The IFAF Junior World Championship or IFAF World Junior Championship is a biennial competition for American football which ran from 2009 to 2020 and was the precursor of the quadrennial IFAF U20 World Cup with the first event played in 2024 in Edmonton, Canada.
IFAF U19 World Cup
The IFAF U19 World Cup is the precursor of the IFAF U20 World Cup. The U19 World Cup was the world championship of American football for players under the age of 19 organized by the International Federation of American Football. From 2012 through 2018, the age designation "U-19" was used in the tournament title. An age adjustment ratified by IFAF has repositioned the premiere junior competition as the U20 IFAF World Junior Championship in 2024 hosted in Edmonton, Alberta on a four-year cycle.[1]
It was announced in June 2008 and the first competition started on Saturday, June 27, 2009, at Canton, Ohio.[2] The tournament replaced the eleven-year running NFL Global Junior Championship and is held every two years.
The 2020 championships scheduled for Canton, Ohio were cancelled on 3 March 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[3] A 2021 event was scheduled for Vancouver, Canada to replace the 2020 event. This event was cancelled on 13 March 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[4]
^"IFAF Junior World Championship". International Federation of American Football. Retrieved 23 October 2011. The inaugural IFAF Junior World Championship will be played at Fawcett Stadium at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in the summer of 2009.
^"THE U.S., BEATS CANADA IN FINAL"(PDF). Football Canada. 5 July 2009. Archived from the original(PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011. The United States defeated Canada 41–3 in the final on Sunday at the 2009 IFAF World Junior Football Championships in Canton, Ohio.
^"THE U.S., BEATS CANADA IN FINAL"(PDF). Football Canada. 5 July 2009. Archived from the original(PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011. Japan defeated Mexico 42–27 on Saturday for the bronze medal.
