| Sport | Flag football |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Most recent champions |  United States (men) United States (women) |
| Most titles | United States (men; 6 titles) United States(women; 3 titles)  Mexico(women; 3 titles) |
IFAF Flag Football World Championship is the international championship inflag football, organized byInternational Federation of American Football.[1]
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 (3rd), Silver (2nd) or Gold (1st). The IFAF Flag Football World Championship is held every two years in different countries.
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.[2] The 2016 edition was supposed to be held in theBahamas but was moved due to internal disputes among flag football stakeholders in the country.[3][4]
Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 championships in Denmark were cancelled. The championship was rescheduled for 2021 inJerusalem from 6 to 8 December, with a record 42 teams featured, double that competing at the 2018 event inPanama.[5] The top seven teams at the event, not including the United States, qualified for the2022 World Games inBirmingham, Alabama.[5]
The latest edition was held in Lahti,Finland, from 27–30 August 2024.[6] TheUnited States won the title in both the men's and the women's categories.
| Year | Host country | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 2002 Details |  Austria | Austria | 6–0 |  Germany |  France | 12–6 |  Sweden |
| 2004 Details | France | Austria | 26–24 | Germany | France | 40-23 |  Japan |
| 2006 Details |  South Korea | France | 46–32 |  Denmark |  Thailand | 45–33 | Austria |
| 2008 Details |  Canada | Canada | 12–6 | Denmark | France | 45–0 | United States |
| 2010 Details | Canada | United States | 35–19 | Denmark |  Italy | 28–24 | Canada |
| 2012 Details | Sweden | Austria | 47–40 | United States | Denmark | 44–33 | Mexico |
| 2014 Details | Italy | United States | 40–14 | Mexico | Italy | 53–14 | Canada |
| 2016 Details | United States | United States | 33–32 | Denmark | Mexico | 39–26 | Austria |
| 2018 Details |  Panama | United States | 19–13 | Austria | Denmark | 38–34 | Mexico |
| 2021 Details |  Israel[7] | United States | 44–41 | Mexico | Panama | 45–40 | Italy |
| 2024 Details |  Finland | United States | 53–21 | Austria |  Switzerland | 41–35 | Mexico |
| Year | Host country | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 2002 Details | Austria | Sweden | – | France | — | — | — |
| 2004 Details | France | Mexico | 42–12 | Finland | Sweden | 6–0 | France |
| 2006 Details | South Korea | France | 46–32 | Japan | Finland | 45–33 | Sweden |
| 2008 Details | Canada | Mexico | 27–18 | Canada | France | 19–13 | United States |
| 2010 Details | Canada | Canada | 31–18 | United States | Austria | 33–20 | Mexico |
| 2012 Details | Sweden | Mexico | 33–32 | United States | France | 39–27 | Austria |
| 2014 Details | Italy | Canada | 32–21 | United States | Austria | 34–20 | Mexico |
| 2016 Details | United States | Panama | 35–22 | Austria | Mexico | 41–20 | Canada |
| 2018 Details | Panama | United States | 27–12 | Panama | Canada | 19–13 | Mexico |
| 2021 Details | Israel[7] | United States | 31–21 | Mexico | Austria | 26–13 |  Brazil |
| 2024 Details | Finland[8] | United States | 31–18 | Mexico | Japan | 41–40 | Austria |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Denmark | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Panama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 32 | |
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