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2003 IFAF World Championship
American football championship
American football championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | 2003 IFAF World Championship |
| year | 2003 |
| datefrom | July 10 |
| dateto | July 12 |
| host | Germany |
| nations | 4 |
| champion | Japan |
| runnerup | Mexico |
| third | Germany |
| games | 4 |
| preceded by | 1999 |
| succeeded by | 2007 |
The 2003 IFAF World Championship was the second instance of the IFAF World Championship, an American football world championship held by International Federation of American Football (IFAF). The tournament was held in Germany at Herbert Dröse Stadion and Berliner Strasse Stadion. Japan won the championship for the second time in a row.
Participants
- (Asian champion)
- (American champion)
- (European representatives)
- (qualify automatically as the hosts)
Venues
| Venue | City | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Stadion an der Berliner Straße | Wiesbaden, Hesse | 11,498 |
| Herbert-Dröse-Stadion | Hanau, Hesse | 16,000 |
Rounds
||Japan Japan|23|France France|6 ||Mexico Mexico|21|Germany Germany|17 ||Japan Japan|34|Mexico Mexico|14 ||Germany Germany|36|France France|7
Semi finals
Final
Winner
| 2003 IFAF World Cup winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Flag of Japan.svg | 100px | border]] |
| Japan | ||
| Second title |
Statistics
| Pos | Team | Games | Win | Lose | Points for | Points against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 20 | +37 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 51 | −16 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 28 | +25 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 59 | −46 |
All-Star Team
The following players were selected as part of the tournament's All-Star Team.
| Offense | Defense | Specialists | Position | Player | Position | Player | Position | Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | JPN Yuichi Tomizawa | DE | GER Peter Groß-Pass | P/K | JPN Mahoto Koyama | |||
| RB | JPN Ikunori Hanna | DE | FRA Francesco Pepe Esposito | RS | MEX Iván de Sandozequi | |||
| RB | JPN Takuya Furutani | DT | GER Cristopher Königsmann | |||||
| WR | JPN Masato Itai | DT | JPN Mirushi Fuji | |||||
| WR | MEX Christian González | LB | JPN Kanchito Tamai | |||||
| TE | GER Alexej Mittendorf | LB | JPN Shinzo Yamada | |||||
| LT | GER Andre Mathes | LB | MEX Guillermo Ruiz Burguete | |||||
| LG | JPN Eita Imai | CB | MEX Jose Guadalupe Rafael Martiñon | |||||
| C | GER Frank Söhlke | CB | MEX Masahiro Nomura | |||||
| RG | JPN Yasushi Furuhawa | FS | GER Sebastian Tuch | |||||
| RT | JPN Yuki Terayama | SS | MEX Francisco Rodríguez |
References
References
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