German Junior Bowl
Encyclopedia
The German Junior Bowl, usually only referred to as Junior Bowl, is the annual national championship game for junior teams in the sport of American football
in Germany
. It is contested by the two best teams of the GFL Juniors.
It is the second-oldest still existing bowl game in Germany, after the German Bowl
, dating back to 1982. Record winners are the Düsseldorf Panther
, who celebrated their 15th success and their 16th Junior Bowl appearance in 2010.
In 2001, the GFL Juniors was introduced. The league consisted, for the most part of its existence, of twelve teams, split into three regional divisions, north, central and south, with four teams each. The best eight clubs then took part in the play-offs to determined the two teams that will play in the Junior Bowl.
Like Germany's elite league, the German Football League
, the GFL Juniors will be expanded for the 2011 season and play with four regional divisions of five teams each. However, the new western division will play with only four clubs as the Langenfeld Longhorns have withdrawn from the league. In 2012, the divisions will then expand to six teams each, taking the number of elite level junior clubs to 24.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is contested by the two best teams of the GFL Juniors.
It is the second-oldest still existing bowl game in Germany, after the German Bowl
German Bowl
The German Bowl is the annual national championship game in the sport of American football in Germany. It is contested by the two best teams of the German Football League....
, dating back to 1982. Record winners are the Düsseldorf Panther
Düsseldorf Panther
The Düsseldorf Panther are an American football team from Düsseldorf, Germany. The club is the oldest still existing American football club in Europe, having been formed on 1 May 1978....
, who celebrated their 15th success and their 16th Junior Bowl appearance in 2010.
History
The first edition of the Junior Bowl was held in 1982 and became a recognised national championship in the following year. Until 2000, regional championships were held rather than a national league. The regional champions then participated in the play-offs to determined the national champion.In 2001, the GFL Juniors was introduced. The league consisted, for the most part of its existence, of twelve teams, split into three regional divisions, north, central and south, with four teams each. The best eight clubs then took part in the play-offs to determined the two teams that will play in the Junior Bowl.
Like Germany's elite league, the German Football League
German Football League
The German Football League is the elite league for American football in Germany. Playing rules are based on those of the American NCAA....
, the GFL Juniors will be expanded for the 2011 season and play with four regional divisions of five teams each. However, the new western division will play with only four clubs as the Langenfeld Longhorns have withdrawn from the league. In 2012, the divisions will then expand to six teams each, taking the number of elite level junior clubs to 24.
By game
| Year | Champions | Runners-Up | Score | Location | Attendance |
| 1982 | Düsseldorf Panther | Cologne Crocodiles | 13–6 | Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... |
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| 1983 | Cologne Crocodiles | München Rangers | 13–6 | Rüsselsheim Rüsselsheim Rüsselsheim is the largest town in the Groß-Gerau district in the Rhein-Main region of Germany. It is one of seven special status towns in Hesse and is located on the Main, only a few kilometres from its mouth in Mainz. The suburbs of Bauschheim and Königstädten are included in Rüsselsheim... |
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| 1984 | Düsseldorf Bulldozer | München Rangers | 19–0 | Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... |
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| 1985 | Düsseldorf Panther | Noris Rams | 50–19 | Nuremberg Nuremberg Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664... |
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| 1986 | Düsseldorf Panther | Munich Cowboys | 22–0 | Cologne | |
| 1987 | Düsseldorf Panther | Munich Cowboys | 19–14 | Mainz Mainz Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire... |
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| 1988 | Düsseldorf Panther | Würzburg Pumas | 27–8 | Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg... |
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| 1989 | Berlin Adler | Kempten Comets | 36–12 | Nuremberg | |
| 1990 | Berlin Adler | Ansbach Grizzlies | 28–0 | Düsseldorf | 400 |
| 1991 | Düsseldorf Panther | Darmstadt Diamonds | 22–12 | Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
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| 1992 | Berlin Rebels | Stuttgart Scorpions | 38–6 | Hanover | 2,734 |
| 1993 | Cologne Crocodiles | Regensburg Royals | 44–6 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
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| 1994 | Berlin Adler | Frankfurt Gamblers | 22–0 | Rüsselsheim | 1,340 |
| 1995 | Darmstadt Diamonds | Düsseldorf Panther | 19–13 | Stuttgart | 700 |
| 1996 | Berlin Rebels | Munich Cowboys | 41–12 | Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg is a city in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat.Aschaffenburg is known as the Tor zum Spessart or "gate to the Spessart"... |
500 |
