2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship
IFAF World Junior Football Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Mexico
DatesJuly 15, 2018 – July 22, 2018
No. of nationsSix
Final positions
Champions  Canada
Runner-up  Mexico
Third-place  United States
Tournament statistics
Attendance76,115
MVP of the tournamentAndreas Dueck, QB, Canada
← 2016
2020 (Cancelled) →

The 2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship was an international American football tournament for junior teams (19 years and under) that took place at Mexico City from July 15 to July 22. This was the first time that Mexico hosted an IFAF World Junior Championship competition.

Teams were split into higher and lower groups by seeding. Three teams from higher seeded group and one team from lower seeded group would advance to the semi-final. This would be the last world junior championship staged in the U19 age classification. The 2020 championship scheduled for the United States was cancelled by IFAF 3 March 2020 due to complications from the Coronavirus pandemic. The next scheduled world junior championship is a U20 competition hosted by Football Canada in Edmonton, Alberta in July 2024.[1]

Participants and seeding

Matches

Game 1

Period 1 2 34Total
 Australia 0 0 000
 United States 13 7 13639

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 15, 2018
  • Game weather: 26c, overcast
  • Game attendance: 3,500

Game 2

Period 1 2 34Total
 Sweden 0 0 606
 Canada 21 14 14049

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 15, 2018
  • Game weather: 24c, rain
  • Game attendance: 3,500

Game 3

Period 1 2 34Total
 Japan 0 6 8014
 Mexico 3 0 141431

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 15, 2018
  • Game weather: 21c, showers
  • Game attendance: 8,500

Game 4 (Placement game)

Period 1 2 34Total
 Australia 0 0 606
 Sweden 6 7 0619

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 18, 2016
  • Game weather: 23c, partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 1,800

Game 5 (semifinal)

Period 1 2 34Total
 Japan 0 7 9622
 Canada 7 14 7028

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 18, 2018
  • Game weather: 25c, partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 6,500
  • AFI game recap [2]

Game 6 (semifinal)

Period 1 2 34Total
 Mexico 7 16 7333
 United States 0 0 639

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 18, 2018
  • Game weather: 23c, partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 15,800
  • USA Today game recap[3]

Game 7 (Fifth Place Game)

Period 1 2 34Total
 Australia 0 0 14014
 Japan 10 10 171451

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 22, 2018
  • Game weather: 24c, sunny
  • Game attendance: 1,500
  • AFI game recap[4]

Game 8 (bronze-medal game)

Period 1 2 34Total
 Sweden 0 0 279
 United States 14 27 13761

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 22, 2018
  • Game weather: 24c, sunny
  • Game attendance: 4,500
  • AFI game recap[5]

Game 9 (gold-medal game)

Period 1 2 34Total
 Mexico 0 0 707
 Canada 3 7 3013

at Estadio Olympico '68

  • Date: July 22, 2016
  • Game weather: 24c, sunny
  • Game attendance: 33,515
  • AFI game recap[6]

References

  1. ↑ "EDMONTON SELECTED AS HOST OF 2024 IFAF WORLD JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". footballcanada.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  2. ↑ "IFAF U19 World Championships: Team Canada slips past Japan, advances to gold medal final". American Football International. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  3. ↑ "Mexico routs the U-19 U.S. football team at IFAF U19 World Championships". USA TODAY High School Sports. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  4. ↑ "2018 IFAF U19 World Championships: Japan overwhelms Team Outback from Australia to capture 5th". American Football International. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  5. ↑ "IFAF U19 World Championship: U.S. National Team dominates Sweden, wins bronze medal". American Football International. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  6. ↑ "Canada defeats Team Mexico, wins gold medal at 2018 IFAF U19 World Championships". American Football International. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
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