Hungarian American Football League

Hungarian teams formed and began playing in the 1990's when the Budapest Cowboys and Budapest Lions played in lower level division leagues outside of Hungary. The Hungarian American Football League (MAFL) began in 2005 under the guidance of the Hungarian Federation of American Football (MAFSZ) with 4 teams (Budapest Wolves, Győr Sharks, Debrecen Gladiators, Nagykanizsa Demos. The game rules are the standard gridiron football (NCAA) rules. The first winner of the first Hungarian Bowl was the Wolves.

In the next 2 years, the Wolves participated only in the Austrian Football League 3rd tier. These 2 years the HFL was won by the Sharks. In 2006, eight teams participated. In 2007, the championship had been split into two divisions (6 teams at Division I and 9 at Division II).

In 2008, the Wolves returned, and they won 3 more championships undefeated. In 2009, 26 teams participated so Division III had been introduced (this year 5, 12, and 9 teams have been played in the three tiers). In 2010, they returned into the 2 tier format.

In 2011, MAFSZ restructured the championship format with the introduction of Hungarian Football League (HFL), which was intended to be an international competition with the top 4 Hungarian teams and 4 from abroad. Division I and Division II became the 2nd and 3rd tier competitions, which were played in the spring season. The HFL was scheduled as a fall season but only 3 teams were willing to participate, so in 2011, the Hungarian Bowl was canceled.

In 2012, the HFL finally started, and this year the Budapest Wolves suffered their first-ever defeat against a Hungarian team (against Budapest Hurricanes), but in the final, the Wolves defeated the Hurricanes. However, in 2013, the Hurricanes, in 2014 the Újbuda Rebels, and in 2015 the Bratislava Monarchs defeated the Wolves in the Hungarian Bowl. The 2015 season was the only one when a foreign team participated, and with the Monarchs' win, the official Hungarian champion was the HFL runners-up Wolves.

In 2016, the Miskolc Steelers became the first non-capital city team in HFL history to participate in the finals, and they won the trophy as well, becoming the 6th team to win HFL in the 6 years' HFL history. In 2017, the Cowbells won the trophy, being technically the 7th team to win the HFL, but as they are the successor of Újbuda Rebels, they are the first team to win 2 HFL trophies.

The Hungarian Bowl is the Championship Game of the Hungarian American Football League. Between 2005 and 2010 it was the final of the MAFL Division I. In 2011, the new top-tier championship HFL was postponed, no Hungarian Bowl took place, and the Fall Bowl was an unofficial championship. Since 2012, the Hungarian Bowl has been the final of the Hungarian Football League.

No.	Season	Winner	Opponent	Score
I	2005, MAFL	ARD7 Budapest Wolves	Debrecen Gladiators	46–0
II	2006, MAFL	Győr Sharks	Debrecen Gladiators	7–6
III	2007, MAFL Div I	Győr Sharks	Debrecen Gladiators	42–12
IV	2008, MAFL Div I	Budapest Wolves	Budapest Cowboys	20–14
V	2009, MAFL Div I	Budapest Wolves	Győr Sharks	16–12
VI	2010, MAFL Div I	Budapest Wolves	Nyíregyháza Tigers	58–0
Fall Bowl	2011	Budapest Wolves	Nyíregyháza Tigers	28–0
VII	2012, HFL	Budapest Wolves	Budapest Hurricanes	65–21
VIII	2013, HFL	Budapest Hurricanes	Docler Wolves	28–24[1]
IX	2014, HFL	Újbuda Rebels	Docler Wolves	19–9[2]
X	2015, HFL	Bratislava Monarchs	Budapest Wolves	55–34[3]
XI	2016, HFL	Miskolc Steelers	Budapest Cowbells	19–16
XII	2017, HFL	Budapest Cowbells	Miskolc Steelers	14–10[4]
XIII	2018, HFL	Budapest Wolves	Miskolc Steelers	34–30
XIV	2019, HFL	Fehérvár Enthroners	Kiev Capitals	14-12[5]
XV	2021, HFL	Budapest Wolves	Fehérvár Enthroners	18–7
XVI	2022, HFL	Fehérvár Enthroners	Budapest Wolves	31–24
XVII	2023, HFL	Budapest Wolves	Újpest Bulldogs	49–28
XVIII	2024, HFL	Budapest Titans	Budapest Cowbells	51–29
XIX	2025, HFL	Diósd Saints	Újpest Bulldogs	56–21

Position	Team	Champions	Runners-up
1.	Budapest Wolves	8 (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2021, 2023)	4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2022)
2.	Budapest Cowbells	2 (2014, 2017)	3 (2008, 2016, 2024)
3.	Fehérvár Enthroners	2 (2019, 2022)	1 (2021)
3.	Győr Sharks	2 (2006, 2007)	1 (2009)
5.	Miskolc Steelers	1 (2016)	2 (2017, 2018)
6.	Budapest Hurricanes	1 (2013)	1 (2012)
7.	Bratislava Monarchs	1 (2015)
7.	Budapest Titans	1 (2024)
7.	Diósd Saints	1 (2025)
10.	Debrecen Gladiators		3 (2005, 2006, 2007)
11.	Újpest Bulldogs		2 (2023,2025)
12.	Nyíregyháza Tigers		1 (2010)
12.	Kiev Capitals		1 (2019)

The Pannon Bowl is the MAFSZ's second-tier championship game that was first played in 2007.

The Duna Bowl is the third-tier championship game of the MAFSZ.

In 2006, the MAFSZ created the Blue Bowl, the national cup game.