ELF Playoff Format explained

| American Football | 08/28/2024

After 14 Weeks and 12 games for each team we finally ahve our final six teams vying for the championship in the 2024 ELF playoffs.

This year is the second season with the expanded playoffs featuring six teams instead of the previous four.

Of course, the three conference champions and three best remaining teams have qualified with the conference champions ranked #1 to #3.

Wildcard Round

#6 Madrid Bravos (8-4) @  #3 Rhein Fire (11-1)

Sept 1st 15:15 CET Duisburg Germany

The Rhein Fire (11-1) won the Western Conference but will have to play in the Wildcard round as the thrid overall seed. Despite having the same record as the Surge, Stuttgart scored more pointsand there was no head to head advantage. Thus Stuttgart earned the number two overall seed. They will play the lowest wild card seed which is the sixth seeded Madrid Bravos (8-4), ironically the only team too beat them back in Week 3 of the season.

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