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2024 IFAF World Junior Championship

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2024 IFAF World Junior Championship
IFAF World Junior Football Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Canada
DatesJune 20, 2024 – June 30, 2024
No. of nationsSeven, eight teams
Final positions
Champions  Canada
Runner-up  Japan
Third-place  Austria
Tournament statistics
Attendance17,000 est.
MVP of the tournamentOffense: Michael Sazbo, QB, Austria Defence: Benjamin Blaise, DB/LB, Canada
2018
2026 (TBD) →

The 2024 IFAF World Junior Championship (7th) was an international American football tournament for junior teams (20 years and under). The competition was co-hosted by Football Canada and Football Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta in June 2024.[1] Although Football Canada had won the most IFAF World Junior Championships with three prior to the tournament, the country has not hosted the event since it started in 2009.

In November 2023, IFAF announced that nine nations qualified for the tournament:[2]

A tentative qualification fixture was scheduled for February 2024 with  Brazil and  Panama to determine the top South American qualifier.

On 22 January 2024 the Edmonton Local Organizing committee announced that Canada, United States, Japan, Austria, Australia, Panama, Brazil and a undetermined team had stated their intention to compete June 20-30.[3] [4] [5] The eventual additional team would be a "B team" from Canada known as Canada II.

Seeding

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Games

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IFAF Rules Time: 48 Min in 4 Quarter

Quarterfinal

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Game 1

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Canada 2 0 7 0613
 Austria 10 10 71441

at Clarke Stadium

Game 2

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 United States 28 23 142186
 Panama 0 0 6612

at Commonwealth Stadium

Game 3

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Australia 0 0 606
 Japan 14 9 20750

at Clarke Stadium

Game 4

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Brazil 0 0 000
 Canada 28 27 2134110

at Commonwealth Stadium

Semifinal

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Game 5

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Panama 0 0 000
 Australia 0 7 01421

at Clarke Stadium

Game 6 - Semifinal

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Japan 20 7 7741
 United States 0 7 6720

at Commonwealth Stadium

Game 7

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Brazil 0 7 007
 Canada 2 21 14 141463

at Clarke Stadium

Game 8 - Semifinal

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Austria 14 3 0320
 Canada 7 3 14327

at Commonwealth Stadium

Placement and medal games

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Game 9 - Seventh Place/South American Title

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Brazil 0 7 7014
 Panama 0 14 72950

at Clarke Stadium

Game 10 - Bronze Medal Game

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Austria 14 8 2832
 United States 8 3 01425

at Commonwealth Stadium

Game 11 - Fifth place game

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Australia 0 7 007
 Canada 2 0 17 21745

at Clarke Stadium

Game 12 - Gold Medal Game

Quarter 1 2 34Total
 Japan 3 0 069
 Canada 0 7 31020

at Commonwealth Stadium

  • Date: June 30, 2024
  • Game time: 1700 MT
  • Game weather: 16c, windy, rain
  • Game attendance: 3,489
  • Referee: R Veikko Lamminsalo Finland U Travis Jerkovits Canada H James Cowtun Canada L Chiara Tomaz Italy B Kim Larsen Denmark F Jake Webb Canada S Julia Long Canada
  • TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665b024abf70fa98845f3ce1

Final Placement

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Headlines

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  • The gold medal final was the first IFAF game broadcast on a North American sports network, TSN in Canada.
  • The 110 points scored by Canada against Brazil was the most ever in an IFAF international American Football game, and the largest margin of victory.
  • Canada is the first nation to win three world junior championships in a row.
  • Canada becomes the only nation to medal in every world junior championship.
  • This event was the first time the United States has not medalled at an IFAF event they have participated in.
  • Austria is the first European team to medal at this event.

References

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  1. ^ "EDMONTON SELECTED AS HOST OF 2024 IFAF WORLD JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". footballcanada.com. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  2. ^ "Nine Teams Qualify for 2024 IFAF World Junior Championships". 13 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Eight Teams Ramping Up for 2024 IFAF World Junior Championships". americanfootball.sport. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  4. ^ "IFAF World Junior Championship set for Edmonton". 3DownNation.com. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  5. ^ "IFAF World Junior Championships set to Resume this Summer in Edmonton - (CP)". The Globe and Mail. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
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