2015 IFAF World Championship qualification

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This article describes the qualification for the 2015 IFAF World Championship. The final tournament was to be contested by twelve teams, but five teams that later qualify withdrew from the tournament. Sweden qualified automatically as original hosts of the tournament but was among the teams that withdrew. The United States hosted the tournament instead and would have still automatically qualified as the defending world champions if Sweden did not withdraw from the tournament.

Asian qualifiers

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South Korea vs. Kuwait

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Kuwait at Korea
Team 1 234Total
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 0 700 7
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 21 142014 69

The Kuwait Gridiron Football National team lost the first Asian World Championship Qualifier against Korea by a score of 69–7.

Japan vs. Philippines

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Japan defeated Philippines 86–0 in Tokyo to secure a spot in the final tournament.[1][2]

Philippines at Japan
Team 1 234Total
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 0 000 0
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 30 142121 86
  • Date: April 26
  • Location: VITAL Field, Tokyo, Japan
  • Game start: 1:00 PM
  • Elapsed time: 3:50
  • Game attendance: 931

2014 European Championship

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The European participants won a seed in the tournament by finishing top-3 in the 2014 EFAF European Championship.

Germany vs. Austria

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Austria at Germany
Team 1 234OTTotal
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 0 90810 27
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 14 00313 30

The first seed is for Germany for being the champion and the second is Austria who was the runner-up. Both teams played the gold medal game were the defending champion Germany won during overtime the host team Austria by a score of 30 to 27.

Finland vs. France

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France at Finland
Team 1 234Total
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France 7 7147 35
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 0 7014 21
  • Date: June 7
  • Location: Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria
  • Game start: 14:00 PM
  • Elapsed time: 3:30
  • Game attendance: 15.000

The last seed was for the third place France by beating Finland during the European Championship bronze medal game with a score of 35 to 21.

African qualifiers

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Egypt vs. Morocco

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Morocco at Egypt
Team 1 234Total
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 8 0612 26
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 0 060 6
  • Date: December 13
  • Location: German University in Cairo Stadium, Cairo, Egypt
  • Game start: 15:00 PM

This was the first participation of Africa on the IFAF World Championship competition. The qualifier was decided in one game on December 13, 2014, between the two teams Egypt and Morocco. It was held in Cairo, Egypt. Morocco won against Egypt with score of 26-6.

American qualifiers

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The United States qualified automatically as the 2011 IFAF World Championship winners.

IFAF Americas had three more spots; the first two were represented by Canada and Mexico respectively, and these countries qualified directly by finishing second and fourth at the last World Championship.

Panama vs. Brazil

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Brazil at Panama
Team 1 234Total
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 7 766 26
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama 7 070 14

Panama as the champion of the Central American Bowl played a game for the last seed in the road to the IFAF World Championship 2015, facing the national team of Brazil. The game was held on January 31, 2015, being Panama the host nation. Brazil won against Panama with score of 26-14.

Oceanian qualifier

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References

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