IFAF Flag Football World Championships
IFAF Flag Football World Championship is the international championship in flag football, organized by International Federation of American Football.
Description
The men's and women's competitions are usually held in the same venue. The tournament starts with pool play to fill in the seeding and follows an elimination-style of play after that. At the end of the tournament the top teams are rewarded with Bronze, Silver or Gold. The IFAF Flag Football World Championship is held every two years in different countries.History
The first championship was held in Austria in 2002 and was won by the host country team in the men's category and by Sweden in the women's.The tournament was moved or cancelled on occasion. The 2014 championships was moved from Israel to Italy. The 2016 edition was supposed to be held in the Bahamas but was moved due to internal disputes among flag football stakeholders in the country.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 championships in Denmark were cancelled. The championship was rescheduled for 2021 in Jerusalem from 6 to 8 December, with a record 42 teams featured, double that competing at the 2018 event in Panama. The top seven teams at the event, not including the United States, qualified for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama.
The latest edition was held in Lahti, Finland, from 27–30 August 2024. The United States won the title in both the men's and the women's categories.