Touchdown Tournament was an
American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...
league composed of teams from different Brazilian states. The league format was developed by the leaders Flavio "Skin" Cardia of the
Fluminense Imperadores, and Mario Lewandowski of the
São Paulo Storm, who chaired the Steering Committee of the League. The project was presented to the public during the Tournament Selections
AFAB in April 2009, by signing a statement of commitment by the representatives of the 10 teams involved. Eight of the 10 teams declared themselves able to participate in the Touchdown Tournament in 2009.
ADJORISC - acessado em 17/05/2010
In 2010, most teams who competed in the league left in 2009, after the end of the season, to create the Liga Brasileira de Futebol Americano (LBFA) due to differences with the commissioner Andrew Joseph Adler, who held the right to use the Torneio Touchdown name.
However, in 2013, some teams returned to Torneio Touchdown, raising the number of participating teams to 20, the highest since the creation of the league.
Teams
Current teams (2013)
Former teams
*Barigüi Crocodiles (2009)
*Cuiabá Arsenal (2009)
*Curitiba Brown Spiders (2009)
*Joinville Gladiators (2009)
*Rio de Janeiro Imperadores (2009)
*Sorocaba Vipers (2009)
*São José Istepôs (2010)
*São Paulo Spartans (2010)
*Ribeirao Preto Challengers (2011-2013)
See also
* AFAB
* Brazil national American football team
References
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External links
Página Oficial do Torneio Touchdown
Site da NFL Brasil
American football in Brazil
American football leagues
2008 establishments in Brazil
Sports leagues established in 2008