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Croatian Federation of American Football

governing body of American football in Croatia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ24031400 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Croatian Federation of American Football (Croatian: Hrvatski savez američkog nogometa) is the governing body of the sport of American football in Croatia. Formed in 2008, the federation oversees the Croatian League, the Croatian Bowl and the national selections.

History

The Croatian American Football Association was formed in 2008. From July 2014, Croatia is a member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF). In Croatia, there are currently nine teams competing in the national championship. The championship was first held in 2010 and since 2009, There are flag leagues.

Since 2015, the Croatian Federation of American Football is a provisional member of the Croatian Olympic Committee.

Hrvatska liga

The HSAN organizes the Hrvatska liga competition. The Croatian football league has been Played since 2008.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Croatian Federation of American Football” as governing body of American football in Croatia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008, 2014, 2010, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2008. The account is most persuasive where Croatian, Federation and American can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as governing body of American football in Croatia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24031400. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2008, 2014, 2010 and 2009.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Croatian Federation of American Football primary sources, Croatian Federation of American Football archive and Croatian research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Croatian Federation of American Football” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.