2024 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championship

2024 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Flag football
Location	Lahti
Dates	27 August–30 August
Host(s)	Finland
Venue(s)	2
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Austria
3rd place	Switzerland

The 2024 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championship was the 11th World Championships in men's flag football. The tournament took place in Lahti, Finland, from 27 to 30 August 2024.

The United States won their fifth consecutive and overall sixth title, after they defeated Austria 53–21 in the gold-medal game.^[1]

The championship utilised 2 venues: the Pajulahti Sports Institute for all group matches, and the Lahti Sports Center for play-offs and placement matches.^[2]

After the group ballot, 32 teams were divided into eight groups of 4.^[3] In the group stage each team played each other once, while the second stage of the event included play-offs and placement matches.

The two best teams of each group advanced to the round of 16.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
United States  Spain  Brazil  Serbia	Mexico  Australia  Chile  Cameroon	Germany  Great Britain  Sweden  Georgia	Austria   Switzerland  Ukraine  Poland	Italy  Canada  Finland  Singapore	Panama  New Zealand  Czech Republic  South Korea	Israel  Denmark  Ireland  India	Japan  France  Kuwait  Argentina

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	158	45	+113	Round of 16		—	57–25	52–6	49–14
2	Spain	3	2	1	102	100	+2			25–57	—	32–19	45–24
3	Brazil	3	1	2	51	103	−52			6–52	19–32	—	26–19
4	Serbia	3	0	3	57	120	−63			14–49	24–45	19–26	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	188	39	+149	Round of 16		—	50–27	66–6	72–6
2	Australia	3	2	1	128	58	+70			27–50	—	33–8	68–0
3	Chile	3	1	2	50	99	−49			6–66	8–33	—	36–0
4	Cameroon	3	0	3	6	176	−170			6–72	0–68	0–36	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	114	58	+56	Round of 16		—	34–20	32–26	48–12
2	Germany	3	2	1	122	59	+63			20–34	—	42–25	60–0
3	Sweden	3	1	2	103	92	+11			26–32	25–42	—	52–18
4	Georgia	3	0	3	30	160	−130			12–48	0–60	18–52	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	113	38	+75	Round of 16		—	24–12	49–12	40–14
2	Switzerland	3	2	1	100	70	+30			12–24	—	33–26	55–20
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	64	100	−36			12–49	26–33	—	26–18
4	Poland	3	0	3	52	121	−69			14–40	20–55	18–26	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	145	67	+78	Round of 16		—	33–34	50–27	62–6
2	Canada	3	2	1	115	61	+54			34–33	—	26–28	55–0
3	Finland	3	2	1	90	89	+1			27–50	28–26	—	35–13
4	Singapore	3	0	3	19	152	−133			6–62	0–55	13–35	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Panama	3	3	0	127	39	+88	Round of 16		—	46–7	33–19	48–13
2	Czech Republic	3	1	2	72	97	−25			7–46	—	41–26	24–25
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	78	100	−22			19–33	26–41	—	33–26
4	South Korea	3	1	2	64	105	−41			13–48	25–24	26–33	—

• Czech Republic advanced to Round of 16 due to head-to-head victory vs. New Zealand.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Israel	2	2	0	106	57	+49	Round of 16		—	60–29	46–28	—
2	Denmark	2	1	1	51	74	−23			60–29	—	22–14	—
3	Ireland	2	0	2	42	68	−26			28–46	14–22	—	—
4	India	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew		—	—	—	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	112	50	+62	Round of 16		—	27–25	42–7	43–18
2	France	3	2	1	122	39	+83			25–27	—	40–6	57–6
3	Argentina	3	1	2	48	101	−53			7–42	6–40	—	35–19
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	43	135	−92			18–43	6–57	19–35	—

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	United States	68
	Czech Republic	18
					United States	46
					Italy	21
	Italy	48
	Germany	26
									United States	45
									Switzerland	6
	Panama	38
	Switzerland	45
					Switzerland	27
					Canada	21
	Israel	38
	Canada	46
													United States	53
													Austria	21
	Mexico	42
	Spain	31
					Mexico	30
					France	20
	Great Britain	36
	France	37
									Mexico	32
									Austria	36
	Austria	28											Third place
	Australia	26
					Austria	29							Switzerland	41
					Denmark	24							Mexico	35
	Japan	19
	Denmark	20

	United States
	Austria
	Switzerland
4	Mexico
5	France
6	Italy
7	Canada
8	Denmark
9	Israel
10	Great Britain
11	Japan
12	Germany
13	Panama
14	Spain
15	Australia
16	Czech Republic
17	Serbia
18	Sweden
19	New Zealand
20	South Korea
21	Ireland
22	Finland
23	Ukraine
24	Chile
25	Brazil
26	Poland
27	Argentina
28	Singapore
29	Kuwait
30	Georgia
31	Cameroon

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