2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship

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2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship
IFAF World Junior Football Championship
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Mexico.svg Mexico
DatesJuly 15 – July 22
No. of nationsSix
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Third-place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Tournament statistics
Attendance76,115
MVP of the tournamentAndreas Dueck, QB, Canada
2016
2020 (cancelled)

The 2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship was an international American football tournament for junior teams (19 years and under) that took place at Mexico City from July 15 to 22. This was the first time that Mexico hosted an IFAF World Junior Championship competition.

Contents

Teams were split into higher and lower groups by seeding. Three teams from higher seeded group and one team from lower seeded group would advance to the semi-final. This would be the last world junior championship staged in the U19 age classification. The 2020 championship scheduled for the United States was cancelled by IFAF in March 2020 due to complications from the coronavirus pandemic. The next world junior championship is a U20 competition that was hosted by Football Canada in Edmonton, Alberta in July 2024. [1]

Participants and seeding

Matches

Game 1

Quarter1234Total
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 00000
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13713639

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 15, 2018
  • Game weather: 26c, overcast
  • Game attendance: 3,500

Game 2

Quarter1234Total
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 00606
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 211414049

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 15, 2018
  • Game weather: 24c, rain
  • Game attendance: 3,500

Game 3

Quarter1234Total
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 068014
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 30141431

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 15, 2018
  • Game weather: 21c, showers
  • Game attendance: 8,500

Game 4 (Placement game)

Quarter1234Total
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 00606
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 670619

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 18, 2016
  • Game weather: 23c, partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 1,800

Game 5 (semifinal)

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Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 079622
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7147028

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 18, 2018
  • Game weather: 25c, partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 6,500
  • AFI game recap [2]

Game 6 (semifinal)

Quarter1234Total
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7167333
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 00639

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 18, 2018
  • Game weather: 23c, partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 15,800
  • USA Today game recap [3]

Game 7 (Fifth Place Game)

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0014014
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1010171451

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 22, 2018
  • Game weather: 24c, sunny
  • Game attendance: 1,500
  • AFI game recap [4]

Game 8 (bronze-medal game)

Quarter1234Total
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 00279
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 142713761

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 22, 2018
  • Game weather: 24c, sunny
  • Game attendance: 4,500
  • AFI game recap [5]

Game 9 (gold-medal game)

Quarter1234Total
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 00707
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 373013

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 22, 2016
  • Game weather: 24c, sunny
  • Game attendance: 33,515
  • AFI game recap [6]

References

  1. "EDMONTON SELECTED AS HOST OF 2024 IFAF WORLD JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". footballcanada.com. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  2. "IFAF U19 World Championships: Team Canada slips past Japan, advances to gold medal final". American Football International. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  3. "Mexico routs the U-19 U.S. football team at IFAF U19 World Championships". USA TODAY High School Sports. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  4. "2018 IFAF U19 World Championships: Japan overwhelms Team Outback from Australia to capture 5th". American Football International. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  5. "IFAF U19 World Championship: U.S. National Team dominates Sweden, wins bronze medal". American Football International. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  6. "Canada defeats Team Mexico, wins gold medal at 2018 IFAF U19 World Championships". American Football International. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.