2009 IFAF Junior World Cup

2009 IFAF Junior World Cup

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

•  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

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

Bracket

Winners Bracket

	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			Bronze Medal Game
	Game 4
					United States	55
	United States	78							Japan	42
	France	0							Mexico	27
									Game 11

Consolation Bracket

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

Scores

Game Day 1 - June 27

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

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

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

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

Qualifying

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

Official website

http://www.usafootball.com/jwc

See also

• IFAF World Cup
• IFAF
• IFAF World Cup blog

References

International American football IFAF World Championship Women's World Championship U-19 World Cup Olympics (demonstration) World Games (demonstration) Africa IFAF Africa Asia AFAF Americas PAFAF Europe EFAF EFAF European Championship Junior BIG6 Eurobowl EFL EFAF Cup EFAF Challenge Cup EFAF Atlantic Cup EFAF Euro Top 20 Oceania OFAF