The Tulip Bowl is the final match in the season of the AFBN Division One, the top division of the

American Football Bond Nederland The American Football Bond Nederland (AFBN) is the governing body for American Football in the Netherlands. The AFBN was founded 1984 and refounded in 2001 after the merger of the rival leagues Nederlandse American Football Federatie (NAFF) and A ...

(AFBN). The AFBN is the organisation responsible for

American football in the Netherlands American football in the Netherlands has been on the map both nationally and internationally since the 1980s. However, it took almost 40 years before the first American Football game played in the Netherlands was followed up. In 1946 two American ...

. The Tulip Bowl participants are determined through the playoffs and the match determines the Dutch champions in the sport of American football. The first championship game was played in 1985 under the name Super Bowl, before it became its current name in the second edition. There are also other Bowl games, including the Division Two Bowl and the Dyan Kralt Bowl for the youth competition. The Amsterdam Crusaders are the dominating team with 21 wins.

History

Statistics

Ranking of teams

* ^† Also known as ''Limburg Wildcats''

Records

*Highest Scoring Tulip Bowl **60 -

Amsterdam Crusaders The Amsterdam Crusaders are an American football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands founded in 1984. Together with the Rotterdam Trojans and Alphen Eagles, the Amsterdam Crusaders are the oldest surviving Dutch American Football club. Beginnings ...

47 vs 13 The Hague Raiders (1987) *Lowest Scoring Tulip Bowl **4 - Rotterdam Trojans 4 vs 0

(1996) *Biggest Winning Margin Tulip Bowl **50 -

50 vs 0 010 Trojans (2022) *Consecutive Tulip Bowl wins **5 -

(1987–1991 and 2002–2006) **3 -

(2008–2010 and 2015–2017), Alphen Eagles (2012–2014) **2 - Rotterdam Trojans (1996, 1997), Hilversum Hurricanes (2000, 2001),

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(2023, 2024) *Consecutive Tulip Bowl losses **3 - Hilversum Hurricanes (2003–2005),

(2012–2014) **2 - Many teams *Consecutive Tulip Bowl appearances **9 -

(2002–2010) **6 -

(2012–2017) **5 - The Hague Raiders (1990–1994),

(1987–1991), Alphen Eagles (2011–2015) **4 - Hilversum Hurricanes (1998–2001) **3 - Rotterdam Trojans (1995–1997), Hilversum Hurricanes (2003–2005) **2 - Many teams

External links

Tulip Bowl XXXII programmaboekje

on luckyshow.org

Footnotes