Category: American Football World Cup

March 26, 2021

International Federation of American Football Men’s World Championship Canton Ohio 2015

IFAF 2015 World Championship Logo [References: 1]

Final Standings

Place	IFAF World Championship 2015	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1	USA	4	4	0	0	214	36	1.000
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	65	109	.333
3	Mexico	3	1	2	0	33	72	.333
4	France	4	2	2	0	91	111	.500
5	Australia	4	3	1	0	108	81	.750
6	South Korea	3	0	3	0	12	122	.000
7	Brazil	3	1	2	0	42	47	.333

[Refereces: Compiled from results in 2]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	5th Place
18.07.2015	Australia	42	South Korea	14
	Bronze Medal
18.07.2015	Mexico	20	France	7
	Gold Medal
18.07.2015	USA	59	Japan	12

[References: 1]

Preliminary Round Standings

IFAF World Championship 2015	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
First Group
USA (X)	3	3	0	0	155	24	1.000
Japan (X)	2	1	1	0	53	50	.500
Mexico (Y)	2	0	2	0	13	65	.000
Second Group
France (Y)	3	2	1	0	84	91	.667
Australia (Z)	3	2	1	0	66	67	.667
South Korea (Z)	2	0	2	0	6	75	.000
Brazil	3	1	2	0	42	47	.333

[References: Compiled from results in 2]

Preliminary Games

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
09.07.2015	Australia	47	South Korea	6
09.07.2015	France	31	Brazil	6
09.07.2015	USA	30	Mexico	6
	Round 2
12.07.2015	Brazil	28	South Korea	0
12.07.2015	France	53	Australia	3
12.07.2015	USA	43	Japan	18
	Round 3
15.07.2015	Australia	16	Brazil	8
15.07.2015	Japan	35	Mexico	7
15.07.2015	USA	82	France	0

[References: 1]

Report

USA as expected easily won the 2015 IFAF Men’s World Championship in American Football, held in the historic city of Canton, Ohio, where the National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920. Having defeated Mexico (30-6), Japan (43-18) and France (82-8) in the Preliminary Round, they then again defeated Japan 59-12 in the Gold Medal Game. Mexico accounted for France (20-7) in the Bronze Medal Game and Australia won for the second time (42-14) against South Korea in the 5th Place Playoff.

The odd number of teams (seven), meant an unusual schedule which meant Brazil did not advance to the 5th Place Playoff despite defeating South Korea, who lost all their matches, and Mexico, who lost both matches in the First Group, advanced to the Bronze Medal Game in the absence of Canada. (Presumably matches against Canada were scheduled at one stage and then awarded later, which would account for the discrepancies, however, there is no mention of this on the IFAF World Championship website, nor a reason for Canada’a absence, the second most powerful country in American Football.)

References

Logos

[1] IFAF World Championship (2015) 2015-would-championship [Internet] Available from: http://ifafworldchampionship.org/wp-content/themes/2015-world-championship/img/2015-would-championship.png [Accessed 26 March 2021]

Internet Archives

[2] IFAF World Championship (2015) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://ifafworldchampionship.org/schedule [Accessed 26 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Gunning (American Football International)

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 March 2021

July 20, 2019

4th American Football World Cup | Austria 2011

Final Standings

Place		P	W	L	T	PF	PA
1	USA	4	4	0	0	176	21
2	Canada	4	3	1	0	119	101
3	Japan	4	3	1	0	103	61
4	Mexico	4	2	2	0	108	49
5	Germany	4	2	2	0	73	107
6	France	4	1	3	0	61	117
7	Austria	4	1	3	0	84	94
8	Australia	4	0	4	0	30	204

Reference: Compiled from Results in [1]

Playoff Results

Date	Ernst Happel		Wien
	7th Place
	Austria	48	Australia	10
	5th Place
	Germany	21	France	17
	3rd Place
	Japan	17	Mexico	14
	Final
	USA	50	Canada	7

Reference: [1]

Group Stage Tables

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA
Group A
*USA	3	3	0	0	126	14
Mexico	3	2	1	0	94	32
Germany	3	1	2	0	52	90
Austalia	3	0	3	0	20	156
Group B
*Canada	3	3	0	0	112	51
Japan	3	2	1	0	86	47
France	3	1	2	0	44	96
Austria	3	0	3	0	36	84

Reference: [1]

Group Stage Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A		Tivoli, Innsbruck
08.07.11	USA	61	Australia	0
08.07.11	Germany	15	Mexico	22
10.07.11	Mexico	65	Australia	0
10.07.11	Germany	7	USA	48
12.07.11	Australia	20	Germany	30
12.07.11	USA	17	Mexico	7
	Group B		UPC Arena, Graz
09.07.11	Austria	6	Japan	24
09.07.11	France	10	Canada	45
11.07.11	Japan	35	France	10
11.07.11	Canada	36	Austria	14
13.07.11	Japan	27	Canada	31
13.07.11	Austria	16	France	24

Reference: [1]

Report

USA won their second World Cup title in their second appearance, with an easy 50-7 victory over Canada. Both had won their groups comfortably, although Canada had a scare against Japan, winning by the slender margin of 31-27.

