American football at the 2017 World Games – Men's tournament

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Men's American football
at the 2017 World Games
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates22–24 July 2017
Competitors172 from 4 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
  2005

The men's tournament in American football at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław was played between 22 and 24 July. 172 American football competitors, from 4 nations, participated in the tournament. The American football 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 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 United States Federation of American Football 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 Players were promised full funding from the United States Federation of American Football; however, the funding was withdrawn just days before the competition and players had to provide their own transportation to Wrocław.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 Americans lost to Germany 13–14, which was the first loss ever for a United States national American football team in international competition.

Qualification

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

Rosters

Venue

All matches
Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław, Poland
Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 11,000
Wroclaw stadion olimpijski z bramy.jpg

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
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

Semifinals

United States v Germany

Quarter1234Total
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 076013
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 070714

at Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

  • Date: 22 July 2016
  • Game time: 13:00
  • Referee: Perez Canto Juan (FRA)
  • Report

Poland v France

Quarter1234Total
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 02002
Flag of France.svg  France 7147028

at Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

  • Date: 22 July 2016
  • Game time: 19:00
  • Referee: Doboczky Zoltan (GER)
  • Report

Bronze medal match

Quarter1234Total
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 070714
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 00707

at Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

  • Date: 24 July 2016
  • Game time: 13:00
  • Referee: Doboczky Zoltan (GER)
  • Report

Gold medal match

Quarter1234Total
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 60006
Flag of France.svg  France 070714

at Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

  • Date: 24 July 2016
  • Game time: 19:00
  • Referee: Walentynowicz Krzysztof (POL)
  • Report

Final standing

Medalist

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

References

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