It will be a Bowl!
The Austrian American football league season comes to a climax at 5pm, on Thursday 23 June 2011 when Swarco Raiders and The Raiffeisen Vikings battling it out to be crowned Austrian Bowl XXVII champions.
Having finished first and third respectively in the league, Swarco Raiders Tirol and Raiffeisen Vikings secured a place in the grand final at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna by beating their opponents in the play-off matches.
The Raiders demolished the Danube Dragons 29-0 and the Vikings ran out 19-14 winners against the Graz Giants.
The final promises to be a thrilling affair as record crowds are expected. Tickets for the showpiece event are available online by following the links for Austrian Bowl XXVII at www.oeticket.com or simply by buying tickets on the day of the event from the stadium’s ticket office. Tickets for adults start from as little as 12 Euros, 6 Euros for 6 to 16-year-olds and free entry for children aged under the age of 6.
This is an exciting time for American Football in Austria as the country will play host to the World Championship of American Football from 8 July – 16 July 2011 with venues in Graz, Innsbruck and Vienna being used.
The tournament will include the ten best nations in the world including the USA, Japan, Australia and Canada. With thousands of people expected to attend these games later in the summer, Austrian Bowl XXVII provides the perfect opportunity to get a taste of the sheer excitement that is about to sweep the nation of Austria.
Many schools are now recognising the growth in popularity of the sport by introducing flag football into the lessons for the students. This is a minimal contact form of the sport.
With Austria being at the forefront of American Football development in Europe, there has never been a better time to get immersed in the sport.
Get yourself down to the Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday 23 June 2011, it promises to be a day full of tension, drama and excitement!
For more info visit http://www.raiders.at/ and http://www.raiffeisenvikings.com/.
To order tickets visit http://www.oeticket.com/en/tickets/austrian-bowl-xxvii-wien-ernst-happel-stadion-261728/performance.html.