of:
In 2017 the Prague Black Panters will be replaced by Steelsharks Traun.