German Bowl
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The German Bowl is the annual national championship game in the sport of American football
in Germany
. It is contested by the two best teams of the German Football League
.
The Braunschweig Lions
are the record winners of the German Bowl, with seven successful participations out of twelve overall. The Düsseldorf Panther
and the Berlin Adler
both have six titles to their name, but Berlin has the best win-loss record of all clubs, 75 percent. Altogether, as of 2011, eleven clubs have won a German Bowl, while a further three clubs have reached the finals game but never won it. The most-played match up in the history of the game is the Braunschweig Lions versus the Hamburg Blue Devils
, having been played six times, last in 2005.
Apart from the German Bowl, a Junior Bowl
has also been contested in Germany since 1982. A Ladies Bowl was introduced in 1990. Other, related, national championship games in Germany include the German Flag Bowl (est. 2000), German Junior Flag Bowl (1999) and a German Indoor Flag Bowl (2000).
, Düsseldorf Panther
, Munich Cowboys
, Berlin Bears und Bremerhaven Seahawks
. Of those six, the top two teams would contest the first ever German Bowl on 10 November 1979.
The early years of the league were dominated by two teams, Frankfurt and Ansbach, who met each other in the first three editions of the German Bowl. Of those, Frankfurt won the first two and Ansbach the last. The era of the Frankfurter Löwen was hereby ended and the club went defunct in the mid-1980s, while the Ansbach Grizzlies continued to be an outstanding team, playing in all of the first eight German Bowls. Unlike the first season, play-off semi finals were played in 1980 and 1981 to determined the two German Bowl contestants. From 1982, the play-offs were enlarged to include a quarter final round as well.
The 1982 season saw Ansbach repeat its title, this time against the Cologne Crocodiles
. After that, the era of the Düsseldorf Panther versus Ansbach Grizzlies rivalry began, with the two teams meeting in the next four finals. Of those, the team from Düsseldorf
won the 1983, 1984 and 1986 editions, while the Grizzlies earned their third championship in 1985. With the 1986 final, the golden era of the Ansbach Grizzlies ended and the club disappeared out of the top level all together by 1991. From 1986, a wild card round was introduced as well, taking the number of teams in the play-offs to twelve.
The 1987 German Bowl saw two completely new teams compete against each other, the Badener Greifs
making their only appearance in the championship game to date, while the Berlin Adler
won their first of, as of 2010, six national championships. In 1988, Red Barons Cologne
defeated the Düsseldorf Panther in the final, while, from 1989 onwards, the Berlin Adler became the first team to win three championships in a row, all against teams from Cologne
. After the 1990 season, the play-offs were reduced to eight teams again, dropping the wild card round, a system still in place as of 2010.
The Panther earned their fourth title in 1992, defeating the Munich Cowboys, which, in the following year, won the championship themselves, against Cologne Crocodiles, who suffered their forth defeat in their fourth German Bowl. Munichs title in 1993 was to be the last occasion for the next twelve years that a team from the South would reach the final, and the last time until 2011, that a team from the South would win the championship. The Bundesliga and the German Bowl were from now on dominated by the North.
In 1994 and 1995, the Düsseldorf Panther once more won the German Bowl, with the second title won against a new force in the game in Germany, the Hamburg Blue Devils
. In 1996, the Blue Devils then reversed the fortunes and defeated the Panthers in the final.
The most dominant era of any team in the sport in Germany begun in 1997, when the Braunschweig Lions
reached and won the German Bowl for the first time. The Lions would play in every one of the next twelve German Bowls, up until 2008, and win seven of those. Their first tile, in 1997, was won against the Cologne Crocodiles, who were now five out five in German Bowl defeats. The following six seasons, the final was contested by the Lions and the Blue Devils on five occasions, with the Lions winning in 1998 and 1999, while the Blue Devils won 2001, 2002 and 2003. Only in 2000 did neither of those two win the Bowl, instead, the Cologne Crocodiles finally reversed their fortunes and won a championship in their sixth attempt. In between, in 1999, the Bundesliga was renamed to German Football League.
