2003 IFAF World Championship

2003 IFAF World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Germany
Dates	July 10 – July 12
No. of nations	4
Final positions
Champions	Japan
Runner-up	Mexico
Third-place	Germany
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The 2003 IFAF World Championship was the second instance of the IFAF World Championship, an American football world championship held by International Federation of American Football (IFAF). The tournament was held in Germany at Herbert Dröse Stadion and Berliner Strasse Stadion. Japan won the championship for the second time in a row.

Participants[edit]

•  Japan (Asian champion)
•  Mexico (American champion)
•  France (European representatives)
•  Germany (Qualify automatically as the hosts)

Venues[edit]

Rounds[edit]

	Semi-finals				Final
	Japan	23
	France	6
					Japan	34
					Mexico	14
	Mexico	21
	Germany	17
					Third place
					Germany	36
					France	7

Semi finals[edit]

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Japan	0	0	20	3	23
France	0	0	0	6	6

at Stadion an der Berliner Straße

• Date: July 10
• Game time: 14:00
• Game attendance: 1200
• Referee: Jim Briggs

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Mexico	7	0	7	7	21
Germany	0	3	0	14	17

at Stadion an der Berliner Straße

• Date: July 10
• Game time: 18:00
• Game attendance: 1600
• Referee: Fereed Adus

Final[edit]

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Japan	0	17	7	10	34
Mexico	7	0	7	0	14

at Herbert Dröse Stadion

• Date: July 12
• Game time: 18:00
• Game attendance: 2600
• Referee: Jim Briggs

Winner[edit]

2003 IFAF World Cup Winners
Japan Second Title

Statistics[edit]

Pos	Team	Games	Win	Lose	Points for	Points against	Difference
1	Japan	2	2	0	57	20	+37
2	Mexico	2	1	1	35	51	−16
3	Germany	2	1	1	53	28	+25
4	France	2	0	2	13	59	−46

All-Star Team[edit]

The following players were selected as part of the tournament's All-Star Team.^[1]

2003 IFAF World Championship All-Star Team

Offense		Defense		Specialists
Position	Player	Position	Player	Position	Player
QB	Yuichi Tomizawa	DE	Peter Groß-Pass	P/K	Mahoto Koyama
RB	Ikunori Hanna	DE	Francesco Pepe Esposito	RS	Iván de Sandozequi
RB	Takuya Furutani	DT	Cristopher Königsmann
WR	Masato Itai	DT	Mirushi Fuji
WR	Christian González	LB	Kanchito Tamai
TE	Alexej Mittendorf	LB	Shinzo Yamada
LT	Andre Mathes	LB	Guillermo Ruiz Burguete
LG	Eita Imai	CB	Jose Guadalupe Rafael Martiñon
C	Frank Söhlke	CB	Masahiro Nomura
RG	Yasushi Furuhawa	FS	Sebastian Tuch
RT	Yuki Terayama	SS	Francisco Rodríguez

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