13 December 2024
Here we are, the 2025 ELF divisions have been published:
North West East South Rhein Fire Stuttgart Surge Vienna Vikings Munich Ravens Berlin Thunder Paris Musketeers Panthers Wroclaw Madrid Bravos Hamburg Sea Devils Cologne Centurions Fehervar Enthroners Raiders Tirol Nordic Storm Frankfurt Galaxy Prague Lions Helvetic Mercenaries The West Division is similar to the 2021 South Division, with Musketeers replacing the Dragons. It has three teams of the 2024 Western Conference, and one (Surge) from Central conference.
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19 May 2024
Expert model prediction 2024 These are the predictions from our model before the start of the season using expert rankings. The results are based on 100.000 simulated seasons.
29 April 2024
27 January 2024
Just an overwiew of the interconference games in 2024:
6 December 2023
Conferences and inter conference games are out. Time for the first simulation of the 2024 season. For this, we use the team strength for the 2023 season as estimated by our model, replacing the Leipzig Kings with the Madrid Bravos.
The results of the simulations are of course very similar to the results of the 2023 season. There are however some interesting differences due to the changes in interconference games and Madrid replacing Leipzig.
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26 August 2023
Playoff race going into final week of the regular season
Playoff spots secured Vienna Vikings (Eastern conference winner, bye to semifinal, home advantage) Stuttgart Surge (Central conference winner, ranked #3, home advantage in wild card round) Rhein Fire Frankfurt Galaxy Western conference Galaxy needs win vs Fire > +24 to clinch Western conference and bye to semi final.
Either Galaxy or Fire will be ranked #4 and, hence, have home advantage in Wild Card round.
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19 August 2023
Play of race after week 12.
Playoff spots secured Vienna Vikings (Eastern conference winner) Rhein Fire Frankfurt Galaxy Western conference Fire win conference unless Galaxy
Win at Sea Devils plus win vs Fire > +24 Win vs Fire > +24 and Fire loss at Guards Win vs Sea Devils and win vs Fire < +24 and Fire loss at Guards Central conference Surge win conference unless Raiders
Win at Seamen plus win vs Surge > +3 or Win vs Surge > +3 and Surge loss at Guards or Win vs Seamen and win vs Surge < +3 and Surge loss at Guards Bye week Fire and Vikings have a bye to the semifinal, unless
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13 August 2023
After week 11, two teams have secured playoff spots, and seven teams battle for four more spots. Teams need at least seven wins for playoff qualification, and nine wins will secure a playoff spot for sure.
Playoff spots secured Vienna Vikings (Eastern conference winner) Rhein Fire Hamburg Sea Devils (4-5) Remaining games:
vs Paris Musketeers vs Frankfurt Galaxy at Berlin Thunder Scenario for playoff qualification:
Sea Devils win three remaining games (7-5) Panthers win vs Thunder and loose vs Enthroners (all 7-5).
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9 August 2023
Bye week is over and we start in the final four weeks of the regular season. Here is a breakdown of the playoff picture. Let’s start with the battle for conference titles.
Eastern conference Vienna Vikings travel to Wroclaw on Sunday. If the Vikings win, they are the first team to clinge a conference title!
If Vikings loose however, they only need two more wins. With games vs Enthroners and in Prague in weeks 13 and 14, that shouldn’t be a big problem.
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1 August 2023
Strongest conference For the 2023 season, the ELF conferences were reorganised. Before the season, the Western conference was said to be the strongest. After nine weeks, this can be confirmed. Out of their 14 interconference games, the Western teams won eleven and lost three: Hamburg vs Wroclaw (Eastern) in week 1 and Paris both games vs Stuttgart (Central). In the only eastern-central-interconference game, Vienna (Eastern) beat Tirol (Central).
Strength of schedule Looking at each teams schedule, we can compute the strength of schedule.
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