World Football League 2022
| INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE | WORLD FOOTBALL CONFERENCE |
| IFC Europe | WFC Europe |
| Rome Cardinals | Atlantic Claymores (Dublin-Glasgow) |
| Berlin Colts | Barcelona Dragons |
| London Ravens | Amsterdam Crusaders |
| Paris Bengals | Stockholm Nordic Vikings |
| IFC World | WFC World |
| Toronto Bills | Delhi Defenders |
| Mexico City Browns | Shanghai Legend |
| Sydney Rams | Rio de Janeiro Alligators |
| Tokyo Chargers | Cape Town Lions |
| IFC America | WFC America |
| The Hawaiians | Providence Steamroller |
| Southern California Sun | Omaha Mustangs |
| Arizona Wranglers | Arkansas Diamonds |
| Portland Breakers | Austin Texans |
Report
The National Football League folded the NFL Europe League after 17 years in 2007 to focus on promoting the NFL in Europe through the International Series of Games in London, with the intention of putting a team there by 2022.
In this second scenario for World American Football, a number of teams break away from the NFL due to some controversy (such as allowing Women players – a female kicker has been training with the Colts recently), and form their own league, moving to countries outside the United States e.g. Rome Cardinals, London Ravens, Paris Bengals, Toronto Bills, Mexico City Browns, and are joined by new teams in America (The World Football League uses old WFL team names from the 1970s: The Hawaiians, Southern California Sun etc).
Two Conferences are created: the International Conference and World Conference. The teams named above are placed in the International Conference, and World Conference includes the Atlantic Claymores (Dublin-Glasgow), Stockholm Nordic Vikings, Delhi Defenders, Cape Town Lions, and old “Outlaw” league teams, Providence Steamroller, Omaha Mustangs and Austin Texans.
With the creation of the United Football League with the X and United Football Conferences, this leaves 3 Pro American Football Leagues, with 6 Conferences: each having 12 teams.
References
Images
[1] Chris Creamer’s Sports Logos (2019) Scottish Claymores Alternate Logo 1998 [Internet] Available from:http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/19/1233/full/2552_scottish_claymores-alternate-1998.png [Accessed 27 November 2019]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Fiona Corrigan, Caoimhe Mullaney, Alan Delaney, John Wills, John Kane, Todd Zboyan, Lenka Mulligan, Eoin O’Farrell, Richard Mulcahy and family, Dervla Mulcahy and family, Declan Mulcahy and Nora Mulcahy.
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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 16 April 2020
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