Graphic: Igor Lazarevic
It was another busy weekend of football in Europe with a pair of championship games as well as playoff games and regular-season matchups.
The Polish Bowl and the Italian Bowl headlined a weekend that also saw the Austrian Football League semifinals being played as well as regular-season action in the Czech League of American Football, the European League of Football and Switzerland’s National League.
Austria
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The Dacia Vienna Vikings punched their ticket to the Austrian Bowl but they needed a last-second effort from their defense to do so and defeat the Projekt Spielberg Graz Giants 21-18.
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The Swarco Raiders atoned for the two straight losses they suffered to end the Austrian Football League season by defeating the SsangYong Danube Dragons 31-20 in Innsbruck and qualify for the Austrian Bowl for the 17th time in their history.
Czech Republic
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The Prague Lions improved to 2-0 with a 52-7 pasting of the winless Brno Alligators in the Czech League of American Football.
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The Vysocina Gladiators defeated the Ostrava Steelers 33-18 to remain unbeaten in the Czech League and in a tied for first with the Prague Lions.
European League of Football
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The Hamburg Sea Devils scored early and often to take advantage of an injury-ravaged Leipzig Kings team in the European League of Football, ELF, blanking the Kings 55-0.
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Also in the ELF, the Frankfurt Galaxy fell behind 7-0 to the Barcelona Dragons and then took over, jumping out to a 21-12 first-half lead, increasing it to 42-12 by the end of the third quarter before easing off to win 42-22.
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The Wroclaw Panthers simply overwhelmed the Berlin Thunder jumping out to a 31-6 third-quarter lead before the Dragons found some life on offense but it was not enough as the Polish team captured its third win of the ELF season.
Finland
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The Wasa Royals took advantage of a Seinäjoki Crocodiles squad playing without their starting quarterback taking a 15-6 lead before Seinäjoki narrowed the gap to 15-13 late in the game. This was the Royals first win of the season.
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The Kuopio Steelers simply overwhelmed the Helsinki Wolverines in all phases of the game en route to an easy 44-6 victory in Finland’s Maple League.
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The Helsinki Roosters are clearly intent on recapturing the Finnish title after a 57-6 thrashing of the United Newland Crusaders in the Maple League.
Italy
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In the most exciting game of the weekend, the Parma Panthers needed overtime to defeat the Milano Seamen 40-34 to capture the Italian title for the first time since 2013.
Poland
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The Bydgoszcz Archers finished the Polish Football League with an unblemished record after downing the Tychy Falcons to win their first ever Polish championship.
Switzerland
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The Geneva Seahawks improved their record in the Swiss National League with a 33-17 win over the Winterthur Warriors who lost their second straight game of the young season.
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The Calanda Broncos took a 21-7 first half lead over the Basel Gladiators and simply kept the pressure on in the second half to come away with a comfortable 48-22 victory in Switzerland’s National League.
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Also in Switzerland, the Bern Grizzlies remained unbeaten with a 4-0 record, whipping the winless Zurich Renegades 49-0 Saturday in Zurich.