American football at the 2017 World Games

The American football tournament at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław was an invitation sport. It was played between 22 and 24 July. There were 172 competitors, from 4 nations, that participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Olympic Stadium.

American football
at the 2017 World Games
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates22–24 July 2017
Competitors172 from 4 nations
← 2005

Team USA situation

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Following the 2015 split between IFAF Paris and IFAF New York, IFAF Paris expelled USA Football in 2017.[1] USA Football was replaced by the United States Federation of American Football in Paris, while New York retained USA Football as their active member. Since IFAF Paris was recognized by the IWGA and International Olympic Committee at the time, the United States Federation of American Football was permitted to organize the United States national American football team for the 2017 World Games.

Players, mainly professional Americans playing in Europe, were chosen for the team on May 31, 2017. Players were promised full funding from the United States Federation of American Football; however, the funding was withdrawn just days before the competition and players had to provide their own transportation to Wroclaw. As a result, most of the team withdrew from the competition and were instead replaced by volunteers who were already in Europe at the time.[2] Most of the team arrived the day before their opening match vs the Germany national American football team. The mistake-prone Americans lost to Germany 13–14, which was the first loss ever for a United States national American football team in international competition.

Qualification

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Men's tournament

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Means of qualification Date Qualified
Host country 23 April 2016   Poland
IFAF Americas Qualifiers   United States
IFAF Asia Qualifiers   Japan (withdrew)
IFAF Europe Qualifiers   Germany
Reallocation   France

Competition schedule

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Legend
M Match
Thu 20 Fri 21 Sat 22 Sun 23
M1 M2

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France1001
2  Germany0101
3  United States0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Event

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
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  France   Germany   United States

Men's competition

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Knockout stage

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Games consisted of four 7-minute quarters in regulation time.

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
22 July
 
 
  United States13
 
24 July
 
  Germany14
 
  Germany6
 
22 July
 
  France14
 
  Poland2
 
 
  France28
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
24 July
 
 
  United States14
 
 
  Poland7

References

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  1. ^ McKeon, John (9 May 2017). "IFAF Paris expels USA Football from American football". American Football International.
  2. ^ Dias, Matheus (5 August 2017). "Last minute disorganization led to Team USA struggles and 3rd place at 2017 World Games". American Football International.
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