National Bowls 1995

Country	Bowl	Winners		Runners-Up
Ireland	Shamrock X	Dublin Tornadoes	44	Carrickfergus Knights	12
England	BAFA Div. 1	Birmingham Bulls	34	London Olympians	30
Scotland	SGA Final	Glasgow Lions	76	Granite City Oilers	0
Italy	Super XV	Legnano Frogs	32	Gladiatori Roma	26
France	Casque Diamant	Aix-en-Provence Argonautes	36	Paris-Castor-Sphinx	16
Austria	Austrian	Levi’s Graz Giants	26	Vienna Vikings	20
Sweden	Super Series	Solna Chiefs	22	Limhamn Griffins	0
Finland	Maple XVI	Helsinki Roosters	36	East City Giants	14
Belgium	Championship*	Tournai Cardinals	8-2	Brussels	8-2
Switzerland	Swiss	Bern Grizzlies	29	Geneva Seahawks	21

Note: *The Belgian Championship was decided on Points Difference after both Tournai and Brussels finished on 8-2 Wins-Losses Records. The Belgian League was decided on a League basis with no Bowl Game.

Report

The winners of European American Football’s National Bowl Games in 1995 were Dublin Tornadoes, 44-12 over Carrickfergus Knights in Shamrock Bowl X in Ireland, Glasgow Lions in a comprehensive 76-0 win over Granite City Oilers (Aberdeen) in the Scottish Final, Birmingham Bulls 34-30 in a close BAFA Division Final over London Olympians in England.

In Italy Legnano Frogs defeated Roma Gladiatori 32-26, and in France the Aix-en-Provence Argonautes triumphed 36-16 over Paris Castor-Sphinx with 36 unanswered points in the first half before 7,000 fans in Paris. Levi’s Graz Giants won the Austrian Bowl for a record 7th time against defending Champions Vienna Vikings 26-20.

In Scandinavian Bowls, Solna Chiefs were the shock winners of the Swedish Super Series, defeating Limhamn Griffins 22-0, while the Maple Bowl in Finland went to Helsinki Roosters, who won 36-14 against East City Giants.

In Western Europe, Tournai Cardinals won the Belgian Championship on points difference from Brussels, after both teams finished the season with 8-2 Wins-Losses Records (there was n Bowl Game in Belgium with the Champions decidedon a League basis. Bern Grizzlies won the Swiss Bowl 29-21 against Geneva Seahawks. [Ref: 2-8]

References

Images

[1] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Websites

[2] Irish American Football Association (2019) Shamrock Bowl Winners [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/home/kitted-football/shamrock-bowl-history/ [Accessed 11 August 2019]

[3] Bitball Now (2016) British Champions List [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/british-champions-list.html [Accessed 11 July 2020]

[4] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2018) Federazione Italiana American Football 1995 [Internet] Available from:http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1995_fiaf.pdf [Accessed 11 July 2020]

[5] Federazione Italiana de American Football (1999) Albo d’oro del Superbowl [Internet] Available from: http://www.fiaf.net/golden/1998/albosuper.htm [Accessed 3 August 2000][Broken Link – Available on the Wayback Machine Internet Archive at: https://web.archive.org/web/20010707140635/http://www.fiaf.net/golden/1998/albosuper.htm Accessed 11 July 2020]

Newspapers

[5] Anon. (1996) “European Finals” First Down. September 30, 1995. pg. 21

Websites

[6[ SAJL (2020) Sarja=1 Kausi=1995 [Internet] Available from: http://www.sajl.org/selaus/otteluohjelma.php?sarja=1&kausi=1995 [Accessed 11 July 2020]

[7] Football Austria (2020) Oesterreichische Meister [Internet] Available from: https://football-austria.com/austrian-bowl-champions/ [Accessed 18 April 2020]

Internet Archive

[8] SAFV (2005) [Meistershaft][Spielplan 1995] [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20051228232142/http://www.safv.ch/ [Accessed 5 June 2020][Click links for Spielplan 1994]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer (IAFOA)

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Last Updated: 11 July 2020

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EFAF National Bowl Games 1994

Country	Winners		Runners-Up
Ireland	Dublin Tornadoes	18	Carrickfergus Knights	13
Britain	London Olympians	24	Birmingham Bulls	23
Germany	Dusseldorf Panther	27	Berlin Adler	17
France	Paris Castors	28	Aix-en-Provence Argonautes	22
Italy	Legnano Frogs	37	Milano Rhinos	27
Austria	Vienna Vikings	45	Graz Giants	23
Switzerland	Basilisk Mean Machine	29	Geneva Seahawks	6
Netherlands	Den Hague Raiders	52	Tilburg Steelers	8
Belgium	Brussels	22	Luxembourg Red Lions	12
Finland	East City Giants	24	Turku Trojans	7
Sweden	Limhamn Griffins	37	Kristianstad C4 Lions	7
Denmark	Cophenhagen Towers	46	Herning Hawks	7
Norway	VIF Trolls	10	Oslo Vikings	0

Report

Dublin Tornadoes (Ireland), London Olympians (GBR), Dusseldorf Panthers (Germany), Paris Castors (France), Legnano Frogs (Italy), Vienna Vikings (Austria), Basilisk Mean Machine (Switzerland), Den Hague Raiders (Netherlands) Brussels (Belgium), East City Giants (Finland), Limhamn Griffins (Sweden), Cophenhagen Towers (Denmark) and VIF Trolls (Norway) were the Champions of Europe’s American Football National Bowls in 1994.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1994) “Tornadoes clinch crown” First Down. October 8, 1994. pg. 22

[2] Anon. (1994) “BAFA Division One Bowl” First Down. August 20, 1994. pg. 22

[3] Anon. (1994) “Panthers pound Adler” First Down. October 1, 1994. pg. 20

[4] Anon. (1994) “Raiders stroll to Dutch title” First Down. July 23, 1994. pg. 22.

[5] Anon. (1994) “Trolls roll to crown” First Down. September 3, 1994. pg. 23.

Websites

[6[ SAJL (2020) Sarja=1 Kausi=1994 [Internet] Available from: http://www.sajl.org/selaus/otteluohjelma.php?sarja=1&kausi=1994 [Accessed 19 June 2020]

Internet Archive

[7] SAFV (2005) Spielplan 1994 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20051228232142/http://www.safv.ch/ [Accessed 5 June 2020][Click links for Spielplan 1994]

Images

[8] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer (IAFOA)

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 19 June 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.