FAFR Federation of American Football of Russia League of American Football 2016-2018

Federation of American Football of Russia Logo [Reference: 1]

LAF 2016

LAF 2016PWLTPct
Premier
Moscow Patriots (SF)77001.000
Minsk Livins (SF)6510.833
St. Petersburg Grffins (P)7520.714
Moscow Spartans (P)6420.667
Podolsk Knight (P)7340.428
Yaroslavl Rebels7250.286
Moscow United7160.143
Moscow Bruins7070.000
Volga
Nizhny Novgorod Raiders 52 (P)44001.000
Penza Phoenix3120.333
Samara Petrels3030.000
North
St. Petersburg North Legion (P)66001.000
St. Petersburg Ministry of Emergencies6231.417
Chernopovets Rhinos6240.333
Moscow Dragons6141.250
South
Sevastopol Titans (P)66001.000
Stavropol Stones6420.833
Krasnodar Bison5230.400
Simferopol Taurus5140.200
Volzhsky Kites4040.000
Ural
Perm Steel Tigers (P)66001.000
Chelyabinsk Tanks (P)6510.833
Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning6420.667
Team South Ural Chelyabinsk6240.333
Yekaterinburg Piranha6150.167
Kurgan Hornets6060.000
FAFR Federation of American Football of Russia League of American Football Final Standings 2016 [Reference: Compiled from 2-3]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Playoffs Round 1
13.08.2016Sevastopol Titans3Moscow Spartans13
13.08.2016St. Petersburg North Legion27St. Petersburg Griffins30
14.08.2016Perm Steel Tigers12Podolsk Knight13
14.08.2016Nizhny Novgorod Raiders 5227Chelyabinsk Tanks6
Quarter-Finals
28.08.2016St. Petersburg Griffins15Moscow Spartans21
28.08.2016Podolsk Knight14Nizhny Novgorod Raiders 5221
Semi-Finals
24.09.2016Minsk Litvins13Moscow Spartans40
24.09.2016Moscow Patriots29Nizhny Novgorod Raiders 528
Final
08.10.2016Moscow Patriots12Moscow Spartans7
FAFR Federation of American Football of Russia League of American Football Playoffs 2016 [Reference: Compiled from 2-3]

LAF 2017

LAF 2017PWLTPct
Premier
Moscow Spartans (SF)77001.000
Moscow Patriots (SF)7610.857
St. Petersburg Griffins (SF)7520.714
St. Petersburg North Legion7430.571
Moscow Bears7250.286
Moscow United7250.286
Podolsk Knight7160.143
Yaroslavl Rebels7160.143
Volga
Perm Steel Tigers (P)33001.000
Samara Petrels (P)3210.667
Izhevsk Steelworkers4040.000
Ural
Chelyabinsk Tanks (P)33001.000
Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning (P)3210.667
Astana Wolves3120.333
Chelyabinsk South Ural Scouts3030.000
North
Petropavlovsk Karelian Gunners (P)44001.000
Moscow Dragons (P)4310.750
Vologda Rhinos (P)4220.500
St. Petersburg Ministry of Emergencies (P)4130.250
Obninsk Cyborgs4040.000
FAFR Federation of American Football of Russia League of American Football Final Standings 2017 [Reference: Compiled from 4-5]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Regions Cup Quarter-Finals
15.07.2017Petropavlovsk Karelian Gunners40St. Petersburg MOE0
15.07.2017Samara Petrels7Perm Steel Tigers27
16.07.2017Chelyabinsk Tanks15Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning18
16.07.2017Moscow Dragons48Vologda Rhinos7
Regions Cup Semi-Finals
05.08.2017Moscow Dragons20Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning12
05.08.2017Petropavlovsk Karelian Gunners34Perm Steel Tigers42
Regions Cup 3rd Place
06.08.2017Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning20Petropavlovsk Karelian Gunners25
Regions Cup Final
06.08.2017Perm Steel Tigers36Moscow Dragons7
LAF Semi-Finals
19.08.2017Perm Steel Tigers20Moscow Patriots37
19.08.2017Moscow Spartans12St. Petersburg Griffins13
LAF Final
02.09.2017Moscow Patriots24St. Petersburg Griffins6
FAFR Federation of American Football of Russia League of American Football Playoffs 2017 [Reference: Compiled from 4-5]

