AFC Championship Game

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American football game NFL playoff game annual sporting event

The AFC Championship Game is the National Football League’s annual playoff matchup that determines the American Football Conference champion and one of the two teams that advance to the Super Bowl.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
AFC Championship 3
2009 AFC Championship Game 1
2021 AFC Championship 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football game ⓘ
NFL playoff game ⓘ
annual sporting event ⓘ
alsoPlayedIn early February ⓘ
broadcastIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
conference American Football Conference ⓘ
conferenceCounterpart NFC Championship ⓘ
surface form: NFC Championship Game
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decides Lamar Hunt Trophy winner ⓘ
determines AFC champion ⓘ
one Super Bowl participant ⓘ
eligibility AFC playoff teams ⓘ
firstSeasonPlayed 1970 NFL season ⓘ
followedBy Super Bowl ⓘ
follows AFC playoffs ⓘ
surface form: AFC Divisional Round
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBody NFL Commissioner ⓘ
hasOvertimeRule NFL postseason overtime rules ⓘ
homeFieldAdvantage higher-seeded AFC playoff team ⓘ
inception 1970 ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
level professional ⓘ
numberOfTeams 2 ⓘ
organizer National Football League ⓘ
partOf NFL playoffs ⓘ
predecessor AFL Championship Game ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
significance determines conference champion ⓘ
gateway to Super Bowl ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
televisionCoverage national ⓘ
trophy Lamar Hunt Trophy ⓘ
typeOfPlayoffRound conference championship ⓘ
typicalMonthPlayed January ⓘ
typicalVenueType NFL stadium ⓘ
winnerAdvancesTo Super Bowl ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rex Ryan era → AFCChampionshipGameAppearance → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2009 AFC Championship Game
Lamar Hunt Trophy → competitionStage → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
Cincinnati Bengals → conferenceChampionship → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2021 AFC Championship
AFC → conferenceChampionshipGame → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
NFC Championship → conferenceCounterpartOf → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Championship
Bill Cowher → conferenceTitlesWonWithSteelers → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Championship, 1995 season
American Football Conference → confersTitle → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Championship
AFC playoffs → finalGame → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
Lamar Hunt Trophy → firstAwardedInCompetition → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
NFC Championship → hasOppositeConferenceGame → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Championship
Foxboro Stadium → hostedEvent → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Championship Games
Highmark Stadium → hostedEvent → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum → hostedEvent → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
AFC playoffs → includes → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
NFL playoffs → relatedCompetition → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
AFC vs NFC → relatedTo → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
AFL Championship Game → replacedBy → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
AFL Championship Game → successorCompetition → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
Andy Reid → wonConferenceTitleAsHeadCoach → AFC Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFC Championship with Kansas City Chiefs