ELF divisions 2025
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.
The East Division is the 2024 Eastern conference minus Berlin Thunder.
The South Division has three teams from the 2024 Central conference, with Bravos added from the 2024 Western conference.
The North Division sees the reunion of Sea Devils and Thunder, which belonged to the North Division/Conference in 2021-2022. The Sea Devils are accomponied by their 2023-2024 Western Conference rival Fire. Finally, the expansion team Nordic Storm completes the division.
Distances
Only the East division follows a division setting which would minimise the distances overall. The East division therefore has the minimal distance between teams, 234 kilometers on average. West (253 km) and North (290 km) are comparable. South has the outlier Madrid, hence the average distance between teams is 592 kilometers.
The following graphic shows the distances per team, with Madrid not shown.
Strength
Using the 2024 records as reference, the West division is the strongest, with 31 wins and 17 losses in regular season, including 11-1 Surge and 10-2 Musketeers. South follows with 26-22, North has an even 18-18. Team in division East only collected 21 wins with 27 losses, including 1-11 Lions and 2-10 Enthroners.
The division are however different in their competitiveness. To quantify that, we look at the coeffient of variation (CV) of wins. South division is the most competetive one, with a CV of 43 - three of the four teams have 8 or 9 wins. North division (without Storm) is next with 57. West has a CV of 95. The East division is the least competitive, with a CV of 107.
