2011 German Football League

2011 German Football League
LeagueGerman Football League
SportAmerican football
Duration9 April–8 October 2011
Number of teams14
Promoted to GFLBerlin Rebels, Franken Knights, Hamburg Blue Devils, Rhein-Neckar Bandits
Relegated to GFL2Assindia Cardinals, Plattling Black Hawks
Regular season
GFL North championsKiel Baltic Hurricanes
  GFL North runners-upMönchengladbach Mavericks
GFL South championsSchwäbisch Hall Unicorns
  GFL South runners-upMarburg Mercenaries
German Bowl XXXIII
ChampionsSchwäbisch Hall Unicorns
  Runners-upKiel Baltic Hurricanes
GFL seasons

The 2011 German Football League season was the thirty third edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany and twelfth since the renaming to German Football League.[1]

League tables

The league tables of the two GFL divisions:

North

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 14 12 0 2 444 224 +220 .857 Qualification to play-offs
2 Mönchengladbach Mavericks 14 10 1 3 375 233 +142 .750
3 Düsseldorf Panther 14 9 0 5 351 309 +42 .643
4 Berlin Adler 14 7 0 7 368 296 +72 .500
5 Dresden Monarchs 14 6 0 8 405 237 +168 .429
6 New Yorker Lions 14 4 0 10 222 311 −89 .286
7 Assindia Cardinals 14 1 1 12 162 532 −370 .107 Relegation play-offs to GFL2
Source: football-aktuell.de, GFL.info
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage,[notes 1] 2) Head-to-head results

South

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 13 13 0 0 617 256 +361 1.000 Qualification to play-offs
2 Marburg Mercenaries 13 11 0 2 392 240 +152 .846
3 Stuttgart Scorpions 13 7 1 5 316 335 −19 .577
4 Munich Cowboys 14 7 0 7 256 277 −21 .500
5 Wiesbaden Phantoms 13 3 1 9 241 366 −125 .269
6 Saarland Hurricanes 13 2 0 11 194 363 −169 .154
7 Plattling Black Hawks 11 0 0 11 157 521 −364 .000 Relegation play-offs to GFL2
Source: football-aktuell.de, GFL.info
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage,[notes 1] 2) Head-to-head results

Notes

  1. ^ a b The official standings of the GFL actually use points (plus two for a win, one positive and one negative for a draw and minus two for a loss) instead of winning percentage, which sometimes produce different results if teams have unequal numbers of games played

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals German Bowl XXXIII
         
N1 Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 45
S4 Munich Cowboys 6
N1 Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 45
N3 Düsseldorf Panther 21
S2 Marburg Mercenaries 10
N3 Düsseldorf Panther 14
N1 Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 44
S1 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 48
S1 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 53
N4 Berlin Adler 27
S1 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 47
N2 Mönchengladbach Mavericks 21
N2 Mönchengladbach Mavericks 43
S3 Stuttgart Scorpions 17

References

  1. ^ "GFL 2011". football-aktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 10 June 2021.