China Arena Football League

China Arena Football League (CAFL)
全国美式室内橄榄球职业联赛
FormerlyAFL China
China American Football League
SportArena football
Founded2012
FounderMartin E. Judge Jr.
First season2016
PresidentEd Wang (王凯)
No. of teams4
CountryChina
HeadquartersBeijing, China
ContinentAsia
Most recent
champion(s)
Wuhan Gators (1st title)
Most titlesBeijing Lions
Wuhan Gators (1 title each)
Official websiteCAFLFootball.com
China Arena Football League
Simplified Chinese全国美式室内橄榄球职业联赛
Traditional Chinese全國美式室內橄欖球職業聯賽
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQuánguó Měishì Shìnèi Gǎnlǎnqiú Zhíyè Liánsài

The China Arena Football League (simplified Chinese: 全国美式室内橄榄球职业联赛; traditional Chinese: 全國美式室內橄欖球職業聯賽; pinyin: Quánguó Měishì Shìnèi Gǎnlǎnqiú Zhíyè Liánsài), often abbreviated as the CAFL, was a professional arena football league that played its games in the People's Republic of China. It featured players from the now-defunct Arena Football League (AFL) and other indoor football leagues' rosters while also using players from China or who are of Chinese descent, The six team, eight-on-eight football league consisted of four Chinese players and four "foreign" players on the field at a time. The league began play in the fall of 2016 and held two seasons, one in 2016 and another, heavily abbreviated, schedule in 2019. It was the first professional American football league to play in China. The CAFL was not directly affiliated with the AFL, instead owned by AFL Global, LLC, a company that was created by Martin E. Judge Jr.[1][2]

  1. ^ "About AFL Global". caflfootball.com. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference H was invoked but never defined (see the help page).