Eastern European Super League

The Eastern European Super League (Russian: Восточно-европейская Суперлига, tr. Vostochno-Yevropeiskaya Superliga) is an international American football tournament that brings together the best clubs from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. The tournament originates in 2019, when the best teams of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine decided to found a competition called the East European Super League. The list of prospective participants included three Russian teams - Moscow Spartans and St. Petersburg Griffins and Northern Legion, two Ukrainian teams - Kiev Capitals and Patriots, as well as two Belarusian teams - Minsk Zubrs and Litvins.[2][3]

Eastern European Super League
Upcoming season or competition:
2020 EESL season
FormerlyRussian Championship
SportAmerican football
Founded2019
No. of teams41[1]
CountryRussia
Belarus
Most recent
champion(s)		Moscow Spartans
Most titlesMoscow Spartans (1 title)

Unfortunately, by the start of the season in the spring of 2019, three Russian teams and Belarusian Litvins had remained in the tournament bracket. The first champion of the Eastern European Super League were the Moscow Spartans, who defeated the Northern Legion in the final.[4]

In 2020, the Eastern European Super League tournament teamed up with two other competitions held in 2019 in the Russian Federation, namely, the largest competition among men's teams - Open League of the Black Earth and the league that hosted the competition in the 9x9 format - Volga Bowl. Also, the Women's League of American Football (WLAF) were included, as well as the Children's League of American Football (CLAF) and flag-football competitions. Since 2020, almost all competitions in the Russian Federation have been held under the auspices of the East European Super League and have the status of official competitions:

Super League - Russian American Football Championship - the number of its participants has grown up to 6.

The Open League of the Black Earth Region changed its name to National Major League - Russian Football Cup - the number of participants increased up to 19.

Volga Bowl changed its name to First League - Russian American Football Championship in the 9x9 format - the number of participants has grown up to 16 teams.

Format

The 2019 season was a round robin, the teams spent 6 games each in the regular season and 2 games in the playoffs (semi-final, match for third place and final). The tournament was held from April to July. The winner of the first ever Super League was the Spartans team from Moscow.,[5] who won the league championship in the first time in its history.

Season 2020

Super League is a round robin tournament in which teams meet each other once. In the playoffs there are 4 strongest teams that will play the Champion title among themselves.

National Major League - group stage + playoffs. Teams are divided into 6 divisions. All divisions, except for the Far East division, have in mind a circular meeting system. In the Far East, there will be a three-day tournament during which the teams will meet each other once. The winners of the Ural and Far East divisions go directly to the semi-finals. The winners of the divisions Center, South, West and North will hold quarter-final meetings.

League One - group stage + playoffs. Teams are divided into 4 divisions. All divisions will play in a circular system, except for the Center-North division. In the joint Center-North division there will be cross-games between the northern and Moscow teams. The regular season takes place between May 2 to September 6. The winners of the divisions reach the final of four, which will be held in Moscow on September 19-20, “Center-North” - “Volga”, and “South” - “Kama”. The winners of the semifinals play the final the next day.

2019 Season Clubs
  • Minsk Litwins
  • Moscow Spartans

2020 Season Clubs

Super League
  • Minsk Litwins
  • Moscow Dragons
  • Perm Steel Tigers
  • Saint Petersburg Northern Legion

National Major League
Center DivisionFar East DivisionNorth DivisionSouth DivisionUral DivisionWest Division
Moscow UnitedKomsomolsk On Amur Black GrizzlyMoscow Spartak(American football)Krasnodar BisonsChelyabinsk ScoutsBryansk Robbers
Tula TarantulaKhabarovsk Legio-27Petrozavodsk GunnersSevastopol TitansSamara StrombringersObninsk Cyborgs
Voronezh Mighty DucksVladivostok Wild PandasPodolsk Vityaz(American football)Yekaterinburg Ural LightningsVitebsk Healers
Yakutsk BotursSaint Petersburg MChS

First League
Center-North DivisionKama DivisionSouth DivisionVolga Division
Arkhangelsk WoodcuttersIzhevsk DinamoNovorossiysk AdmiralsKazan Motors
Moscow PhoenixNaberezhnye Chelny BulldogsVolgograd StalingradNizhny Novgorod Raiders-52
Moscow Spartans-2Tumen Black SablesVolzhsky KitesSamara Bears
Yaroslavl RebelsUfa WolfhoundsTeam Penza and Saratov
Vologda Vikings

Finals
Date Winner Result Finalist Stadium City Ref.
July 13, 2019 Moscow Spartans 42–16 Northern Legion Saint Petersburg Tsarskoye Selo Stadium Pushkin, Leningrad Oblast, Russia [6]

Winners
Club Wins Finals Winning Years Final Games Appearances
Moscow Spartans102019
Northern Legion Saint Petersburg012019

References
  1. Заявки на участие в трех дивизионах ВЕС подала 41 команда
  2. Принято решение о создании суперлиги
  3. Top teams from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine announced the new Superleague
  4. East European Super League and Polish Topliga created united tournament structure
  5. Финал EESL 2019
  6. Финал Суперлиги 2019
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