| 1990 |
| 6 February 1990 |
| WLAF announces 2 year TV deal with ABC |
| 10 March 1990 |
| Prime-time cable agreement with USA Network announced |
| 15 March 1990 |
| Orlando, Florida is the World League's first franchise |
| 14 November 1990 |
League announces play will begin in 1991 with 10 teams - Orlando, New York/New Jersey, Raleigh-Durham, Sacremento, Birmingham, San Antonio, Montreal, London, Frankfurt and Barcelona
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| 1991 |
| 24 February 1991 |
| The first WLAF draft takes place, 40 national players assigned to the 10 teams |
| 23 March 1991 |
| The first games take place. London beat Frankfurt 24-11 in the first ever WLAF game |
| 9 June 1991 |
| London Monarchs face Barcelona Dragons in front of 61,108 fans in the inaugural World Bowl at Wembley Stadium, London. The Monarchs are easy winners 21-0 |
| 26 November 1991 |
Columbus, Ohio takes the place of the Raleigh/Durham Skyhawks
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| 1992 |
| 21 March 1992 |
| The WLAF's second season begins |
| 6 June 1992 |
| Sacremento beats Orlando 21-17 in the second World Bowl in Montreal |
| 17 September 1992 |
Play is suspended as the NFL clubs vote for a restructure including more European teams
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| 1993 |
| 27 October 1993 |
Plan for a new 6 team league in Europe is approved, play will start in 1995
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| 1994 |
| 23 March 1994 |
| Fox television is announced as the partner in the joint venture for the WLAF. Barcelona, Frankfurt and London will all keep their teams from the league's previous incarnation |
| 27 July 1994 |
The three new teams are announced as the Amsterdam Admirals, the Rhein Fire and the Scottish Claymores. Rosters will consist of 40 American and 7 National Players
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| 1995 |
| 20 February 1995 |
| 37 players are allocated from NFL teams |
| 8 April 1995 |
| The WLAF kicks-off (again!) with games in Amsterdam and Frankfurt |
| 9 April 1995 |
| The Scottish Claymores play their first game in Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh. The visiting Rhein Fire win in the last minute by 19 points to 17 |
| 30 April 1995 |
| The third World Bowl to be held in Amsterdam after their Admirals started with a perfect 5-0 record |
| 17 June 1995 |
| Frankfurt beats Amsterdam 26-22 in the World Bowl in front of 23,847 people |
| 13 July 1995 |
| Oliver Luck is named as the leagues President being promoted from general manager of the Rhein Fire |
| 3 September 1995 |
| NFL season kicks off with 72 former WLAF players on rosters around the league |
| 14 December 1995 |
Punter Darren Bennett (now of the San Diego Chargers) becomes the first former WLAF player to be selected for the Pro Bowl on 4 February 1996 in Honolulu
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| 1996 |
| 13 April 1996 |
| The World League kicks off its fourth season |
| 11 May 1996 |
| Scotland thumps Frankfurt 20-0 to clinch the right to host the World Bowl after winning the first half of the season |
| 23 June 1996 |
Scotland beats Frankfurt for the third time in six weeks to win World Bowl 4, 32-27 in front of 38,981 people
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| 1997 |
| 12 April 1997 |
| World League '97 kicks off |
| 11 May 1997 |
| In an exciting Week 5 where four of the six teams could have hosted the World Bowl, Barcelona beat Amsterdam 28-21 to win the rights to host the championship game. It's their second post-season appearance |
| 22 June 1997 |
| Barcelona Dragons defeat Rhein Fire by 38 points to 23 in Barcelona. Barcelona came close to having a losing record at the end of the season losing 4 of their last 5 before the World Bowl |
| 19 October 1997 |
World League President Oliver Luck announces that for the first time the World Bowl will be played at a fixed site rather than the home of the leading site. Frankfurt's Waldstadion is chosen to host World Bowl '98 on 14th June 1998.
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| 1998 |
| 22 January 1998 |
| Oliver Luck announces at a pre Superbowl press conference that the World League will be called NFL Europe from the 1998 season. London Monarchs renamed England Monarchs. |
| 14 June 1998 |
| World Bowl '98 takes place in Frankfurt's Waldstadion. Rhein Fire defeat the hometown Frankfurt Galaxy 34-10 the pouring rain |
| June 1998 |
| England Monarchs franchise suspended for one year. Leaves vacancy for a new team |
| November 1998 |
League President Oliver Luck unveils the new team as the Berlin Thunder. They will be coached by Frankfurt Offensive Coordinator Wes Chandler with former DSF anchor Michael Lang as General Manager.
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| 1999 |
| 17 April 1999 |
1999 NFL Europe League season kicksoff with a record 150 NFL players on the rosters of the six teams
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| 22 May 1999 |
Scottish Claymores quarterback Dameyune Craig sets an NFL record for most passing yards in a game when he completes 27 of 37 passes for 611 yards and 5 touchdowns. The performance earns his game jersey and football a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio
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| 27 June 1999 |
Frankfurt Galaxy becomes the first team to win a second championship after they beat the regular season winner Barcelona Dragons 38-24 in World Bowl '99 in Dusseldorf, Germany
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