Polish Bowl
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The Polish Bowl (formerly known as the SuperFinał) is the championship game of the Polish Football League (PFL). The first Polish Bowl played on November 12, 2006 in Warsaw at the Marymont stadium between top two teams in regular season. Since 2007 in the Polish Bowl game is played between Semi-Final winners.
nSport (2012),
TVP Sport (2013)
2012 game | |
| First meeting | Warsaw, November 12, 2006 |
|---|---|
| Latest meeting | Ząbki, July 26, 2025 |
| Next meeting | 2026 |
| Broadcasters | Sport Klub (2011), nSport (2012), TVP Sport (2013) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 22 |
| Most wins | Warsaw Eagles (6) |
| Sponsors | |
| NAC (2012), Trawnik Producent (2013) | |
As the Super Bowl, the Polish Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Polish Bowl I was played in 2006, while Polish Bowl VII played on July 15, 2012, to determine the champion of the 2012 regular season.
Since 2011 (Polish Bowl VI), official name of the Polish Bowl is SuperFinał, formerly the PLFA Finał.[1]
After 2017 some teams separated from PLFA into newly formed league Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego, so in 2018 both competitions held finals, referred as Polish Bowl XIII. In 2019 the PLFA ended after the regular season and the planned post-season including Polish Bowl was not held. The PLFA dissolved after the season.
In 2020 the LFA final was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, played in November behind closed doors. In 2021 7 former PLFA and LFA teams merged under the newly formed Polish football association ZFAP.[2]
Polish Bowl games
PLFA
LFA
| Game | Date | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Venue | City | Attendance | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XIII | July 21, 2018 | Lowlanders Białystok | 14–13 | Panthers Wrocław | Stadion Olimpijski | Wrocław | 4,000 | |
| XIV | June 29, 2019 | Panthers Wrocław | 28–14 | Lowlanders Białystok | Stadion Olimpijski | Wrocław | 4,500 | |
| XV | November 14, 2020 | Panthers Wrocław | 48–12 | Lowlanders Białystok | Stadion Olimpijski | Wrocław | 0 |
PFL
| Game | Date | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Venue | City | Attendance | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XVI | July 17, 2021 | Bydgoszcz Archers | 27–7 | Tychy Falcons | Dozbud Arena | Ząbki, near Warsaw | [16] | |
| XVII | July 23, 2022 | Lowlanders Białystok | 21–20 | Kraków Kings | Dozbud Arena | Ząbki, near Warsaw | [17] | |
| XVIII | July 8, 2023 | Lowlanders Białystok | 38–35 | Silesia Rebels | Stadion Miejski im. gen. Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego | Warsaw | [18] | |
| XIX | July 13, 2024 | Warsaw Eagles | 20–10 | Lowlanders Białystok | Stadion Miejski im. gen. Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego | Warsaw | [19] | |
| XX | July 26, 2025 | Warsaw Eagles | 41–12 | Warsaw Mets | Dozbud Arena | Ząbki, near Warsaw |
Records by team
In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of wins, then by number of appearances, and finally by year of first appearance. In the "Season(s)" column, bold years indicate winning seasons, and italic years indicate games not yet played.
| App | Team | W | L | PCT | Season(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Warsaw Eagles | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025 |
| 7 | Panthers Wrocław | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| 7 | Pomorze Seahawks/Seahawks Gdynia | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| 6 | Lowlanders Białystok | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| 5 | The Crew/Giants Wrocław | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 |
| 3 | AZS Silesia Miners/Rebels | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2007, 2009, 2023 |
| 2 | Devils Wrocław | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2010, 2011 |
| 2 | Bydgoszcz Archers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2019, 2021 |
| 1 | Kozły Poznań | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2018 |
| 1 | Tychy Falcons | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2021 |
| 1 | Kraków Kings | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2022 |
| 1 | Warsaw Mets | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2025 |
Rematches
The following teams have faced each other more than once in the Polish Bowl:
- 4 times – Panthers Wrocław (2016 and 2017) and Seahawks Gdynia (2014 and 2015)
- 3 times – Warsaw Eagles (2006 and 2008) and Pomorze Seahawks/Seahawks Gdynia (2012)
- 3 times – Panthers Wrocław (2019 and 2020) and Lowlanders Białystok (2018)
- 2 times – The Crew Wrocław (2007) and Silesia Miners (2009)
- 2 times – The Crew Wrocław (2011) and Devils Wrocław (2010)
Venue
Five of eight Polish Bowls have been played in Warsaw (three at the RKS Marymont stadium and the last two at National Stadium). Two games have been played in Wrocław at the Olympic Stadium and the Niskie Łąki stadium. One game was played in Bielawa at the Bielawianka stadium.