LNFA 2014

The LNFA 2014 season was the 20th season of top-tier American football in Spain.

As in the previous season, the teams were divided into two categories, renamed Serie A and Serie B, with promotion and relegation between both divisions.

The 2013-14 season started on November 6, with the first game of the Spanish Cup, and finished on June 15, with the LNFA Bowl game.^[1]

L'Hospitalet Pioners are the defending champions, but lost to Badalona Dracs in the semifinals. Dracs ended the season winning their sixth title.

Spanish Cup

Seven teams entered the competition. L'Hospitalet Pioners won the title for the fifth time in a row and ninth overall.^[2]

Wild card

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

24 November – Las Rozas

17 November – Las Rozas

Las Rozas Black Demons

13

6 November – Santurtzi

Las Rozas Black Demons

21

Badalona Dracs

31

7 December – Badalona

Coyotes Santurtzi

6

Valencia Giants

17

Badalona Dracs

27

Las Rozas Black Demons

12

23 November – Rivas-Vaciamadrid

L'Hospitalet Pioners

31

16 November – Rivas-Vaciamadrid

Rivas Osos

8

Rivas Osos

22

L'Hospitalet Pioners

15

Valencia Firebats

20

LNFA Serie A

 

 

Pioners

 

Dracs

 

Firebats

 

Giants

 

Osos

 

Lions

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Location of teams in LNFA 2014

Six teams entered the LNFA Serie A, the top-tier level of American football in Spain. L'Hospitalet Pioners, Rivas Osos, Valencia Firebats, Rivas Osos and Badalona Dracs repeated from last year. Granada Lions were promoted from last year LNFA Serie B.

Regular season

Legend
The four top teams will qualify for the championship play-offs
The fifth place will compete in the promotion/relegation play-off
The last team will be relegated to the LNFA Serie B

Team P W L PF PA Dif Head-to-head Badalona Dracs 10 9 1 346 184 +162 Valencia Firebats 10 6 4 219 194 +25 FIR 28–0 OSO OSO 34–15 FIR Rivas Osos 10 6 4 229 194 +35 L'Hospitalet Pioners 10 5 5 264 224 +40 Valencia Giants 10 4 6 187 192 –5 Granada Lions 10 0 10 136 393 –257

DRA FIR GIA LIO OSO PIO Badalona Dracs 46–8 31–6 41–22 27–21 9–24 Valencia Firebats 20–21 14–6 40–32 OT 28–0 14–29 Valencia Giants 10–42 7–21 41–6 21–11 43–15 Granada Lions 25–54 6–38 0–37 24–28 0–53 Rivas Osos 21–28 34–15 17–10 28–6 41–16 L'Hospitalet Pioners 27–47 13–21 35–6 33–15 19–28

Playoffs

	Semifinals May 24–25					LNFA Bowl June 15
	1	Badalona Dracs	38
	4	L'Hospitalet Pioners	20
						1	Badalona Dracs	24
						2	Valencia Firebats	18
	2	Valencia Firebats	22
	3	Rivas Osos	12

LNFA Serie B

 

 

Bisons

 

Black Demons

 

Camioneros

 

Coyotes

 

Mariners

 

Búfals

 

Hornets

 

Hurricanes

 

Imperials

 

Rookies

 

Cobras

 

Ricers

 

Sharks

 

Voltors

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Location of teams in LNFA Serie B 2014
  Yellow: North Group
  Green: East Group
  Red: South Group

14 teams entered the LNFA Serie B, the second level of American football in Spain. They were divided in three conferences.

Eight teams qualified to the promotion playoffs, where the three group winners had the three first seeds.

The four worst teams in the regular season played to avoid the relegation to the new Serie C, which will be created in 2015. Alicante Sharks and Sueca Ricers were relegated to Serie C.^[3]

Regular season

Legend
The champions of each group were the top seeded in the promotion play-offs
Five teams qualified for the play-offs
The four worst teams played the relegation play-offs

North Group

Team P W L PF PA Dif Las Rozas Black Demons 8 7 1 208 59 +149 Camioneros Coslada 8 6 2 149 68 +81 Gijón Mariners 8 4 4 169 109 +60 Santurtzi Coyotes 8 3 5 114 100 +14 Cantabria Bisons 8 0 8 27 331 –304

BIS BLA CAM COY MAR Cantabria Bisons 0–32 7–26 6–49 12–51 Las Rozas Black Demons 42–0 18–6 20–0 35–6 Camioneros Coslada 39–0 14–12 34–9 8–0 Santurtzi Coyotes 30–0 10–21 6–8 10–0 Gijón Mariners 62–2 23–28 16–14 11–0

East Group

Team P W L PF PA Dif Head-to-head Imperials Reus 8 7 1 219 49 +170 Barcelona Búfals 8 5 3 125 62 +63 BUF 34–6 ROO ROO 9–0 BUF Barberà Rookies 8 5 3 96 63 +33 Zaragoza Hurricanes 8 2 6 46 146 –100 Zaragoza Hornets 8 1 7 23 189 –166

BUF HOR HUR IMP ROO Barcelona Búfals 10–0 14–0 7–21 34–6 Zaragoza Hornets 0–26 8–14 6–35 9–6 Zaragoza Hurricanes 0–27 16–0 0–48 0–10 Imperials Reus 26–7 61–0 14–10 6–0 Barberà Rookies 9–0 21–0 25–6 19–8

South Group

Team P W L PF PA Dif Head-to-head Mallorca Voltors 6 6 0 177 44 +133 Murcia Cobras 6 4 2 195 60 +135 Sueca Ricers 6 1 5 67 136 –69 RIC 44–0 SHA SHA 17–7 RIC Alicante Sharks 6 1 5 36 235 –199

COB RIC SHA VOL Murcia Cobras 47–0 61–0 12–26 Sueca Ricers 8–19 44–0 8–13 Alicante Sharks 7–44 17–7 6–25 Mallorca Voltors 19–12 40–0 54–6

Promotion playoffs

	Quarterfinals 27 April					Semifinals 11 May					Final 24 May
	1	Mallorca Voltors	7
	8	Gijón Mariners	0
						1	Mallorca Voltors	13
						5	Murcia Cobras	6
	4	Camioneros Coslada	26
	5	Murcia Cobras	31
											1	Mallorca Voltors	9
											2	Imperials Reus	7
	2	Imperials Reus	20
	7	Barberà Rookies	0
						2	Imperials Reus	20
						3	Las Rozas Black Demons	7
	3	Las Rozas Black Demons	16
	6	Barcelona Búfals	3

Relegation playoffs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cantabria Bisons	Susp.^[4]	Sueca Ricers	–	–
Zaragoza Hornets	30–19	Alicante Sharks	14–19	16–0

Alicante Sharks and Sueca Ricers are relegated to 2014–15 Serie C.

Promotion/relegation playoffs

The fifth placed team in Serie A played Serie B runner-up. The game took place in Valencia on June 7.^[5] Valencia Giants won the game and will play in next season Serie A.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Valencia Giants	33–14	Imperials Reus

References

1. "Definidas prácticamente todas las competiciones nacionales" FEFA Web; 7 October 2013
2. "Pioners onsigue su noveno título de la Copa de España". fefa.es. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
3. FEFA.es
4. Suspended due to the not appearance of Sueca Ricers. Cantabria Bisons was named winner of the series.
5. "VALENCIA GIANTS Y REUS IMPERIALS BUSCAN UN SITIO ENTRE LA ÉLITE". fefa.es (in Spanish). June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.

External links

• FEFA American Football Spanish Federation