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The Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football . The league consists of nine teams, each located in a city in Canada.
Ohio Independent Championship (Ohio League), 1903–1919 [ 20 ] Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, 1907–1959 [ 21 ] New York Pro Football League, c. 1913–1920 [ 22 ] American Football League, 1926, 1936–1937, and 1940–1941 (all unrelated, three separate leagues) California Winter League, [ 23 ] 1927–1928.
Canadian football, or simply football (in Canada), is a sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide, attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's end zone. American and Canadian football have shared origins and are closely related, but have ...
The CFL plays Canadian football, a form of gridiron football which is somewhat different from the more common American football played in the United States and other parts of the world. The first American team, the Sacramento Gold Miners, joined in 1993. The league added three more American teams in 1994, after which two more teams joined, one ...
Started in 1898, this league is the oldest football league in Asia and one of the oldest football competitions in the world. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] CFL currently consists of a seven-tier pyramid system, [ 6 ] with more than 8,500 directly registered players of IFA participating in CFL every year, making it one of the biggest leagues in the country.
In North America, the top level of professional football is the National Football League, with the Canadian Football League second to the NFL in prominence and pay grade. Despite the much lower level of pay, the CFL has greater popularity in Canada because of its long history in the country, the NFL's limited presence in Canada, and a general ...
The French team that played in the cited 2015 season has remained in the league in every subsequent season. ^ The number of teams has contracted to 11 in 2020, expanded to 12 in 2021, . ^ Cited revenue was estimated at $68.2 million; Exchange rate $1.1884 per €1 used for 7 April 2021. ^ Cited revenue was £48 million; approximate average ...
Ottawa Rough Riders. 1961. 16. Winnipeg Blue Bombers (13–3) 14. Hamilton Tiger-Cats (10–4) 49th. Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 1962.