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TheAustria women's national flag football team representsAustria in women's internationalflag football matches. The sport is governed by the American Football Federation Austria(AFBÖ). In 2024, theInternational Federation of American Football (IFAF) ranked the Austrian women's team 4th worldwide.[1] In 2025 they dropped to 6th.[2]
Robert Riedl became head coach in January 2024[3] when he replaced Walter Demel.[4]
The Austrian women's team has received four medals at theIFAF Flag Football World Championship. They won silver in 2016 and bronze in 2010, 2014, and 2021.[5]
Austria won the bronze medal game at the 2010 Championship where they defeatedMexico, the 2008 champions, with a score of 33–20.[6] The team lost to France in 2012, taking fourth place. In 2014, they defeated Mexico to take the bronze medal. They took silver in 2016 against Panama with a score of 35–22.[7] The team achieved bronze at the2021 World Championship where they defeated Brazil 26-13.[4] During theWorld Games in 2022, the team was defeated by Panama for the bronze medal.[8] The team placed 4th at the2024 World Championship losing toJapan 41–40. At the2025 World Games the team lost against Canada for the bronze medal in the score of 38-20.
IFAF Europe organizes flag football continental championships every two years to fall in between the world championships. The women's team has earned four gold medals and two bronze medals at theIFAF European Flag Football Championship. The team won four consecutive titles for the 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017 games.[9] They won bronze in 2007 against Sweden and in 2019 againstDenmark. They won silver in 2025, losing toGreat Britain 34-33 in overtime in the final inParis.[10]
Austria placed 4th at the2022 World Games, flag football's debut year.[11] In2025 they again placed 4th.[12]
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