Austrian Football
League
The Austrian Football League is the top tier of American football in Austria, run by the American Football Association of Austria (AFBÖ). This is how the season is played.
Format 2026
Eight teams play the regular season. The top six reach the playoffs: seeds 1 and 2 go straight to the semifinals, seeds 3 to 6 play the wild card round. The semifinal winners meet in the Austrian Bowl for the Austrian championship. Standings are ranked by winning percentage; in the regular season a margin of at most 35 points per game counts. Ties are broken by head-to-head record, then the higher strength of schedule (average winning percentage of the opponents), head-to-head point differential, overall point differential, points scored and fewest points allowed, a playoff game if two teams are tied, and finally a draw. With three or more tied teams, head-to-head results only count if all of them played each other equally often.