The 2008 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXII, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on September 21, 2008. The regular season began on May 4 with the BritBowl champions London Blitz defeating the Gateshead Senators 48-0.

Schedule

Regular season

Formula

Based on the British American Football League, setup for the 2008 season there will be a 3 tier structure consisting of:

DivisionTeams
BAFL Premier 7
BAFL 1 North 6
BAFL 1 South 6
BAFL 2 Central Conference 6
BAFL 2 East Conference 5
BAFL 2 North Conference 6
BAFL 2 South East Conference 5
BAFL 2 South West Conference 5

Final regular season standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Clinched playoff seeds are marked in parentheses and shaded in green, for BAFL 2 divisions the colours have been changed to indicate Northern and Southern sides of the Playoffs.

BAFL Premier standings

BAFL Premier
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
(1) Coventry Cassidy Jets 8001.00026564
(2) London Blitz 6200.750219129
(3) Farnham Fast Lane Knights 5300.625263128
(4) Bristol Aztecs 4400.500195131
East Kilbride Pirates 4400.500138196
Birmingham Bulls 1700.12518233
Gateshead Senators 0080.00026243

BAFL Division 1 standings

BAFL 1 - North
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
(1) Redditch Arrows 7210.75028585
(3) Yorkshire Rams 7210.750215101
Dundee Hurricanes 5230.65022791
West Coast Trojans 4420.500188170
South Yorkshire Mustangs 3700.300114274
Staffordshire Surge 0910.05073381
BAFL 1 - South
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
(2) Sussex Thunder 7300.70015476
(4) Southern Sundevils 6400.600165110
Kent Exiles 6400.600162124
Ipswich Cardinals 5500.500167175
Oxford Saints 4510.450143169
Norwich Devils 1810.150104241

BAFL Division 2 standings

Northern Section Playoff Southern Section Playoff
BAFL 2 - Central Conference
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
(1) Nottingham Caesars 9010.95026955
(3) Tamworth Phoenix 6220.70023050
Shropshire Revolution 5500.500209127
Hull Hornets 3430.45094143
Leicester Falcons 3520.400107176
Lincolnshire Bombers 01000.00058416
BAFL 2 - East Conference
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
(2) Cambridgeshire Cats 9100.90033645
(4) Peterborough Saxons 8200.80037944
Bedfordshire Blue Raiders 4600.400128197
Watford Cheetahs 2710.25094304
Milton Keynes City Pathfinders 0910.05060445
BAFL 2 - North Conference
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
(2) Merseyside Nighthawks 8200.800258107
(4) Lancashire Wolverines 6400.600260171
Manchester Titans 6400.600232222
Edinburgh Wolves 5500.5001681554
Glasgow Tigers 5500.500117
Chester Romans 0100.00060332
BAFL 2 - South East Conference
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
(1) London Cobras 10001.0003829
(6) Colchester Gladiators 7300.700263180
East Kent Mavericks 6400.600225193
Essex Spartans 1810.150126343
Maidstone Pumas 1900.100109395
BAFL 2 - South West Conference
TeamWLTPCTPFPA
(3) South Wales Warriors 9100.90023347
(5) Cornish Sharks 7300.60014160
Hampshire Thrashers 6400.600232119
Plymouth Admirals 2800.20088225
Reading Renegades 1810.15088283

Playoffs

The playoffs are scheduled to start on August 24, 2008. BritBowl XXII will then be played on September 21, 2008 at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.

BAFL Premier Playoff

SeedTeams
1Coventry Cassidy Jets
2London Blitz
3Farnham Fast Lane Knights
4Bristol Aztecs

BAFL Premier Championship Game/BritBowl

Semifinals BritBowl
1 Coventry Cassidy Jets 31
4 Bristol Aztecs 28 1 Coventry Cassidy Jets 33
2 London Blitz 28 2 London Blitz 32
3 Farnham Fast Lane Knights 15

BAFL 1 Playoff

SeedTeams
1Redditch Arrows
2Sussex Thunder
3Yorkshire Rams
4Southern Sundevils

BAFL 1 Championship Game

Semifinals Championship Game
1 Redditch Arrows 30
4 Southern Sundevils 22 1 Redditch Arrows 18
2 Sussex Thunder 26 2 Sussex Thunder 20
3 Yorkshire Rams 16

BAFL 2 Playoff

The BAFL 2 Playoffs are split geographically between the North and the South. The Southern half of the draw includes the top two teams from each of the East, South East and South West. With the top two from the Northern and Central conferences making up the Northern half.

SeedSouthern SectionNorthern Section
1London CobrasNottingham Caesars
2Cambridgeshire CatsMerseyside Nighthawks
3South Wales WarriorsTamworth Phoenix
4Peterborough SaxonsLancashire Wolverines
5Cornish Sharks
6Colchester Gladiators

BAFL 2 Championship Game

Bracket

August 24 August 31
5 Cornish Sharks 9
1 London Cobras 42
4 Peterborough Saxons 6 September 7
5 Cornish Sharks 3
AFC
August 24 1 London Cobras 32
August 31
2 Cambridgeshire Cats 0
3 South Wales Warriors 21 AFC Championship
3 South Wales Warriors 7
6 Colchester Gladiators 12 September 21 - Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
2 Cambridgeshire Cats 21
Wild Card playoffs
Divisional playoffs
London Cobras 30
August 31
Tamworth Phoenix 6
BAFL 2 Championship
2 Merseyside Nighthawks 0
September 7
3 Tamworth Phoenix 12
NFC
3 Tamworth Phoenix 16
August 31
1 Nottingham Caesars 10
NFC Championship
1 Nottingham Caesars 49
4 Lancashire Wolverines 23

See also

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