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Finland’s Helsinki Roosters Taking International Approach in 2016 Preparations
Since their inception in 1979, Finland’s Helsinki Roosters have been a powerhouse in their own country winning a total of 18 Finnish championships, including the...
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IFAF Europe Champions League 2016 Tournament Complete Breakdown
The IFAF Europe Champions League gets underway in April and AFI has put together a “brackets” graphic to better track the routes the teams will...
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Swedish Quarterback Anders Hermodsson Signs In Australia and Italy
One of Europe’s top quarterbacks, Sweden’s Anders Hermodsson, winner of four Swedish championships and a European title with the Carlstad Crusaders, has signed to play...
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IFAF Europe Announces Sites for 2016 Tournaments
IFAF Europe has announced the sites and stadiums for the 2016 Qualifying tournaments. Divided up into two tournaments of four teams each as announced in...
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The Game’s Global Presence: Several International Players Reflect on Their Paths to Global Football
When Adam Gotsis was a child, college football was a foreign concept. The sport was relatively unknown in Gotsis’s hometown of Abbotsford, Australia; he could...
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IFAF Europe Releases Champions League Schedule
The IFAF Europe Champions League enters its third season and due to demand has expanded to 13 teams including defending champions, Sweden’s Carlstad Crusaders. The...
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Sweden’s Carlstad Crusaders Sign Top Rival Juhlin As New Quarterback
One of the top two quarterbacks in Sweden is changing addresses as Philip Juhlin has signed a three year deal with Swedish and IFAF Europe...
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IFAF Europe Champions League Teams Announced For 2016
IFAF Europe has released the European American football clubs that will participate in the 2016 IFAF Europe Champions League tournament. Thirteen teams will participate in the...
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GRAPHIC: IFAF Europe 2016 Euro Qualifying Tournament
With the 2015 legs of the IFAF Europe national Euro-Group B qualifying now complete, we can take a peek at next summer’s Group B 2016...
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Sweden’s Top Two Teams Replace Head Coaches; Plan Long Term
The defending Swedish champion Carlstad Crusaders and three time runner ups, the Örebro Black Knights, have signed new head coaches for the 2016 season and for many...
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AFI’s Final Europe Top 20 of 2015!
We know, we know. We have waited more than a month since our last Top 20. Not much was changing and you will notice that...
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Remembering Aki Jones: 1982 – 2014
Five years ago, we heard the tragic news of the passing of Aki Jones. This is what we posted. He touched so many people both...
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AFI’s World Rankings Creating a Stir
American Football International has compiled a world rankings list for national teams based on results that have come in over the past six months. It...
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Finland Defeats Sweden in Defensive Battle
All photos: Pål Stålnacke Apparently an overnight ferry ride is the best way to prepare for an international football game. Team Finland rode the ferry from...
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LIVE STREAM & PREVIEW: Sweden takes on Finland in Annual International Clash
Every year Team Sweden and Team Finland play an international friendly game rotating the game between Sweden and Finland in what may be the oldest...
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LIVE STREAM & PREVIEW: Stockholm Mean Machines Aiming For 4th straight Swedish Women’s Title
The reigning and three time champion Stockholm Mean Machines take on the upstart Örebro Black Knights in the Swedish Women’s American Football championship game Saturday, September...
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Tyler Varga’s International Roots Have Carried Him To the NFL
He was born in Sweden, holds a Canadian and Finnish passport, speaks English, French and Swedish and has deep Croatian roots and now he is playing...
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Europe’s Top 20 – Sweden’s Carlstad Crusaders Back in Form, Serbian Teams Move Up
We know, we know. It had been a couple of weeks without a Top 20 and there have been some discrepancies. We intend to fix...
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Carlstad Crusaders Win 6th Consecutive Swedish Title
It took the Carlstad Crusaders one half of football to get warmed up but once they were warm they overwhelmed the Örebro Black Knights 42-17 in...
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LIVE STREAM & PREVIEW: Sweden’s Championship Game – Carlstad Crusaders & Örebro Black Knights Meet For 3rd Year In a Row
It is a tale of two separate paths to a championship showdown. When Sweden’s Super Series championship game kicks off on Sunday, the two combatants...
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Historic First As Two Swedish Players Face Each Other in Major College Football
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — With that “five men, one mind” mindset, it doesn’t happen often that an offensive lineman has a chance to be personally involved...
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Örebro Black Knights Knocked off Sweden’s Tyresö Royal Crowns Twice in 24 Hours
The Örebro Black Knights threw a wrench into the plans of the Tyresö Royal Crowns by upsetting the previously undefeated club Saturday 28-25, earning the right to play in...
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Sweden’s Carlstad Crusaders Head to Swedish Final for 7th Straight Year
It took the Carlstad Crusaders a quarter to get rolling but once they did there was no stopping them as they overwhelmed the Uppsala 86ers...
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LIVE STREAM & PREVIEW: Swedish Semifinals Feature Two Amazing Matchups
The Swedish semifinals are this weekend and promise two outstanding games. The undefeated Tyresö Royal Crowns (10-0) will host the fourth place Örebro Black Knights (7-3)...
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Europe’s Top 20 – Allgäu Makes Statement, London Blitz Overtake Warriors
Only a few games remain in the club seasons in Europe with Germany, Sweden, Finland, UK, and Denmark still playing. But there are still a...