Japan again showed they were the third best Nation in the American Football World by squeaking by Mexico 17-14 in the third place playoff. Germany again proved to be the top European Nation, defeating France 21-17 for fifth, while hosts Austria, in their first World Cup, sent the home fans out on a high by taking seventh, 48-10 over Australia.

References:

Internet Archives:

[1] American Football WM 2011 | Wayback Machine (2011) American Football WM 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20111113165232/http://americanfootball2011.com/ [Accessed 11 April 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer

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World Gridiron Archive

Last Updated: 23 April 2019

July 20, 2019

3rd American Football World Cup | Japan 2007

Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
USA	3	3	0	0	133	27	6
Japan	3	2	1	0	116	23	4
Germany	3	2	1	0	46	35	4
Sweden	3	1	2	0	16	69	2
Korea	3	1	2	0	5	109	2
France	3	0	3	0	14	67	0

Reference: Compiled from: [1][2]

Finals Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	5th Place
14.07.07	France	0	Korea	3
	3rd Place
14.07.07	Sweden	0	Germany	7
	Final
15.07.07	Japan	20	USA	23

Reference: [1]

Group Phase Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Group A
*Japan	2	2	0	0	96	0	4
Sweden	2	1	1	0	16	62	2
France	2	0	2	0	14	64	0
Group B
*USA	2	2	0	0	110	7	4
Germany	2	1	1	0	39	35	2
Korea	2	0	2	0	2	109	0

Reference: [2]

Group Stage Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
07.07.07	Japan	48	France	0
10.07.07	France	14	Sweden	16
12.07.07	Sweden	0	Japan	48
	Group B
08.07.07	Germany	32	Korea	2
10.07.07	Korea	0	USA	77
12.07.07	USA	33	Germany	7

Reference: [1]

Report

USA entered the World Cup for the first time in 2007, and won, as expected, though it was a close Final against Japan, with only three points separating the teams in the end, the game finishing 23-20 to USA.

Both countries had won their respective groups fairly easily, and it was left to Germany and Sweden to battle for Bronze, with Germany winning 7-0. Korea beat France with a single Field Goal to take fifth.

References

Websites

[1] American Football Verband Deutschland (2007) Weltmeisterschaft | Spielplan [Internet] Available from: http://www.afvd.de/text.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=WM&Archiv=2007 [Accessed 30 December 2018]

[2] American Football Verband Deutschland (2007) Weltmeisterschaft | Tabellen 2007 [Internet] Available from: http://www.afvd.de/text.php?Inhalt=tabellen&Liga=WM&Gruppe=&Archiv=2007 [Accessed 30 December 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

World Gridiron Archive

Last Updated: 23 April 2019

July 20, 2019

2nd American Football World Cup | Rhein-Main, Germany 2003

Final Standings

Pos		P	W	L	T	PF	PA
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	57	20
2	Mexico	2	1	1	0	35	51
3	Germany	2	1	1	0	53	28
4	France	2	0	2	0	13	59

Reference: [1]

Final Four Results

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Semi-Finals
10.07.03	Japan	23	France	6
10.07.03	Germany	17	Mexico	21
	3rd Place
12.07.03	Germany	36	France	7
	Final
12.07.03	Japan	34	Mexico	14

Reference: [1]

Qualification Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Asia		Quarter-Final 1A
23.02.03	Japan	88	Korea	0
	America		Quarter-Final 1A
	Mexico		bye
	Europe		Quarter-Final 1A
12.10.02	Sweden	0	France	23
	Europe		Quarter-Final 2
28.10.02	Finland	0	France	16

Reference: [2]

References:

Websites:

[1] World Cup 2003 | Wayback Machine (2003) Spielplan [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20031126035124/http://www.worldcup2003.info/ [Accessed 11 April 2019]

[2] World Cup 2003 | Wayback Machine (2003) Qualifikation [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20031126035124/http://www.worldcup2003.info/ [Accessed 11 April 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

World Gridiron Archive

Last Updated: 11 April 2019