LAF 2018

LAF 2018PWLTPct
Center
Moscow Spartans (SF)77001.000
Moscow Patriots (SF)7610.857
St. Petersburg Griffins (SF)7430.571
Moscow United (P)7340.429
Moscow Dragons (P)7160.143
Yaroslavl Rebels7070.000
Ural
Perm Steel Tigers (P)66001.000
Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning (P)6330.500
Astana Wolves6240.333
Chelyabinsk Tanks6150.167
FAFR Federation of American Football of Russia League of American Football Final Standings 2018 [Reference: Compiled from 6-7]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Regions Cup Semi-Finals
04.08.2018Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning18Moscow United37
04.08.2018Perm Steel Tigers40Moscow Dragons0
Regions Cup 3rd Place
05.08.2018Moscow Dragons0Ekaterinburg Ural Lightning42
Regions Cup Final
05.08.2018Moscow United6Perm Steel Tigers42
LAF Semi-Finals
18.08.2018Perm Steel Tigers14Moscow Patriots42
18.08.2018Moscow Spartans33St. Petersburg Griffins0
LAF Final
02.09.2018Moscow Spartans7Moscow Patriots3
FAFR Federation of American Football of Russia League of American Football Playoffs 2018 [Reference: Compiled from 6-7]

Report

The Russian Open Championship – League of American Football was divided into a Premier Division and Five Regional Divisions in 2016, with the addition of Minsk Litvins from Belarus in 2016. Moscow Patriots won the Final 12-7 against Moscow Spartans. With the loss of its South Division in 2017 and 6 of its teams, the Regions Cup was introduced which was won by Perm Steel Tigers from the Volga Division, who qualified for the LAF Semi-Finals with a 36-7 win over Moscow Dragons in the Regions Cup Final. Joining them in the LAF Semi-Finals were the top three teams in the Premier Division: Moscow Spartans, Moscow Patriots and St. Petersburg Griffins. Moscow Patriots won the LAF Final 24-6 over St. Petersburg Griffins. In 2018, the last year of the League of American Football, Perm Steel Tigers again won the Regions Cup, defeating Moscow United 42-6 in the Cup Final, joining the same three teams as in 2017 in the Semi-Finals. This time Moscow Spartans became one of a handful of teams other than the Big 3Teams (Moscow Patriots, Moscow Bears and St. Petersburg Griffins) to win the Final, triumphing 7-3 in a low-scoring Final with Moscow Patriots.

League of American Football Final 2018 Moscow Spartans v Moscow Patriots [Reference: 9]
League of American Football Final 2018 Moscow Spartans v Moscow Patriots [Reference: 9]

About Russian American Football and the League of American Football

The Federation of American Football of Russia was formed in 1992, just immediately after the the end of the USSR and Communism. After that oneseason, the League took a long break, returning in 2002. In 2016 teams were added in Kazakhstan (Astana Wolves) and Belarus (Minsk Litvins) and became a Russian Open Championship, named the League of American Football. After losing three of its division between 2016 and 2018, and 16 of its initial 26 teams, the top four broke away in 2019 to form the East European Super League (Moscow Spartans, St. Petersburg North Legion, St. Petersburg Griffins and Minsk Litvins).

References

Logos

[1] League of American Football (2018) fafr_logo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20161103012214im_/http://amfoot.ru/themes/img/fafr_logo.png?1 [Accessed 14 December 2020]

Internet Archive

[2] League of American Football (2016) Calendar [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20160924180501/http://laf.amfoot.ru/?r=match&comp=18 [Accessed 14 December 2020]

[3] League of American Football (2016) Teams [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20161103012214/http://laf.amfoot.ru/?r=team/complist&comp=18 [Accessed 14 December 2020]

[4] League of American Football (2017) Calendar [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20171211083407/http://laf.amfoot.ru/?r=match&comp=64 [Accessed 14 December 2020]

[5] League of American Football (2018) Teams [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20171215024303/http://laf.amfoot.ru/?r=team/complist&comp=64 [Accessed 14 December 2020]

Websites

[6] League of American Football (2018) Calendar [Internet] Available from: http://laf.amfoot.ru/?r=calendar&comp=101 [Accessed 14 December 2020]

[7] League of American Football (2018) Teams [Internet] Available from: http://laf.amfoot.ru/competition/team/ [Accessed 14 December 2020]

[8] League of American Football (2018) About [Internet] Available from: http://laf.amfoot.ru/competition/about/ [Accessed 14 December 2020]

Images

[9] League of American Football (2018) “Spartans” New Champions of LAF [Internet] Available from: http://amfoot.ru/upload/1ABB5931-9903-4377-9B44-125D3895BA93.jpg [Accessed 14 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Vlad.

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Last Updated: 13 December 2020

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