2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Flag football |
| Location | Jerusalem |
| Dates | 6 December–8 December |
| Host |  Israel |
| Teams | 18 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (2nd title) |
| Runner-up |  Mexico |
| 3rd place |  Austria |
The 2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championships was the 10th World Championships in women's flag football. The tournament took place in Jerusalem, Israel, from 6 to 8 December 2021.
Venue
[edit]Denmark was scheduled to host the 2020 edition only for it to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) selected Israel to host the Flag Football World Championships for 2021. The Kraft Family Sports Campus in Jerusalem was originally scheduled to stage the men's and women's events, but due to expected high winds the games were played at Teddy Stadium.
Tournament groups
[edit]After the group ballot, 18 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 a 2 groups of 4. In the group stage each team played each other once, while the second stage of the event included play-offs and placement matches.
The two best teams of group A and B went directly to the quarter-final.
Russia competed as Team Neutral due to sanctions imposed in compliance of the Court of Arbitration for Sport decision in the Russian Anti-Doping Agency case.[1]
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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United States Team Neutral Spain France Finland
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Results
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 25 | +160 | Quarterfinals | — | 39–0 | 46–0 | 46–12 | 54–13 | |
| 2 | France
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 0–39 | — | 12–12 | 25–7 | 20–0 | ||
| 3 | Spain
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 92 | +3 | 9th-12th place | 0–46 | 12–12 | — | 26–21 | 57–13 | |
| 4 | Team Neutral
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 104 | −15 | 13th-16th place | 12–46 | 7–25 | 21–26 | — | 49–7 | |
| 5 | Finland
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 180 | −147 | 17th-18th place | 13–54 | 0–20 | 13–57 | 7–49 | — |
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Panama
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4 | 4 | 0 | 165 | 43 | +122 | Quarterfinals | — | 43–14 | 34–7 | 36–7 | 52–15 | |
| 2 | Italy
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4 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 97 | −3 | 14–43 | — | 40–24 | 19–18 | 21–12 | ||
| 3 | Czech Republic
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4 | 2 | 2 | 112 | 99 | +13 | 9th-12th place | 7–34 | 24–40 | — | 42–25 | 39–0 | |
| 4 | Belarus
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4 | 1 | 3 | 81 | 117 | −36 | 13th-16th place | 7–36 | 18–19 | 25–42 | — | 31–20 | |
| 5 | Chile
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4 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 143 | −96 | 17th–18th place | 15–52 | 12–21 | 0–39 | 20–31 | — |
Group C
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | Mexico
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 64 | +48 | Quarterfinals | — | 25–20 | 33–20 | 54–24 | |
| 2 | Austria
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 69 | +35 | 20–25 | — | 38–38 | 46–6 | ||
| 3 | Germany
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 77 | +2 | 9th-12th place | 20–33 | 38–38 | — | 21–6 | |
| 4 | Switzerland
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 121 | −85 | 13th-16th place | 24–54 | 6–46 | 6–21 | — |
Group D
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Brazil
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 53 | +28 | Quarterfinals | — | 20–14 | 20–20 | 41–19 | |
| 2 | Japan
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 41 | +45 | 14–20 | — | 40–0 | 32–21 | ||
| 3 | Israel (H)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 79 | −33 | 9th-12th place | 20–20 | 0–40 | — | 26–19 | |
| 4 | Denmark
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 99 | −40 | 13th-16th place | 19–41 | 21–32 | 19–26 | — |
Knock-out stage
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 December | ||||||||||
| United States | 40 | |||||||||
| 8 December | ||||||||||
| Japan | 24 | |||||||||
| United States | 33 | |||||||||
| 7 December | ||||||||||
| Austria | 6 | |||||||||
| Panama | 19 | |||||||||
| 8 December | ||||||||||
| Austria | 20 | |||||||||
| United States | 31 | |||||||||
| 7 December | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 21 | |||||||||
| France | 6 | |||||||||
| 8 December | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 32 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 6 | |||||||||
| 7 December | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 47 | Bronze medal game | ||||||||
| Italy | 13 | |||||||||
| 8 December | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 46 | |||||||||
| Austria | 26 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 13 | |||||||||
Placement matches
[edit]5th place bracket
[edit]| 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th place | |||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Japan | 34 | |||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Italy | 28 | |||||
| Japan | 25 | |||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Panama | 32 | |||||
| Panama | 15 | |||||
| France | 0 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Italy | 26 | |||||
| France | 31 | |||||
9th place bracket
[edit]| 9th-11th place semi-finals | 9th place | |||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Spain | 27 | |||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 20 | |||||
| Spain | 34 | |||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Germany | 30 | |||||
| Germany | 31 | |||||
| Israel | 19 | |||||
| 11th place | ||||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 25 | |||||
| Israel | 24 | |||||
13th place bracket
[edit]| 13th-16th place semi-finals | 13th place | |||||
| 7 December | ||||||
 Team Neutral | 27 | |||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Belarus | 6 | |||||
| Team Neutral | 32 | |||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Denmark | 12 | |||||
| Switzerland | 20 | |||||
| Denmark | 42 | |||||
| 15th place | ||||||
| 7 December | ||||||
| Belarus | 12 | |||||
| Switzerland | 13 | |||||
17th place bracket
[edit]| 17th place | ||
| 8 December | ||
| Finland | 32 | |
| Chile | 0 | |
Ranking and statistics
[edit]Final ranking
[edit]The top seven teams, not including the United States, qualified for the 2022 World Games.[2]
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United States
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Mexico
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Austria
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| 4 | Brazil
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| 5 | Panama
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| 6 | Japan
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| 7 | France
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| 8 | Italy
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| 9 | Spain
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| 10 | Germany
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| 11 | Czech Republic
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| 12 | Israel
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| 13 | Team Neutral
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| 14 | Denmark
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| 15 | Switzerland
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| 16 | Belarus
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| 17 | Finland
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| 18 | Chile
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References
[edit]- ^ Pavitt, Michael (11 May 2021). "IFAF says record number of teams to compete at Flag Football World Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
- ^ "IFAF says record number of teams to compete at Flag Football World Championships". insidethegames.biz.
