2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship

2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championships

Tournament information
Sport	Flag football
Location	Jerusalem
Dates	6 December–8 December
Host(s)	Israel
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Mexico
3rd place	Austria

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	7 December
	United States	40
					8 December
	Japan	24
					United States	33
	7 December
					Austria	6
	Panama	19
									8 December
	Austria	20
									United States	31
	7 December
									Mexico	21
	France	6
					8 December
	Brazil	32
					Brazil	6
	7 December
					Mexico	47			Bronze medal game
	Italy	13
									8 December
	Mexico	46
									Austria	26
									Brazil	13

Placement matches

5th Place Bracket

	5th–8th Place Semi-finals				5th Place
	7 December
	Japan	34
					7 December
	Italy	28
					Japan	25
	7 December
					Panama	32
	Panama	15
	France	0
					7th Place
					7 December
					Italy	26
					France	31

9th Place Bracket

	9th-11th Place Semi-finals				9th Place
	7 December
	Spain	27
					7 December
	Czech Republic	20
					Spain	34
	7 December
					Germany	30
	Germany	31
	Israel	19
					11th Place
					7 December
					Czech Republic	25
					Israel	24

13th Place Bracket

	13th-16th Place Semi-finals				13th Place
	7 December
	Team Neutral	27
					7 December
	Belarus	6
					Team Neutral	32
	7 December
					Denmark	12
	Switzerland	20
	Denmark	42
					15th Place
					7 December
					Belarus	12
					Switzerland	13

17th Place Bracket

	17th Place
	8 December
	Finland	32
	Chile	0

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

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

	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

External links

• Official website