IFAF Asia Flag Football Championship

IFAF Asia Flag Football Championships

Sport	Flag football
Founded	2015
Ceased	2017
No. of teams	6–8
Most titles	Thailand   Japan (1 each)

The IFAF Asia Flag Football Championship is an international flag football tournament for national teams of IFAF Asia. It was held two times in 2015 and 2017 which was won by Thailand and Japan respectively. ^[1] The supposed first edition was scheduled to take place in 2014 in Kuwait but was not held. ^[2]

The tournament served as the qualification tournament for Asian teams in the IFAF Flag Football World Championships.

It was replaced by the IFAF Asia-Oceania Flag Football Championships in 2023.

Summary

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game			Ref.
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2015	Ho Chi Minh City	Thailand	27–20	Japan	South Korea	22–19	Philippines	[3]
2017	Taguig	Japan	31–20	Thailand	South Korea	32–26	Philippines	[4] [5]

2015 edition

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Philippines	3	3	0	0	101	19	+82	Semifinals		—	36–7	19–12
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	95	57	+38				—
3	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	65	81	−16	5th–8th place			14–23	—
4	Vietnam (H)	3	0	1	2	46	150	−104			0–46	7–65	39–39	—

Source: RMIT Vietnam
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	113	64	+49	Semifinals		—	34–33
2	Thailand	3	2	0	1	132	83	+49				—
3	Kuwait	3	1	0	2	93	84	+9	5th–8th place		24–25	31–41	—
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	43	150	−107			7–54	18–58	18–38	—

Source: RMIT Vietnam

Placement matches

	5th–8th place semifinals					5th place
	A4	Vietnam	12
	B3	Kuwait	48
						B3	Kuwait	29
						A3	Malaysia	25
	B4	Saudi Arabia	26
	A3	Malaysia	41			7th place
						A4	Vietnam	6
						B4	Saudi Arabia	47

Knock-out stage

	Semifinals					Finals
	B1	Japan	39
	A2	South Korea	12
						B1	Japan	20
						B2	Thailand	27
	B2	Thailand	48
	A1	Philippines	20			Third place
						A1	Philippines	19
						A2	South Korea	22

2017 edition

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	69	32	+37	Semifinals		—		28–25
2	South Korea	2	1	0	1	44	53	−9	Quarterfinals		7–41	—
3	Kuwait	2	0	0	2	37	65	−28				12–37	—

Source: IFAF Asia

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	1	1	0	110	52	+58	Semifinals		—		71–13
2	Philippines (H)	2	1	1	0	97	51	+46	Quarterfinals		39–39	—
3	Vietnam	2	0	0	2	25	129	−104				12–58	—

Source: IFAF Asia
(H) Hosts

Knock-out stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

Japan

40

B2

Philippines

33

B2

Philippines

19

A3

Kuwait

31

A1

Japan

39

B1

Thailand

21

B1

Thailand

39

A2

South Korea

44

A2

South Korea

21

B3

Vietnam

0

Third place

B2

Philippines

26

A2

South Korea

32

Placement match

	5th place
	B3	Vietnam	7
	A3	Kuwait	66

Participating nations

Nation	2015	2017	Years
Japan	2nd	1st	2
Malaysia	6th		1
Kuwait	5th	5th	2
Philippines	4th	4th	2
Saudi Arabia	7th		1
South Korea	3rd	3rd	2
Thailand	1st	2nd	2
Vietnam	8th	6th	2
Total	8	6

References

1. "Roll of Honour". International Federation of American Football. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
2. "ATFAP gears up for Asian Continental tilt". The Philippine Star. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
3. "Asian Friendly Flag Football Tournament RMIT Vietnam 2015". IFAF Asia Flag Football Championship RMIT Vietnam 2015. 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via Facebook.
4. "Final Standings of the IFAF Asia Asian Flag Football Championship, Manila 2017". IFAF Asia - International Federation of American Football Asian Committee. Archived from the original on 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via Facebook.
5. "第２回 IFAF ASIA フラッグフットボール選手権開催のお知らせ". Japan American Football Association (in Japanese). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2025.