EURO-LEAGUE PROJECT


OBJECTIVES
Solve the problem found in many countries, where there is a great difference between three or four strong teams, and the rest
Build a strong and long European League, with solid futured teams
Create an easy-to-sell product for sponsors and national and local TVs.

BENEFITS
Allows the best europeans teams from every european country to be represented
Low cost at the Regular Season
Allows solid european teams to strenght its future by beeing represented in a four teams per country Euopean League
Grants the future of American Football in each of the european countries, with a high level comptition supported from all of them
It will ease the economic and sport growth of every team, owed to the Television support
It will be the first sport in europe to develope a REAL paneuropean League, stronger than the National Leagues
It will be easier to get strong deals with local and national TVs and paneuropean channels (Canal +)
Every National Federation will be responsible for the promotion and demotion of the teams
Should any group be uncompleted, the system won´t be affected at all
Allows the sustitution of the current Champions League and Euro Cup by a new concept (paneuropean league)
The games between national teams could be valid for the National Leagues, the teams could be play both Leagues simultanity

PARTICIPANTS TEAMS

NORTH CONFERENCE

WEST GROUP CENTRAL GROUP EAST GROUP
4.- ENGLISH TEAMS 4.- NORTH GERMAN TEAMS 4.- SWEDEN TEAMS
2.- NORWEGIAN TEAMS 2.- NETHERLANDERS TEAMS 4.- FINISH TEAMS
2.- DANISH TEAMS 2.- BELGIAN TEAMS

SOUTH CONFERENCE

WEST GROUP CENTRAL GROUP EAST GROUP
4.- SPANISH TEAMS 4.- ITALIAN TEAMS 4.- SWISS TEAMS
4.- FRENCH TEAMS 4.- AUSTRIAN TEAMS 4.- SOUTH GERMAN TEAMS

TOTAL: 48.- TEAMS PARTICIPANTS COUNTRYS: 13.-
If a country is not able to complete its own number of teams in a group, the closest country could ask that place. Other chance is to leave the group with a team less.

REGULAR SEASON

6.- GAMES Round Robin home and away (same zone teams)
2.- GAMES Interzones crossings inside each group
8.- GAMES Total Most teams will play 7 games in its own country from a total of 8 (except Norway, Denmark, Netherland and Belgium)

Ei: Schedule West Group South Conference

     Week 1                Week 2             Week 3          Week 4 (interzone)
SPA1 vs SPA2   SPA2 vs SPA3   SPA3 vs SPA1   SPA1 vs FRA1
SPA3 vs SPA4   SPA4 vs SPA1   SPA2 vs SPA4   SPA4 vs FRA4
FRA1 vs FRA2    FRA2 vs FRA3   FRA3 vs FRA1     FRA2 vs SPA2
FRA3 vs FRA4    FRA4 vs FRA1   FRA2 vs FRA4     FRA3 vs SPA3

     Week5               Week 6               Week 7               Week8 (interzone)
SPA2 vs SPA1   SPA3 vs SPA2    SPA1 vs SPA3     FRA1 vs SPA4
SPA4 vs SPA3   SPA1 vs SPA4    SPA4 vs SPA2     FRA4 vs SPA1
FRA2 vs FRA1   FRA3 vs FRA2     FRA1 vs FRA3     SPA2 vs FRA3
FRA4 vs FRA3   FRA1 vs FRA4     FRA4 vs FRA2     SPA3 vs FRA2

PLAY-OFFS

* Each group can get a qualification from 1 to 8
* The first and the second groups clasified will play the play-offs divided on four groups of three teams folowing this schedule:
North Conference                           South Conference
1ºWEST vs 2ºCENTRAL              1ºWEST vs 2ºCENTRAL
2ºCENTRAL vs 2ºWEST              2ºCENTRAL vs 2ºWEST
2ºWEST vs 1ºWEST                   2ºWEST vs 1ºWEST

1ºEAST vs 1ºCENTRAL               1ºEAST vs 1ºCENTRAL
1ºCENTRAL vs 2ºEAST               1ºCENTRAL vs 2ºEAST
2ºEAST vs 1ºEAST                     2ºEAST vs 1ºEAST

* The champion of every group will play the Conference Semifinal
* We will have two Conference´s Champions that will celebrate the Eurobowl

NORTH CONFERENCE SOUTH CONFERENCE
WEST GROUP WEST GROUP
ZONE A ZONE A
ENG1 SPA1
ENG2 SPA2
ENG3 SPA3
ENG4 SPA4
ZONE B ZONE B
NOR1 FRA1
NOR2 FRA2
DEN1 FRA3
DEN2 FRA4
CENTRAL GROUP CENTRAL GROUP
ZONE A ZONE A
NET1 ITA1
NET2 ITA2
BEL1 ITA3
BEL2 ITA4
ZONE B ZONE B
NGE1 SWI1
NGE2 SWI2
NGE3 SW13
NGE4 SWI4
EAST GROUP EAST GROUP
ZONE A ZONE A
SWE1 AUS1
SWE2 AUS2
SWE3 AUS3
SWE4 AUS4
ZONE B ZONE B
FIN1 SGE1
FIN2 SGE2
FIN3 SGE3
FIN4 SGE4

 

PLAYOFF NORTH PLAYOFF SOUTH
1ºWEST vs 2ºCENTRAL
2ºCENTRAL vs 2ºWEST
1ºCENTRAL vs 2ºEAST
2ºEAST vs 1ºEAST
1ºWEST vs 2ºCENTRAL
2ºCENTRAL vs 2ºWEST
1ºCENTRAL vs 2ºEAST
2ºEAST vs 1ºEAST
SEMIFINAL NORTH SEMIFINAL SOUTH
NORTH-1 VS NORTH-2 SOUTH-1 VS SOUTH-2
FINAL
NORTH CHAMPION SOUTH CHAMPION

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14/07/99
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