Braunschweig lost a fifth final in a row in 2004, when the Berlin Adler won their first title in 13 years. After this, the Braunschweig Lions set a new record, winning four German Bowl straight, beating four different teams in the finals. In 2005, the Blue Devils were once more the opposition, followed by two southern teams, the Marburg Mercenaries
in 2006 and the Stuttgart Scorpions
in 2007. The last title for the Lions came in 2008, against the new force of the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
.
Kiel also played in the 2009 final, losing to the Berlin Adler, before finally being successful in 2010 and winning their first title against the same team.
The German Bowl XXXIII was held on 8 October 2011 at the MDCC-Arena in Magdeburg
. Magdeburg will also host the 2012 and 2013 editions of the national championship game. The 2011 season saw the end of an 18-year title draught for the south, when the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
defeted Kiel 48-44 to take out the national championship for the first time.
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in Germany
Germany
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. It is contested by the two best teams of the German Football League
German Football League
The German Football League is the elite league for American football in Germany. Playing rules are based on those of the American NCAA....
.
The Braunschweig Lions
Braunschweig Lions
The New Yorker Lions are an American Football team from Braunschweig, Germany. Until late 2010, the team was known as the Braunschweig Lions....
are the record winners of the German Bowl, with seven successful participations out of twelve overall. The Düsseldorf Panther
Düsseldorf Panther
The Düsseldorf Panther are an American football team from Düsseldorf, Germany. The club is the oldest still existing American football club in Europe, having been formed on 1 May 1978....
and the Berlin Adler
Berlin Adler
The Berlin Adler is an American football club based in Berlin, Germany. The club is one of the most successful clubs in the sport in Germany, having won six German Bowls as well as a ten Ladies Bowls and five Junior Bowls....
both have six titles to their name, but Berlin has the best win-loss record of all clubs, 75 percent. Altogether, as of 2011, eleven clubs have won a German Bowl, while a further three clubs have reached the finals game but never won it. The most-played match up in the history of the game is the Braunschweig Lions versus the Hamburg Blue Devils
Hamburg Blue Devils
The Hamburg Blue Devils are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany. The Blue Devils are one of the most successful American football clubs in Germany, having won four German Bowls as well as three Eurobowls...
, having been played six times, last in 2005.
Apart from the German Bowl, a Junior Bowl
German Junior Bowl
The German Junior Bowl, usually only referred to as Junior Bowl, is the annual national championship game for junior teams in the sport of American football in Germany. It is contested by the two best teams of the GFL Juniors....
has also been contested in Germany since 1982. A Ladies Bowl was introduced in 1990. Other, related, national championship games in Germany include the German Flag Bowl (est. 2000), German Junior Flag Bowl (1999) and a German Indoor Flag Bowl (2000).
History
In 1979, the American Football Bundesliga, later to be renamed the German Football League, was formed, consisting of six clubs, the Frankfurter Löwen, Ansbach GrizzliesAnsbach Grizzlies
The Ansbach Grizzlies are an American football team based in Ansbach, Germany. The club, together with the Düsseldorf Panther and the Munich Cowboys, is one of the oldest in Germany...
, Düsseldorf Panther
Düsseldorf Panther
The Düsseldorf Panther are an American football team from Düsseldorf, Germany. The club is the oldest still existing American football club in Europe, having been formed on 1 May 1978....
, Munich Cowboys
Munich Cowboys
The Munich Cowboys are an American football team based in Munich, Germany. The club, together with the Düsseldorf Panther and the Ansbach Grizzlies, is one of the oldest in Germany. The team refers to itself as The Grand Old Team of the South....
, Berlin Bears und Bremerhaven Seahawks
Bremerhaven Seahawks
The Bremerhaven Seahawks are an American football club from Bremerhaven, Germany.The club is one of the six founding members of the American Football Bundesliga, alongside the Düsseldorf Panther, Frankfurter Löwen, Ansbach Grizzlies, Munich Cowboys and Berlin Bears, but has not played at this level...
. Of those six, the top two teams would contest the first ever German Bowl on 10 November 1979.
