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2011 IFAF World Championship

American football tournament

American football tournament

FieldValue
tourney_nameIFAF World Championship
year2011
logo2011 IFAF World Cup logo.png
logosize300px
datefromJuly 8
datetoJuly 16
hostAustria
nations8
championUnited States
count2
runnerupCanada
thirdJapan
games9
attendance20,000
MVPUSA Nate Kmic
preceded by[2007](2007-ifaf-world-championship)
succeeded by[2015](2015-ifaf-world-championship)

The 2011 IFAF World Championship was the fourth instance of the IFAF World Championship, an international American football tournament. It began on July 8, 2011 with the final games commencing on July 16. It was hosted by Austria, with games taking place in three cities: Vienna, Innsbruck and Graz; Vienna hosted the medal games.

Austria won the bid to host the games. There were a record number of attendees at the 2009 IFAF Congress, the meeting which decided the host nation. The format was changed for 2011: for the first time, eight qualifying teams were divided into two groups, with the group winners competing for the Championship. Four teams automatically qualified: Austria (as host nation), the United States (as the defending World Champions), and Germany and France (for reaching the final in the 2010 EFAF European Championship. Four other teams were accepted through qualifiers in the four regions of the International Federation of American Football: Asia, Europe, Oceania and Pan-America.

The United States and Canada at the top place in Group A and Group B, respectively, played each other in the gold medal match on July 16, 2011.

In front of the largest crowd to ever watch a World Championship game (20,000), the United States won second title, after beat Canada, 50–7 in final.

Qualifying

List of qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament:

;EFAF (3)

    • qualify automatically as host nation.
    • qualify as a result of reaching the final of the 2010 EFAF European Championship. ;PAFAF (3)

;AFAF (1)

    • qualified after defeating South Korea in a qualifying match in February 2011 (76–0). ;OFAF (1)

Venues

Below is a list of the venues which hosted games during the 2011 IFAF World Championship. Each preliminary round group was hosted in a single arena in Innsbruck (Group A) and Graz (Group B). The knockout phase and Finals took place at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna.

Preliminary roundKnockout stage
**Innsbruck****Graz**
Tivoli-Neu
Capacity: 17,400UPC-Arena
Capacity: 15,400
[[File:Umbau Tivoli Neu.JPGx100px]][[File:UPC-Arena Front New.jpgx100px]]

Rosters

Australia

Australia National Football Team 2011 World Cup roster
**Quarterbacks**

Austria

Austria National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster
**Quarterbacks**

Canada

Canada National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster
**Quarterbacks**

France

France National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster
**Quarterbacks**

Germany

Germany National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster
**Quarterbacks**

Japan

Japan National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster
**Quarterbacks**

Mexico

Mexico National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster
**Quarterbacks**

United States

USA National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster
**Quarterbacks**

Matches

Group 1

TeamPldWLPFPA
33012614
3219432
3125290
30320156

Group 2

TeamPldWLPFPA
33011251
3218647
3124496
3033684

7th place match

5th place match

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

The United States routed Canada 50–7 in the gold medal game of the 2011 IFAF Senior World Championship. The 20,000 fans in attendance at Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria, set a record for an IFAF Championship game. The game was never close, with Team USA leading 37–7 at halftime. Team USA dominated the rushing game, outgaining Canada 247-48, with four different players scoring touchdowns on the ground. While Henry Harris led the way for the Americans on the ground, with 114 yards on 15 carries and a TD, RB Nate Kmic was the only American to score two touchdowns on the day. Team USA quarterback Cody Hawkins was 13 of 21 for 161 yards and 2 TD passes. The U.S. defense recorded four sacks, and Jordan Lake caught two interceptions. One bright spot for team Canada was Shamawd Chambers, whose 7 receptions for 74 yards bested the Americans.

Individual statistics

Passing

#PlayerAttCompYDSTDINT
1GER Joachim Ullrich965888165
2CAN Michael Faulds976480564
3USA Cody Hawkins886078451
4FRA Max Sprauel985757551
5JPN Tetsuo Takata804855931
6MEX Rodrigo O. Perez724955631
7AUS Kiernan Dorney834046533
8AUT Christoph Gross723137714
9MEX Bruno Márquez422236822
10AUT Thomas Haider382336332

Receiving

#PlayerNo.YDSTDLong
1GER Niklas Römer14253250
2USA Nate Kmic6236153
3MEX Jose Antonio Alfonso13226176
4CAN Scott Valberg13189152
5CAN Shamawd Chambers13174247
6AUT Jakob Dieplinger9173254
7JPN Michihiro Ogawa9157138
8MEX Oscar Ruiz12152144
9FRA Jeremy Rabot10139271
10AUS Locklan Gilbert5134276

All-tournament teams

Head Coach of the tournament: USA Mel Tjeerdsma

MVP of the tournament: USA Nate Kmic #1 RB

First team selections

PositionCountryNo.Name
OLMEX70Santiago Maltos
OLUSA77Dane Wardenburg
OLUSA75Nick Rossi
OLCAN61Matt Norman
OLCAN66Zachary Pollari
RBCAN33Matt Walter
RBUSA28Henry Harris
RB/WRUSA1Nate Kmic
WRCAN84Shamawd Chambers
WRJPN11Naoki Maeda
QBUSA7Cody Hawkins
KMEX19Jose Carlos Maltos
DLUSA91Charles Bay
DLUSA99Daniel Calvin
DLCAN90Adriano Belli
LBUSA44Zach Watkins
LBCAN54Anthony Maggiacomo
LBMEX56Manuel Padilla
LBUSA23Osayi Osunde
DBCAN20Sammy Okpro
DBUSA12DeWayne Lewis
DBUSA27Jeff Franklin
DBJPN21Koki Kato

Second team selections

PositionCountryNo.Name
OLAUT79Valentin Gruber
OLUSA65Josh Koeppel
OLGER50Nick Wieland
OLUSA67Alex Alvarez
OLGER64Sascha Sauer
RBFRA22Dimitri Kiernan
RBMEX23Jonathan Barrera
RB/WRGER84Niklas Römer
WRAUT1Jakob Dieplinger
WRFRA18Jeremy Rabot
QBCAN3Michael Faulds
KJPN15Daisuke Aoki
DLFRA45Giovanni Nanguy
DLJPN43Yasuo Wakisaka
DLUSA98Tyler Roach
LBUSA43Terrence Jackson
LBMEX5Jorge Valdez
LBGER13Jasson Scott
LBAUT58Florian Hueter
DBUSA22Stefan Virgil
DBCAN21Troy Adams
DBGER7Leonard Greene
DBFRA3Arnaud Vidaller

References

References

  1. AFBOE. (2010-05-27). "Test gegen Augustana markiert WM-Start". AFBOE.
  2. IFAF. (2009-07-05). "Austria to Host 2011 IFAF Senior World Championship". IFAF.
  3. IFAF. (2009-07-10). "Record Number of Attendees at 2009 IFAF Congress". IFAF.
  4. [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sf20110227a1.html Japan to play at WC]
  5. [http://www.ifaf.org/articles/view/796/Lw IFAF Names World Championship All-Tournament Team]
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