CAAFA Challenge Standings 2002-2008
CAAFA Central Asian American Football Association 2002
| Pos | Team | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | Net Pts | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American University Kyrgyzstan (Kyr) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 24 | 18 | 6 | W1 |
| 2 | Almaty KIMEP Titans (Kaz) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 18 | 24 | -6 | L1 |
CAAFA Central Asian American Football Association 2005
| Pos | Team | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | Net Pts | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaty KIMEP Titans (Kaz) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 34 | 32 | 2 | T1 |
| 2 | Bishkek BARS Leopards (Kyr) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 32 | 34 | -2 | T1 |
CAAFA Central Asian American Football Association 2006
| Pos | Team | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | Net Pts | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bishkek BARS Leopards (Kyr) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 48 | 18 | 30 | W2 |
| 2 | Almaty KIMEP Titans (Kaz) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 18 | 48 | -30 | L2 |
CAAFA Central Asian American Football Association 2007
| Pos | Team | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | Net Pts | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bishkek BARS Leopards (Kyr) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 144 | 19 | 125 | W4 |
| 2 | Almaty KIMEP Titans (Kaz) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 19 | 144 | -125 | L4 |
CAAFA Central Asian American Football Association 2008
| Pos | Team | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | Net Pts | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaty KIMEP Titans (Kaz) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 90 | 52 | 38 | W3 |
| 2 | Bishkek BARS Leopards (Kyr) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 52 | 90 | -38 | L3 |
RECAP
The Central Asian American Football Association was set up in 2002 by the intrepid American with the Irish name, Tom Kelly. Having previously tried to promote American Football in the USSR in 1979, he had more success in 2002 starting teams at the American University of Kyrgyzstan (AUK) and KIMEP in Kazakhstan, two neighbouring Central Asian Republics.
Following a couple of Flag American Football games between the two teams and a few games versus Inter (International) and World teams featuring players from Turkey, Italy, Russia, USA, Canada, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan and also a game against the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan, Tom Kelly managed to get some equipment in from America to set up two teams: Barsy Leopards, based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and Almaty KIMEP Titans in Kazakhstan.
In 2004, however, there was just one team: Bishkek Barsy Leopards, who played a match amongst themselves, with Leopards-1 winning out against Leopards-2. When Almaty KIMEP Titans were able to set up a team in neighbouring Kazakhstan in 2005, the two teams could play Challenge Games versus each other. In 2005 Titans won one of these Challenges with the other being a tie, and then in 2006 Bishkek Barsy won both. In 2007 the Challenge Series included a third game with Barsy Leopards winning all three, but again in 2008 Almaty came out on top winning three of the four Challenge Games.
By 2007 there was also a second team in Bishkek, and so began a separate series of Challenge Games in Kyrgyzstan between the new team Golden Eagles and the Barsy Leopards.
REFERENCES
[1] American Football in Kyrgyzstan Wayback Machine (2008) History of American Football in Kyrgyzstan [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090207140139/http://af.kg/history/kr [Accessed 9 October 2021]
[2] American Football in Kyrgyzstan Wayback Machine (2008) Games [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090208034521/http://af.kg/games [Accessed 9 October 2021]
[3] American Football in Kyrgyzstan Wayback Machine (2008) Barsy 34-0 Golden Eagles (October 26, Labor Reserves) [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090207140823/http://af.kg/news/26-10-08 [Accessed 9 October 2021]
[4] American Football in Kyrgyzstan Wayback Machine (2008) Golden Eagles 8 – 30 Kyrgyz National University (November 1)[Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090208034617/http://af.kg/news/01-11-08 [Accessed 9 October 2021]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to Gavin Coleman
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