Ligue Élite de Football Américain

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Ligue Élite de Football Américain

Sport	American football
Inaugural season	1982
No. of teams	12, in two six-team divisions
Country	France
Most recent champion(s)	Thonon Black Panthers (2019)
Most titles	La Courneuve Flash (11)
Official website	web site

The Ligue Élite de Football Américain or LEFA (French for 'Elite League of American Football') is the top-level American football league of France. The league was founded in 1982.^[1]

History[]

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Although American football was brought to France during WWI, it was not until 1980 that a physical education teacher, Laurent Plegelatte, created the first team, the Spartacus de Paris. The same year, he founded and chaired the National Committee for the development of American Football. The Ligue Élite de Football Américain was created in 1982 under the leadership of Laurent Plegelatte with four participants. The Spartacus de Paris were the first ever champions of the Ligue Élite de Football Américain, but are now a defunct team as of 1993. 1983 saw a change of leadership from Laurent Plegelatte to Michel Gofman.

League set-up[]

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The league is partitioned into two divisions, each with six teams. The top three teams of each division enter the playoffs. Until 1994, the final was called Casque d'Or. Since 1995, the trophy of the league and the name of the final is the Casque de Diamant.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ligue Élite de football américain.

• official French Federation web site
• LEFA information blog (unofficial web site)