The early years of the league were dominated by two teams, Frankfurt and Ansbach, who met each other in the first three editions of the German Bowl. Of those, Frankfurt won the first two and Ansbach the last. The era of the Frankfurter Löwen was hereby ended and the club went defunct in the mid-1980s, while the Ansbach Grizzlies continued to be an outstanding team, playing in all of the first eight German Bowls. Unlike the first season, play-off semi finals were played in 1980 and 1981 to determined the two German Bowl contestants. From 1982, the play-offs were enlarged to include a quarter final round as well.
The 1982 season saw Ansbach repeat its title, this time against the Cologne Crocodiles
Cologne Crocodiles
The Cologne Crocodiles are an American football team from Cologne, Germany.The clubs greatest success came in 2000, when it won the German Bowl for the first and, so far, only time...
. After that, the era of the Düsseldorf Panther versus Ansbach Grizzlies rivalry began, with the two teams meeting in the next four finals. Of those, the team from Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
won the 1983, 1984 and 1986 editions, while the Grizzlies earned their third championship in 1985. With the 1986 final, the golden era of the Ansbach Grizzlies ended and the club disappeared out of the top level all together by 1991. From 1986, a wild card round was introduced as well, taking the number of teams in the play-offs to twelve.
The 1987 German Bowl saw two completely new teams compete against each other, the Badener Greifs
Badener Greifs
The Badener Greifs are an American football club from Karlsruhe, Germany.The clubs greatest success came in 1987, when it reached the German Bowl but lost to the Berlin Adler.-History:The club was formed in 1982 by a group of motor cycle enthusiasts....
making their only appearance in the championship game to date, while the Berlin Adler
Berlin Adler
The Berlin Adler is an American football club based in Berlin, Germany. The club is one of the most successful clubs in the sport in Germany, having won six German Bowls as well as a ten Ladies Bowls and five Junior Bowls....
won their first of, as of 2010, six national championships. In 1988, Red Barons Cologne
Red Barons Cologne
The Red Barons Cologne were an American football team from Cologne, Germany.The clubs greatest success came in 1988, when it won its sole German Bowl, followed by a losing appearance in the game in1989...
defeated the Düsseldorf Panther in the final, while, from 1989 onwards, the Berlin Adler became the first team to win three championships in a row, all against teams from Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
. After the 1990 season, the play-offs were reduced to eight teams again, dropping the wild card round, a system still in place as of 2010.
The Panther earned their fourth title in 1992, defeating the Munich Cowboys, which, in the following year, won the championship themselves, against Cologne Crocodiles, who suffered their forth defeat in their fourth German Bowl. Munichs title in 1993 was to be the last occasion for the next twelve years that a team from the South would reach the final, and the last time until 2011, that a team from the South would win the championship. The Bundesliga and the German Bowl were from now on dominated by the North.
In 1994 and 1995, the Düsseldorf Panther once more won the German Bowl, with the second title won against a new force in the game in Germany, the Hamburg Blue Devils
Hamburg Blue Devils
The Hamburg Blue Devils are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany. The Blue Devils are one of the most successful American football clubs in Germany, having won four German Bowls as well as three Eurobowls...
. In 1996, the Blue Devils then reversed the fortunes and defeated the Panthers in the final.
The most dominant era of any team in the sport in Germany begun in 1997, when the Braunschweig Lions
Braunschweig Lions
The New Yorker Lions are an American Football team from Braunschweig, Germany. Until late 2010, the team was known as the Braunschweig Lions....
reached and won the German Bowl for the first time. The Lions would play in every one of the next twelve German Bowls, up until 2008, and win seven of those. Their first tile, in 1997, was won against the Cologne Crocodiles, who were now five out five in German Bowl defeats. The following six seasons, the final was contested by the Lions and the Blue Devils on five occasions, with the Lions winning in 1998 and 1999, while the Blue Devils won 2001, 2002 and 2003. Only in 2000 did neither of those two win the Bowl, instead, the Cologne Crocodiles finally reversed their fortunes and won a championship in their sixth attempt. In between, in 1999, the Bundesliga was renamed to German Football League.
