Russian American Football Championship (Russian: Чемпионат России по Aмериканскому Футболу , romanized : Chempionat Rossii po Amerikanskomu Futbolu ) is the highest level of American football played in Russia originally founded in 1991, previously known as the League of American Football ( LAF ; Russian: Лига Американского Футбола , romanized : Liga Amerikanskogo Futbola , ЛАФ ).
7-596: There are 11 teams in two divisions participating in the league. Since 2020 season the Eastern European Super League serves as the highest league of American football in Russia. American football came into the Soviet Union in late 1980s. The first official games were played in 1989 when American high school all-star teams from Oklahoma played exhibition games against local teams, following
14-862: A failed attempt to have college football bowl game be played in Moscow (known as the Glasnost Bowl ). In the same year the very first game between Russian teams was played. In 1989, the Moscow Bears were first formed team and represented the Russia national American football team . In 1991, the Soviet Championship was founded and the league became the Russian Championship in 1992 as the Soviet Union collapsed. However
21-468: The Eastern European Super League serves as the highest league of American football in Russia. Eastern European Super League The Eastern European Super League (Russian: Восточно-европейская Суперлига , romanized : Vostochno-Yevropeiskaya Superliga ) is an international American football tournament that brings together the best clubs from the Russian Federation and
28-580: The Republic of Belarus. The tournament originated in 2019, when the best teams of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine decided to found a competition called the East European Super League. The list of prospective participants included three Russian teams - Moscow Spartans and St. Petersburg Griffins and Northern Legion, two Ukrainian teams - Kyiv Capitals and Patriots, as well as two Belarusian teams - Minsk Zubrs and Litvins. Unfortunately, by
35-508: The league was soon suspended in the turmoils of the dissolution of the USSR. The Moscow Bears national team was reformed later in 1992 and Russian Football Championship league later re-organized. The Russian Championship was founded again in 2002. The league has been growing ever since. In 2016 it was reorganized as The League of American Football , LAF in short. But in 2019 the league was re-organized as Russian Championship. Since 2020 season
42-711: The start of the season in the spring of 2019, three Russian teams and Belarusian Litvins had remained in the tournament bracket. The first champion of the Eastern European Super League were the Moscow Spartans, who defeated the Northern Legion in the final. Since 2020, almost all competitions in the Russian Federation have been held under the auspices of the East European Super League: The 2019 season
49-586: Was a round robin, the teams spent 6 games each in the regular season and 2 games in the playoffs (semi-final, match for third place and final). The tournament was held from April to July. The winner of the first ever Super League was the Spartans team from Moscow., who won the league championship in the first time in its history. Super League is a round robin tournament in which teams meet each other once. National Major League - group stage + playoffs. Teams are divided into 6 divisions. All divisions, except for
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