2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship

2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championships
Tournament information
SportFlag football
LocationJerusalem
Dates6 December–8 December
Host(s) Israel
Teams18
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runner-up Mexico
3rd place Austria
← 2018
2024 →

The 2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championships was the 10th World Championships in women's flag football. The tournament took place in Jerusalem, Israel, from 6 to 8 December 2021.

Venue

Denmark was scheduled to host the 2020 edition only for it to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) selected Israel to host the Flag Football World Championships for 2021. The Kraft Family Sports Campus in Jerusalem was originally scheduled to stage the men's and women's events, however, due to expected high winds the games were played at Teddy Stadium.

Tournament groups

After the group ballot, 18 teams are divided into 2 groups of 5 a 2 groups of 4. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches.

The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the quarter-final.

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 United States
 Team Neutral
 Spain
 France
 Finland

 Panama
 Czech Republic
 Chile
 Italy
 Belarus

 Austria
  Switzerland
 Mexico
 Germany

 Israel (hosts)
 Denmark
 Brazil
 Japan

Results

Preliminary Round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Qualification TNE
1  United States 4 4 0 0 185 25 +160 Quarterfinals 39–0 46–0 46–12 54–13
2  France 4 2 1 1 57 58 −1 0–39 12–12 25–7 20–0
3  Spain 4 2 1 1 95 92 +3 9th-12th place 0–46 12–12 26–21 57–13
4  Team Neutral 4 1 0 3 89 104 −15 13th-16th place 12–46 7–25 21–26 49–7
5  Finland 4 0 0 4 33 180 −147 17th-18th place 13–54 0–20 13–57 7–49

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Panama 4 4 0 165 43 +122 Quarterfinals 43–14 34–7 36–7 52–15
2  Italy 4 3 1 94 97 −3 14–43 40–24 19–18 21–12
3  Czech Republic 4 2 2 112 99 +13 9th-12th place 7–34 24–40 42–25 39–0
4  Belarus 4 1 3 81 117 −36 13th-16th place 7–36 18–19 25–42 31–20
5  Chile 4 0 4 47 143 −96 17th–18th place 15–52 12–21 0–39 20–31

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 112 64 +48 Quarterfinals 25–20 33–20 54–24
2  Austria 3 1 1 1 104 69 +35 20–25 38–38 46–6
3  Germany 3 1 1 1 79 77 +2 9th-12th place 20–33 38–38 21–6
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 3 36 121 −85 13th-16th place 24–54 6–46 6–21

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 81 53 +28 Quarterfinals 20–14 20–20 41–19
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 86 41 +45 14–20 40–0 32–21
3  Israel (H) 3 1 1 1 46 79 −33 9th-12th place 20–20 0–40 26–19
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 59 99 −40 13th-16th place 19–41 21–32 19–26
Source: Official website
(H) Hosts

Knock-out stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 December
 
 
 United States40
 
8 December
 
 Japan24
 
 United States33
 
7 December
 
 Austria6
 
 Panama19
 
8 December
 
 Austria20
 
 United States31
 
7 December
 
 Mexico21
 
 France6
 
8 December
 
 Brazil32
 
 Brazil6
 
7 December
 
 Mexico47 Bronze medal game
 
 Italy13
 
8 December
 
 Mexico46
 
 Austria26
 
 
 Brazil13
 

Placement matches

5th Place Bracket

 
5th–8th Place Semi-finals5th Place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
 Japan34
 
7 December
 
 Italy28
 
 Japan25
 
7 December
 
 Panama32
 
 Panama15
 
 
 France0
 
7th Place
 
 
7 December
 
 
 Italy26
 
 
 France31

9th Place Bracket

 
9th-11th Place Semi-finals9th Place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
 Spain27
 
7 December
 
 Czech Republic20
 
 Spain34
 
7 December
 
 Germany30
 
 Germany31
 
 
 Israel19
 
11th Place
 
 
7 December
 
 
 Czech Republic25
 
 
 Israel24

13th Place Bracket

 
13th-16th Place Semi-finals13th Place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
 Team Neutral27
 
7 December
 
 Belarus6
 
 Team Neutral32
 
7 December
 
 Denmark12
 
  Switzerland20
 
 
 Denmark42
 
15th Place
 
 
7 December
 
 
 Belarus12
 
 
  Switzerland13

17th Place Bracket

 
17th Place
 
  
 
8 December
 
 
 Finland32
 
 
 Chile0
 

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The top seven teams, not including the United States, qualified for the 2022 World Games.[1]

 United States
 Mexico
 Austria
4  Brazil
5  Panama
6  Japan
7  France
8  Italy
9  Spain
10  Germany
11  Czech Republic
12  Israel
13  Team Neutral
14  Denmark
15   Switzerland
16  Belarus
17  Finland
18  Chile

References

  1. ^ "IFAF says record number of teams to compete at Flag Football World Championships". insidethegames.biz.