Braunschweig lost a fifth final in a row in 2004, when the Berlin Adler won their first title in 13 years. After this, the Braunschweig Lions set a new record, winning four German Bowl straight, beating four different teams in the finals. In 2005, the Blue Devils were once more the opposition, followed by two southern teams, the Marburg Mercenaries
Marburg Mercenaries
The Marburg Mercenaries are an American football team from Marburg, Germany.Internationally, the clubs greatest success came in 2005, when it won the EFAF Cup, followed by a losing appearance in the Eurobowl in 2007...
in 2006 and the Stuttgart Scorpions
Stuttgart Scorpions
The Stuttgart Scorpions are an American football team from Stuttgart, Germany.The clubs greatest success came in 2007, when it reached the German Bowl but lost to the Braunschweig Lions.-History:The Stuttgart Scorpions were formed in December 1982...
in 2007. The last title for the Lions came in 2008, against the new force of the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
The Kiel Baltic Hurricanes are an American football team based in Kiel, Germany.The club has been, of recent, a strong force in the sport in Germany, playing in four consecutive German Bowls from 2008 to 2011, losing the first two, winning the third and losing the fourth.The club is part of the...
.
Kiel also played in the 2009 final, losing to the Berlin Adler, before finally being successful in 2010 and winning their first title against the same team.
The German Bowl XXXIII was held on 8 October 2011 at the MDCC-Arena in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
. Magdeburg will also host the 2012 and 2013 editions of the national championship game. The 2011 season saw the end of an 18-year title draught for the south, when the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
The Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns are an American football team from Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.The clubs greatest successes were winning the southern division title in the German Football League in 2009 and 2011, followed up by winning the German Bowl in 2011....
defeted Kiel 48-44 to take out the national championship for the first time.
North-South disparity
Success in American football in Germany and at the German Bowl differs hugely between the clubs from the northern and the southern division, with the south only winning seven German Bowls and the north the remaining 26. Similar, southern clubs have only made 17 appearances in the Bowl, while northern clubs have appeared 49 times. After the first three German Bowls, the final was never again contested by two southern clubs. Since the end of the golden era of the Ansbach Grizzlies in 1986, southern clubs have only made six appearances in the championship game and suffered a championship draught from 1993 to 2011.By game
| Bowl | Date | Champions | Runners-Up | Score | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | November 10, 1979 | Frankfurter Löwen | Ansbach Grizzlies | 14–8 | Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... |
5,000 |
| II | July 30, 1980 | Frankfurter Löwen (2) | Ansbach Grizzlies (2) | 21-12 | Frankfurt (2) | 7,000 |
| III | August 5, 1981 | Ansbach Grizzlies (3) | Frankfurter Löwen (3) | 27-6 | Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... |
11,000 |
| IV | November 2, 1982 | Ansbach Grizzlies (4) | Cologne Crocodiles | 12-6 | Essen Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of... |
10,000 |
| V | September 25, 1983 | Düsseldorf Panther | Ansbach Grizzlies (5) | 22-7 | Nuremberg Nuremberg Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664... |
7,000 |
| VI | October 13, 1984 | Düsseldorf Panther (2) | Ansbach Grizzlies (6) | 27-13 | Essen (2) | 10,000 |
