Czech League of American Football

Czech League of American Football
(Česká Liga Amerického Fotbalu)
Snapbacks liga
SportAmerican football
Founded1994; 29 years ago (1994)
FounderCzech American Football Association (ČAAF)
Inaugural season1994
CEOLukas Baros
No. of teams26 (6 in Division 1, 5 in Division 2, 8 in Division 3, and 7 in Division 4)
Country Czech Republic
Most recent
champion(s)
Vysočina Gladiators
Most titlesPrague Black Panthers (18 titles)
Official websiteCAAF Online

The Czech League of American Football (ČLAF) (Czech: Česká Liga Amerického Fotbalu), known as the Snapbacks liga for sponsorship reasons, is a national American football competition in the Czech Republic. First held in 1994, it is organised by the Czech American Football Association (ČAAF).

Seasonal structure

Czech League of American Football is located in Czech Republic
Hippos Mustangs Harpies
Hippos
Mustangs
Harpies
Sígrs Amazons
Sígrs
Amazons
Alligators
Alligators
Patriots
Patriots
Blades
Blades
Bobcats
Bobcats
Stallions Bucks
Stallions
Bucks
Titans
Titans
Gladiators
Gladiators
Rangers
Rangers
Hellboys
Hellboys
Dragons
Dragons
Mammoths
Mammoths
Golems
Golems
Dietos
Dietos
Sharks
Sharks
Nordians
Nordians
Foxes
Foxes
Location of the Teams

Divisions

Next to the "Paddock League" which is the first Division in Czech American Football there is in 2019; 5 more Divisions in Men's and 1 Division in Ladies' Football. The Trnava Bulldogs (from Trnava in Slovakia) are the only non-Czech participant in 2019.

League year Teams
Paddock League 2019 Příbram Bobcats, Prague Lions, Trnava Bulldogs (SK), Ostrava Steelers, Pardubice Stallions, Ústí nad Labem Blades
Division 2 2019 Prague Hippos, Pilsen Patriots, Brno Sígrs, Přerov Mammoths , Brno Alligators, Příbram Bobcats,
Division 3 – North 2019 Hradec Králové Dragons, Prague Mustangs, Liberec Titans, Trutnov Rangers
Division 3 – South 2019 Přerov Mammoths, Vysočina Gladiators, Budweis Hellboys, East Bohemia Bucks
Division 4 – West 2019 Prague Black Panthers 2, Teplice Nordians, Tabor Foxes
Division 4 – East 2019 Brno Sígrs 2, Šumperk Dietos, Třinec Sharks, Zlín Golems
Women's 2017 Brno Amazons, Prague Black Cats, Prague Harpies

Format

Regular season

Divisions 1 and 2 uses a round-robin tournament system. Similar to Divisions 1 and 2, Division 3 also uses a same round-robin tournament system.

Playoffs

A semifinal bracket as follows 1. vs 4. and 2. vs 3., deciding the semifinals winners advanced into the finals. Whoever wins the semifinals, the team must advanced into the championship game, the Czech Bowl. Divisions 2 and 3 also has the final game, the Silver Bowl and the Bronze Bowl respectively, while Division 4 has the same championship game, the Iron Bowl, as the ČAAF does that.

Other information

In ČLAF A, a team must have 12 minutes, 10 minutes in ČLAF B and 4x8 minutes in ČLAF C. All games use the International Federation of American Football rule book.

ČLAF winners

Czech Bowl winners

The Czech Bowl is the national American football game of the Czech Republic, where it had been held since 1995 after the Prague Panthers won the regular season championship when it swept the said season in 1994, the year the Czech Bowl was not held.

Bowl Year Champion Runner-up Score
I 1994 Prague Panthers
II 1995 Prague Panthers Prague Lions 55–22
III 1996 Prague Panthers Ostrava Steelers 48–30
IV 1997 Ostrava Steelers Prague Panthers 35-21
V 1998 Prague Lions Prague Panthers 29–8
VI 1999 Prague Panthers Prague Lions 38–0
VII 2000 Prague Panthers Prague Lions 15–13
VIII 2001 Prague Panthers Brno Aligators 35–13
IX 2002 Prague Panthers Brno Aligators 52–14
X 2003 Prague Panthers Prague Lions 23–14
XI 2004 Prague Lions Prague Panthers 13–3
XII 2005 Prague Lions Prague Panthers 24–9
XIII 2006 Prague Lions Bratislava Monarchs 38–21
XIV 2007 Prague Panthers Prague Lions 28–13
XV 2008 Prague Panthers Prague Lions 24–14
XVI 2009 Prague Panthers Prague Lions 24–14
XVII 2010 Prague Panthers Prague Black Hawks 74–0
XVIII 2011 Prague Black Hawks Prague Panthers 32–31
XIX 2012 Prague Black Hawks Prague Panthers 35–34
XX 2013 Prague Black Panthers Prague Lions 48–9
XXI 2014 Prague Black Panthers Příbram Bobcats 40–0
XXII 2015 Prague Black Panthers Příbram Bobcats 52–13
XXIII 2016 Prague Black Panthers Prague Lions 10–9
XXIV 2017 Prague Black Panthers Ostrava Steelers 28–0
XXV 2018 Prague Black Panthers Ostrava Steelers 30–7
XXVI 2019 Prague Lions Ostrava Steelers 29–23
XXVII 2020 Season canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
XXVIII 2021 Vysočina Gladiators Prague Lions 23–0
XXIX 2022 Prague Lions Vysočina Gladiators 35–29
XXX 2023 Vysočina Gladiators Ostrava Steelers 42–28

Czech Bowl statistics

Rank Team Titles Participations
1 Prague Black Panthers 18 1994–1996, 1999–2003, 2007–2010, 2013–2018 23 1995–2005, 2007–2018
2 Prague Lions 6 1998, 2004–2006, 2019, 2022 15 1995, 1998–2000, 2003–2009, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021
3 Prague Black Hawks 2 2011, 2012 3 2010–2012
4 Vysočina Gladiators 2 2021, 2023 3 2021–2023
5 Ostrava Steelers 1 1997 5 1996, 1997, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
6 Příbram Bobcats 0 2 2014, 2015
6 Brno Aligators 0 2 2001, 2002
8 Bratislava Monarchs 0 1 2006

Silver Bowl titleholders

Team Times Years
3x Pardubice Stallions 2010–2011, 2015
3x Brno Alligators 2006-2007, 2017
1x Ústí nad Labem Blades 2018
1x Budweis Hellboys 2012
1x Brno Sígrs 2016

Bronze Bowl titleholders

Team Times Years
3x Bílovice Sígrs 2012, 2014-2015
1x Brno Alligators 2016
1x Přerov Mammoths 2017

Iron Bowl titleholders

Team Times Years
1x Znojmo Knights 2015
1x Vysočina Gladiators 2016

Rose Bowl titleholders (female)

Team Times Years
1x Prague Black Cats 2015
1x Brno Amazons 2016

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