IFAF Women's World Championship

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IFAF Women's World Championship
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AmericanFootball current event.svg 2022 IFAF Women's World Championship
Sport American football
Founded2010
No. of teams8
Most recent
champion(s)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4th title)
Most titlesFlag of the United States.svg  United States (4 titles)
Official website Official website

The IFAF Women's World Championship is the international championship for women in American football. The first event was held in 2010, in Stockholm, Sweden, with six countries competing. The United States took home the gold while not letting any team they played score. The second event was held in 2013, with Vantaa, Finland, hosting the games. The United States swept the competitors again, winning the gold medal. [1] [2] Third event was played in 2017 with Canada as the host nation. The U.S. took the gold medal for the third time, again beating the host nation Canada in the final. For the fourth event, Finland hosted the tournament for the second time in 2022. U.S. took a fourth gold medal after beating Great Britain. [3]

Contents

Results

Yearly results
YearHostFinalThird-place match
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
2010
Details 		Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden [4] 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States [5] 		66–0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of Finland.svg
Finland [6] 		26–18Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
2013
Details 		Flag of Finland.svg
Finland 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		64–0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of Finland.svg
Finland 		20–19Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
2017
Details 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada [7] 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		41–16Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada 		Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico 		19–8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain
2022
Details 		Flag of Finland.svg
Finland [3] 		Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		42–14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain 		Flag of Finland.svg
Finland 		19–17Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4004
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0303
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0101
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0033
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Participating nations

Legend
Participants
Team 2010
Flag of Sweden.svg
(6)		 2013
Flag of Finland.svg
(6)		 2017
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
(6)		 2022
Flag of Finland.svg
(8)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 67
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Silver medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg 4
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg 5 Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4 Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 446
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Bronze medal icon.svg 5
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 558
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal icon.svg Gold medal icon.svg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "International American Football". www.ifaf.org.
  2. ↑ Welch, Matt (21 January 2014). "Female football standout Welter to try out for Texas Revolution". Allen American. Allen, Texas: Star Local News. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Finland to host Women's World Championship in 2021 with Australia staging Men's event in 2023". IFAF. 6 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "SWEDEN WELCOMES FIRST IFAF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". International Federation of American Football. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2011. The world's best female American Football players will converge on Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, from June 26 to July 4 for the inaugural International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Women's World Championship.
  5. ↑ "USA Wins Gold Medal at Inaugural IFAF Women's World Championship of American Football". USA Football. 3 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2011. The United States won the first IFAF Women's World Championship gold medal with a 66-0 victory over Canada at the Zinkensdamms IP Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, today.
  6. ↑ "USA Wins Gold Medal at Inaugural IFAF Women's World Championship of American Football". USA Football. 3 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2011. Earlier in the day, Finland won the Bronze medal with a 26-18 win over Germany, while on a good day for Scandinavia, host Sweden took fifth place overall by beating Austria 20-18.
  7. ↑ "IFAF Women's Championship to be held in Canada". December 20, 2016. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
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