Dublin Rebels 9-0 Amsterdam Panthers(NL)
West Vlaanderen Tribes (Bel) 52-0 Dudelange Dragons (Lux)

Dublin Rebels 13-15 West Vlaanderen Tribes
Sportscentre Berchem Sainte Agathe, Brussels, Belgium.

The West-Vlaanderen Tribes of Belgium are the first of four European cup winners to be crowned this year in EFAF competitions. The team from Izegem won the inaugural EFAF Atlantic Cup by beating Ireland’s Dublin Rebels by a score of 15:13. Four weeks after defending their national title in Belgian Bowl XXII (12:0 against Tournai Phoenix) the Tribes not only hosted the Atlantic Cup tournament at Brussels, but also advanced to the final game surpassing Luxembourg’s Dudelange Dragons 52:0 in the semifinal game on Saturday. The Dublin Rebels, which were the first Irish team to compete in an EFAF tournament, qualified for the showdown with the host team on Sunday by beating the Amsterdam Panthers of the Netherlands by a score of 9:0. In the final game West-Vlaanderen took an early lead, but the current leader of the Irish American Football League from Dublin did never surrender. Even when facing a 0:15 deficit at the start of the last quarter, the Rebels stuck to their game plan and were rewarded with late points of their own. Not enough to turn the game to their favour, but enough to leave their mark in the newly opened history books of the Atlantic Cup.

Tags: Atlantic Cup

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