| The NFL Europe League
started life in 1991 as the World League
of American Football. It was created by
the NFL as a way to spread the popularity
of American Football world-wide. The NFL
is the only American sports league to
create, fund and operate a separate
league anywhere in the world. The original World League
consisted of ten teams : six in the
United States, one in Canada and three in
Europe (London Monarchs, Frankfurt Galaxy
and Barcelona Dragons). The league was
suspended after the 1992 season and the
decision was made to restructure the
league, making it Europe only. The league
returned in 1995 with the three original
European teams and three new teams :
Amsterdam Admirals, Rhein Fire (based in
Düsseldorf) and Scottish Claymores
(based in Edinburgh). The London Monarchs
were renamed the England Monarchs for the
1998 season, then suspended after the
season, replaced by the Berlin Thunder
for 1999.
The NFL Europe
League's ninth season starts on Saturday
21 April 2001 and concludes with World
Bowl IX at the Amsterdam ArenA on
Saturday 30 June.
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