American football at the 2017 World Games
American football at the 2017 World Games | |
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Venue | Olympic Stadium |
Dates | 22–24 July 2017 |
Competitors | 172 from 4 nations |
← 2005 |
The American football tournament at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław was an invitation sport. It was played between 22 and 24 July. There were 172 competitors, from 4 nations, that participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Olympic Stadium.
Team USA situation
Following the 2015 split between IFAF Paris and IFAF New York, IFAF Paris expelled USA Football in 2017.[1] USA Football was replaced by the United States Federation of American Football in Paris, while New York retained USA Football as their active member. Since IFAF Paris was recognized by the IWGA and International Olympic Committee at the time, the United States Federation of American Football was permitted to organize the United States national American football team for the 2017 World Games.
Players, mainly professional Americans playing in Europe, were chosen for the team on May 31, 2017. Players were promised full funding from the United States Federation of American Football; however, the funding was withdrawn just days before the competition and players had to provide their own transportation to Wroclaw. As a result, most of the team withdrew from the competition and were instead replaced by volunteers who were already in Europe at the time.[2] Most of the team arrived the day before their opening match vs the Germany national American football team. The mistake-prone Americans lost to Germany 13–14, which was the first loss ever for a United States national American football team in international competition.
Qualification
Men's tournament
Means of qualification | Date | Qualified |
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Host country | 23 April 2016 | Poland |
IFAF Americas Qualifiers | United States | |
IFAF Asia Qualifiers | Japan (withdrew) | |
IFAF Europe Qualifiers | Germany | |
Reallocation | France |
Competition schedule
M | Match |
Thu 20 | Fri 21 | Sat 22 | Sun 23 |
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M1 | M2 |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Event
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament details | France | Germany | United States |
Men's competition
Knockout stage
Games consisted of four 7-minute quarters in regulation time.
Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
22 July | ||||||
United States | 13 | |||||
24 July | ||||||
Germany | 14 | |||||
Germany | 6 | |||||
22 July | ||||||
France | 14 | |||||
Poland | 2 | |||||
France | 28 | |||||
Bronze medal match | ||||||
24 July | ||||||
United States | 14 | |||||
Poland | 7 |
References
External links
- International Federation of American Football
- Schedule
- Medalists
- Results book
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