Final Standings

Place	IFAF World Championship 2015	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1	USA	4	4	0	0	214	36	1.000
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	65	109	.333
3	Mexico	3	1	2	0	33	72	.333
4	France	4	2	2	0	91	111	.500
5	Australia	4	3	1	0	108	81	.750
6	South Korea	3	0	3	0	12	122	.000
7	Brazil	3	1	2	0	42	47	.333

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	5th Place
18.07.2015	Australia	42	South Korea	14
	Bronze Medal
18.07.2015	Mexico	20	France	7
	Gold Medal
18.07.2015	USA	59	Japan	12

Preliminary Round Standings

IFAF World Championship 2015	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
First Group
USA (X)	3	3	0	0	155	24	1.000
Japan (X)	2	1	1	0	53	50	.500
Mexico (Y)	2	0	2	0	13	65	.000
Second Group
France (Y)	3	2	1	0	84	91	.667
Australia (Z)	3	2	1	0	66	67	.667
South Korea (Z)	2	0	2	0	6	75	.000
Brazil	3	1	2	0	42	47	.333

Preliminary Games

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
09.07.2015	Australia	47	South Korea	6
09.07.2015	France	31	Brazil	6
09.07.2015	USA	30	Mexico	6
	Round 2
12.07.2015	Brazil	28	South Korea	0
12.07.2015	France	53	Australia	3
12.07.2015	USA	43	Japan	18
	Round 3
15.07.2015	Australia	16	Brazil	8
15.07.2015	Japan	35	Mexico	7
15.07.2015	USA	82	France	0

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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