Results

Year	Bowl	Winners		Runners-Up
1979	I	Frankfurter Löwen	14	Anzbach Grizzlies	8
1980	II	Frankfurter Löwen	21	Anzbach Grizzlies	12
1981	III	Anzbach Grizzlies	27	Frankfurter Löwen	6
1982	IV	Anzbach Grizzlies	12	Cologne Crocodiles	6
1983	V	Düsseldorf Panther	22	Anzbach Grizzlies	6
1984	VI	Düsseldorf Panther	14	Anzbach Grizzlies	7
1985	VII	Anzbach Grizzlies	14	Düsseldorf Panther	7
1986	VIII	Düsseldorf Panther	27	Anzbach Grizzlies	14
1987	IX	Berlin Adler	37	Badener Griefs	12
1988	X	Red Barons Cologne	25	Düsseldorf Panther	20
1989	XI	Berlin Adler	30	Red Barons Cologne	23
1990	XII	Berlin Adler	50	Cologne Crocodiles	38
1991	XIII	Berlin Adler	22	Cologne Crocodiles	21
1992	XIV	Düsseldorf Panther	24	Munich Cowboys	23
1993	XV	Munich Cowboys	42	Cologne Crocodiles	36
1994	XVI	Düsseldorf Panther	27	Berlin Adler	17
1995	XVII	Düsseldorf Panther	17	Hamburg Blue Devils	10
1996	XVIII	Hamburg Blue Devils	31	Düsseldorf Panther	12
1997	XIX	Braunschweig Lions	26	Cologne Crocodiles	23
1998	XX	Braunschweig Lions	20	Hamburg Blue Devils	14
1999	XXI	Braunschweig Lions	25	Hamburg Blue Devils	24
2000	XXII	Cologne Crocodiles	31	Braunschweig Lions	29
2001	XXIII	Hamburg Blue Devils	31	Braunschweig Lions	13
2002	XXIV	Hamburg Blue Devils	16	Braunschweig Lions	13
2003	XXV	Hamburg Blue Devils	37	Braunschweig Lions	36
2004	XXVI	Berlin Adler	10	Braunschweig Lions	7
2005	XXVII	Braunschweig Lions	31	Hamburg Blue Devils	28
2006	XXVIII	Braunschweig Lions	31	Marburg Mercenaries	13
2007	XXIX	Braunschweig Lions	27	Stuttgart Scorions	6
2008	XXX	Braunschweig Lions	20	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	14
2009	XXXI	Berlin Adler	28	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	14
2010	XXXII	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	17	Berlin Adler	10
2011	XXXIII	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	48	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	44
2012	XXXIV	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	56	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	53
2013	XXXV	Braunschweig NewYorker Lions	35	Dresden Monarchs	34
2014	XXXVI	Braunschweig NewYorker Lions	47	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	9
2015	XXXVII	Braunschweig NewYorker Lions	41	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	31
2016	XXXVIII	Braunschweig NewYorker Lions	31	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	20
2017	XXXIX	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	14	Braunschweig NewYorker Lions	13
2018	XXXX	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	21	Samsung Frankfurt Universe	19

Report

the First American Football Verband Deutschland German Bowl was played in 1979 and won on the first two occasions by Frankfurter Löwen (Wolves), with Anzbach Grizzlies winning the next two. Düsseldorf Panther won in 1983, 1984 and 1986 with Anzbach winning their third in the intervening year. Berlin Adler (Eagles) won four German Bowls in five years from 1987 to 1991, with Red Barons Cologne winning the one in between in 1988.Düsseldorf Panther again won three Bowls in four years from 1992 to 1995 with Munich Cowboys taking the honours in 1993.

In 1996 a new era of American Football began with Hamburg Blue Devils triumphing for the first time. Braunscweig Lionswon three in a row from 1997 to 1999 and then in the new Millenium, Cologne Crocodiles were another team to etch their name on the Champions list for the first time. Hamburg Blue Devils then got back on the winners roll, winning three in a row from 2001 to 2003, before Berlin Adler won in 2004. From 2005 to 2008 Braunschweig Lions again went on a winning run, and Berlin Adler got their third German Bowl victory in 2009.

There was another change in the guard in 2010, with Kiel Baltic Hurricanes victorious, and then Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns from 2011 to 2012 and 2017 to 2018, with Braunschweig NewYorker Lions triumphing in the four years in between.

References

Images

[1] PinClipArt (2020) German Football League ClipArt [Internet] Available from: https://www.pinclipart.com/picdir/middle/324-3249816_german-football-league-clipart.png [Accessed 14 June 2020]

Websites

[2] AFVD (2018) Bowls [Internet] Available from: http://www.afvd.de/text.php?Inhalt=bowls&menu=16&HP=AFVD [Accessed 30 December 2018]

[3] AFVD (2020) GFL Tabellen [Internet] Available from: http://www.gfl.info/gfl-spielplan/ [Accessed 30 December 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer, Shane Mulcahy and Ciaran Simms

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