American Flag Football Tournament - Griffinbowl

On 2.04 and 3.04, the third annual American Flag Football tournament - Griffinbowl was held in Blagoevgrad. The host was the American University in Bulgaria (AUB) team.

The event, which has become a tradition in the last five years, gave teams from all over Bulgaria the chance to show their skills in this increasingly popular sport. This year the participants were the AUBG Griffins and Elder Griffins and the Sofia teams Sofia Hawks and Sofia Bears.

The format of the competition was 8 on 8 (8 competitors per team on the field), who carried the mandatory flags for this sport, as a precaution against injuries.

The games consisted of two halves of 30 minutes, and after each touchdown the teams had the opportunity to score one extra point (field goal).

On Saturday the qualifying games were played, and on Sunday the final of the tournament took place. After a hard-fought final full of twists between the AUBG Griffins and the Sofia Bears, the cup went to the AUBG Griffins.

Results:

Saturday:

Sofia Bears – AUBG OLD 26 : 12
Sofia Hawks – AUBG YOUNG 0 : 12
Sofia Hawks – AUBG OLD 20 : 13
Sofia Bears – AUBG YOUNG 20 : 18

Sunday:
AUBG YOUNG – AUBG OLD 24 : 14
Sofia Bears – Sofia Hawks 40 : 6

Final
Sofia Bears – AUBG YOUNG 6 : 18