NFL Europe

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defunct professional American football league developmental league spring football league

NFL Europe was a now-defunct professional American football league backed by the NFL that operated primarily in European cities as a developmental and promotional league for the sport.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
NFL Europa 1
NFL Europe League 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct professional American football league ⓘ
developmental league ⓘ
spring football league ⓘ
averageAttendanceTrend declining in later years ⓘ
backedBy National Football League ⓘ
championshipGameName World Bowl ⓘ
continentOfOperation Europe ⓘ
currencyOfOperations Deutsche Mark ⓘ
euro ⓘ
developmentRole training ground for NFL coaches ⓘ
training ground for NFL quarterbacks ⓘ
featuredEvent World Bowl ⓘ
folded 2007 ⓘ
formerName NFL Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NFL Europa

World League of American Football ⓘ
founded 1991 ⓘ
governingBody NFL International Series ⓘ
surface form: NFL International
hadFormerTeam London Monarchs ⓘ
Rhein Fire ⓘ
Scottish Claymores ⓘ
hadTeam Amsterdam Admirals ⓘ
Barcelona Dragons ⓘ
Berlin Thunder ⓘ
Cologne Centurions ⓘ
Frankfurt Galaxy ⓘ
Hamburg Sea Devils ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
inauguralSeason 1991 ⓘ
lastSeason 2007 ⓘ
notableAlumni Adam Vinatieri ⓘ
Brad Johnson ⓘ
Jake Delhomme ⓘ
Kurt Warner ⓘ
numberOfTeamsAtPeak 6 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
operatedBy National Football League ⓘ
parentOrganization National Football League ⓘ
playedSeasonDuring early summer ⓘ
spring ⓘ
primaryPurpose developmental league for NFL players ⓘ
reasonForClosure financial losses ⓘ
low television ratings ⓘ
ruleSet NFL rules with minor modifications ⓘ
secondaryPurpose promotional league for American football in Europe ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
successorLeague NFL International Series ⓘ
targetMarket European sports fans ⓘ
televisionCoverage Fox Sports ⓘ
NFL Network ⓘ
Sky Sports ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Amsterdam Admirals → division → NFL Europe ⓘ
NFL Europe → formerName → NFL Europe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Europa
Amsterdam Admirals → governingBody → NFL Europe ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Europe League
Amsterdam Admirals → league → NFL Europe ⓘ
Kurt Warner → leaguePlayedIn → NFL Europe ⓘ