League Table

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Group A
*Amsterdam Crusaders (Ned)	2	2	0	0	95	43	4
Kiel Baltic Hurricanes (Ger)	2	1	1	0	85	64	2
Hamburg Huskies (Ger)	2	0	2	0	52	125	0
Group B
*Frankfurt Universe (Ger)	2	2	0	0	97	7	4
Badalona Dracs (Esp)	2	1	1	0	53	90	2
Thonon Black Panthers (Fra)	2	0	2	0	41	94	0

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Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	EFL Final
11.06.16	Frankfurt Universe	35	Amsterdam Crusaders	21

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Group Stage

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
19.03.16	Badalona Dracs	46	Thonon Black Panthers	41
	Week 2
09.04.16	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	24	Amsterdam Crusaders	31^
	Week 3
23.04.16	Hamburg Huskies	33	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	61
	Week 4
07.05.16	Amsterdam Crusaders	64	Hamburg Huskies	19
07.05.16	Thonon Black Panthers	0	Frankfurt Universe	48
	Week 5
28.05.16	Frankfurt Universe	49	Badalona Dracs	7

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Report

Tony Rivers, one of the most experienced of the Irish American Football Associations match officials, was head official for the first fixture of the European Football League 2016 season. The five-man crew officiated (refereed) a 46-41 win for the Badalona Dracs of Spain over France’s Thonon Black Panthers.[3]

The European Football League was the second level of European American Football in 2016.

Crew Photo EFL 2016 – Badalona Dracs v Thonon Black Panthers

Websites

[1] European Federation of American Football (2016) European Football League – Schedule/Results 2016 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=EFL&Archiv=2016 [Accessed 5 August 2018]

[2] European Federation of American Football (2016) European Football League – Standings 2016 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=tabellen&Liga=EFL&Archiv=2016 [Accessed 5 August 2018]

Internet Archive

[3] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine (2016) Tony Rivers heads up major EFL fixture [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20171106022719/http://www.americanfootball.ie/tony-rivers-heads-major-efl-fixture/ [Accessed 4 August 2018]

Images

[4] Irish American Football Association – Wayback Machine (2016) Tony Rivers heads up major EFL fixture – Crew Photo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20171106022719im_/http://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CrewPhoto.jpg [Accessed 4 August 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michael Smith, Michael Brophy, Ralph Schmeer, IAFOA

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

World Gridiron Archive

Last Updated: 9 February 2019

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