IFAF World Junior Championship

The IFAF World Junior Championship is a biennial or quadrennial competition for American football. It refers to the biennial IFAF U19 World Cup which ran from 2009-2020 and was the precursor of the quadrennial IFAF U20 World Cup with the first event scheduled for 2024 in Canada.

IFAF World Junior Championship
SportAmerican football
Founded2008
No. of teams6 in 2018
Most recent
champion(s)		 Canada (3rd title)
Most titles Canada (3 titles)

The first iteration of the IFAF World Junior Championship was known as the IFAF Junior World Cup and served as the world championship of American football for players under the age of 19 organized by the International Federation of American Football. From 2012 through 2018 the age designation "U-19" was used in the title for the tournament. An age adjustment ratified by IFAF has repositioned the premiere junior competition as the U-20 2024 IFAF World Junior Championship in hosted in Edmonton, Alberta on a four-year cycle in the summer of 2024.[1]

Plans for the first competition were announced in June 2008 and the first competition started on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Canton, Ohio.[2] The tournament replaced the eleven-year running NFL Global Junior Championship and was held every two years.

The 2020 championships scheduled for Canton, Ohio were cancelled 3 March 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[3] Details have not been released regarding a possible rescheduling of the event in 2021.

Results
Year Host Final Third-place game
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2009
Details		 United States
United States[4]		 41–3
Canada
Japan[5]		 42–27
Mexico
2012
Details		 United States
Canada[6]		 23–17
United States
Japan		 7–0
Austria
2014
Details		 Kuwait
United States[7]		 40–17
Canada
Mexico		 31–30
Austria
2016
Details		 China
Canada[8]		 24–6
United States
Mexico		 24–7
Japan
2018
Details		 Mexico
Canada		 13–7
Mexico
United States		 61–9
Sweden

References
  1. "Football Canada have been awarded hosting rights for the 2024 IFAF World U20 Championship". 25 February 2019. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  2. "IFAF Junior World Championship". International Federation of American Football. Retrieved 23 October 2011. The inaugural IFAF Junior World Championship will be played at Fawcett Stadium at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in the summer of 2009.
  3. http://footballcanada.com/ifaf-postpones-2020-world-junior-and-world-flag-championships/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "THE U.S., BEATS CANADA IN FINAL" (PDF). Football Canada. 5 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011. The United States defeated Canada 41–3 in the final on Sunday at the 2009 IFAF World Junior Football Championships in Canton, Ohio.
  5. "THE U.S., BEATS CANADA IN FINAL" (PDF). Football Canada. 5 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011. Japan defeated Mexico 42–27 on Saturday for the bronze medal.
  6. "CANADA WINS U-19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". IFAF. 8 July 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  7. "2014 IFAF U19 WC RESULTS AND FINAL STATS INFORMATION". IFAF. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  8. "Canada defeats U.S. National Team, 24-6, in IFAF Under-19 World Championship Game". USA Football. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.


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