2023 IFAF World Championship

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2023 IFAF World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Germany
Dates
No. of nations8
2015
TBD →

The 2023 IFAF World Championship is the upcoming sixth instance of the IFAF World Championship for American football. In December 2018, the IFAF announced that the games, which were originally scheduled to be held in Wollongong, Australia, from 29 July 2019 to 5 August 2019, will be postponed to 2023 citing the large number of withdrawals from top nations.[1]

Background[]

Bidding process[]

On 13 July 2018, Australia was announced by IFAF as the host for the 2019 championship.[2]

On 11 December 2021, IFAF announced that Germany would replace Australia as hosts of the rescheduled 2023 IFAF World Championship.[3]

Qualification[]

Team Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Consecutive
finals
appearances
Previous best
performance
United States United States Defending champions 18 July 2015 3 2015 3 Winners (2007, 2011, 2015)
Australia Australia Oceania Representative 29 July 2019 4 2015 3 5th place (1999, 2015)
 Germany Host 11 December 2021 5 2011 1 3rd place (2003,2007)
Europe 1
Europe 2
Americas Qualifier
Asian Qualifier
African Qualifier

References[]

  1. ^ "IFAF postpones World Championships until 2023". American Football International. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Australia wins bid to host 2019 IFAF Men's World Championship". AFI Review. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Germany announced as host for 2023 IFAF World Championship". www.insidethegames.biz. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

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