| VII | November 12, 1985 | Ansbach Grizzlies (7) | Düsseldorf Panther (3) | 14-7 | Cologne (2) | 9,000 |
| VIII | July 27, 1986 | Düsseldorf Panther (4) | Ansbach Grizzlies (8) | 27-14 | Würzburg Würzburg Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian.... |
10,000 |
| IX | October 11, 1987 | Berlin Adler | Badener Greifs | 37-12 | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
14,000 |
| X | October 15, 1988 | Red Barons Cologne | Düsseldorf Panther (5) | 25-20 | Berlin (2) | 11,000 |
| XI | October 21, 1989 | Berlin Adler (2) | Red Barons Cologne (2) | 30-23 | Nuremberg (2) | 10,500 |
| XII | October 20, 1990 | Berlin Adler (3) | Cologne Crocodiles (2) | 50-38 | Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... |
10,000 |
| XIII | October 5, 1991 | Berlin Adler (4) | Cologne Crocodiles (3) | 22-21 | Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
13,000 |
| XIV | October 3, 1992 | Düsseldorf Panther (6) | Munich Cowboys | 24-23 | Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg... |
8,750 |
| XV | September 25, 1993 | Munich Cowboys (2) | Cologne Crocodiles (4) | 42-36 (aet Overtime (sports) Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination... ) |
Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
9,000 |
| XVI | September 17, 1994 | Düsseldorf Panther (7) | Berlin Adler (5) | 27-17 | Hanau Hanau Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :... |
7,862 |
| XVII | September 16, 1995 | Düsseldorf Panther (8) | Hamburg Blue Devils | 17-10 | Braunschweig Braunschweig Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.... |
12,125 |
| XVIII | October 5, 1996 | Hamburg Blue Devils (2) | Düsseldorf Panther (9) | 31-12 | Hamburg (2) | 19,700 |
| XIX | October 4, 1997 | Braunschweig Lions | Cologne Crocodiles (5) | 26-23 | Hamburg (3) | 14,800 |
| XX | October 3, 1998 | Braunschweig Lions (2) | Hamburg Blue Devils (3) | 20-14 | Hamburg (4) | 22,100 |
| XXI | October 9, 1999 | Braunschweig Lions (3) | Hamburg Blue Devils (4) | 25-24 | Hamburg (5) | 30,400 |
| XXII | October 7, 2000 | Cologne Crocodiles (6) | Braunschweig Lions (4) | 31-29 | Braunschweig (2) | 20,312 |
| XXIII | October 6, 2001 | Hamburg Blue Devils (5) | Braunschweig Lions (5) | 31-13 | Hanover (2) | 23,193 |
| XXIV | October 12, 2002 | Hamburg Blue Devils (6) | Braunschweig Lions (6) | 16-13 | Braunschweig (3) | 21,097 |
| XXV | October 11, 2003 | Hamburg Blue Devils (7) | Braunschweig Lions (7) | 37-36 (aet Overtime (sports) Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination... ) |
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Wolfsburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig , and is mainly notable as the headquarters of Volkswagen AG... |
20,517 |
| XXVI | October 9, 2004 | Berlin Adler (6) | Braunschweig Lions (8) | 10-7 | Braunschweig (4) | 17,200 |
| XXVII | October 8, 2005 | Braunschweig Lions (9) | Hamburg Blue Devils (8) | 31-28 | Hanover (3) | 19,512 |
| XXVIII | October 7, 2006 | Braunschweig Lions (10) | Marburg Mercenaries | 31-13 | Braunschweig (5) | 15,897 |
| XXIX | October 6, 2007 | Braunschweig Lions (11) | Stuttgart Scorpions | 27-6 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
8,152 |
| XXX | September 29, 2008 | Braunschweig Lions (12) | Kiel Baltic Hurricanes | 20-14 | Frankfurt (3) | 16,177 |
| XXXI | October 3, 2009 | Berlin Adler (7) | Kiel Baltic Hurricanes (2) | 28-21 | Frankfurt (4) | 14,234 |
| XXXII | October 9, 2010 | Kiel Baltic Hurricanes (3) | Berlin Adler (8) | 17-10 | Frankfurt (5) | 11,121 |
| XXXIII | October 8, 2011 | Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns | Kiel Baltic Hurricanes (4) | 48-44 | Magdeburg Magdeburg Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe.... |
11,711 |
| XXXIV | October 2012 | Magdeburg | ||||
| XXXV | October 2013 | Magdeburg |
- Champions in bold.
