# 2009 BAFL season

The 2009 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXIII, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on 27 September 2009.

## Schedule
### Regular season
#### Formula

Based on the British American Football League, setup for the 2009 season there will be a 3 tier structure consisting of:
| Division | Teams |
| BAFL Premier | 5 |
| BAFL 1 North Conference | 7 |
| BAFL 1 South East Conference | 6 |
| BAFL 1 South West Conference | 6 |
| BAFL 2 Central Conference | 6 |
| BAFL 2 East Conference | 4 |
| BAFL 2 North Conference | 4 |
| BAFL 2 Scottish Conference | 4 |
| BAFL 2 South East Conference | 4 |
| BAFL 2 South West Conference | 5 |

## Regular season standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points for, PA = Points against
Clinched playoff seeds are shaded in green.

### BAFL Premier standings

BAFL Premier :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
| London Blitz | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 304 | 43 |
| Coventry Cassidy Jets | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 145 | 142 |
| Bristol Aztecs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 180 | 186 |
| Farnham Fast Lane Knights | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | 133 | 231 |
| Sussex Thunder | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | 64 | 224 |

### BAFL Division 1 standings

BAFL 1 – North :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
| East Kilbride Pirates | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.850 | 311 | 117 |
| Doncaster Mustangs | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | 356 | 257 |
| Gateshead Senators | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.650 | 170 | 190 |
| Yorkshire Rams | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | 230 | 188 |
| Dundee Hurricanes | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.278 | 133 | 209 |
| Merseyside Nighthawks | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.250 | 180 | 242 |
| West Coast Trojans | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | 119 | 203 |
BAFL 1 – South East :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
| London Cobras | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.950 | 322 | 51 |
| Kent Exiles | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 362 | 253 |
| Cambridgeshire Cats | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 373 | 281 |
| Ipswich Cardinals | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.364 | 213 | 233 |
| Peterborough Saxons | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | 140 | 259 |
| Norwich Devils | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0.056 | 84 | 417 |
BAFL 1 – South West :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
| Tamworth Phoenix | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | 317 | 52 |
| Oxford Saints | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 192 | 91 |
| South Wales Warriors | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 194 | 86 |
| Birmingham Bulls | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | 92 | 123 |
| Nottingham Caesars | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 73 | 213 |
| Redditch Arrows | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | 20 | 323 |

### BAFL Division 2 standings
## Playoffs

The playoffs are scheduled to be played on 5/6 September 2009. BritBowl XXIII will then be played on 27 September 2009 at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.

### BAFL Premier Playoff

| Seed | Teams |
| 1 | London Blitz |
| 2 | Coventry Jets |
| 3 | Bristol Aztecs |
| 4 | Farnham Knights |

#### BAFL Premier Championship Game/BritBowl

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | BritBowl | BritBowl | BritBowl |
| 1 | London Blitz | 33 | | | |
| 4 | Farnham Knights | 13 | 1 | London Blitz | 26 |
| 2 | Coventry Jets | 28 | 2 | Coventry Jets | 7 |
| 3 | Bristol Aztecs | 14 | | | |

### BAFL 1 Playoff

| Seed | Teams |
| 1 | London Cobras |
| 2 | Tamworth Phoenix |
| 3 | East Kilbride Pirates |
| 4 | Oxford Saints |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire Cats |
| 6 | Gateshead Senators |
| 7 | Kent Exiles |
| 8 | Doncaster Mustangs |

#### BAFL 1 Championship Game

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | London Cobras | 66 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Doncaster Mustangs | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Doncaster Mustangs | 0 | 1 | London Cobras | 22 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Cambridgeshire Cats | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Oxford Saints | 13 | 5 | Cambridgeshire Cats | 6 | | | |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire Cats | 25 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire Cats | 25 | | | | 1 | London Cobras | 8 |
| | | | | | | 3 | East Kilbride Pirates | 0 |
| 2 | Tamworth Phoenix | 27 | | | | | | | 3 | East Kilbride Pirates | 0 |
| 7 | Kent Exiles | 20 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kent Exiles | 20 | 2 | Tamworth Phoenix | 0 | | | |
| | | | 3 | East Kilbride Pirates | 25 | | | |
| 3 | East Kilbride Pirates | 28 | 3 | East Kilbride Pirates | 25 | | | |
| 6 | Gateshead Senators | 0 | | | | | | |

### BAFL 2 Playoff

The BAFL 2 Playoffs are split geographically between the North and the South. The Southern half of the draw includes the conferences champions from each of the East, South East and South West. The Northern half includes conferences champions from the Scottish, Northern and Central conferences. There is a wild card team from each of the North and the South.
| Seed | Southern Section | Northern Section |
| 1 | Colchester Gladiators | Manchester Titans |
| 2 | Hampshire Thrashers | Staffordshire Surge |
| 3 | East Kent Mavericks | Glasgow Tigers |
| 4 | Bedfordshire Blue Raiders | Leicester Falcons |

#### BAFL 2 Championship Game

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Manchester Titans | 15 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Leicester Falcons | 39 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Leicester Falcons | 39 | 4 | Leicester Falcons | 7 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Glasgow Tigers | 6 | | | |
| 2 | Staffordshire Surge | 0 | 3 | Glasgow Tigers | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Glasgow Tigers | 12 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Glasgow Tigers | 12 | | | | 4 | Leicester Falcons | 33 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Colchester Gladiators | 32 |
| 1 | Colchester Gladiators | 41 | | | | | | | 1 | Colchester Gladiators | 32 |
| 4 | Bedfordshire Blue Raiders | 16 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Bedfordshire Blue Raiders | 16 | 1 | Colchester Gladiators | 49 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Hampshire Thrashers | 20 | | | |
| 2 | Hampshire Thrashers | 24 | 2 | Hampshire Thrashers | 20 | | | |
| 3 | East Kent Mavericks | 6 | | | | | | |