LNFA 2012
American football season in Spain
title: "LNFA 2012" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["liga-nacional-de-fútbol-americano", "2012-in-american-football"] description: "American football season in Spain" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNFA_2012" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary American football season in Spain ::
The 2012 LNFA season was the 18th season of top-tier American football in Spain. The regular season was played from January 29, 2012 until the end of may, 2012.
L'Hospitalet Pioners won their 5th LNFA title and the third in a row.
System change
The competition system was changed for this season. The top six teams from the previous season were included in a new conference, called LNFA Elite, and only those were able to play for the title. At the end of the regular season, the top 4 teams of the LNFA Elite (Rivas Osos, L'Hospitalet Pioners, Valencia Firebats and Badalona Dracs) played a single-elimination tournament for the title. 5th place's team of the LNFA Elite (Barberà Rookies) went into another single-elimination game against the team placed 2nd within the other conferences' sudden death tournament (Valencia Giants) to determine which of the two will play at the LNFA Elite next season, while 6th place's team of the LNFA Elite (Sueca Ricers) will be replaced by the winner of the other conferences' sudden death tournament (Las Rozas Black Demons).
Results
LNFA Elite
Regular season
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| The four top teams will qualify for the championship play-offs |
| The fifth place will compete in the promotion/relegation play-off |
| The last team will be relegated to the LNFA next season |
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| Team | P | W | T | L | PF | PA | Dif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivas Osos | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 264 | 140 | |
| L'Hospitalet Pioners | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 345 | 163 | |
| Valencia Firebats | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 268 | 181 | |
| Badalona Dracs | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 204 | 141 | |
| Barberà Rookies | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 80 | 295 | |
| Sueca Ricers | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 68 | 309 | |
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::data[format=table] | Barberà Rookies | |0–23 | |18–35 | |0–21 | |0–31 | |26–18 | | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ::
Playoffs
The four top teams will play for the 2012 LNFA title. The semifinals will be 1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd. The games will be played in the home of the highest seed.
|team-width=190 px |score-width=40 px |RD1-seed1=1 |RD1-seed2=4 |RD1-seed3=2 |RD1-seed4=3 |RD2-seed1=1 |RD2-seed2=2 |RD1-team1=Rivas Osos |RD1-score1=17 |RD1-team2=Badalona Dracs |RD1-score2=16
|RD1-team3=L'Hospitalet Pioners |RD1-score3=24 |RD1-team4=Valencia Firebats |RD1-score4=14
|RD2-team1=Rivas Osos |RD2-score1=24 |RD2-team2=L'Hospitalet Pioners |RD2-score2=47
LNFA
Regular season
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| Group winners and runners-up advanced to the promotion play-offs |
| The two best runners-up advanced to the promotion play-offs |
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North Conference
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| Team | P | W | T | L | PF | PA | Dif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Rozas Black Demons | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 228 | 33 | |
| Zaragoza Hurricanes | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 115 | 68 | |
| Gijón Mariners | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 97 | |
| Camioneros Coslada | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 152 | |
| Coyotes Santurtzi | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 99 | |
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::data[format=table] | Gijón Mariners | |0–12 | |15–12 | |23–0 | |0–0 | | |---|---|---|---|---|---| ::
South Conference
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| Team | P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Dif | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murcia Cobras | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 277 | 43 | +234 | |
| Granada Lions | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 183 | 95 | +88 | |
| Sevilla Linces | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 178 | 128 | +50 | |
| Alicante Sharks | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 61 | 238 | –177 | |
| Cehegín Wolves | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 238 | –195 | |
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::data[format=table] | Cehegín Wolves | |0–34 | |0–33 | |0–21 | |12–28 | | |---|---|---|---|---|---| ::
East Conference
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| Team | P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Dif | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona Búfals | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 196 | 70 | +126 | |
| Mallorca Voltors | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 80 | +134 | |
| Valencia Giants | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 180 | 139 | +41 | |
| Terrassa Reds | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 108 | 215 | –107 | |
| Museros Bous | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 90 | 284 | –194 | |
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::data[format=table] | Mallorca Voltors | |28–6 | |20–6 | |13–12 | |56–0 | | |---|---|---|---|---|---| ::
Playoffs
The eight top teams will compete for the promotion to the LNFA Elite. The LNFA champions will promote, while the runner-up will play the promotion playoff against the fifth team in the LNFA Elite.
| RD1=Quarter-finals | RD2=Semi-finals | RD3=Final
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Murcia Cobras | RD1-score1=34 | RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-team2=Valencia Giants | RD1-score2=40
| RD1-seed3=4 | RD1-team3=Mallorca Voltors | RD1-score3=14 | RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4=Granada Lions | RD1-score4=6
| RD1-seed5=2 | RD1-team5=Las Rozas Black Demons | RD1-score5=40 | RD1-seed6=7 | RD1-team6=Sevilla Linces | RD1-score6=6
| RD1-seed7=3 | RD1-team7=Barcelona Búfals | RD1-score7=21 | RD1-seed8=6 | RD1-team8=Zaragoza Hurricanes | RD1-score8=27
| RD2-seed1=8 | RD2-team1=Valencia Giants | RD2-score1=12 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=Mallorca Voltors | RD2-score2=10
| RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3= Las Rozas Black Demons | RD2-score3=6 | RD2-seed4=6 | RD2-team4=Zaragoza Hurricanes | RD2-score4=0
| RD3-seed1=8 | RD3-team1=Valencia Giants | RD3-score1=10 | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2=Las Rozas Black Demons | RD3-score2=14
- Las Rozas Black Demons promoted to LNFA Elite 2013.
- Valencia Giants won the Promotion Game against Barberà Rookies and promote to LNFA Elite 2013.
References
- Not played due to Ricers not having enough players. Dracs were awarded a 1-0 win.
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