The 2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship was an international American football tournament for junior teams (19 years and under) that took place at Mexico City from July 15 to July 22. This was the first time that Mexico hosted an IFAF World Junior Championship competition.
IFAF World Junior Football Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Host nation | ![]() |
Dates | July 15, 2018 – July 22, 2018 |
No. of nations | Six |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third-place ![]() | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Attendance | 76,115 |
MVP of the tournament | Andreas Dueck, QB, Canada |
← 2016 2020 (Cancelled) → |
Teams were split into higher and lower groups by seeding. Three teams from higher seeded group and one team from lower seeded group would advance to the semi-final. This would be the last world junior championship staged in the U19 age classification. The 2020 championship scheduled for the United States was cancelled by IFAF 3 March 2020 due to complications from the Coronavirus pandemic. The next scheduled world junior championship is a U20 competition hosted by Football Canada in Edmonton, Alberta in July 2024.[1]
Participants and seeding
editMatches
editGame 1
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
United States | 13 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 39 |
at Estadio Olympico '68
- Date: July 15, 2018
- Game weather: 26c, overcast
- Game attendance: 3,500
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4 (Placement game)
Game 5 (semifinal)
Game 6 (semifinal)
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Mexico | 7 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
United States | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
at Estadio Olympico '68
- Date: July 18, 2018
- Game weather: 23c, partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 15,800
- USA Today game recap[3]
Game 7 (Fifth Place Game)
Game 8 (bronze-medal game)
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
United States | 14 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 61 |
at Estadio Olympico '68
- Date: July 22, 2018
- Game weather: 24c, sunny
- Game attendance: 4,500
- AFI game recap[5]
Game 9 (gold-medal game)
References
edit- ^ "EDMONTON SELECTED AS HOST OF 2024 IFAF WORLD JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". footballcanada.com. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "IFAF U19 World Championships: Team Canada slips past Japan, advances to gold medal final". American Football International. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Mexico routs the U-19 U.S. football team at IFAF U19 World Championships". USA TODAY High School Sports. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "2018 IFAF U19 World Championships: Japan overwhelms Team Outback from Australia to capture 5th". American Football International. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "IFAF U19 World Championship: U.S. National Team dominates Sweden, wins bronze medal". American Football International. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Canada defeats Team Mexico, wins gold medal at 2018 IFAF U19 World Championships". American Football International. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.