Czech League of American Football

The Czech League of American Football (ČLAF) (Czech: Česká Liga Amerického Fotbalu) is a national american football competition in the Czech Republic. First held in 1994, it is organized by the Czech American Football Association (ČAAF).

Czech League of American Football
(Česká Liga Amerického Fotbalu)
SportAmerican football
Founded1994 (1994)
FounderCzech American Football Association (ČAAF)
Inaugural season1994
CEOLukas Baros
No. of teams26 (6 in Division 1, 5 in Division 2, 8 in Division 3, and 7 in Division 4)
Country Czech Republic
Most recent
champion(s)		Prague Lions
Most titlesPrague Black Panthers (18 titles)
Official websiteCAAF Online

Seasonal structure
Hippos
Mustangs
Harpies
Sígrs
Amazons
Alligators
Patriots
Blades
Bobcats
Stallions
Bucks
Titans
Gladiators
Rangers
Hellboys
Dragons
Mammoths
Golems
Dietos
Sharks
Nordians
Foxes
Location of the Teams

Divisions

Next to the "Bitters League" which is the first Division in Czech American Football there is in 2017 5 more Divisions in Men's and 1 Division in Ladies' Football. The Trnava Bulldogs (from Trnava in Slovakia) are the only non Czech participant in 2017.

League year Teams
Bitters League[1] 2017 Prague Black Panthers, Příbram Bobcats, Prague Lions, Trnava Bulldogs (SK), Ostrava Steelers, Pardubice Stallions
Division 2 2017 Prague Hippos, Pilsen Patriots, Brno Sígrs, Ústí nad Labem Blades, Brno Alligators
Division 3 – North 2017 Hradec Králové Dragons, Prague Mustangs, Liberec Titans, Trutnov Rangers
Division 3 – South 2017 Přerov Mammoths, Vysočina Gladiators, Budweis Hellboys, East Bohemia Bucks
Division 4 – West 2017 Prague Black Panthers 2, Teplice Nordians, Tabor Foxes
Division 4 – East 2017 Brno Sígrs 2, Šumperk Dietos, Třinec Sharks, Zlín Golems
Ladies 2017 Brno Amazons, Prague Black Cats, Prague Harpies

Format

Regular Season

Divisions 1 and 2 uses a round-robin tournament system. Similar to Divisions 1 and 2, Division 3 also uses a same round-robin tournament system.

Playoffs

A semifinal bracket as follows 1. vs 4. and 2. vs 3., deciding the semifinals winners advanced into the finals. Whoever wins the semifinals, the team must advanced into the championship game, the Czech Bowl. Divisions 2 and 3 also has the final game, the Silver Bowl and the Bronze Bowl respectively, while Division 4 has the same championship game, the Iron Bowl, as the ČAAF does that.

Other information

In ČLAF A, a team must have 12 minutes, 10 minutes in ČLAF B and 4x8 minutes in ČLAF C. All games use the International Federation of American Football [2] rule book.

ČLAF winners

Czech Bowl winners

The Czech Bowl is the national American football game of the Czech Republic, where it had been held since 1995 after the Prague Panthers won the regular season championship when it swept the said season in 1994, the year the Czech Bowl was not held.

BowlYearChampionRunner-upScore
I 1994Prague Panthers——
II 1995Prague PanthersPrague Lions55–22
III 1996Prague PanthersOstrava Steelers48–30
IV 1997Ostrava SteelersPrague Panthers35-21
V 1998Prague LionsPrague Panthers29–8
VI 1999Prague PanthersPrague Lions38–0
VII 2000Prague PanthersPrague Lions15–13
VIII 2001Prague PanthersBrno Aligators35–13
IX 2002Prague PanthersBrno Aligators52–14
X 2003Prague PanthersPrague Lions23–14
XI 2004Prague LionsPrague Panthers13–3
XII 2005Prague LionsPrague Panthers24–9
XIII 2006Prague LionsBratislava Monarchs38–21
XIV 2007Prague PanthersPrague Lions28–13
XV 2008Prague PanthersPrague Lions24–14
XVI 2009Prague PanthersPrague Lions24–14
XVII 2010Prague PanthersPrague Black Hawks74–0
XVIII 2011Prague Black HawksPrague Panthers32–31
XIX 2012Prague Black HawksPrague Panthers35–34
XX 2013Prague Black PanthersPrague Lions48–9
XXI 2014Prague Black PanthersPříbram Bobcats40–0
XXII 2015Prague Black PanthersPříbram Bobcats52–13
XXIII 2016Prague Black PanthersPrague Lions10–9
XXIV 2017Prague Black PanthersOstrava Steelers28–0
XXV 2018Prague Black PanthersOstrava Steelers30–7
XXVI 2019 Prague Lions Ostrava Steelers 29-23

Czech Bowl Statistics
RankTeamTitelsParticipations
1Prague Black Panthers181994–1996, 1999–2003, 2007–2010, 2013–2018231995–2005, 2007–2018
2Prague Lions51998, 2004–2006, 2019141995, 1998–2000, 2003–2009, 2013, 2016, 2019
3Prague Black Hawks22011, 201232010–2012
4Ostrava Steelers1199741996, 1997, 2017, 2018, 2019
5Příbram Bobcats0–22014, 2015
5Brno Aligators0–22000, 2001
7Bratislava Monarchs0–12006

Silver Bowl titleholders
TeamTimesYears
3xPardubice Stallions2010–2011, 2015
3xBrno Alligators2006-2007, 2017
1xBudweis Hellboys2012
1xBrno Sígrs2016

Bronze Bowl titleholders
TeamTimesYears
3xBílovice Sígrs2012, 2014-2015
1xBrno Alligators2016
1xPřerov Mammoths2017

Iron Bowl titleholders
TeamTimesYears
1xZnojmo Knights2015
1xVysočina Gladiators2016

Rose Bowl titleholders (female)
TeamTimesYears
1xPrague Black Cats2015
1xBrno Amazons2016

References
  1. League Split 2017
  2. "You make the call: Czech Bowl XXIII ends on controversial interception". 24 July 2016.
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