American football Regionalliga













American football Regionalliga
SportAmerican football
Founded1985
No. of teams32
Country
 Germany
Most recent
champion(s)
North: Ritterhude Badgers
East: Rostock Griffins
West: Assindia Cardinals
Central: Ravensburg Razorbacks
South: Straubing Spiders

The American football Regionalliga is the third tier of American football in Germany, below the German Football League and the German Football League 2.[1]


The league is subdivided into five regional divisions, the Regionalligas (English: Regional league) Nord (North), Ost (East), West, Mitte (Central) and Süd (South).[2]




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Organisation


  • 3 Division champions

    • 3.1 Northern region


    • 3.2 Southern region



  • 4 Current clubs


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




History


The league was formed in 1985 with two regional divisions, Central and West. The number of divisions changed frequently in the following years, as did the name of the league, changing to Verbandsliga for a time. From 1991 it operated under name of Regionalliga again with seven divisions, one in the North and two each in the West, Central and Bavaria. From 1995 the league was reduced to four divisions, South, West, Central and Northeast, a format that remained unchanged until 2004 when the Northeast division was split into North and East divisions. Since 2004 the Regionalliga operates in the current five division format.[3]



Organisation


The five Regionalligas are organised by the regional American football associations rather than the American Football Association of Germany, like the Regionalliga Süd which is organised by the Bavarian one.[4]


In the 2015 season 33 clubs compete in the league, nine in the central division and six each in the other four.[2]


The top teams of the Regionalliga divisions qualify for the play-offs to the German Football League . The division champions and runners-up of the Central and South division play each other home and away for two promotion spots to the southern division of the German Football League 2, whereby the division winner from one plays the runners-up from the other. In the north, the three division winners of the North, West and East division play each other in a single game round robin for two spots in the northern division of the GFL 2. Promotion is subject to licensing approval and can be enlarged if additional spots in the German Football League 2 become available. An overall Regionalliga championship is not played.[3]


The bottom teams from each division are relegated and replaced with the top teams from the tier below, the American football Oberliga.[3]



Division champions


The division champions since adaption of the current structure in 2004:[3]



Northern region























































Year

North

East

West
2004

Osnabrück Tigers

Berlin Rebels

Troisdorf Jets
2005
Osnabrück Tigers

Frankfurt Red Cocks

Assindia Cardinals
2006

Weyhe Vikings

Frankfurt Red Cocks

Bonn Gamecocks
2007

Magdeburg Virgin Guards

Leipzig Lions

Assindia Cardinals
2008

Hildesheim Invaders
Magdeburg Virgin Guards

Paderborn Dolphins
2009

Hamburg Blue Devils

Magdeburg Virgin Guards

Mönchengladbach Mavericks
2010

Hamburg Blue Devils

Potsdam Royals

Troisdorf Jets
2011

Osnabrück Tigers

Cottbus Crayfish

Bonn Gamecocks
2012

Lübeck Seals

Rostock Griffins

Bielefeld Bulldogs
2013

Hildesheim Invaders

Tollense Sharks

Cologne Crocodiles
2014
Osnabrück Tigers

Potsdam Royals

Paderborn Dolphins
2015

Ritterhude Badgers
Rostock Griffins

Assindia Cardinals


Southern region


The division champions and runners-up since adaption of the current structure in 2004:[3]






































































Year

Central

South

Winners

Runners-up

Winners

Runners-up
2004

Weinheim Longhorns

Stuttgart Silver Arrows

Königsbrunn Ants

Deggendorf Black Hawks
2005

Jena Hanfrieds

Obertshausen Blizzards

Plattling Black Hawks

Rosenheim Rebels
2006

Kaiserslautern Pikes
Stuttgart Silver Arrows

Aschaffenburg Stallions

Franken Timberwolves
2007

Stuttgart Silver Arrows

Montabaur Fighting Farmers

Erding Bulls
Franken Timberwolves
2008

Kaiserslautern Pikes

Rhein Neckar Bandits
Aschaffenburg Stallions

Starnberg Argonauts
2009

Hanau Hornets

Holzgerlingen Twister

Kirchdorf Wildcats

Allgäu Comets
2010

Badener Greifs

Frankfurt Pirates

Kirchdorf Wildcats
Allgäu Comets
2011

Kaiserslautern Pikes

Frankfurt Universe

Allgäu Comets

Nürnberg Rams
2012

Ravensburg Razorbacks
Badener Greifs

Fursty Razorbacks

Starnberg Argonauts
2013

Darmstadt Diamonds

Holzgerlingen Twister

Straubing Spiders

Ingolstadt Dukes
2014

Albertshausen Crusaders

Langen Knights

Ingolstadt Dukes

München Rangers
2015

Ravensburg Razorbacks

Gießen Golden Dragons
Straubing Spiders

Neu-Ulm Spartans

  • Bold denotes promoted teams.


Current clubs


The Regionalliga clubs for the 2016 season:[2]
















References




  1. ^ German Football League 2 (in German) AFVD website, accessed: 20 January 2011


  2. ^ abc 3. Liga 2015 Football-aktuell.de, accessed: 28 April 2015


  3. ^ abcde Football History (in German) Historic American football tables from Germany, accessed: 28 April 2015


  4. ^ Allgemeine Ligenstruktur AFVBy (in German) Bavarian American football association – league structure, accessed: 28 April 2015




External links



  • German American Football Association website (in German)


  • Football History (in German) Historic American football tables from Germany








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