EFAF Cup

The EFAF Cup was an international competition for European American Football clubs. It was the second highest level of club competition in the European Federation of American Football (EFAF), behind the European Football League (EFL),.

EFAF Cup

Organised by EFAF, this competition was comparable to football's Europa League. American Football teams from the strongest leagues in Europe competed annually to achieve results good enough to qualify them for the EFAF Cup competition.

The format dated from 2002 and offers top-division European clubs who have not qualified for the highest level of competition (EFL) a chance to play internationally.

Participants were Champions and Vice-Champions of the "smaller" American Football nations, and those finishing just behind EFL qualification places in the "bigger" American Football leagues.

The competition was folded after the 2013 edition. The reason was, in 2014 the Big6 European Football League was established as the new top tier competition. So in fact, the EFL took the place of the EFAF Cup.

Competition format

In the group phase, four groups consist each of three teams. Each team plays each other once and has a home game and an away game. The winners of these groups qualify directly for the semi-final phase.

Should more teams qualify for and enter the EFAF Cup competition, more groups are created and a quarter-final phase introduced.

Players

Participating teams must submit a roster of at most 60 players to EFAF by March 31 of the competition year. These players, and no others, are permitted to play for the club within the competition that year. No changes can be made to the list.

On each game day, the roster must be reduced to 45 players who will actually participate in the game. This number must include no more than 3 "American" players. In EFAF rules an "American" is defined as a player with an American, Canadian, Mexican, or Japanese passport.{{cite web|url=http://www.efaf.de/eurobowl/download/2009RegulationsforClub-TeamsandClub-TeamCompe.pdf|work=EFAF|title=EFL and EFAF Cup Regulations}} There is no restriction on how many of these 3 can be on the field at the same time.

EFAF Cup Finals

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Year !Date !City !Winners !Score !Runners-up !Attendance !MVP
2002	8 June 2002	Eggenberg, Austria \|style="text-align:right;"\| Graz Giants {{flagicon\|AUT}} \| 51–12 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Badalona Dracs {{flagicon\|Spain}} \|
2003	14 June 2003	Innsbruck, Austria \|style="text-align:right;"\| Carlstad Crusaders {{flagicon\|SWE}} \| 28–7 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders {{flagicon\|AUT}} \| 4,500	Johan Larsson, QB, (Crusaders)
2004	25 June 2004	Innsbruck, Austria \|style="text-align:right;"\| Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders {{flagicon\|AUT}} \| 45–0 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Farnham Knights {{flagicon\|GBR}} \| 4,700
2005		\|style="text-align:right;"\| Marburg Mercenaries {{flagicon\|Germany}} \| 49–14 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Elancourt Templiers {{flagicon\|France}} \|
2006	11 July 2006	Eggenberg, Austria \|style="text-align:right;"\| Turek Graz Giants {{flagicon\|AUT}} \| 37–20 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Eidsvoll 1814s {{flagicon\|NOR}} \| 2,600	Darvin Lewis (Graz){{Cite web\| url=http://eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=newsmeldung&ID=684\| title=Giants of Europe\| access-date=2019-02-01\| date=2006-07-11}}
2007		\|style="text-align:right;"\| Turek Graz Giants {{flagicon\|AUT}} \| 28–26 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Cineplexx Blue Devils {{flagicon\|AUT}} \|
2008	12 July 2008	\|style="text-align:right;"\| Berlin Adler {{flagicon\|Germany}} \| 29–0 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Parma Panthers {{flagicon\|Italy}} \|	Oliver Flemming (Berlin) and Alberto Lanzoni (Parma)
2009	4 July 2009	\|style="text-align:right;"\| Prague Panthers {{flagicon\|CZE}} \| 35–12 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Thonon Black Panthers {{flagicon\|France}} \|	Stanislav Jantos (Prague)
2010	17 July 2010	Chur, Switzerland \|style="text-align:right;"\| Calanda Broncos {{flagicon\|SUI}} \| 17–3 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Carlstad Crusaders {{flagicon\|SWE}} \| 1,580	Tissi Robinson (Calanda)
2011	2 July 2011	London, United Kingdom \|style="text-align:right;"\| London Blitz {{flagicon\|GBR}} \| 29–7 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Kragujevac Wild Boars {{flagicon\|Serbia}} \| 2,000	Aaron Sanders-Percival (London)
2012	14 July 2012	Vejle, Denmark \|style="text-align:right;"\| Søllerød Gold Diggers {{flagicon\|Denmark}} \| 31–21 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| Triangle Razorbacks {{flagicon\|Denmark}} \| 1.300	Alexander Cimadon (Søllerød)
2013	13 July 2013	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain \|style="text-align:right;"\| Thonon Black Panthers {{flagicon\|France}} \| 66–6 \|style="text-align:left; direction:rtl;"\| L'Hospitalet Pioners {{flagicon\|Spain}} \|

Champions

=by team=

class="wikitable"
Championships !Team !Year
3 \|{{flagicon\|AUT}} Graz Giants \|2002, 2006, 2007
1 \|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Thonon Black Panthers \|2013
1 \|{{flagicon\|DEN}} Søllerød Gold Diggers \|2012
1 \|{{flagicon\|GBR}} London Blitz \|2011
1 \|{{flagicon\|SWI}} Calanda Broncos \|2010
1 \|{{flagicon\|CZE}} Prague Panthers \|2009
1 \|{{flagicon\|GER}} Berlin Adler \|2008
1 \|{{flagicon\|GER}} Marburg Mercenaries \|2005
1 \|{{flagicon\|AUT}} Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders \|2004
1 \|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Carlstad Crusaders \|2003

class="wikitable"

Championships

!Team

!Year

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Graz Giants

|2002, 2006, 2007

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Thonon Black Panthers

|2013

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Søllerød Gold Diggers

|2012

|{{flagicon|GBR}} London Blitz

|2011

|{{flagicon|SWI}} Calanda Broncos

|2010

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Prague Panthers

|2009

|{{flagicon|GER}} Berlin Adler

|2008

|{{flagicon|GER}} Marburg Mercenaries

|2005

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders

|2004

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Carlstad Crusaders

|2003

=by country=

class="wikitable"
Championships !Country !Year
4 \|{{flagicon\|AUT}} Austria \|2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
2 \|{{flagicon\|GER}} Germany \|2005, 2008
1 \|{{flagicon\|FRA}} France \|2013
1 \|{{flagicon\|DEN}} Denmark \|2012
1 \|{{flagicon\|GBR}} Great Britain \|2011
1 \|{{flagicon\|SWI}} Switzerland \|2010
1 \|{{flagicon\|CZE}} Czech Republic \|2009
1 \|{{flagicon\|SWE}} Sweden \|2003

class="wikitable"

Championships

!Country

!Year

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Austria

|2002, 2004, 2006, 2007

|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany

|2005, 2008

|{{flagicon|FRA}} France

|2013

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

|2012