The 2011 IFAF World Championship was the fourth instance of the IFAF World Championship, an international American football tournament. It began on July 8, 2011 with the final games commencing on July 16. It was hosted by Austria, with games taking place in three cities: Vienna, Innsbruck and Graz; Vienna hosted the medal games.
Austria won the bid to host the games. There were a record number of attendees at the 2009 IFAF Congress, the meeting which decided the host nation. The format was changed for 2011: for the first time, eight qualifying teams were divided into two groups, with the group winners competing for the Championship. Four teams automatically qualified: Austria (as host nation), the United States (as the defending World Champions), and Germany and France (for reaching the final in the 2010 EFAF European Championship. Four other teams were accepted through qualifiers in the four regions of the International Federation of American Football: Asia, Europe, Oceania and Pan-America.
The United States and Canada at the top place in Group A and Group B, respectively, played each other in the gold medal match on July 16, 2011.
In front of the largest crowd to ever watch a World Championship game (20,000), the United States won second title, after beat Canada, 50–7 in final.
Qualifying List of qualified teams The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament:
EFAF (3) - qualify automatically as host nation. - qualify as a result of reaching the final of the 2010 EFAF European Championship. - qualify as a result of reaching the final of the 2010 EFAF European Championship. PAFAF (3) - qualify automatically as current champions through winning the 2007 IFAF World Cup.
AFAF (1) - qualified after defeating South Korea in a qualifying match in February 2011 (76–0).Japan to play at WC OFAF (1)
Venues Below is a list of the venues which hosted games during the 2011 IFAF World Championship. Each preliminary round group was hosted in a single arena in Innsbruck (Group A) and Graz (Group B). The knockout phase and Finals took place at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna.
Preliminary roundKnockout stageInnsbruckGrazVienna Tivoli-NeuCapacity: 17,400 UPC-ArenaCapacity: 15,400 Ernst-Happel-StadionCapacity: 53,008
Rosters Australia Australia National Football Team 2011 World Cup roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
FB FB
Wide receivers
TE/K WR/P
TE/K Offensive linemen OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
Defensive linemen DL DL DL DL DL DL DL Linebackers
Defensive backs DB/P DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB
Special teams None
Roster updated 2011-07-08
Austria Austria National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Offensive linemen OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
Defensive linemen DL DL DL DL DL DL DL Linebackers
Defensive backs DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB
Special teams K/P
Roster updated 2011-07-11
Canada Canada National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
FB
Wide receivers
WR/RB
Offensive linemen OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
Defensive linemen DL DL DL DL DT DT/LB Linebackers LB MLB LB/DB LB/LS LB LB LB
Defensive backs DB DB DB CB DB CB DB DB HB/SAM/FS
Special teams K/P Inactive List RB
Roster updated 2011-07-09
France France National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Offensive linemen OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
Defensive linemen DL DL DL DL DL DL Linebackers
Defensive backs DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB
Special teams K/P
Roster updated 2011-07-08
Germany Germany National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers WR WR WR WR WR WR TE WR TE Offensive linemen OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
Defensive linemen DL DL DL DL DL DL DL DL Linebackers
Defensive backs DB DB DB DB DB DB DB DB
Special teams K/P
Roster updated 2011-07-07
Japan Japan National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks QB/WR QB/RB
Running backs
Wide receivers
TE
TE Offensive linemen OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
Defensive linemen DL DL DL DL DL DL DL DL Linebackers LB LB LB LB LB LB
Defensive backs DB DB DB DB DB DB DB
Special teams K/P
Roster updated 2011-07-08
Mexico Mexico National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Offensive linemen OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL
Defensive linemen DE DE DT DE DT DL Linebackers
Defensive backs CB SS FS CB CB CB CB CB SS
Special teams K
Roster updated 2011-07-08
United States USA National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks
Running backs FB/TE
Receivers
TE Offensive linemen OL OL OL OL C OL OT C
Defensive linemen DE DL DT DT DL DT DL DL/OL Linebackers
Defensive backs S S CB S CB/S S CB S DB CB
Special teams K/P
Roster updated 2011-07-08
Matches Group 1 TeamPldWLPFPA330126143219432312529030320156
Group 2 TeamPldWLPFPA33011251321864731244963033684
7th place match
5th place match
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
The United States routed Canada 50–7 in the gold medal game of the 2011 IFAF Senior World Championship. The 20,000 fans in attendance at Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria, set a record for an IFAF Championship game. The game was never close, with Team USA leading 37–7 at halftime. Team USA dominated the rushing game, outgaining Canada 247-48, with four different players scoring touchdowns on the ground. While Henry Harris led the way for the Americans on the ground, with 114 yards on 15 carries and a TD, RB Nate Kmic was the only American to score two touchdowns on the day. Team USA quarterback Cody Hawkins was 13 of 21 for 161 yards and 2 TD passes. The U.S. defense recorded four sacks, and Jordan Lake caught two interceptions. One bright spot for team Canada was Shamawd Chambers, whose 7 receptions for 74 yards bested the Americans.
Individual statistics Passing # Player Att Comp YDS TD INT 1 Joachim Ullrich 96 58 881 6 5 2 Michael Faulds 97 64 805 6 4 3 Cody Hawkins 88 60 784 5 1 4 Max Sprauel 98 57 575 5 1 5 Tetsuo Takata 80 48 559 3 1 6 Rodrigo O. Perez 72 49 556 3 1 7 Kiernan Dorney 83 40 465 3 3 8 Christoph Gross 72 31 377 1 4 9 Bruno Márquez 42 22 368 2 2 10 Thomas Haider 38 23 363 3 2
Receiving # Player No. YDS TD Long 1 Niklas Römer 14 253 2 50 2 Nate Kmic 6 236 1 53 3 Jose Antonio Alfonso 13 226 1 76 4 Scott Valberg 13 189 1 52 5 Shamawd Chambers 13 174 2 47 6 Jakob Dieplinger 9 173 2 54 7 Michihiro Ogawa 9 157 1 38 8 Oscar Ruiz 12 152 1 44 9 Jeremy Rabot 10 139 2 71 10 Locklan Gilbert 5 134 2 76
All-tournament teams IFAF Names World Championship All-Tournament Team
Head Coach of the tournament: Mel Tjeerdsma MVP of the tournament: Nate Kmic #1 RB
First team selections PositionCountryNo.NameOL70Santiago MaltosOL77Dane WardenburgOL75Nick RossiOL61Matt NormanOL66Zachary PollariRB33Matt WalterRB28Henry HarrisRB/WR1Nate KmicWR84Shamawd ChambersWR11Naoki MaedaQB7Cody HawkinsK19José Carlos Maltos DL91Charles BayDL99Daniel CalvinDL90Adriano BelliLB44Zach WatkinsLB54Anthony MaggiacomoLB56Manuel PadillaLB23Osayi OsundeDB20Sammy OkproDB12DeWayne LewisDB27Jeff FranklinDB21Koki Kato
Second team selections PositionCountryNo.NameOL79Valentin GruberOL65Josh KoeppelOL50Nick WielandOL67Alex AlvarezOL64Sascha SauerRB22Dimitri KiernanRB23Jonathan BarreraRB/WR84Niklas RömerWR1Jakob DieplingerWR18Jeremy RabotQB3Michael FauldsK15Daisuke Aoki DL45 Giovanni NanguyDL43Yasuo WakisakaDL98Tyler RoachLB43Terrence JacksonLB5Jorge ValdezLB13Jasson ScottLB58Florian HueterDB22Stefan VirgilDB21Troy AdamsDB7Leonard GreeneDB3Arnaud Vidaller
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