An Insight on key details allied to CFL or Canadian Football League

There are different people around the world who are a maniac about various sports. Canadian Football League is one such sport having a huge fan following around the world. In this article, we will have a look at the key details related to Canadian Football league as well as season structure for CFL.

The CFL or Canadian Football League is a very famous sports league in Canada. It is the highest level of competition when we talk about Canadian Football. The Canadian football sport has a total of nine teams. These 9 teams are located in 9 different cities in Canada. The teams are also divided into 2 divisions namely the East Division and West Division. The East Division has 4 teams and the west division has 5 teams.

Based on the latest update, the league is comprised of a 21-weeks session. This league sport runs from June to November. In this league, every team plays a total of 18 games as well as 3 bye weeks. After the regular season is complete, 6 teams play in the 3-week playoffs. This finally ends with the Grey Cup championship in November. This cup is considered as one of the biggest sports as well as television events. A lot of sports betting is also involved in this sport.

The Canadian football League was found on 19th Jan 1958. This league originated after the merging of Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and Western Interprovincial Football Union. The Interprovincial Rugby Football Union was originally found in the year 1907 and Western Interprovincial Football Union was found in the year 1936.

Season Structure

Now let’s have a look at the season structure of CFL. The Season Structure is comprised of a 2 game, 3 week season. This is considered as a preseason and starts in mid-June. After the preseason the 18 games, 21-week regular session starts. This session starts from the end of June and continues till the early November. After this regular 21 week session, a 6-teams and 3-week elimination tournament starts in November and ends in the Grey Cup Championship. At the end of the regular session the division leaders get the byes in the 1st round of the playoffs.

In the preseason there are team training camps, which start 28 days before the 1st regular season. These camps are dedicated to the first year players. The pre-session schedule is about 2 weeks. In this session, each team plays 2 games against the other teams of the same division.

The Playoffs start in the month of November. After the completion of the regular season, the topmost team of every division will have a place in the division final as well as in the division semi-final.

The Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is the name of the CFL championship as well as the trophy name which is awarded to the winners in the CFL. The Grey Cup is considered as the second oldest trophy when we talk about the North American Professional Sports. This comes after the Stanley Cup. The hosting city of Grey Cup is one of the League’s cities.

Based on the latest update, this cup is hosted in different cities every year. The cities to host this cup are selected 2 years in advance.

Thus, we have seen the basic details related to the CFL or Canadian Football League. It is a sport with very high popularity and a lot of people around the world are die-heart fans of this league.