The SuperFinał (more commonly known as the Polish Bowl) is the championship game of the Polish American Football League (PLFA). The first Polish Bowl played on November 12, 2006 in Warsaw at the Marymont stadium between top two teams in regular season. Since 2007 in the Polish Bowl game is played between Semi-Final winners.
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First meeting | Warsaw, November 12, 2006 |
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Latest meeting | Ząbki, July 21, 2018 |
Next meeting | 2019 |
Broadcasters | Sport Klub (2011), nSport (2012), TVP Sport (2013) |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 13 |
Most wins | Seahawks Gdynia (3) |
Sponsors | |
NAC (2012), Trawnik Producent (2013) |
As the Super Bowl, the Polish Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Polish Bowl I was played in 2006, while Polish Bowl VII played on July 15, 2012, to determine the champion of the 2012 regular season.
Since 2011 (Polish Bowl VI), official name of the Polish Bowl is SuperFinał, formerly the PLFA Finał.[1]
After 2017 some teams separated from PLFA into newly formed league Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego, so in 2018 both competitions held finals, referred as Polish Bowl XIII. In 2019 the PLFA ended after the regular season and the planned post-season including Polish Bowl was not held. The PLFA dissolved after the season.
In 2020 the LFA final was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, played in November behind closed doors. In 2021 7 former PLFA and LFA teams merged under the newly formed Polish football association ZFAP.[2]
Polish Bowl games
editPLFA
editGame | Date | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Venue | City | Attendance | Ref |
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I | November 12, 2006 | Warsaw Eagles | 34–6 | Pomorze Seahawks | Marymont stadium | Warsaw | 1,300 | [3] |
II | October 14, 2007 | The Crew Wrocław | 18–0 | AZS Silesia Miners | Marymont stadium | Warsaw | 400 | [4] |
III | October 18, 2008 | Warsaw Eagles | 26–14 | Pomorze Seahawks | Stadion Olimpijski | Wrocław | 1,100 | [5] |
IV | October 17, 2009 | AZS Silesia Miners | 18–7 | The Crew Wrocław | Marymont stadium | Warsaw | 1,200 | [6][7] |
V | July 24, 2010 | Devils Wrocław | 26–21 | The Crew Wrocław | Niskie Łąki stadium | Wrocław | 1,200 | [8][9] |
VI | July 17, 2011 | The Crew Wrocław | 27–26 | Devils Wrocław | Bielawianka stadium | Bielawa | 1,500 | [10] |
VII | July 15, 2012 | Seahawks Gdynia | 52–37 | Warsaw Eagles | National Stadium | Warsaw | 23,000 | [11] |
VIII | July 14, 2013 | Giants Wrocław | 29–13 | Warsaw Eagles | National Stadium | Warsaw | 16,500 | [12] |
IX | August 2, 2014 | Seahawks Gdynia | 41–32 | Wrocław Panthers | Stadion Miejski | Gdynia | 7,100 | [13] |
X | July 11, 2015 | Seahawks Gdynia | 28–21 | Wrocław Panthers | Stadion Miejski | Wrocław | 14,100 | [14] |
XI | July 16, 2016 | Wrocław Panthers | 56–13 | Seahawks Gdynia | Stadion Miejski | Białystok | 5,300 | [15] |
XII | June 25, 2017 | Wrocław Panthers | 55–21 | Seahawks Gdynia | Stadion Miejski | Łódź | 5,100 | |
XIII | July 22, 2018 | Warsaw Eagles | 33–12 | Kozły Poznań | Dozbud Arena | Ząbki, near Warsaw | ||
XIV | July 20, 2019 | Warsaw Eagles | 20–0 | Bydgoszcz Archers | Dozbud Arena | Ząbki, near Warsaw | not played |
LFA
editGame | Date | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Venue | City | Attendance | Ref |
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XIII | July 21, 2018 | Lowlanders Białystok | 14–13 | Panthers Wrocław | Stadion Olimpijski | Wrocław | 4,000 | |
XIV | June 29, 2019 | Panthers Wrocław | 28–14 | Lowlanders Białystok | Stadion Olimpijski | Wrocław | 4,500 | |
XV | November 14, 2020 | Panthers Wrocław | 48–12 | Lowlanders Białystok | Stadion Olimpijski | Wrocław | 0 |
PFL
editGame | Date | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Venue | City | Attendance | Ref |
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XVI | July 17, 2021 | Bydgoszcz Archers | 27–7 | Tychy Falcons | Dozbud Arena | Ząbki, near Warsaw | [16] | |
XVII | July 23, 2022 | Lowlanders Białystok | 21-20 | Kraków Kings | Dozbud Arena | Ząbki, near Warsaw | [17] | |
XVIII | July 8, 2023 | Lowlanders Białystok | 38-35 | Silesia Rebels | Stadion Miejski im. gen. Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego | Warsaw | [18] | |
XIX | July 13, 2024 | Warsaw Eagles | 20-10 | Lowlanders Białystok | Stadion Miejski im. gen. Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego | Warsaw | [19] |
Appearances teams
editIn the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of appearances, then by number of wins, and finally by year of first appearance. In the "Season(s)" column, bold years indicate winning seasons, and italic years indicate games not yet played.
App | Team | W | L | PCT | Season(s) |
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7 | Panthers Wrocław | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
6 | Warsaw Eagles | 4 | 2 | .600 | 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019 |
5 | Crew/Giants Wrocław | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 |
7 | Pomorze Seahawks/Seahawks Gdynia | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
2 | AZS Silesia Miners/Rebels | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2007, 2009 |
2 | Devils Wrocław | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2010, 2011 |
Rematches
editThe following teams have faced each other more than once in the Polish Bowl:
- Warsaw Eagles and Seahawks Gdynia (formerly Pomorze Seahawks); game I, III and VII (first two won by Warsaw, third won by Gdynia)
- The Crew Wrocław (later Giants) and Silesia Miners (now Rebels); game II and IV (first won by Wrocław, second won by Silesia)
- The Crew Wrocław (later Giants) and Devils Wrocław; game V and VI (first won by Devils, second by The Crew)
Venue
editFive of eight Polish Bowls have been played in Warsaw (three at the RKS Marymont stadium and the last two at National Stadium). Two games have been played in Wrocław at the Olympic Stadium and the Niskie Łąki stadium. One game was played in Bielawa at the Bielawianka stadium.
See also
editReferences
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