2024 IFAF World Junior Championship
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The 2024 IFAF World Junior Championship was an international American football tournament for junior teams (20 years and under). The competition was co-hosted by Football Canada and Football Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta in June 2024. Although Football Canada had won the most IFAF World Junior Championships with three prior to the tournament, the country has not hosted the event since it started in 2009.
Nine nations qualified for the tournament:
- Canada - host and defending champion
- Mexico - silver medallist from the 2018 championship
- United States - bronze medallist from the 2018 championship
- Austria - European U-19 champions from 2023 European Junior Championship of American football
- Sweden - European U-19 runner-up
- Japan - Asia representative
- Australia - Oceania representative
- Brazil - South America representative
- Panama - Central America representative
Canada, United States, Japan, Austria, Australia, Panama, Brazil and a "B team" from Canada (Canada II) participated in this competition.
Seeding
- 1. Canada
- 2. United States
- 3. Japan
- 4. Austria
- 5. Canada II
- 6. Australia
- 7. Panama
- 8. Brazil
Games
Quarterfinal
Game 1
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Austria | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
at Clarke Stadium
- Date: June 22, 2024
- Game time: 1100 MT
- Game weather: 24c, sunny
- Game attendance: 1,415
- Referee: Scott Hood
- TV:
Game 2
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 86 |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
- Date: June 22, 2024
- Game time: 1200 MT
- Game weather: 24c, sunny
- Game attendance: 800
- Referee: Mats Schwieger
- TV:
Game 3
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Japan | 14 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 50 |
at Clarke Stadium
- Date: June 22, 2024
- Game time: 1600 MT
- Game weather: 21c Sunny
- Game attendance: 1,011
- Referee: Veikko Lamminsalo
- TV:
Game 4
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | 28 | 27 | 21 | 34 | 110 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
- Date: June 22, 2024
- Game time: 1700 MT
- Game weather: 20c, sunny
- Game attendance: 1,200
- Referee: Matthias Kaltenegger
- TV:
Semifinal
Game 5
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
at Clarke Stadium
- Date: June 26, 2024
- Game time: 1100 MT
- Game weather: 24c, sunny
- Game attendance: 1,008
- Referee: Matthias Kaltenegger
- TV:
Game 6 - semifinal
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
| United States | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
- Date: June 22, 2024
- Game time: 1200 MT
- Game weather: 24c, sunny
- Game attendance: 1,208
- Referee: Veikko Lamminsalo
- TV:
Game 7
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Canada 2 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 63 |
at Clarke Stadium
- Date: June 26, 2024
- Game time: 1600 MT
- Game weather: 21c sunny
- Game attendance: 900
- Referee: Mats Schwieger
- TV:
Game 8 - semifinal
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Canada | 7 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
- Date: June 26, 2024
- Game time: 1700 MT
- Game weather: 20c, sunny
- Game attendance: 2,012
- Referee: Scott Hood
- TV:
Placement and medal games
Game 9 - seventh place/South American title
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Panama | 0 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 50 |
at Clarke Stadium
- Date: June 30, 2024
- Game time: 1100 MT
- Game weather: 24c, sunny
- Game attendance: 350
- Referee: Scott Hood
- TV:
Game 10 - bronze medal game
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 14 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 |
| United States | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 25 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
- Date: June 30, 2024
- Game time: 1200 MT
- Game weather: 20c, Partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 2,234
- Referee: Mats Schwieger
- TV:
Game 11 - fifth place game
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Canada 2 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
at Clarke Stadium
- Date: June 30, 2024
- Game time: 1600 MT
- Game weather: 18c overcast, windy
- Game attendance: 600
- Referee: Matthias Kaltenegger
- TV:
Game 12 - gold medal game
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Canada | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
- Date: June 30, 2024
- Game time: 1700 MT
- Game weather: 16c, windy, rain
- Game attendance: 3,489
- Referee: Veikko Lamminsalo (Finland); Travis Jerkovits (Canada); James Cowtun (Canada); Chiara Tomaz (Italy); Kim Larsen (Denmark); Jake Webb (Canada); Julia Long (Canada)
- TV:
Final placement
- 1. Canada
- 2. Japan
- 3. Austria
- 4. United States
- 5. Canada II
- 6. Australia
- 7. Panama
- 8. Brazil
Headlines
- The gold medal final was the first IFAF game broadcast on a North American sports network, TSN in Canada.
- The 110 points scored by Canada against Brazil was the most ever in an IFAF international American Football game, and the largest margin of victory.
- Canada is the first nation to win three world junior championships in a row.
- Canada becomes the only nation to medal in every world junior championship.
- This event was the first time the United States has not medalled at an IFAF event they have participated in.
- Austria is the first European team to win a medal at this event.