Tulip Bowl

The Tulip Bowl is the final match in the season of the , the top division of the American Football Bond Nederland (AFBN). The AFBN is the organisation responsible for American football in the Netherlands. The Tulip Bowl participants are determined through the playoffs and the match determines the Dutch champions in the sport of American football.

There are also other Bowl games, including the Division Two Bowl and the Dyan Kralt Bowl for the youth competition.

History[]

Bowl	Date	Champions	Runners-Up	Score	Host City
I	1985		Amsterdam Crusaders	36–14	Utrecht
II	1986		Amsterdam Rams	32–13	Amsterdam
III	1987	Amsterdam Crusaders	Den Haag Raiders	47–13	Wassenaar
IV	1988	Amsterdam Crusaders	Amsterdam Rams	20–17	Rotterdam
V	1989	Amsterdam Crusaders	Amsterdam Rams	36–00	Zaandam
VI	1990	Amsterdam Crusaders	Den Haag Raiders	28–22	Amsterdam
VII	1991	Amsterdam Crusaders	Den Haag Raiders	22–11	Dordrecht
VIII	1992	Den Haag Raiders		42–13	Arnhem
IX	1993	Amsterdam Crusaders	Den Haag Raiders	15–14	Zoetermeer
X	1994	Den Haag Raiders		20–60	Tilburg
XI	1995	Tilburg Steelers	Rotterdam Trojans	26–60	Rotterdam
XII	1996	Rotterdam Trojans	Amsterdam Crusaders	4–0
XIII	1997	Rotterdam Trojans	Amsterdam Crusaders	17–10	Amsterdam
XIV	1998	Amsterdam Crusaders		20–11	Almere
XV	1999	Amsterdam Crusaders	Hilversum Hurricanes	36–00	Hilversum
XVI	2000	Hilversum Hurricanes	Amsterdam Crusaders	24–00	Hoorn
XVII	2001	Hilversum Hurricanes	Limburg Wildcats	7–6	Arnhem
XVIII	2002	Amsterdam Crusaders	Rotterdam Trojans	7–0	Hilversum
XIX	2003	Amsterdam Crusaders	Hilversum Hurricanes	6–2	Rotterdam
XX	2004	Amsterdam Crusaders	Hilversum Hurricanes	22–60	Arnhem
XXI	2005	Amsterdam Crusaders	Hilversum Hurricanes	18–60	Arnhem
XXII	2006	Amsterdam Crusaders	Delft Dragons	27–20 (OT)	Lelystad
XXIII	2007	Maastricht Wildcats	Amsterdam Crusaders	25–16	Amsterdam
XXIV	2008	Amsterdam Crusaders	Maastricht Wildcats	20–80	Arnhem
XXV	2009	Amsterdam Crusaders		36–70	Rotterdam
XXVI	2010	Amsterdam Crusaders	Maastricht Wildcats	28–22	Nijmegen
XXVII	2011	Maastricht Wildcats		16–14	Hilversum
XXVIII	2012	Alphen Eagles	Amsterdam Crusaders	34–30	Almere
XXIX	2013	Alphen Eagles	Amsterdam Crusaders	23–12	Arnhem
XXX	2014	Alphen Eagles	Amsterdam Crusaders	14–12	Arnhem
XXXI	2015	Amsterdam Crusaders	Alphen Eagles	21–60	Arnhem
XXXII	2016	Amsterdam Crusaders	010 Trojans	40–60	Amsterdam
XXXIII	2017	Amsterdam Crusaders	010 Trojans	33–13	Almere
XXXIV	2018	Hilversum Hurricanes		24–13	Amsterdam
XXXV	July 7, 2019	Amsterdam Crusaders	Lelystad Commanders	37–70	Arnhem

Statistics[]

Ranking of teams[]

Rank	Team	Champions	Runners-Up	Appearances
1	Amsterdam Crusaders	20	8	28
2		3	5	8
3		3	4	7
4		3	2	5
5	Maastricht Wildcats^†	2	3	5
6	Rotterdam Trojans	2	2	4
7		1	3	4
8		1	1	2
9		–	2	2
9	010 Trojans	–	2	2
11	Delft Dragons	–	1	1
		–	1	1
		–	1	1

^† Also known as Limburg Wildcats

Records[]

Highest Scoring Tulip Bowl
- 60 - Amsterdam Crusaders 47 vs 13 (1987)
Lowest Scoring Tulip Bowl
- 4 - Rotterdam Trojans 4 vs 0 Amsterdam Crusaders (1996)
Biggest Winning Margin Tulip Bowl
- 36 - Amsterdam Crusaders 36 vs 0 (1989)
- 36 - Amsterdam Crusaders 36 vs 0 (1999)
Consecutive Tulip Bowl wins
- 5 - Amsterdam Crusaders (1987–1991 and 2002–2006)
- 3 - Amsterdam Crusaders (2008–2010 and 2015–2017*) (2012–2014)
- 2 - Rotterdam Trojans (1996, 1997), (2000, 2001)
Consecutive Tulip Bowl losses
- 3 - (2003–2005), Amsterdam Crusaders (2012–2014)
- 2 - Many teams
Consecutive Tulip Bowl appearances
- 9 - Amsterdam Crusaders (2002–2010)
- 6 - Amsterdam Crusaders (2012–2017)
- 5 - (1990–1994), Amsterdam Crusaders (1987–1991), (2011–2015)
- 4 - (1998–2001)
- 3 - Rotterdam Trojans (1995–1997), (2003–2005)
- 2 - Many teams

* denotes streak still active

External links[]

[1] - Official website
Tulip Bowl XXXII programmaboekje
Tulip Bowl on luckyshow.org