The Copenhagen Towers are an American football team from Gentofte , Denmark . The club was founded in 1990, and have since competed in the National Ligaen , the highest division of American football in Denmark.
5-783: The Copenhagen Towers are members of the Danish American Football Federation (DAFF), and have won the Danish Championship game (known as the Mermaid Bowl ) a record eleven times, in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. In 2017 the Towers won the Northern European Football League. After a winless season in 1997, the Towers were relegated to Division 1 but were promoted again
10-639: The International Federation of American Football . They also govern flag football and cheerleading . Since 2000, DAFF has seen a huge increase in membership, influenced by Danish television station TV2 Zulu broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games on Sunday evenings. The sudden popularity of the sport in Denmark has been dubbed "the Zulu effect" after the name of the TV station. As of
15-578: The 2007 season, Viasat obtained the rights to broadcast the NFL in Denmark on both 3+ and TV 2 Sport (Viasat owns 49 percent of TV 2 Sport). The popularity of American football in Denmark can also be attributed to the nation's interest in the long career of Danish placekicker Morten Andersen , the NFL's all-time leader in points. DAFF opened the Danish American Football Federation Hall of Fame on February 5, 2006,
20-594: The club: The Copenhagen Towers have youth teams for four age groups, Junior (Under-19), Development (Under-16), Kadet (Under-14), and Mini (Under-12). Danish American Football Federation The Danish American Football Federation (DAFF; Danish : Dansk Amerikansk Fodbold Forbund ) is an American football organization in Denmark founded in 1988. Its headquarters are located in Brøndby . DAFF organizes Denmark's national American football team, which competes in
25-675: The following year. The Towers were again relegated in 2005 and spent the next season in Division 1. Since 2007, the Towers have been a regular feature in the National Ligaen, but they haven't been to the Mermaid Bowl since returning. In 2012, the Towers went undefeated (10–0) in regular season. In 2013, the Towers returned to the Mermaid Bowl, which they won 28–21 against the Triangle Razorbacks. Recent seasons of
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