The World Bowl was the American football Championship game of NFL Europe, similar to the Super Bowl of the National Football League.

The World Bowl trophy itself was a globe made of glass measuring 35.5 cm (14 inches) in diameter and weighing 18.6 kg (41 lbs).

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 World League of American Football 1.2 Venues as NFL Europe 1.3 World Football League 2 World Bowl (WLAF, NFL Europe, and NFL Europa Championships) 2.1 Team Statistics 3 External links

[edit] Overview

[edit] World League of American Football

When NFL Europe was founded in 1991 as World League of American Football (WLAF), with teams in North America and Europe as well as expansion plans for Asia, the name World Bowl was appropriate. It was kept after 1995 when the league limited itself exclusively to Europe.

[edit] Venues as NFL Europe

From 1995 to 1997, the World Bowl venue was decided by the standings after 5 weeks of the 10-week season. All venues before, and since, were predetermined before the season.

The 2002 World Bowl was hosted in Rhein Fire home town of Düsseldorf as a farewell to the old Rheinstadion. After the new LTU arena was completed, the 2005 World Bowl was hosted there again. It would return in 2006, as a first ever back to back WB site. Düsseldorf has currently no Bundesliga team and was not selected for FIFA World Cup games, so football is a major sport there, unlike in other NFL Europe towns.

[edit] World Football League

The former World Football League, a short-lived 1970s competitor to the NFL, also named its championship game the World Bowl. In the only WFL World Bowl contested, the Birmingham Americans defeated the Florida Blazers 22-21 on December 5, 1974 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.

[edit] World Bowl (WLAF, NFL Europe, and NFL Europa Championships)

Year		Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-Up	MVP
June 23, 2007	World Bowl XV	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany	Hamburg Sea Devils	37 – 28	Frankfurt Galaxy	Casey Bramlet Sea Devils, QB
May 27, 2006	World Bowl XIV	LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Frankfurt Galaxy	22 – 7	Amsterdam Admirals	Butchie Wallace Galaxy, RB
June 11, 2005	World Bowl XIII	LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Amsterdam Admirals	27 – 21	Berlin Thunder	Kurt Kittner Admirals, QB
June 12, 2004	World Bowl XII	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Berlin Thunder	30 – 24	Frankfurt Galaxy	Eric McCoo Thunder, RB
June 14, 2003	World Bowl XI	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Frankfurt Galaxy	35 – 16	Rhein Fire	Jonas Lewis Galaxy, RB
June 22, 2002	World Bowl X	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany	Berlin Thunder	26 – 20	Rhein Fire	Dane Looker Thunder, WR
June 30, 2001	World Bowl IX	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Berlin Thunder	24 – 17	Barcelona Dragons	Jonathan Quinn Thunder, QB
June 25, 2000	World Bowl VIII	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany	Rhein Fire	13 – 10	Scottish Claymores	Danny Wuerffel Fire, QB
June 27, 1999	World Bowl VII	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany	Frankfurt Galaxy	38 – 24	Barcelona Dragons	Andy McCullough Galaxy, WR
June 14, 1998	World Bowl VI	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany	Rhein Fire	34 – 10	Frankfurt Galaxy	Jim Arellanes Fire, QB
June 22, 1997	World Bowl V	Estadi Olimpic, Barcelona, Spain	Barcelona Dragons	38 – 24	Rhein Fire	Jon Kitna Dragons, QB
June 23, 1996	World Bowl IV	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland	Scottish Claymores	32 – 27	Frankfurt Galaxy	Yo Murphy Claymores, WR
June 17, 1995	World Bowl III	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Frankfurt Galaxy	26 – 22	Amsterdam Admirals	Paul Justin Galaxy, QB
1994	Not Played
1993
June 6, 1992	World Bowl II	Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada	Sacramento Surge (USA)	21 – 17	Orlando Thunder (USA)	David Archer Surge, QB
June 9, 1991	World Bowl I	Wembley Stadium, London, England	London Monarchs	21 – 0	Barcelona Dragons	Dan Crossman Monarchs, Safety

• Note: Roman Numerals were not officially used by NFL Europa until World Bowl IX. Before 2001, the games were billed as World Bowl 2000, World Bowl '99, etc.

[edit] Team Statistics

Team	Won	Played	Winning years	Runner-up years
Frankfurt Galaxy	4	8	1995, 1999, 2003, 2006	1996, 1998, 2004, 2007
Berlin Thunder	3	4	2001, 2002, 2004	2005
Rhein Fire	2	5	1998, 2000	1997, 2002, 2003
Amsterdam Admirals	1	3	2005	1995, 2006
Barcelona Dragons	1	4	1997	1991, 1999, 2001
Hamburg Sea Devils	1	1	2007
London Monarchs	1	1	1991
Sacramento Surge	1	1	1992
Scottish Claymores	1	2	1996	2000
Orlando Thunder	0	1		1992
Cologne Centurions	0	0
Birmingham Fire	0	0
San Antonio Riders	0	0
Montreal Machine	0	0
New York/New Jersey Knights	0	0
Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks	0	0
Ohio Glory	0	0

[edit] External links

• NFL Europa World Bowl Announcers

v • d • e World Bowl I 1991  · II 1992  · III 1995  · IV 1996  · V 1997  · VI 1998  · VII 1999  · VIII 2000  · IX 2001  · X 2002  · XI 2003  · XII 2004  · XIII 2005  · XIV 2006  · XV 2007  Broadcasters

v • d • e NFL Europe League Teams Amsterdam Admirals · Barcelona Dragons · Berlin Thunder · Cologne Centurions · Frankfurt Galaxy · Hamburg Sea Devils · London/England Monarchs · Rhein Fire · Scottish Claymores See also World Bowl · WLAF

v • d • e World League of American Football (WLAF) European Division Barcelona Dragons · Frankfurt Galaxy · London Monarchs North American East Division Montreal Machine · New York/New Jersey Knights · Ohio Glory (1992) · Orlando Thunder · Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks (1991) North American West Divison Birmingham Fire · Sacramento Surge · San Antonio Riders See also World Bowl · NFL Europe