Around the Continent: Champions Edition

Roger Kelly | Aarhus Tigers | 10/29/2014

France

The Thonon Black Panthers (AFI Europe #13) won the French league in thrilling fashion two months ago. But they lost lost in the semi-finals of the inaugural IFAF Europe Champions League tournament to Vukovi Belgrade 19-7.

Thonon Black Panthers French champions

Germany

In German Bowl XXXVI, the Braunschweig New Yorker Lions (AFI Europe #1) conducted a football clinic in all phases of the game in annihilating the number two team in Germany, the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns (AFI Europe #4), 47-9 in Berlin. Lions quarterback Casey Therriault guided the most efficient offense in the country, and possibly Europe, to 434 yards and seven touchdowns. They scored on every drive but one during the game. Read the full recap here.

Braunschweig celebrating

Roger Kelly

Roger Kelly is an editor and a writer for AFI. A former PR Director the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League for 7 years, he now lives in Sweden writing about and scouting American Football throughout the world.