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Welcome to IFAF Rankings!
My goal is to provide up-to-date news, scores, commentary, and rankings for the IFAF teams participating in international competition. Currently, I’m only going to focus on Senior teams, but in the future I may expand it to Junior.
In order to provide accurate rankings and information, I need the results of matches. I will have all the results used in my rankings posted on the Results page. If you see I missed a game, please let me know!
As of right now, I’m still working on getting the site together, so not all the results are posted, but I still have records of them. I’ll take this line off this post when I get them all on the list.
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Israel To Play First National Team Game
What a week for IFAF news!
Israel is getting ready to play its first national team game. They won’t be facing off against another country, but NCAA Division 3 Maranatha Baptist Bible College, from Watertown, Wisconsin. The game will be played May 17th.
It’s not uncommon for national teams to play U.S. college teams. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology defeated Austria last year, 35-34, in overtime. Western New England defeated Italy this past March, 57-0.
I expect Maranatha to win, but it’s an exciting opportunity for the Israeli National Team. Hopefully soon we’ll see them battling it out against other nearby countries, and one day involved in World Championship qualifiying matches against South Korea and Japan.
Here are some articles on the upcoming game:
http://more.mbbc.edu/advantage/web-exclusives/israel-maranatha-focus-on-historic-football-game/
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=4185
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/travelers-check/201204/rise-american-football-holy-land
Turkey @ Romania
It would be a bittersweet day for Romania as they hosted Turkey Saturday, May 5, for an international friendly.
The exciting part of the day was that it was the first game ever for Romania. Unfortunately for the home team, they fell 61-0 (some places are reporting it as 62-0).
Here is the annoucement for the game:
http://ifaf.org/articles/view/1197/L2FydGljbGVzL2ZlYXR1cmVk
And here’s a video:
Schedule Announced For U-19 World Championshp
The IFAF U-19 World Championship will be played in Austin, Texas from June 30 through July 7. The tournament schedule has been released.
The games begin with #4 Panama taking on #5 Austria. #3 Japan then plays #5 France, followed by #2 Canada against #7 Sweden (host of the next senior WC). The day closes out with an intriguing game between #1 United States and #8 American Somoa.
You can find out more here:
http://ifaf.org/articles/view/1185
Tickets can be purchased here:
http://www.u19championship.com/
No word on if the games will be streamed or televised yet.
Brazil Returns to Football Action, Defeats Chile
It’s been roughly five years since a Brazilian American football team took the field, but on January 21st at ABC Stadium in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, they returned to action in stunning fashion, defeating Chile, 33-0.
| Teams | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | OT | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brazil | 13 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 33 | |
| Final | ||||||
Read more: http://touchdownbrasil.blogspot.com/2012/01/brasil-massacra-o-chile-em-amistoso-33.html (Portuguese)
Read more from the pre-game article: http://ifaf.org/articles/view/979
Of note from the IFAF article:
The project [to restart Brazilian football] also works towards the structuring of a South American Football Championship and the long-awaited participation of Brazil in the IFAF Senior World Championship in 2015 and 2019.
Argentina @ Uruguay
Alexander Bonomo hit a 41-yard field goal in the first half which proved to be the game-winner as Argentina defeated Uruguay, 3-0, on December 3, in Montevideo, Uruguay, to win Silver Bowl VI.
| Teams | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | OT | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Final | ||||||
Read more: http://ifaf.org/articles/view/932
Argentina’s write-up: http://www.faarg.com.ar/noticia/396
Great Britain Selects New Coach
Mike Callan has been appointed as the new head coach of the Great Britain Lions senior team. He was previously the wide receivers coach for the junior team.
Great Britain will be in Group B of the European Championship, to be played in 2013. If they win it all, they’ll advance to Group A for 2014 and have the chance to qualify for their first IFAF World Championship.
Read more here: http://ifaf.org/articles/view/914
IFAF Senior World Championship 2015 Host Set
Sweden has been chosen to host the 2015 IFAF Senior World Championship. You can read more about it here: http://ifaf.org/articles/view/887/
The 2015 tournament will feature 12 teams. These teams will be divided into four groups of three for round robin play, followed by a second round, then placement and medal games. 62 IFAF members will be invited to participate in regional qualifiers.
I’m interested to see how the regional qualifiers work, and how they’ll handle four additional teams:
- With only five PAFAF teams, how many will be allowed to qualify? Anything short of three (USA, Canada, and Mexico) would be a let down.
- In AFAF, Japan and South Korea usually play a qualifier. Will they both be allowed to come?
- Will Australia have to play in qualifier, since as far as I can tell, New Zealand doesn’t have a senior team anymore? Maybe against American Samoa? Australia shouldn’t automatically qualify.
- And how about EFAF? Normally the A-group winner and runner up go on to the world championship. Add that in with Sweden hosting (thus qualifying), will they end up with two or three more teams than usual?
It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out.
Like I said, Sweden will be participating because they are the host nation. Sweden is 3-3 in world cup play, participating in 1999 and 2007. They were the 3rd place finisher in 1999, going 2-1 by defeating Australia 22-6 in group play and Italy 38-13 in the 3rd place game. They lost to Japan 14-24 in group play. In 2007 they went 1-2, defeating France 16-14 and losing to Japan 0-48 in group play, and losing 0-7 to Germany in the 3rd place game.
Finland vs Sweden
| Teams | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | OT | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35 | |
| Sweden | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | |
| Final | ||||||
Finland last won in contest in the inaugural game in 2003, before Sweden ran off eight straight wins, including winning last year 19-17.
Here’s the report for Finland’s website: http://www.sajl.fi/-/artikkeliarkisto/?num=27564
Box score: http://www.sajl.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/27578/file/fiswem11.htm
Italy to Host European Championships B-Group in 2013
Italy will host the B-pool tournament of the European Championships in 2013.
The EC’s B Group consists of Italy, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Spain and the winner of the C Group tournament scheduled 2012. The winner of B Group will move on to the A Group in 2014.
Mediterranean Cup 2011
The 2011 Mediterranean Cup was held this past weekend. Four teams were involved, including two IFAF national teams.
| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/21 | USA Eagles FC | 27 | 00 | Czech Republic | Semifinal |
| 07/21 | Italy | 51 | 00 | Cineplexx Blue Devils | Semifinal |
| 07/23 | Cineplexx Blue Devils | 12 | 38 | Czech Republic | 3rd Place |
| 07/23 | USA Eagles FC | 34 | 10 | Italy | Final |
