Flag football at the 2025 World Games

Flag football at the 2025 World Games
Venue	Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field
Dates	14–17 August 2025
No. of events	1
Competitors	8 teams from 8 nations
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The flag football competition at the 2025 World Games took place from 14 to 17 August 2025, in Chengdu in China, at the Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field. ^{[1] [2]} The competition only included the women's tournament.

Qualification

A total of eight teams qualified for the event: ^[3] Originally,Spain was set to compete, but were unable to attend. The next-placed team at the 2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship, Italy, was invited. ^[4]

Event	Location	Dates	Total places	Qualified NOCs
Women's – 8 teams
Host nation	—	—	1	China
2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship	Lahti	27–30 August 2024	7	United States   Mexico   Japan   Austria   Spain   Canada   Great Britain   Italy

Participating nations

•   Austria
•   Canada
•   China
•   Great Britain
•   Japan
•   Italy
•   Mexico
•   United States

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico	1	0	0	1
2	United States	0	1	0	1
3	Canada	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's tournament details	Mexico Victoria Chávez Silvia Contreras Monica Rangel Andrea Fernández Ana Aguayo Elizabeth Bourde Andrea Martínez Zara Galan Allison Salazar Tania Rincón Diana Flores Angela Funes	United States Brianna Hernandez-Silva Ashley Edwards London Jenkins Vanita Krouch Madison Fulford Maci Joncich Amber Clark-Robinson Deliah Autry Addison Orsborn Isabella Geraci Laneah Bryan Ashlea Klam	Canada Clara Beaudoin Rosalie Landry Lauriane Beauchamp Emma Racine Sara Parker Sabrina Gervais Caroline Moquin-Joubert Lea Duval Alexane Fournier Catherine Gaumont Laurence Caron Laura Molimard

Source: TWG 2025

Draw

The draw which has been conducted by January 2025 followed a serpentine format, with teams placed according to their standings from the 2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship. ^{[5] [6]} Spain had not withdrawn by the time the draw occurred.

Group A

Team
United States (1)
Austria (4)
Canada (5)
China (NR)

Group B

Team
Mexico (2)
Japan (3)
Spain * (6)
Great Britain (7)

• (*) Later replaced by   Italy (8) after the draw

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	126	77	+49	Quarterfinals		—	39–31	48–34	39–12
2	Canada	3	2	1	113	76	+37			31–39	—	34–25	48–12
3	Austria	3	1	2	106	127	−21			34–48	25–34	—	47–45
4	China (H)	3	0	3	69	134	−65			12–39	12–48	45–47	—

Source: TWG 2025
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	121	44	+77	Quarterfinals		—	34–13	41–24	46–7
2	Great Britain	3	2	1	65	71	−6			13–34	—	26–24	26–13
3	Japan	3	1	2	81	73	+8			24–41	24–26	—	33–6
4	Italy	3	0	3	26	105	−79			7–46	13–26	6–33	—

Source: TWG 2025

Final round

Bracket

Placement (Fifth place)

Consolation (5th–8th)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

16 August

United States

33

16 August

Italy

12

16 August

Italy

28

United States

46

Great Britain

35

16 August

Austria

39

Austria

40

17 August

Great Britain

28

17 August

Great Britain

34

United States

21

China

13

16 August

Mexico

26

China

0

16 August

Mexico

40

16 August

Placement (Seventh place)

China

28

Mexico

25

Bronze medal game

17 August

Japan

22

16 August

Canada

13

17 August

Italy

0

Canada

32

Austria

20

Japan

33

Japan

27

Canada

38

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Quarter	1	2	Total
United States	27	6	33
Italy	0	12	12

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 16 August 2025
• Game time: 08:30
• Referee: R: Jed Brookes-Lewis (GBR) DJ: Magdalena Szymko (POL) FJ: Xing Tianyu (CHN) SJ: Wei Di (CHN)
• Report: TWG 2025

Quarterfinal 2

Quarter	1	2	Total
Canada	6	26	32
Japan	20	7	27

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 16 August 2025
• Game time: 09:50
• Referee: R: Desiree Abrams (USA) DJ: Nathan Cope (AUS) FJ: Giane Pessoa (BRA) SJ: Zhang Qipeng (CHN)
• Report: TWG 2025

