2007 IFAF World Championship

2007 IFAF World Cup

Quarter 1 2 3 4 OT Tot United States 7 0 3 7 6 23 Japan 0 10 0 7 3 20
Dates	July 7–15, 2007
City	Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Stadiums	Todoroki Athletics Stadium Kawasaki Stadium
TV in Japan
Networks	NHK, Sky-A
Results
Winner	United States
Runner-Up	Japan
3rd Place	Germany

Tournament's logo

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 July 7–15, 2007 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

Venues

Todoroki Athletics Stadium	Kawasaki Stadium
Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
25,000	2,700

Participants

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

Matches

Group 1

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against
Japan	2	2	0	96	0
Sweden	2	1	1	16	62
France	2	0	2	14	64

1 2 3 4 Total France 0 0 0 0 0 Japan 16 8 15 9 48 at Todoroki Athletics Stadium Date: July 7, 2007 Game time: 18:10 Game weather: Cloudy Game attendance: 12336 Referee: Bill LeMonnier Box score

1 2 3 4 Total France 7 0 7 0 14 Sweden 0 7 9 0 16 at Kawasaki Stadium Date: July 10, 2007 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: Rain Referee: Bill LeMonnier Box score

1 2 3 4 Total Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 Japan 21 10 7 10 48 at Kawasaki Stadium Date: July 12, 2007 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: Cloudy Game attendance: 4093 Referee: Bill LeMonnier Box score

Group 2

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against
United States	2	2	0	110	7
Germany	2	1	1	39	35
South Korea	2	0	2	2	109

1 2 3 4 Total Germany 14 5 0 13 32 South Korea 0 0 2 0 2 at Kawasaki Stadium Date: July 8, 2007 Game time: 17:00 Game weather: Fine Game attendance: 2632 Referee: Fereed Adus Box score

1 2 3 4 Total South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 United States 28 14 28 7 77 at Kawasaki Stadium Date: July 10, 2007 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: Rain Game attendance: 2077 Referee: Fereed Adus Box score

1 2 3 4 Total United States 16 0 3 14 33 Germany 0 7 0 0 7 at Kawasaki Stadium Date: July 12, 2007 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: Cloudy/intermittent rain Referee: Fereed Adus Box score

5th place

1 2 3 4 Total France 0 0 0 0 0 South Korea 0 7 0 3 10 at Kawasaki Stadium Date: July 14, 2007 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: Rain Referee: Fereed Adus Box score

3rd place

1 2 3 4 Total Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 Germany 0 0 7 0 7 at Kawasaki Stadium Date: July 14, 2007 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: Rain Game attendance: 1943 Referee: Bill LeMonnier Box score

Final

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Japan 0 10 0 7 3 0 20 United States 7 0 3 7 3 3 23 at Todoroki Athletics Stadium Date: July 15, 2007 Game time: 15:10 Game weather: Rain Game attendance: 10231 Referee: Peter Springwald Box score

Winner

2007 IFAF World Cup Winners
United States First Title

Statistics

Pos	Team	Games	Win	Lose	Points for	Points against	Difference
1	United States	3	3	0	133	27	+106
2	Japan	3	2	1	116	23	+93
3	Germany	3	2	1	46	35	+11
4	Sweden	3	1	2	16	69	-53
5	South Korea	3	1	2	5	119	-114
6	France	3	0	3	14	67	-53

External links

• Official Site
• IFAF World Cup Blog
• IFAF Rankings Blog