2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship

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2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championships
2021 IFAF Flag Football World Championship.png
Tournament information
Sport Flag football
Location Jerusalem
Dates6 December–8 December
Host(s)Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (2nd title)
Runner-upFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
3rd placeFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
 2018
2024  

The 2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championships was the 10th World Championships in women's flag football. The tournament took place in Jerusalem, Israel, from 6 to 8 December 2021.

Contents

Venue

Denmark was scheduled to host the 2020 edition only for it to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) selected Israel to host the Flag Football World Championships for 2021. The Kraft Family Sports Campus in Jerusalem was originally scheduled to stage the men's and women's events, but due to expected high winds the games were played at Teddy Stadium.

Tournament groups

After the group ballot, 18 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 a 2 groups of 4. In the group stage each team played each other once, while the second stage of the event included play-offs and placement matches.

The two best teams of group A and B went directly to the quarter-final.

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Russia.svg  Team Neutral
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus

Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (hosts)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDQualificationFlag of the United States.svgFlag of France.svgFlag of Spain.svgTNEFlag of Finland.svg
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 440018525+160Quarterfinals39–046–046–1254–13
2Flag of France.svg  France 4211575810–3912–1225–720–0
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 42119592+39th-12th place0–4612–1226–2157–13
4Flag of Russia.svg  Team Neutral 4103891041513th-16th place12–467–2521–2649–7
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 40043318014717th-18th place13–540–2013–577–49

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualificationFlag of Panama.svgFlag of Italy.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svgFlag of Belarus.svgFlag of Chile.svg
1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 44016543+122Quarterfinals43–1434–736–752–15
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4319497314–4340–2419–1821–12
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 42211299+139th-12th place7–3424–4042–2539–0
4Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 413811173613th-16th place7–3618–1925–4231–20
5Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 404471439617th–18th place15–5212–210–3920–31

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDQualificationFlag of Mexico.svgFlag of Austria.svgFlag of Germany.svgFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 330011264+48Quarterfinals25–2033–2054–24
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 311110469+3520–2538–3846–6
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31117977+29th-12th place20–3338–3821–6
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3003361218513th-16th place24–546–466–21

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDQualificationFlag of Brazil.svgFlag of Japan.svgFlag of Israel.svgFlag of Denmark.svg
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 32108153+28Quarterfinals20–1420–2041–19
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 32018641+4514–2040–032–21
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (H)31114679339th-12th place20–200–4026–19
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 300359994013th-16th place19–4121–3219–26
Source: Official website
(H) Hosts

Knock-out stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 December
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 40
 
8 December
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33
 
7 December
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6
 
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 19
 
8 December
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 20
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31
 
7 December
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 21
 
Flag of France.svg  France 6
 
8 December
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 32
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6
 
7 December
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 47Bronze medal game
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13
 
8 December
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 46
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 13
 

Placement matches

5th place bracket

 
5th–8th place semi-finals5th place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 34
 
7 December
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 28
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25
 
7 December
 
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 32
 
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 15
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 0
 
7th place
 
 
7 December
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 31

9th place bracket

 
9th-11th place semi-finals9th place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 27
 
7 December
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 34
 
7 December
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 30
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31
 
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 19
 
11th place
 
 
7 December
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25
 
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 24

13th place bracket

 
13th-16th place semi-finals13th place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Team Neutral 27
 
7 December
 
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 6
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Team Neutral 32
 
7 December
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 12
 
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 20
 
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 42
 
15th place
 
 
7 December
 
 
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 12
 
 
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 13

17th place bracket

 
17th place
 
  
 
8 December
 
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 32
 
 
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0
 

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The top seven teams, not including the United States, qualified for the 2022 World Games. [1]

Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
5Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7Flag of France.svg  France
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
10Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
12Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
13Flag of Russia.svg  Team Neutral
14Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
15Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
16Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
17Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
18Flag of Chile.svg  Chile

References

  1. "IFAF says record number of teams to compete at Flag Football World Championships". insidethegames.biz.