| 1997 | Berlin Adler | Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns | 33–0 | Hamburg | 770 |
| 1998 | Düsseldorf Panther | Darmstadt Diamonds | 13–9 | Braunschweig Braunschweig Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.... |
1,400 |
| 1999 | Hamburg Blue Devils | Stuttgart Scorpions | 43–0 | Hanau Hanau Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :... |
832 |
| 2000 | Berlin Rebels | Darmstadt Diamonds | 19–14 | Hanau | 782 |
| 2001 | Darmstadt Diamonds | Stuttgart Scorpions | 13–6 | Koblenz Koblenz Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the... |
700 |
| 2002 | Düsseldorf Panther | Darmstadt Diamonds | 61–26 | Düsseldorf | 700 |
| 2003 | Düsseldorf Panther | Darmstadt Diamonds | 40–0 | Schwäbisch Hall Schwäbisch Hall Schwäbisch Hall is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and capital of the district of Schwäbisch Hall. The town is located in the valley of the river Kocher in the north-eastern part of Baden-Württemberg.... |
583 |
| 2004 | Düsseldorf Panther | Franken Knights | 47–7 | Düsseldorf | 1,200 |
| 2005 | Düsseldorf Panther | Franken Knights | 48–10 | Düsseldorf | 1,050 |
| 2006 | Düsseldorf Panther | Berlin Adler | 26–7 | Düsseldorf | 1,530 |
| 2007 | Düsseldorf Panther | Stuttgart Scorpions | 47–26 | Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.... |
1,943 |
| 2008 | Düsseldorf Panther | Stuttgart Scorpions | 49–30 | Mönchengladbach | 1,500 |
| 2009 | Berlin Adler | Cologne Falcons | 21–14 | Mönchengladbach | 1,500 |
| 2010 | Düsseldorf Panther | Hamburg Young Huskies | 17–7 | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
513 |
| 2011 | Cologne Falcons | Düsseldorf Panther | 24–18 | Cologne | 4,362 |
- Champions in bold.
By team
| App. | Team | Wins | Losses | Pct. | Season(s)† |
| 16 | Düsseldorf Panther Düsseldorf Panther The Düsseldorf Panther are an American football team from Düsseldorf, Germany. The club is the oldest still existing American football club in Europe, having been formed on 1 May 1978.... |
15 | 2 | 0.882 | 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
| 7 | Darmstadt Diamonds | 2 | 5 | 0.286 | 1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| 6 | Berlin Adler Berlin Adler The Berlin Adler is an American football club based in Berlin, Germany. The club is one of the most successful clubs in the sport in Germany, having won six German Bowls as well as a ten Ladies Bowls and five Junior Bowls.... |
5 | 1 | 0.833 | 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2006, 2009 |
| 5 | Stuttgart Scorpions Stuttgart Scorpions The Stuttgart Scorpions are an American football team from Stuttgart, Germany.The clubs greatest success came in 2007, when it reached the German Bowl but lost to the Braunschweig Lions.-History:The Stuttgart Scorpions were formed in December 1982... |
0 | 5 | 0.000 | 1992, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008 |
| 3 | Berlin Rebels | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1992, 1996, 2000 |
| Cologne Crocodiles Cologne Crocodiles The Cologne Crocodiles are an American football team from Cologne, Germany.The clubs greatest success came in 2000, when it won the German Bowl for the first and, so far, only time... |
2 | 1 | 0.667 | 1982, 1983, 1993 | |
| Munich Cowboys Munich Cowboys The Munich Cowboys are an American football team based in Munich, Germany. The club, together with the Düsseldorf Panther and the Ansbach Grizzlies, is one of the oldest in Germany. The team refers to itself as The Grand Old Team of the South.... |
0 | 3 | 0.000 | 1986, 1987, 1996 | |
| 2 | Cologen Falcons | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 2009, 2011 |
| Franken Knights | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 2004, 2005 | |
| München Rangers | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 1983, 1984 | |
| 1 | Hamburg Blue Devils Hamburg Blue Devils The Hamburg Blue Devils are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany. The Blue Devils are one of the most successful American football clubs in Germany, having won four German Bowls as well as three Eurobowls... |
1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1999 |
| Düsseldorf Bulldozer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1984 | |
| Noris Rams | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1985 | |
| Würzburg Pumas | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1988 | |
| Kempten Comets | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1989 | |
| Ansbach Grizzlies Ansbach Grizzlies The Ansbach Grizzlies are an American football team based in Ansbach, Germany. The club, together with the Düsseldorf Panther and the Munich Cowboys, is one of the oldest in Germany... |
0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1990 | |
| Regensburg Royals | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1993 | |
| Frankfurt Gamblers | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1994 | |
| Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns The Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns are an American football team from Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.The clubs greatest successes were winning the southern division title in the German Football League in 2009 and 2011, followed up by winning the German Bowl in 2011.... |
0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1997 | |
| Hamburg Young Huskies | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 2010 |
- † Bold denotes Junior Bowl victory.