American football at the 2017 World Games

American football at the 2017 World Games
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	22–24 July 2017
Competitors	172 from 4 nations

The American football tournament at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław was an invitation sport. It was played between 22 and 24 July. There were 172 competitors, from 4 nations, that participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Olympic Stadium.

Team USA situation

Following the 2015 split between IFAF Paris and IFAF New York, IFAF Paris expelled USA Football in 2017. USA Football was replaced by the United States Federation of American Football in Paris, while New York retained USA Football as their active member. Since IFAF Paris was recognized by the IWGA and International Olympic Committee at the time, the United States Federation of American Football was permitted to organize the United States national American football team for the 2017 World Games.

Players, mainly professional Americans playing in Europe, were chosen for the team on May 31, 2017. Players were promised full funding from the United States Federation of American Football; however, the funding was withdrawn just days before the competition and players had to provide their own transportation to Wroclaw. As a result, most of the team withdrew from the competition and were instead replaced by volunteers who were already in Europe at the time. Most of the team arrived the day before their opening match vs the Germany national American football team. The mistake-prone Americans lost to Germany 13–14, which was the first loss ever for a United States national American football team in international competition.

Qualification

Men's tournament

Means of qualification	Date	Qualified
Host country	23 April 2016	Poland
IFAF Americas Qualifiers		United States
IFAF Asia Qualifiers		Japan (withdrew)
IFAF Europe Qualifiers		Germany
Reallocation		France

Competition schedule

Legend

M

Match

Thu 20	Fri 21	Sat 22	Sun 23
M1			M2

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	1	0	0	1
2	Germany	0	1	0	1
3	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	France	Germany	United States

Men's competition

Main article: American football at the 2017 World Games – Men's tournament

Knockout stage

Games consisted of four 7-minute quarters in regulation time.

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	22 July
	United States	13
					24 July
	Germany	14
					Germany	6
	22 July
					France	14
	Poland	2
	France	28
					Bronze medal match
					24 July
					United States	14
					Poland	7

External links

• International Federation of American Football Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Schedule Archived 2017-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Medalists
• Results book Archived 2017-10-18 at the Wayback Machine