International Federation of American Football Men’s World Championship Canton Ohio 2015

IFAF 2015 World Championship Logo [References: 1]

Final Standings

PlaceIFAF World Championship 2015PWLTPFPAPct
1USA4400214361.000
2Japan312065109.333
3Mexico31203372.333
4France422091111.500
5Australia431010881.750
6South Korea303012122.000
7Brazil31204247.333
[Refereces: Compiled from results in 2]

Playoffs

DateHome TeamAway Team
5th Place
18.07.2015Australia42South Korea14
Bronze Medal
18.07.2015Mexico20France7
Gold Medal
18.07.2015USA59Japan12
[References: 1]

Preliminary Round Standings

IFAF World Championship 2015PWLTPFPAPct
First Group
USA (X)3300155241.000
Japan (X)21105350.500
Mexico (Y)20201365.000
Second Group
France (Y)32108491.667
Australia (Z)32106667.667
South Korea (Z)2020675.000
Brazil31204247.333
[References: Compiled from results in 2]

Preliminary Games

DateHome TeamAway Team
Round 1
09.07.2015Australia47South Korea6
09.07.2015France31Brazil6
09.07.2015USA30Mexico6
Round 2
12.07.2015Brazil28South Korea0
12.07.2015France53Australia3
12.07.2015USA43Japan18
Round 3
15.07.2015Australia16Brazil8
15.07.2015Japan35Mexico7
15.07.2015USA82France0
[References: 1]

Report

USA as expected easily won the 2015 IFAF Men’s World Championship in American Football, held in the historic city of Canton, Ohio, where the National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920. Having defeated Mexico (30-6), Japan (43-18) and France (82-8) in the Preliminary Round, they then again defeated Japan 59-12 in the Gold Medal Game. Mexico accounted for France (20-7) in the Bronze Medal Game and Australia won for the second time (42-14) against South Korea in the 5th Place Playoff.

The odd number of teams (seven), meant an unusual schedule which meant Brazil did not advance to the 5th Place Playoff despite defeating South Korea, who lost all their matches, and Mexico, who lost both matches in the First Group, advanced to the Bronze Medal Game in the absence of Canada. (Presumably matches against Canada were scheduled at one stage and then awarded later, which would account for the discrepancies, however, there is no mention of this on the IFAF World Championship website, nor a reason for Canada’a absence, the second most powerful country in American Football.)

References

Logos

[1] IFAF World Championship (2015) 2015-would-championship [Internet] Available from: http://ifafworldchampionship.org/wp-content/themes/2015-world-championship/img/2015-would-championship.png [Accessed 26 March 2021]

Internet Archives

[2] IFAF World Championship (2015) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://ifafworldchampionship.org/schedule [Accessed 26 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Gunning (American Football International)

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 26 March 2021

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