Not to be confused with European League of Football or NFL Europe.
BIG6 European Football League
Sport
Gridiron football
Founded
2014
Ceased
2018
No. of teams
6
Continent
Europe
Most titles
New Yorker Lions (4)
Relegation to
European Football League
Related competitions
Eurobowl
The BIG6 European Football League (BIG6) was a European Cup style tournament for European American football teams. Originally organized by the EFAF (European Federation of American Football),[1] the tournament had been run by the German Football League International since 2015.[2] The final game of the BIG6 was called the EFL Bowl from 2014-2018. Previously the final game of the European Football League was called the Eurobowl and had been held annually since 1986 to 2014.
^EFL Elite to start in 2014 eurobowl.com, published: 15 October 2013, accessed: 22 November 2016
^Atlantic Cup joins GFL International. Netherlands to host 2015 tournament. americanfootball.ie, published: 14 February 2015, accessed: 22 November 2016
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1986. In 2014, the EFL was replaced as Europe's top-tier club competition by the new BIG6EuropeanFootballLeague and the EFL Bowl was introduced as the...
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Monarchs. In 2014, the club took part in a new European competition, the BIG6EuropeanFootballLeague, which consisted of three teams from Germany, two...
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