2013 IFAF Women's World Championship

2013 IFAF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Finland
Dates	30 June – 6 July
No. of nations	6
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third-place	Finland
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The 2013 IFAF Women's World Championship was the second IFAF Women's World Championship, an American football competition for women. It took place between 30 June and 6 July 2013. The tournament was hosted at the ISS Stadion in Vantaa, Finland. ^[1] The defending champion, the United States, won its second title after defeating Canada 64–0 in the final. Host team Finland won the bronze medal.

Participating teams

Team	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Best appearance
United States	2nd	2010	1st (2010)
Canada	2nd	2010	2nd (2010)
Finland	2nd	2010	3rd (2010)
Germany	2nd	2010	4th (2010)
Sweden	2nd	2010	5th (2010)
Spain	1st	—	—

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA   United States 2 2 0 191 7   Germany 2 1 1 32 121   Sweden 2 0 2 14 109

Date Kickoff Home Result Visitor June 30 20:00   United States 84–0   Sweden [2] July 2 16:00   Sweden 14–25   Germany [3] July 4 16:00   Germany 7–107   United States

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA   Canada 2 2 0 84 12   Finland 2 1 1 59 34   Spain 2 0 2 0 97

Date Kickoff Home Result Visitor June 30 16:00   Finland 47–0   Spain [4] July 2 20:00   Spain 0–50   Canada [5] July 4 20:00   Canada 34–12   Finland

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Spain	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	16	12	7	12	47

at ISS Stadion, Vantaa

• Date: June 30
• Game time: 16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
• Game weather: Sunny, 25°C
• Game attendance: 515
• Referee: A McPhilomy
• Report

Game information

Scoring 1st Quarter FIN – T Salo 15-yard run (J Virtanen rush), 06:45. Finland 8–0. 6 plays, 45 yards, 2:45. FIN – S Kuosmanen 19-yard pass from T Salo (J Virtanen rush), 03:42. Finland 16–0. 4 plays, 49 yards, 1:36. 2nd Quarter FIN – E Seppala 34-yard run (T Salo pass failed), 05:26. Finland 22–0. 1 play, 34 yards, 0:10. FIN – S Kuosmanen 49-yard pass from T Salo (T Salo pass failed), 03:01. Finland 28–0. 4 plays, 62 yards, 0:51. 3rd Quarter FIN – J Linden 27-yard pass from T Salo (J Luhtala kick), 04:36. Finland 35–0. 3 plays, 29 yards, 0:56. 4th Quarter FIN – J-J Seiles 21-yard pass from T Salo (J Luhtala kick failed), 07:02. Finland 41–0. 7 plays, 70 yards, 3:13. FIN – J Linden 13-yard pass from L Hautakangas (J Luhtala kick failed), 02:04. Finland 47–0. 1 play, 13 yards, 0:07. Leading passers FIN – T Salo – 6/18, 116 yards, 4 TD ESP – M Rafecas – 6/13, 22 yards Leading rushers FIN – K Nirhamo – 5 rushes, 64 yards ESP – M Arroyo – 6 rushes, 14 yards Leading receivers FIN – S Kuosmanen – 3 rec, 70 yards, 2 TD ESP – M Arroyo – 2 rec, 5 yards, 1 TD Officials Referee: A McPhilomy Umpire: K Milojkovic Head Linesman: C Nichols Line Judge: J Tybiszewska Field Judge: S Sassatelli Side Judge: D Kustanci Back Judge: L Hill

Placement games

Game Date Kickoff Home Result Visitor 5th place July 6 11:00   Sweden 64–0   Spain [6] Bronze medal July 6 15:00   Germany 19–20   Finland [7] Golden medal July 6 19:00   United States 64–0   Canada [8]

See also

• American Football Association of Finland
• American football

References

1. "WWC 2013 Program" (PDF). wwc2013.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
2. "USA defeats Sweden 84-0". wwc2013.com. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
3. "Germany beats Sweden 25-14". wwc2013.com. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
4. "Finland defeated Spain 47-0". wwc2013.com. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
5. "Canada defeated the dancing Spaniards". wwc2013.com. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
6. "Sweden walked over Spain". wwc2013.com. 6 Jul 2013. Retrieved 8 Jul 2013.
7. "Finland wins Bronze!". wwc2013.com. 6 Jul 2013. Retrieved 8 Jul 2013.
8. "USA takes the gold medals!". wwc2013.com. 6 Jul 2013. Retrieved 8 Jul 2013.

External links

• Official website