2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship

2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation United States
DatesJune 30 – July 8
No. of nations8
Final positions
Champions  Canada
Runner-up  United States
Third-place  Japan
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The 2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship took place in 2012 at Austin, Texas. These championship match the world’s eight best high school-aged (19 and under) national American football teams from five continents shall be played at 12,000-capacity Burger Stadium in Austin Texas, a football and soccer venue. The action began on Saturday, June 30 and ran through Saturday, July 8.[1] To win the Gold Medal #2 ranked Canada had to defeat #7 Sweden, #3 Japan and finally #1 USA in the Championship game. The hard road to success turned in a fantastic finish to a great tournament. In doing so, Canada avenged its 50-7 loss in the 2011 IFAF World Championship (which was composed of adult competitors) and handed the U.S. national team its first ever loss in international competition.

Participants & Seeding

  • 1.  United States
  • 2.  Canada
  • 3.  Japan
  • 4.  Panama
  • 5.  Austria
  • 6.  France
  • 7.  Sweden
  • 8.  American Samoa

Three nations from the 2009 U-19 World Championship failed to qualify for this year's event - Mexico, Germany and New Zealand.

Bracket

Winners Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold Medal Game
 
          
 
Game 2
 
 
Japan Japan 27
 
Game 7
 
France France 6
 
Japan Japan 24
 
Game 3
 
CanadaCanada 33
 
Canada Canada 43
 
Game 12
 
Sweden Sweden 0
 
CanadaCanada 23
 
Game 1
 
United States USA 17
 
Panama Panama 0
 
Game 8
 
Austria Austria 40
 
Austria Austria 7
 
Game 4
 
United States USA70 Bronze Medal Game
 
United States United States 27
 
Game 11
 
American Samoa American Samoa 6
 
Japan Japan 7
 
 
Austria Austria 0
 

Consolation Bracket

 
Semi-finals5th Place Playoff
 
      
 
Game 5
 
 
France France41
 
Game 10
 
SwedenSweden0
 
France France14
 
Game 6
 
American SamoaAmerican Samoa27
 
Panama Panama0
 
 
American SamoaAmerican Samoa51
 
7th Place Playoff
 
 
Game 9
 
 
SwedenSweden54
 
 
Panama Panama20

Scores

Game Day 1 - June 30

Game 1: Team 1 2 3 4 T
Panama Panama 0 0 0 0 0
Austria Austria 12 14 7 7 40
Game 2: Team 1 2 3 4 T
Japan Japan 17 7 3 0 27
France France 0 0 6 0 6


Game 3: Team 1 2 3 4 T
Canada Canada 0 10 13 20 43
Sweden Sweden 0 0 0 0 0


Game 4: Team 1 2 3 4 T
United States United States 13 7 0 7 27
American Samoa American Samoa 0 6 0 0 6

Game Day 2 - July 3

Game 5: Team 1 2 3 4 T
France France 7 17 14 3 41
Sweden Sweden 0 0 0 0 0


Game 6: Team 1 2 3 4 T
Panama Panama 0 0 0 0 0
American Samoa American Samoa 14 12 14 11 51

Game Day 3 - July 4

Game 7: Team 1 2 3 4 T
Japan Japan 14 0 3 7 24
Canada Canada 14 9 0 10 33


Game 8: Team 1 2 3 4 T
Austria Austria 7 0 0 0 7
United States USA 7 28 28 7 70

Game Day 4 - July 6

Game 9: Team 1 2 3 4 T
Sweden Sweden 7 19 14 14 54
Panama Panama 8 6 0 6 20


Game 10: Team 1 2 3 4 T
France France 7 0 7 0 14
American Samoa American Samoa 0 21 0 6 27

Game Day 5 - July 7

Game 11: Team 1 2 3 4 T
Japan Japan 0 0 0 7 7
Austria Austria 0 0 0 0 0


Game 12: Team 1 2 3 4 T
Canada Canada 3 7 6 7 23
United States USA 0 7 7 3 17

Official website

http://www.u19championship.com/

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tournament Schedule Announced For 2012 IFAF Under-19 World Championship". International Federation of American Football. Retrieved 1 May 2012.