© Sportreport
The countdown is on: The Austrian Football League 2024 starts in less than two months! Eight teams are taking part in this year, fighting for four playoff places in ten regular season games. The season starts on March 16th with the duel between the Swarco Raiders Tirol and the Rangers Mödling, and ends with the big highlight, the Austrian Bowl XXIX on July 27th.
Not taking part this year are the Steelsharks Traun and the Graz Styrian Bears, who will each be attacking in Division I in 2024.
So the participants of the AFL 2024 are as follows:
Danube Dragons (reigning champions)
AFC Vienna Vikings
Prague Black Panthers
Thalheim Graz Giants
Salzburg Ducks
Rangers Mödling
Swarco Raiders Tirol
Telfs Patriots
World Cup break between the regular round and playoffs
With the first match day in mid-March, the AFL 2024 starts two weeks earlier than last year. The reason for this is the U20 World Championship from June 20th to July 1st in Edmonton, Canada, in which the Austrian U20 national team, which largely consists of AFL players, is taking part. The AFL basic round will therefore be completed on June 15th (with the exception of a supplementary game between the Salzburg Ducks and the Danube Dragons) and will continue with the semi-final duels on July 13th and 14th.
The new edition of the Austrian Bowl XXXVIII – the Vienna derby between the Danube Dragons and the AFC Vienna Vikings – will take place twice in the regular season: the Dragons have home advantage on March 31st and the Vikings on May 26th.
The 2024 AFL schedule:
Week 1 – 16/17 March + July 6th (addendum)
16.03. 16:00 AFC Vienna Vikings vs. Telfs Patriots
16.03. 15:00 Swarco Raiders Tirol vs. Rangers Mödling
17.03. 14:00 Thalheim Graz Giants vs. Prague Black Panthers
06.07. 16:00 Salzburg Ducks vs. Danube Dragons
Week 2 – March 23rd/24th
23.03. 13:00 Telfs Patriots vs. Salzburg Ducks
23.03. 14:00 Danube Dragons vs. Swarco Raiders Tirol
03/23 3:00 p.m. Rangers Mödling vs. Thalheim Graz Giants
24.03. 15:00 Prague Black Panthers vs. AFC Vienna Vikings
Week 3 – March 30th/31st
30.03. 14:00 Salzburg Ducks vs. Thalheim Graz Giants
30.03. 15:00 Swarco Raiders Tirol vs. Prague Black Panthers
30.03. 17:00 Rangers Mödling vs. Telfs Patriots
31.03. 14:00 Danube Dragons vs. AFC Vienna Vikings
Week 4 – April 13th/14th + April 20th (addendum)
13.04. 15:00 Thalheim Graz Giants vs. Swarco Raiders Tirol
13.04. 17:00 AFC Vienna Vikings vs. Salzburg Ducks
14.04. 15:00 Prague Black Panthers vs. Telfs Patriots
20.04. 14:00 Danube Dragons vs. Rangers Mödling
Week 5 – 27./28.April
27.04. 14:00 Salzburg Ducks vs. Prague Black Panthers
27.04. 15:00 Thalheim Graz Giants vs. Danube Dragons
27.04. 17:00 Rangers Mödling vs. AFC Vienna Vikings
28.04. 15:00 Telfs Patriots vs. Swarco Raiders Tirol
Week 6 – 4./5.Never
04.05. 15:00 Telfs Patriots vs. Rangers Mödling
04.05. 17:00 AFC Vienna Vikings vs. Thalheim Graz Giants
04.05. 18:00 Swarco Raiders Tirol vs. Salzburg Ducks
05.05. 15:00 Prague Black Panthers vs. Danube Dragons
Week 7 – 18./19.Mai
18.05. 15:00 Thalheim Graz Giants vs. Telfs Patriots
18.05. 17:00 Rangers Mödling vs. Salzburg Ducks
18.05. 18:00 Swarco Raiders Tirol vs. AFC Vienna Vikings
19.05. 15:00 Danube Dragons vs. Prague Black Panthers
Week 8 – 25./26.Mai
25.05. 14:00 Salzburg Ducks vs. Rangers Mödling
25.05. 15:00 Telfs Patriots vs. Thalheim Graz Giants
26.05. 15:00 Prague Black Panthers vs. Swarco Raiders Tirol
26.05. 17:00 AFC Vienna Vikings vs. Danube Dragons
Week 9 – 8/9 June
08.06. 15:00 Danube Dragons vs. Salzburg Ducks
08.06. 15:00 Thalheim Graz Giants vs. AFC Vienna Vikings
08.06. 17:00 Rangers Mödling vs. Prague Black Panthers
09.06. 18:00 Swarco Raiders Tirol vs. Telfs Patriots
Week 10 – 15/16 June
15.06. 14:00 AFC Vienna Vikings vs. Rangers Mödling
15.06. 15:00 Telfs Patriots vs. Danube Dragons
15.06. 15:00 Prague Black Panthers vs. Thalheim Graz Giants
15.06. 16:00 Salzburg Ducks vs. Swarco Raiders Tirol
Semi-final – 13/14 July
1st place in the basic round vs. 4th place in the basic round
2nd place in the basic round vs. 3rd place in the basic round
Austrian Bowl XXXIX – 27. Juli
Winner semifinal 1 vs. winner semifinal 2
Media information AFBÖ
24.01.2024
2024-01-24 17:10:32
#schedule #Austrian #Football #League
