Capital Bowl
The Capital Bowl championship game is the Grand Final of the American Football Wellington (AFW) senior season in Wellington, New Zealand. The game is generally played in mid or late February. In 1990, two founding teams, the Harbour City Hurricanes and the Hutt Valley Chargers competed in organised games between each other during the season. Quentin Poulsen, who founded both teams, personally donated a trophy for the inaugural Wellington championship game. The name given to the championship game was the Capital Bowl given the city’s status as New Zealand’s capital. The Hurricanes defeated the Chargers 20-16 in the inaugural championship game.
During the 2002-2003 season, the American Football Southern Conference gave a new name to the Capital Bowl trophy and called it the Horst Maczuga Trophy, in recognition of the league’s inaugural AFSC Commissioner, former Head Coach of the Harbour City Hurricanes and NZGOA Official, Horst Maczuga.
Game Results
| Year | Game | Team | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Capital Bowl XXII | Hutt Valley Spartans | Wellington City Wolves | 24-6 |
| 2011 | Capital Bowl XXI | Hutt Valley Spartans | Wellington City Wolves | 34-8 |
| 2010 | Capital Bowl XX | Porirua Knights | Hutt Valley Spartans | 28-8 |
| 2009 | Capital Bowl XIX | Wellington City Wolves | Hutt Valley Spartans | 20-13 |
| 2008 | Capital Bowl XVIII | Porirua Knights | Wellington City Wolves | 28-18 |
| 2007 | Capital Bowl XVII | Porirua Knights | Wellington City Wolves | 14-6 |
| 2006 | Capital Bowl XVI | Hutt Valley Spartans | Knight City Knights | 21-19 (4 OT) |
| 2005 | Capital Bowl XV | Porirua Giants | Knight City Knights | 13-0 |
| 2004 | Capital Bowl XIV | Porirua Giants | Knight City Knights | 22-20 |
| 2003 | Capital Bowl XIII | Knight City Knights | Manawatu Silverbacks | 42-0 |
| 2002 | Capital Bowl XII | Porirua Giants | Knight City Knights | 12-3 |
| 2001 | Capital Bowl XI | Porirua Giants | Harbour City Sharks | 12-3 |
| 2000 | Capital Bowl X | Porirua Giants | Wellington Knights | 22-0 |
| 1999 | Capital Bowl IX | Porirua Giants | Palmerston North Silverbacks | 46-21 |
| 1998 | Capital Bowl VIII | Porirua Giants | Wellington Hurricanes | 6-0 |
| 1997 | Capital Bowl VII | Porirua Hurricanes | Palmerston North Silverbacks | 30-8 |
| 1996 | Capital Bowl VI | Capital City Giants | Porirua Hurricanes | 8-0 |
| 1995 | Capital Bowl V | Capital City Giants | Porirua Hurricanes | 24-6 |
| 1994 | Capital Bowl IV | Hutt Valley Chargers | Levin Tigers | WBD |
| 1992 | Capital Bowl III | Levin Tigers | Capital City Giants | 21-7 |
| 1991 | Capital Bowl II | Hutt Valley Chargers | Harbour City Hurricanes | 12-6 |
| 1990 | Capital Bowl I | Harbour City Hurricanes | Hutt Valley Chargers | 20-16 |