Tulip Bowl

The Tulip Bowl is the final match in the season of the AFBN Division One, the top division of the American Football Bond Nederland (AFBN). The AFBN is the organisation responsible for American football in the Netherlands. 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 22 wins.

History

Statistics

Ranking of teams

• ^†Also known as Limburg Wildcats

Records

• Highest Scoring Tulip Bowl
• 60 - Amsterdam Crusaders 47 vs 13 The Hague Raiders (1987)
• Lowest Scoring Tulip Bowl
• 4 - Rotterdam Trojans 4 vs 0 Amsterdam Crusaders (1996)
• Biggest Winning Margin Tulip Bowl
• 50 - Amsterdam Crusaders 50 vs 0 010 Trojans (2022)
• Consecutive Tulip Bowl wins
• 5 - Amsterdam Crusaders (1987–1991 and 2002–2006)
• 3 - Amsterdam Crusaders (2008–2010 and 2015–2017), Alphen Eagles (2012–2014)
• 2 - Rotterdam Trojans (1996, 1997), Hilversum Hurricanes (2000, 2001), Lightning Leiden (2023, 2024)
• Consecutive Tulip Bowl losses
• 3 - Hilversum Hurricanes (2003–2005), Amsterdam Crusaders (2012–2014)
• 2 - Many teams
• Consecutive Tulip Bowl appearances
• 9 - Amsterdam Crusaders (2002–2010)
• 6 - Amsterdam Crusaders (2012–2017)
• 5 - The Hague Raiders (1990–1994), Amsterdam Crusaders (1987–1991), Alphen Eagles (2011–2015)
• 4 - Hilversum Hurricanes (1998–2001)
• 3 - Rotterdam Trojans (1995–1997), Hilversum Hurricanes (2003–2005)
• 2 - Many teams

See also

• Belgian Bowl
• EFAF Atlantic Cup

External links

• Tulip Bowl XXXII programmaboekje
• Tulip Bowl on luckyshow.org

Footnotes