2009 IFAF Junior World Championship

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2009 IFAF Junior World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United States
Dates	June 27 – July 5
No. of nations	8
Final positions
Champions	United States
Runner-up	Canada
Third-place	Japan
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The IFAF Junior World Cup took place in 2009 at Canton, Ohio. JWC games between the world’s eight best high school-aged (19 and under) national teams from five continents were played at Canton’s historic Fawcett Stadium, home of the NFL’s annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, adjacent to the Hall. The action began on Saturday, June 27 and continued on Wednesday, July 1 and Saturday, July 4, before the Championship Game on Sunday, July 5.^[1]

Participants[edit]

•  United States (qualified automatically as host)
•  Japan (Invitee)
•  Canada (Invitee)
•  Mexico (Winner of North American Playoff)
•  New Zealand (Winner of Oceania Playoff)
•  Germany (European champion)
•  Sweden (European Runner-Up)
•  France (European 3rd Place)

Seeding[edit]

• 1.  Canada
• 2.  United States
• 3.  Mexico
• 4.  Japan
• 5.  Germany
• 6.  Sweden
• 7.  France
• 8.  New Zealand

Bracket[edit]

Winners Bracket[edit]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold Medal Game
	Game 1
	Canada	55
					Game 7
	New Zealand	0
					Canada	38
	Game 2
					Japan	35
	Japan	10
									Game 12
	Germany	7
									Canada	3
	Game 3
									United States	41
	Mexico	41
					Game 8
	Sweden	0
					Mexico	0
	Game 4
					United States	55			Bronze Medal Game
	United States	78
									Game 11
	France	0
									Japan	42
									Mexico	27

Consolation Bracket[edit]

	Semi-finals				5th Place Playoff
	Game 5
	New Zealand	7
					Game 9
	Germany	52
					Germany	14
	Game 6
					Sweden	0
	Sweden	24
	France	14
					7th Place Playoff
					Game 10
					New Zealand	6
					France	34

Scores[edit]

Game Day 1 - June 27[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 T Canada 20 21 7 7 55 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 T Japan 0 0 3 7 10 Germany 7 0 0 0 7

Team 1 2 3 4 T Mexico 7 13 7 14 41 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 T United States 24 13 13 28 78 France 0 0 0 0 0

Game Day 2 - July 1[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 T New Zealand 0 0 0 7 7 Germany 14 9 22 7 52

Team 1 2 3 4 T Sweden 0 17 7 0 24 France 6 0 0 8 14

Team 1 2 3 4 T Canada 7 14 7 10 38 Japan 7 7 7 14 35

Team 1 2 3 4 T Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 United States 27 14 7 7 55

Game Day 3 - July 4[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 T New Zealand 0 0 0 6 6 France 7 14 6 7 34

Team 1 2 3 4 T Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 Germany 7 0 0 7 14

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Japan	21	7	14	0	42
Mexico	7	6	0	14	27

Game Day 4 - July 5[edit]

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Canada	3	0	0	0	3
United States	15	3	14	9	41

Qualifying[edit]

North America:

	Semifinal					Final
							Mexico	26
		Panama	52				Panama	0
		Bahamas	6

Oceanic:

	Final
	New Zealand [2]		12
	Australia		7

Europe: The European teams qualified via the 2008 EFAF European Junior Championship.

	Bronze Medal Game
	France		28
	Denmark		14

	Gold Medal Game
	Germany		9
	Sweden		6

See also[edit]

• IFAF World Cup
• IFAF

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• IFAF World Cup blog