The Italy men's national flag football team represents Italy in men's international flag football competitions. The team is governed by the (FIDAF).
History The Italy national flag football team program has been active as early as 2004.
Italy have frequented the IFAF European Flag Football Championship having its first podium finish in 2005 when it won a silver. It duplicated this finish three times, in 2009, 2013, and 2017. The team won their first IFAF European Flag Football Championship gold in the 2025 edition in Paris.
They also have played in the IFAF Flag Football World Championship, earning a bronze medal in the 2010 and 2014 editions. The latter iteration was hosted by Italy in Grosseto.
At the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Italy won silver.
Italy later qualified for the flag football tournament of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles by virtue of being a finalist at the 2026 IFAF Flag Football World Championship They finished second, losing to the United States in the final. Competitive record IFAF World Championship YearPositionGPWLPFPA 2021 4th place 7 5 2 287 226 2024 6th place 3 3 2 214 139 2026Runners-up 6 5 1 206 183
Olympic Games YearPositionGPWLPFPA 2028 Qualified
World Games YearPositionGPWLPFPA 2022 Runners-up 6 5 1 213 195 2025 Not heldTotal No title 1/1
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