2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship

2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United States
Dates	June 30 – July 8
No. of nations	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada
Runner-up	United States
Third-place	Japan
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The 2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship took place in 2012 at Austin, Texas. These championship match the world’s eight best high school-aged (19 and under) national American football teams from five continents shall be played at Burger Stadium in Austin Texas. The action began on Saturday, June 30 and ran through Saturday, July 8.^[1] To win the Gold Medal #2 ranked Canada had to defeat #7 Sweden, #3 Japan and finally #1 USA in the Championship game. The hard road to success turned in a fantastic finish to a great tournament. In doing so, Canada avenged its 50-7 loss in the 2011 IFAF World Championship (which was composed of adult competitors) and handed the U.S. national team its first ever loss in international competition.

Participants & Seeding

• 1.  United States
• 2.  Canada
• 3.  Japan
• 4.  Panama
• 5.  Austria
• 6.  France
• 7.  Sweden
• 8.  American Samoa

Three nations from the 2009 U-19 World Championship failed to qualify for this year's event - Mexico, Germany and New Zealand.

Bracket

Winners Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold Medal Game
	Game 2
	Japan	27
					Game 7
	France	6
					Japan	24
	Game 3
					Canada	33
	Canada	43
									Game 12
	Sweden	0
									Canada	23
	Game 1
									USA	17
	Panama	0
					Game 8
	Austria	40
					Austria	7
	Game 4
					USA	70			Bronze Medal Game
	United States	27
									Game 11
	American Samoa	6
									Japan	7
									Austria	0

Consolation Bracket

	Semi-finals				5th Place Playoff
	Game 5
	France	41
					Game 10
	Sweden	0
					France	14
	Game 6
					American Samoa	27
	Panama	0
	American Samoa	51
					7th Place Playoff
					Game 9
					Sweden	54
					Panama	20

Scores

Game Day 1 - June 30

Game 1: Team 1 2 3 4 T Panama 0 0 0 0 0 Austria 12 14 7 7 40

Game 2: Team 1 2 3 4 T Japan 17 7 3 0 27 France 0 0 6 0 6

Game 3: Team 1 2 3 4 T Canada 0 10 13 20 43 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0

Game 4: Team 1 2 3 4 T United States 13 7 0 7 27 American Samoa 0 6 0 0 6

Game Day 2 - July 3

Game 5: Team 1 2 3 4 T France 7 17 14 3 41 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0

Game 6: Team 1 2 3 4 T Panama 0 0 0 0 0 American Samoa 14 12 14 11 51

Game Day 3 - July 4

Game 7: Team 1 2 3 4 T Japan 14 0 3 7 24 Canada 14 9 0 10 33

Game 8: Team 1 2 3 4 T Austria 7 0 0 0 7 USA 7 28 28 7 70

Game Day 4 - July 6

Game 9: Team 1 2 3 4 T Sweden 7 19 14 14 54 Panama 8 6 0 6 20

Game 10: Team 1 2 3 4 T France 7 0 7 0 14 American Samoa 0 21 0 6 27