American football at the 2017 World Games

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American football
at the 2017 World Games
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates22–24 July 2017
Competitors172 from 4 nations
  2005

The American football tournament at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław was an invitation sport. It was played between 22 and 24 July. There were 172 competitors, from 4 nations, that participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Olympic Stadium.

Team USA situation

Following the 2015 split between IFAF Paris and IFAF New York, IFAF Paris expelled USA Football in 2017. [1] USA Football was replaced by the United States Federation of American Football (USFAF) in Paris, while New York retained USA Football as their active member. Since IFAF Paris was recognized by the IWGA and International Olympic Committee at the time, the USFAF was permitted to organize the United States national American football team for the 2017 World Games.

Players, mainly professional Americans playing in Europe, were chosen for the team on May 31, 2017. Players were promised full funding from the USFAF; however, the funding was withdrawn just days before the competition and players had to provide their own transportation to Wrocław. As a result, most of the team withdrew from the competition and were instead replaced by volunteers who were already in Europe at the time. [2] Most of the team arrived the day before their opening match vs the Germany national American football team. The American team suffered from a lack of sync between quarterback and receivers, difficulties in pass protection that resulted in four interceptions, and a high number of procedure penalties and substitution infractions. [2] The USA lost to Germany 13–14, which was the first loss ever for a United States national American football team in international competition.

Qualification

Men's tournament

Means of qualificationDateQualified
Host country23 April 2016Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
IFAF Americas QualifiersFlag of the United States.svg  United States
IFAF Asia QualifiersFlag of Japan.svg  Japan (withdrew)
IFAF Europe QualifiersFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
ReallocationFlag of France.svg  France

Competition schedule

Legend
MMatch
Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23
M1M2

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France 1001
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0101
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Event

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament
details
Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Men's competition

Knockout stage

Games consisted of four 7-minute quarters in regulation time.

 
Semifinals Gold medal match
 
      
 
22 July
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13
 
24 July
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6
 
22 July
 
Flag of France.svg  France 14
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 28
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
24 July
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14
 
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7

See also

References

  1. McKeon, John (9 May 2017). "IFAF Paris expels USA Football from American football". American Football International.
  2. 1 2 Dias, Matheus (5 August 2017). "Last minute disorganization led to Team USA struggles and 3rd place at 2017 World Games". American Football International.