CFL

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Poster

Established
1958 (67 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-09-06

Current Season
2025

Sport
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American Football

Location
Canada

Gender
Male

TV Rights
TSN - Canada
CBS Sports Network - United States

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19 May	BC Lions	9:00pm	Calgary Stam
24 May	Winnipeg B	9:00pm	Saskatchewan
24 May	Montreal A	9:00pm	Ottawa Redbl
25 May	Hamilton T	12:00am	Toronto Argo
25 May	Calgary St	2:30am	Edmonton Elk
31 May	Toronto Ar	12:00am	Hamilton Tig
31 May	Ottawa Red	12:00am	Montreal Alo
31 May	Saskatchew	2:00am	Winnipeg Blu
31 May	Edmonton E	2:30am	BC Lions
06 Jun	Saskatchew	2:00am	Ottawa Redbl
Results
17 Nov	Winnipeg B	24 - 41	Toronto Argo
09 Nov	Winnipeg B	38 - 22	Saskatchewan
09 Nov	Montreal A	28 - 30	Toronto Argo
02 Nov	Toronto Ar	58 - 38	Ottawa Redbl
02 Nov	Saskatchew	28 - 19	BC Lions
26 Oct	Montreal A	27 - 28	Winnipeg Blu
26 Oct	Saskatchew	12 - 27	Calgary Stam
26 Oct	Edmonton E	31 - 30	Toronto Argo
25 Oct	Ottawa Red	37 - 31	Hamilton Tig
19 Oct	Toronto Ar	38 - 31	Ottawa Redbl

Description

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. They are divided into two divisions: four teams in the East Division and five teams in the West Division.

As of 2019, it features a 21-week regular season in which each team plays 18 games with three bye weeks. This season traditionally runs from mid-June to early November. Following the regular season, six teams compete in the league's three-week playoffs, which culminate in the Grey Cup championship game in late November. The Grey Cup is one of Canada's largest annual sports and television events.

The CFL was officially named on January 19, 1958, upon the merger between the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union or "Big Four" (founded in 1907) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (founded in 1936). Before the introduction of interlocking play in 1961, Eastern teams competed against Western teams only in pre-season and the Grey Cup Championship (similar to Major League Baseball in the United States prior to the 1997 season).

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