2007 IFAF World Championship

The 2007 IFAF World Championship was the third instance of the IFAF World Championship, the quadrennial international American football world championship tournament. It was held on July 7–15, 2007 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

Venues

Participants

• Japan (qualify automatically as host)
• Sweden (European champion)
• Germany
• United States (invitee)
• France
• South Korea (winner of Asia/Oceania playoff)

Matches

Group 1

at Todoroki Athletics Stadium

• Date: July 7, 2007
• Game time: 18:10
• Game weather: Cloudy
• Game attendance: 12336
• Referee: United States Bill LeMonnier

at Kawasaki Stadium

• Date: July 10, 2007
• Game time: 15:00
• Game weather: Rain
• Referee: United States Bill LeMonnier

at Kawasaki Stadium

• Date: July 12, 2007
• Game time: 19:00
• Game weather: Cloudy
• Game attendance: 4093
• Referee: United States Bill LeMonnier

Group 2

at Kawasaki Stadium

• Date: July 8, 2007
• Game time: 17:00
• Game weather: Fine
• Game attendance: 2632
• Referee: Sweden Fereed Adus

at Kawasaki Stadium

• Date: July 10, 2007
• Game time: 19:00
• Game weather: Rain
• Game attendance: 2077
• Referee: Sweden Fereed Adus

at Kawasaki Stadium

• Date: July 12, 2007
• Game time: 15:00
• Game weather: Cloudy/intermittent rain
• Referee: Sweden Fereed Adus

5th place

at Kawasaki Stadium

• Date: July 14, 2007
• Game time: 15:00
• Game weather: Rain
• Referee: Sweden Fereed Adus

3rd place

at Kawasaki Stadium

• Date: July 14, 2007
• Game time: 19:00
• Game weather: Rain
• Game attendance: 1943
• Referee: United States Bill LeMonnier

Final

at Todoroki Athletics Stadium

• Date: July 15, 2007
• Game time: 15:10
• Game weather: Rain
• Game attendance: 10231
• Referee: Germany Peter Springwald

The United States competed for the first time in the 2007 IFAF World Cup. Japan was making their third appearance in the finals, winning the previous two World Championships. Japan took a 17-10 lead with seven minutes and seven seconds left in regulation. University of Arizona quarterback Adam Austin guided Team USA with an 11-play, 80-yard drive that ended with the second 5-yard touchdown run by RB Kyle Kasperbauer, to tie the game at 17. IFAF follows the overtime system used by the NCAA, and both teams scored field goals with their first OT possession. In the second overtime, Japan got the ball first but missed a 34-yard field goal attempt. Team USA then reached Japan's 6-yard line. On 4th and one, Craig Coffin kicked the game winning 22-yard field goal, with the final score at 23-20. University of Nebraska-Omaha running back Kyle Kasperbauer was named MVP of the game after scoring two touchdowns and running for 54 yards on 15 carries.

• 0-7 Kasperbauer 5 yard run (Coffin kick) (1-9:03)
• 7-7 Kihira 2 yard pass from Tomizawa (Kaneoya kick) (2-10:51)
• 10-7 Kaneoya 49 yard field goal (2-8:02)
• 10-10 Coffin 35 yard field goal (3-4:18)
• 17-10 Mayuzumi 6 yard pass from Tomizawa (Kaneoya kick) (4-7:07)
• 17-17 Kasperbauer 5 yard run (Coffin kick) (4-2:51)
• 17-20 Coffin 43 yard field goal (OT1-0:00)
• 20-20 Kaneoya 25 yard field goal (OT1-0:00)
• 20-23 Coffin 22 yard field goal (OT2-0:00)

Attendance: 10,231

Team Statistics Japan USA

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First Downs 13 14

Rushing Plays 34 32 Net Yards Rushing 92 128

Attempts-Completions 25-17 12-25 Net Yards Passing 166 109

Fumbles Lost 1 3 Interceptions 1 1

Penalties-Yards 1-15 3-30

Time of Possession 27:45 20:15

Individual statistics

Rushing: Japan - Furutani 13-61, Ishino 3-15, M. Maeda 4-7, Namiki 2-6, Shimizu 3-5, Tomizawa 2-2, Takata 7-(-4)

USA - Kasperbauer 15-65, Blakowski 10-55, W. Johnson 4-13, Austin 3-(-5)

Passing: Japan - Tomizawa 20-14-140-2-0, Takata 4-3-26-0-1, Nakajima 1-0-0-0-0

USA - Austin 25-12-109-1-0

Receiving: Japan - Hasegawa 3-37, Nakajima 3-29, Furutani 3-23, Shimizu 2-24, Yoneyama 2-12, Mayuzumi 2-11, M. Maeda 1-28, Kihira 1-2

USA - Drenckhahn 5-40, Lewis 2-20, Odom 2/19, Thompson 1-13, Awrey 1-11, Childs 1-6

Winner

Statistics

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