2003 IFAF World Championship

The 2003 IFAF World Championship was the second instance of the IFAF World Championship, an American football world championship held by International Federation of American Football (IFAF). The tournament was held in Germany at Herbert Dröse Stadion and Berliner Strasse Stadion. Japan won the championship for the second time in a row.

2003 IFAF World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Germany
DatesJuly 10 – July 12
No. of nations4
Final positions
Champions  Japan
Runner-up  Mexico
Third-place  Germany
1999
2007

Participants

  •  Japan (Asian champion)
  •  Mexico (American champion)
  •  France (European representatives)
  •  Germany (Qualify automatically as the hosts)

Venues

VenueCityCapacity
Stadion an der Berliner StraßeWiesbaden, Hesse11,498
Herbert-Dröse-StadionHanau, Hesse16,000

Rounds

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Japan Japan23
 
 
 
France France6
 
Japan Japan34
 
 
 
Mexico Mexico14
 
Mexico Mexico21
 
 
Germany Germany17
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Germany Germany36
 
 
France France7

Semi finals

Period 1 2 34Total
 Japan 0 0 20323
 France 0 0 066

at Stadion an der Berliner Straße

  • Date: July 10
  • Game time: 14:00
  • Game attendance: 1200
  • Referee: United Kingdom Jim Briggs
Period 1 2 34Total
 Mexico 7 0 7721
 Germany 0 3 01417

at Stadion an der Berliner Straße

  • Date: July 10
  • Game time: 18:00
  • Game attendance: 1600
  • Referee: Sweden Fereed Adus

Final

Period 1 2 34Total
 Japan 0 17 71034
 Mexico 7 0 7014

at Herbert Dröse Stadion

  • Date: July 12
  • Game time: 18:00
  • Game attendance: 2600
  • Referee: United Kingdom Jim Briggs

Winner

2003 IFAF World Cup Winners

Japan
Second Title

Statistics

Pos Team Games Win Lose Points for Points against Difference
1  Japan 220 5720+37
2  Mexico 211 3551−16
3  Germany 211 5328+25
4  France 202 1359−46

All-Star Team

The following players were selected as part of the tournament's All-Star Team.[1]

2003 IFAF World Championship All-Star Team
Offense Defense Specialists
Position Player Position Player Position Player
QBJapan Yuichi TomizawaDEGermany Peter Groß-PassP/KJapan Mahoto Koyama
RBJapan Ikunori HannaDEFrance Francesco Pepe EspositoRSMexico Iván de Sandozequi
RBJapan Takuya FurutaniDTGermany Cristopher Königsmann
WRJapan Masato ItaiDTJapan Mirushi Fuji
WRMexico Christian GonzálezLBJapan Kanchito Tamai
TEGermany Alexej MittendorfLBJapan Shinzo Yamada
LTGermany Andre MathesLBMexico Guillermo Ruiz Burguete
LGJapan Eita ImaiCBMexico Jose Guadalupe Rafael Martiñon
CGermany Frank SöhlkeCBMexico Masahiro Nomura
RGJapan Yasushi FuruhawaFSGermany Sebastian Tuch
RTJapan Yuki TerayamaSSMexico Francisco Rodríguez

References

  1. "IFAF Senior World Championship of American football record book" (PDF). americanfootball.jp. p. 15. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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