THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL

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IFAF AMERICAS QUALIFICATION FOR
2015 IFAF SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

IFAF Americas is proud to announce the countries that will represent our continent in next IFAF Senior World Championship 2015.

USA will be the first representative of the continent as the reigning champion by winning the 4th IFAF Senior World Championship held in Austria in 2011.

In addition to the Champion spot, IFAF Americas have three more spots; the first two will be represented by Canada and Mexico respectively, these countries qualified directly by finishing second and fourth at the last World Championship.

Panama and Brazil are the last two countries in the continent hoping to reach the 2015 IFAF Senior World Championship to be held in Stockholm, Sweden.

Both countries will play a game that will decide IFAF Americas last spot for the next Senior World Championship. The game between Panama and Brazil will be played on Panama during last weekend of January 2015. Venue and Media coverage will be announced soon.


PANAMA vs BRAZIL (game full schedule)
Jan 29th 2015 - Brazil will arrived in Panama
Jan 30th 2015 - Brazil will have practice and a Media/Welcome Event in the evening.
Jan 31st 2015 - The game will be played in late afternoon or early evening (6 to 7pm) starting time.
Feb 1st 2015 - Brazil will leave Panama

http://ifaf.org/articles/view/1553

 

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IFAF FLAG FOOTBALL WORLD CUP

FIDAF announce the partnership with the website www.le100yard.it, which will be the official media partner of the flag football world championships that will be hosted in Grosseto, Italy in September (from 10 to 12).


Women Flag Football World Championship
Groups - http://www.italyffwc2014.com/campionati/gironi.asp?id=2
Matches - http://www.italyffwc2014.com/campionati/giornate.asp?id=2


Men Flag Football World Championship
Groups - http://www.italyffwc2014.com/campionati/gironi.asp?id=1
Matches - http://www.italyffwc2014.com/campionati/giornate.asp?id=1

http://www.italyffwc2014.com/organizzazione/

 

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International Federation of American Football Given Provisional IOC Recognition

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The NFL has gone to great lengths to globalize the sport of American football in recent years by playing games overseas, and it took another huge step in this endeavor Tuesday. The sport's international federation has been given provisional recognition by the International Olympic Committee, according to Alex Marvez of Fox Sports.

It remains to be seen how this will ultimately impact the growth of the sport, but it should be huge in terms of increasing the sport's popularity internationally.

Also, if things progress as well as hoped, it isn't outside the realm of possibility that American football could find its way into the Olympic program down the line.

If American football does become an Olympic sport, it's possible that it will be a modified version, such as rugby sevens, which will be will be contested in the 2016 Summer Games in Brazil.

According to Marvez, the International Federation of American Football currently has 64 member nations, but that number figures to increase significantly now that it is related to the IOC.


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...l-given-provisional-ioc-recognition?hpt=hp_t3