By team
| App. | Team | Wins | Losses | Winning percentage | Season(s)† |
| 12 | New Yorker Lions* | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| 9 | Düsseldorf Panther Düsseldorf Panther The Düsseldorf Panther are an American football team from Düsseldorf, Germany. The club is the oldest still existing American football club in Europe, having been formed on 1 May 1978.... |
6 | 3 | .667 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 |
| 8 | Berlin Adler Berlin Adler The Berlin Adler is an American football club based in Berlin, Germany. The club is one of the most successful clubs in the sport in Germany, having won six German Bowls as well as a ten Ladies Bowls and five Junior Bowls.... |
6 | 2 | .750 | 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2004, 2009, 2010 |
| 8 | Hamburg Blue Devils Hamburg Blue Devils The Hamburg Blue Devils are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany. The Blue Devils are one of the most successful American football clubs in Germany, having won four German Bowls as well as three Eurobowls... |
4 | 4 | .500 | 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 |
| 8 | Ansbach Grizzlies Ansbach Grizzlies The Ansbach Grizzlies are an American football team based in Ansbach, Germany. The club, together with the Düsseldorf Panther and the Munich Cowboys, is one of the oldest in Germany... |
3 | 5 | .375 | 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
| 6 | Cologne Crocodiles Cologne Crocodiles The Cologne Crocodiles are an American football team from Cologne, Germany.The clubs greatest success came in 2000, when it won the German Bowl for the first and, so far, only time... |
1 | 5 | .167 | 1982, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000 |
| 4 | Kiel Baltic Hurricanes Kiel Baltic Hurricanes The Kiel Baltic Hurricanes are an American football team based in Kiel, Germany.The club has been, of recent, a strong force in the sport in Germany, playing in four consecutive German Bowls from 2008 to 2011, losing the first two, winning the third and losing the fourth.The club is part of the... |
1 | 3 | .250 | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| 3 | Frankfurter Löwen Frankfurter Löwen The Frankfurter Löwen were an American football team from Frankfurt, Germany.The Löwen were the first American football club to be formed in Germany. The club, a founding member of the American Football Bundesliga, was also the winner of the first two editions of the German Bowl... |
2 | 1 | .667 | 1979, 1980, 1981 |
| 2 | Red Barons Cologne Red Barons Cologne The Red Barons Cologne were an American football team from Cologne, Germany.The clubs greatest success came in 1988, when it won its sole German Bowl, followed by a losing appearance in the game in1989... |
1 | 1 | .500 | 1988, 1989 |
| 2 | Munich Cowboys Munich Cowboys The Munich Cowboys are an American football team based in Munich, Germany. The club, together with the Düsseldorf Panther and the Ansbach Grizzlies, is one of the oldest in Germany. The team refers to itself as The Grand Old Team of the South.... |
1 | 1 | .500 | 1992, 1993 |
| 1 | Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns The Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns are an American football team from Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.The clubs greatest successes were winning the southern division title in the German Football League in 2009 and 2011, followed up by winning the German Bowl in 2011.... |
1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2011 |
| 1 | Badener Greifs Badener Greifs The Badener Greifs are an American football club from Karlsruhe, Germany.The clubs greatest success came in 1987, when it reached the German Bowl but lost to the Berlin Adler.-History:The club was formed in 1982 by a group of motor cycle enthusiasts.... |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1987 |
| 1 | Marburg Mercenaries Marburg Mercenaries The Marburg Mercenaries are an American football team from Marburg, Germany.Internationally, the clubs greatest success came in 2005, when it won the EFAF Cup, followed by a losing appearance in the Eurobowl in 2007... |
0 | 1 | .000 | 2006 |
| 1 | Stuttgart Scorpions Stuttgart Scorpions The Stuttgart Scorpions are an American football team from Stuttgart, Germany.The clubs greatest success came in 2007, when it reached the German Bowl but lost to the Braunschweig Lions.-History:The Stuttgart Scorpions were formed in December 1982... |
0 | 1 | .000 | 2007 |
- † Bold denotes German Bowl victory.
- ‡ Known as the "Braunschweig Lions" from 1987 to 2010.
By city
The host cities of the German Bowl were:| City | State | No. hosted |
| Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... |
Hesse Hesse Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state... |
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| Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
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| Braunschweig Braunschweig Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.... |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany... |
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| Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg... |
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| Nuremberg Nuremberg Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664... |
Bavaria Bavaria Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany... |
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| Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
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| Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the... |
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| Essen Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of... |
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| Magdeburg Magdeburg Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe.... |
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of... |
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| Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants... |
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| Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Wolfsburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig , and is mainly notable as the headquarters of Volkswagen AG... |
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| Hanau Hanau Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :... |
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| Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
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| Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... |
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| Würzburg Würzburg Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian.... |
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