2006 Archive
Thailand retained the NFL Flag Football World Championship with a thrilling 45-32 victory over Canada in Cologne, Germany. The Chaopraya Wittayakom School from Bangkok outscored the Ecole River Heights Middle School team from Manitoba and came up with some key defensive plays to deny the Canadians a shot at a comeback... more
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Daily Blog Archive... NFL Flag Football World Championship PR Director Michael Preston was in Cologne, Germany and every day he recapped days events from the tournament... more
Game recap: Canada’s defense stopped Japan in the final seconds of the NFL Flag Football World Championship to reach the final where the Ecole River Heights team from Manitoba will face Thailand’s Chaopraya Wittayakom School from Bangkok.... more
Game recap: The Chaopraya Wittayakom School from Bangkok won the right to defend the NFL Flag Football World Championship won by its compatriots in Beijing last year with a 32-13 semi final win over Spain.... more
Game recap: The DAC Panthers from Queens and Long Island found Mexico’s offense too potent and slipped to a 52-33 defeat in their final game of the NFL Flag Football World Championship in Cologne, Germany. Playing for ninth place in the tournament, the New York youngsters went into the second game of a best of three series trailing by a loss suffered on Friday and were unable to force a third game.... more
Four teams - Canada, Japan, Spain and Thailand - are through to the semi finals of the NFL Flag Football World Championship in Cologne, Germany. The leading quartet will play for a place in the final and a chance to be crowned world champions at 12.45pm German time on Saturday.... more
Game recap: The DAC Panthers will spend Friday evening wondering how to overcome the physical advantage Mexico held over them in a 44-14 defeat of the Queens and Long Island team. The two fifth placed teams in their respective groups play a best of three series over two days and Mexico holds the advantage after game one.... more
Game recap: The DAC Panthers agonizingly finished eight points short of claiming second place in Group B with a 48-40 loss to the Netherlands. The defeat combined with Korea and the Dutch team finishing with a 2-2 record dropped the 1-3 Panthers to fifth spot in the standings as they also lost a head to head tiebreaker to fourth-placed Germany.... more
Game recap: The DAC Panthers came within a touchdown of equaling unbeaten group leaders Spain as the second day of competition resumed at the NFL Flag Football World Championship in Cologne, Germany. Time expired on the youngsters from Queens and Long Island as they tried to halt the Pere Vives Vich team from Cataluña in order to mount one last offensive drive late in the game.... more
Canada and Spain are the only unbeaten teams at the seventh annual NFL Flag Football World Championship at the Leichtathletik Stadion in Cologne, Germany, after the first day of play. The Ecole River Heights Middle School from near Winnipeg defeated Thailand, China and Japan in some close high-scoring games. Pere Vives Vich from Cataluña beat the Netherlands and Germany on the way to a 2-0 record.... more
Game recap: Against the Schuldorf Bergstrasse Hillsiders from Germany the Queens and Long Island DAC Panthers struggled to cope with the partnership of brothers Max and Lukas Kleinscorge, who both stand more than six feet tall. The hosts exploited their aerial threat and the fervor of the home crowd in a 45-24 win.... more
Game recap: The DAC Panthers kicked off the NFL Flag Football World Championship with a thrilling narrow 25-24 victory over Korea, dropping the Asian team to 0-2 after its 58-50 opening game loss to the Netherlands. The appropriately nicknamed ‘Playmaker’ Eddie Roscigno (below right) made a game-saving tackle as time expired having caught a touchdown pass from quarterback Yanni Gavalas moments earlier.... more
Game recap: Thailand and Canada provided fireworks in a nail-biting opening game on Field 1 and Canada emerged victorious from high-scoring encounter that produced 119 points.... more
The draw has been made for the group stages of the NFL Flag Football World Championship, which kicks off at 10am Central European Time on Thursday, August 24 at the Leichtathletik Stadion in Cologne, Germany. Former 20-year NFL veteran offensive lineman Ray Brown and Konstantin Neven DuMont from the City of Cologne drew the teams names randomly during a welcome dinner for 200 guests and provided some intriguing match ups.... more
Having arrived, rested and made new friends in Cologne, Germany, the teams preparing to kick off the NFL Flag Football World Championship on Thursday hit the practice field to polish their skills and fine tune game plans. Coaches put players through their paces and afterwards there was time for the youngsters to chat with 20-year NFL veteran Ray Brown.... more
The ten teams that will take part in the seventh annual NFL Flag Football World Championship (FFWC) from August 22 – 26 have arrived from around the world in Cologne, Germany. The NFL is proud to partner with Reebok, EA and Gatorade and promote this prestigious coed tournament, which motivates boys and girls to participate in a fun and safe sport.... more
The Oldest lineman ever to play in the National Football League will be on hand to inspire the young 12 to 14-year-old participants at the NFL Flag Football World Championship (FFWC) in Cologne, Germany, when the seventh annual tournament kicks off this week. Ray Brown, a 20-year NFL veteran tackle with the Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, St Louis Rams and Phoenix Cardinals will be the event’s guest of honor as teams from three continents and ten countries compete for the illustrious title of world champions.... more
The six youngsters representing the United States at the seventh annual NFL Flag Football World Championship (FFWC) in Cologne, Germany, next week were given some advice on how to take on the world by New York Jets first year head coach Eric Mangini. At the same time, Japan's Fujitsu Junior Frontiers met with the Mayor of Kawasaki.... more
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NFL Europe Flag Football Manager Bernd von Lapp describes what visitors to the NFL Flag Football World Championship can expect in Cologne. Watch the exclusive interview he gave to the Cologne-Centurions.de website here in both English and in German as he also considers who might be challenging for the world title.
The historic city of Cologne, Germany, will host the seventh annual NFL Flag Football World Championship (FFWC) when 12 to 14-year-olds from 10 nations and three continents compete for the title of world champions.... more
Cologne – where champions are welcome
1,000,000 inhabitants, 180 different nations from all over the world, 860 sports clubs and two world championships in one year! These are just numbers and facts that do not fully reflect the true spirit and character of the sport city Cologne.... more
Die geschichtsträchtige Stadt Köln wird dieses Jahr Austragungsort der siebten jährlichen NFL Flag Football Weltmeisterschaft sein. Die 12 bis 14-jährigen Sportler aus 10 Ländern, von drei Kontinenten, werden dann um den Titel des NFL Flag Football Weltmeisters spielen.... weiter
Weltstadt Köln - Wo Weltmeister willkommen sind
1.000.000 Einwohner, 180 verschiedene Nationen, 860 Sportvereine und in diesem Jahr sogar 2 Weltmeisterschaften! Doch blanke Zahlen können den wahren Charakter der Sportstadt Köln nicht wiedergeben.... weiter