World Bowl IX
World Bowl IX was the ninth championship game of the NFL Europe League. It was held at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands on June 30, 2001. The game was between the Barcelona Dragons, who finished the season in first place with a record of 8–2, and the second-placed Berlin Thunder, which finished with a 6–4 record. 32,116 spectators witnessed Berlin's first World Bowl title, as the team pulled off an upset over the Dragons, with a final score of 24–17. Thunder quarterback Jonathan Quinn earned MVP honors with his performance of 25 completions on 38 attempts for 308 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. It was the first World Bowl that didn't have the year that it was played in the title.
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| Date | Saturday, June 30, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jonathan Quinn, Quarterback | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Terry McAulay | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 32,116 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Halftime show | Coolio | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Menefee and Brian Baldinger | ||||||||||||||||||
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