Mexico women's national flag football team

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Mexico women's national flag football team
Medal record
Representing Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag football
IFAF World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2004 Thonon-les-BainsTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2008 Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 GothenburgTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 MiamiTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Jerusalem Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Lahti Team
World Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Chengdu Team
IFAF Americas Continental Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 ChalotteTeam

The Mexico women's national flag football team represents Mexico in women's international flag football matches. The sport is governed by the Mexican American Football Federation. In 2024, the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) ranked the Mexico women's team 2nd worldwide. [1]

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The women competed in the 2004 IFAF Flag Football World Championship, taking gold against Finland. They won again in 2008, this time defeating Canada. They took gold again in 2012 after defeating United States. [2] In 2016 the team won the bronze medal in Miami. [3] In 2021, they took silver against the United States with a score of 31–21. [4]

During the 2022 World Games, the team again went to the finals with the US. [5] This time they won gold with a score of 39–6. Quarterback Diana Flores, along with America's Vanita Krouch and Panama's Andrea Castillo, were invited to an NFL game to honor the country's success at the games and to promote flag football. [5] Flores has been the face of international flag football, starring in a Super Bowl commercial, serving as offensive coordinator at the 2023 Pro Bowl Games, and earning the first flag football deal with Under Armour. [6]

At the 2023 IFAF Americas Continental Championship, Mexico lost the United States in the final. [7]

Mexico successfully defended their World Games gold medal in 2025 in Chengdu, China, defeating the United States in the final, 26–21. [8]

Selection process

National team players are picked from state selections, which participate in a national tournament each November. From there, 120 players are pre-selected to compete for 12 spots on the final national team roster. An exception is the World Games roster, which is reduced to eight players. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings". International Federation of American Football. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "IFAF Roll of Honour". IFAF. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "2016 IFAF Flag Football World Championships" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Americano.
  4. ↑ Malchow, Alex (December 9, 2021). "Team USA sweeps men's and women's gold medal finals at IFAF Flag Football World Championships". American Football International. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 "The World Games flag football medallists honored at NFL kickoff in Los Angeles". International World Games Association. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Hernandez, Victoria (September 15, 2023). "Mexico quarterback Diana Flores is leading a movement for women in flag football". USA Today. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Congratulations to the 2023 IFAF Americas Continentals champions". USA Football. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Merrell, Chloe (17 August 2025). "The World Games 2025 Flag Football: Mexico fend off USA in historic title defence". Olympics.com . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Cabral Flores, Karla (22 September 2024). "Tochito bandera femenil: el nuevo grito de auxilio a la Conade". Proceso (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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