China Bowl
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The China Bowl is the name of a proposed National Football League (NFL) pre-season exhibition game scheduled to take place in August 2009 between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks at the National Stadium in Beijing. [1]
The originally scheduled China Bowl was to be played at Workers Stadium in Beijing August 8, 2007, China. The game was to kick-off the one year countdown before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and would have been the first NFL-sanctioned game to take place in China.[2]
On April 2, 2007, the NFL announced the rescheduling of the preseason game in Beijing to August 2009, so that more focus can be placed on the first overseas regular season game in London. [3] [4] Both teams have expressed interest in still playing the game. As of now, it is uncertain if the league will choose new opponents or not.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "CHINA BOWL PUT BACK TO 2009", SportingLife.com, 2007-04-03. Retrieved on 2007-04-03.
- ^ "NFL to hold preseason game in Beijing, China", NFL.com, 2006-09-24. Retrieved on 2006-09-25.
- ^ "NFL International will focus on London in '07", NFL.com, 2007-04-02. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
- ^ "NFL cancels China Bowl to focus on London game", ESPN.com, 2007-04-02. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
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