2021 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championship

The 2021 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championships was the 10th World Championships in men's flag football. The tournament took place in Jerusalem, Israel, from 6 to 8 December 2021.

2021 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championships

Tournament information
Sport	Flag football
Location	Jerusalem
Dates	6 December–8 December
Host	Israel
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runner-up	Mexico
3rd place	Panama

Venue

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

After the group ballot, 21 teams were divided into three groups of 5 and one group of 6. 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 each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
France United States Spain India Chile	Team Neutral Austria Belarus South Korea Panama	Japan Italy Switzerland Brazil Denmark	Israel (hosts) Germany Slovakia Finland Mexico Thailand

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	249	60	+189	Quarterfinals		—	57–32	54–28	76–0	62–0
2	France	4	3	1	177	96	+81			32–57	—	53–33	20–0	72–6
3	Spain	4	2	2	158	113	+45	9th-12th place		28–54	33–53	—	43–0	54–6
4	Chile	4	1	3	32	153	−121	13th-16th place		0–76	0–20	0–43	—	32–14
5	India	4	0	4	26	220	−194	17th-20th place		0–62	6–72	6–54	14–32	—

Source: Official website

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification				TNE
1	Panama	4	4	0	201	32	+169	Quarterfinals		—	32–14	56–6	50–6	63–6
2	Austria	4	3	1	102	44	+58			14–32	—	14–0	34–6	40–6
3	Team Neutral	4	2	2	88	115	−27	9th-12th place		6–56	0–14	—	36–26	46–19
4	South Korea	4	1	3	80	132	−52	13th-16th place		6–50	6–34	26–36	—	42–12
5	Belarus	4	0	4	43	191	−148	17th-20th place		6–63	6–40	19–46	12–42	—

Source: Official website

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Italy	4	4	0	185	121	+64	Quarterfinals		—	48–38	41–35	48–27	48–21
2	Denmark	4	3	1	149	76	+73			38–48	—	39–6	40–22	32–0
3	Japan	4	2	2	107	107	0	9th-12th place		35–41	6–39	—	23–12	43–15
4	Switzerland	4	1	3	98	124	−26	13th-16th place		27–48	22–40	12–23	—	37–13
5	Brazil	4	0	4	49	160	−111	17th-20th place		21–48	0–32	15–43	13–37	—

Source: Official website

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Mexico	5	5	0	234	134	+100	Quarterfinals		—	44–34	48–41	40–25	48–20	54–14
2	Germany	5	4	1	188	124	+64			34–44	—	52–41	34–12	27–25	41–2
3	Israel (H)	5	3	2	247	125	+122	9th-12th place		41–48	41–52	—	48–13	61–12	56–0
4	Thailand	5	2	3	146	153	−7	13th-16th place		25–40	12–34	13–48	—	40–19	56–12
5	Finland	5	1	4	124	182	−58	17th-20th place		20–48	25–27	12–61	19–40	—	48–6
6	Slovakia	5	0	5	34	255	−221	21st place		14–54	2–41	0–56	12–56	6–48	—

Source: Official website
(H) Hosts

Knock-out stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	7 December
	United States	64
					8 December
	Germany	18
					United States	35
	7 December
					Panama	6
	Panama	39
									8 December
	Denmark	33
									United States	44
	7 December
									Mexico	41
	France	28
					8 December
	Mexico	48
					Mexico	36
	7 December
					Italy	35			3rd place
	Austria	24
									8 December
	Italy	27
									Panama	45
									Italy	40

Placement matches

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semi-finals				5th place
	7 December
	Germany	20
					7 December
	Austria	28
					Austria	31
	7 December
					France	37
	Denmark	27
	France	37
					7th place
					7 December
					Germany	31
					Denmark	37

9th place bracket

	9th-11th place semi-finals				9th place
	7 December
	Spain	26
					7 December
	Japan	25
					Spain	19
	7 December
					Israel	59
	Team Neutral	27
	Israel	43
					11th place
					7 December
					Japan	52
					Team Neutral	19

13th place bracket

	13th-16th place semi-finals				13th place
	7 December
	Chile	6
					7 December
	Switzerland	47
					Switzerland	27
	7 December
					Thailand	39
	South Korea	21
	Thailand	33
					15th place
					7 December
					Chile	0
					South Korea	20

17th place bracket

	17th-20th place semi-finals				17th place
	7 December
	India	0
					7 December
	Brazil	62
					Brazil	33
	7 December
					Finland	27
	Belarus	12
	Finland	57
					19th place
					7 December
					India	6
					Belarus	32

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The top seven teams, not including the United States, qualified for the 2022 World Games.

	United States
	Mexico
	Panama
4	Italy
5	France
6	Austria
7	Denmark
8	Germany
9	Israel
10	Spain
11	Japan
12	Team Neutral
13	Thailand
14	Switzerland
15	South Korea
16	Chile
17	Brazil
18	Finland
19	Belarus
20	India
21	Slovakia

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived December 7, 2022)