Quarterfinal 3

Quarter	1	2	Total
Great Britain	14	14	28
Austria	27	13	40

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 16 August 2025
• Game time: 11:10
• Referee: R: Daniel Barrera Madsen (DEN) DJ: Mara Steiner (GER) FJ: Riccardo Zampedri (ITA) SJ: Zhuang HengLi (CHN)
• Report: TWG 2025

Quarterfinal 4

Quarter	1	2	Total
Mexico	20	20	40
China	0	0	0

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 16 August 2025
• Game time: 12:30
• Referee: R: Desiree Abrams (USA) DJ: Nathan Cope (AUS) FJ: Giane Pessoa (BRA) SJ: Jed Brookes-Lewis (GBR)
• Report: TWG 2025

Consolation matches

Consolation match 1

Quarter	1	2	OT	Total
Italy	21	7	0	28
Great Britain	14	14	7	35

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 16 August 2025
• Game time: 17:40
• Referee: R: Desiree Abrams (USA) DJ: Nathan Cope (AUS) FJ: Giane Pessoa (BRA) SJ: Zhang Qipeng (CHN)
• Report

Consolation match 2

Quarter	1	2	Total
China	13	15	28
Japan	14	8	22

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 16 August 2025
• Game time: 18:50
• Referee: R: Jed Brookes-Lewis (GBR) DJ: Magdalena Szymko (POL) FJ: Riccardo Zampedri (ITA) SJ: Mara Steiner (GER)
• Report

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Quarter	1	2	Total
United States	20	26	46
Austria	25	14	39

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 16 August 2025
• Game time: 15:00
• Referee: R: Daniel Barrera Madsen (DEN) DJ: Mara Steiner (GER) FJ: Riccardo Zampedri (ITA) SJ: Zhuang HengLi (CHN)
• Report: Report

Semifinal 2

Quarter	1	2	Total
Mexico	13	12	25
Canada	7	6	13

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 16 August 2025
• Game time: 16:20
• Referee: R: Jed Brookes-Lewis (GBR) DJ: Magdalena Szymko (POL) FJ: Xing Tianyu (CHN) SJ: Wei Di (CHN)
• Report

Placement matches

Seventh place match

Quarter	1	2	Total
Italy	0	0	0
Japan	20	13	33

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 17 August 2025
• Game time: 09:00
• Referee: R: Wei Di (CHN) DJ: Xing Tianyu (CHN) FJ: Zhang Qipeng (CHN) SJ: Zhuang HengLi (CHN)
• Report

Fifth place match

Quarter	1	2	Total
Great Britain	19	15	34
China	7	6	13

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 17 August 2025
• Game time: 10:10
• Referee: R: Daniel Barrera Madsen (DEN) DJ: Magdalena Szymko (POL) FJ: Giane Pessoa (BRA) SJ: Mara Steiner (GER)
• Report

Bronze medal match

Bronze medal match

Quarter	1	2	Total
Austria	20	0	20
Canada	19	19	38

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 17 August 2025
• Game time: 11:30
• Referee: R: Desiree Abrams (USA) DJ: Nathan Cope (AUS) FJ: Wei Di (CHN) SJ: Mara Steiner (GER)
• Report

Gold medal match

Final

Quarter	1	2	Total
United States	7	14	21
Mexico	14	12	26

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

• Date: 17 August 2025
• Game time: 12:50
• Referee: R: Daniel Barrera Madsen (DEN) DJ: Jed Brookes-Lewis (GBR) FJ: Riccardo Zampedri (ITA) SJ: Xing Tianyu (CHN)
• Report

References

1. "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by sport, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
2. "Venues World Games 2025". theworldgames. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
3. "GB women seal seventh place at Flag Football Worlds". BBC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
4. "Italy to Compete in Chengdu". International Federation of American Football . Retrieved 4 August 2025.
5. "TWG Schedule". International Federation of American Football. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
6. Preston, Michael (28 January 2025). "Schedule announced for the World Games Flag Football Tournament". American Football International. Retrieved 5 August 2025.

External links

• The World Games 2025 Archived 2022-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
• International Federation of American Football
• Results Book