The EFAF Cup was an international competition for European American football clubs. It was the second highest level of club competition in the European Federation of American football (EFAF), behind the European Football League (EFL),.
EFAF Cup Organised by EFAF, this competition was comparable to football's Europa League. American football teams from the strongest leagues in Europe competed annually to achieve results good enough to qualify them for the EFAF Cup competition.
The format dated from 2002 and offers top-division European clubs who have not qualified for the highest level of competition (EFL) a chance to play internationally.
Participants were Champions and Vice-Champions of the "smaller" American football nations, and those finishing just behind EFL qualification places in the "bigger" American football leagues.
The competition was folded after the 2013 edition. The reason was, in 2014 the Big6 European Football League was established as the new top tier competition. So in fact, the EFL took the place of the EFAF Cup.
Competition format In the group phase, four groups consist each of three teams. Each team plays each other once and has a home game and an away game. The winners of these groups qualify directly for the semi-final phase.
Should more teams qualify for and enter the EFAF Cup competition, more groups are created and a quarter-final phase introduced.
Players
Participating teams must submit a roster of at most 60 players to EFAF by March 31 of the competition year. These players, and no others, are permitted to play for the club within the competition that year. No changes can be made to the list.
On each game day, the roster must be reduced to 45 players who will actually participate in the game. This number must include no more than 3 "American" players. In EFAF rules an "American" is defined as a player with an American, Canadian, Mexican, or Japanese passport. There is no restriction on how many of these 3 can be on the field at the same time.
EFAF Cup Finals YearDateCityWinnersScoreRunners-upAttendanceMVP 2002 8 June 2002 Eggenberg, Austria Graz Giants 51–12 Badalona Dracs 2003 14 June 2003 Innsbruck, Austria Carlstad Crusaders 28–7 Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders 4,500 Johan Larsson, QB, (Crusaders) 2004 25 June 2004 Innsbruck, Austria Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders 45–0 Farnham Knights 4,700 2005 Marburg Mercenaries 49–14 Elancourt Templiers 2006 11 July 2006 Eggenberg, Austria Turek Graz Giants 37–20 Eidsvoll 1814s 2,600 Darvin Lewis (Graz) 2007 Turek Graz Giants 28–26 Cineplexx Blue Devils 2008 12 July 2008 Berlin Adler 29–0 Parma Panthers Oliver Flemming (Berlin) and Alberto Lanzoni (Parma) 2009 4 July 2009 Prague Panthers 35–12 Thonon Black Panthers Stanislav Jantos (Prague) 2010 17 July 2010 Chur, Switzerland Calanda Broncos 17–3 Carlstad Crusaders 1,580 Tissi Robinson (Calanda) 2011 2 July 2011 London, United Kingdom London Blitz 29–7 Kragujevac Wild Boars 2,000 Aaron Sanders-Percival (London) 2012 14 July 2012 Vejle, Denmark Søllerød Gold Diggers 31–21 Triangle Razorbacks 1.300 Alexander Cimadon (Søllerød) 2013 13 July 2013 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain Thonon Black Panthers 66–6 L'Hospitalet Pioners
Champions by team ChampionshipsTeamYear3 Graz Giants2002, 2006, 20071 Thonon Black Panthers20131 Søllerød Gold Diggers20121 London Blitz20111 Calanda Broncos20101 Prague Panthers20091 Berlin Adler20081 Marburg Mercenaries20051 Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders20041 Carlstad Crusaders2003
by country ChampionshipsCountryYear4 Austria2002, 2004, 2006, 20072 Germany2005, 20081 France20131 Denmark20121 Great Britain20111 Switzerland20101 Czech Republic20091 Sweden2003
References
External links EFAF Cup