2015 IFAF World Championship qualification

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 which would have still automatically qualified as defending world champions if Sweden did not withdrew from the tournament.

Asian qualifiers

South Korea vs. Kuwait

Kuwait at Korea

1 2 3 4 Total  Kuwait 0 7 0 0 7 •  South Korea 21 14 20 14 69 Date: April 12 Location: Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Game start: 3:30 PM Elapsed time: 3:50

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

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 7 69

Japan vs. Philippines

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

Philippines at Japan

1 2 3 4 Total  Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 •  Japan 30 14 21 21 86 Date: April 26 Location: VITAL Field, Tokyo, Japan Game start: 1:00 PM Elapsed time: 3:50 Game attendance: 931

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP 1 0:16  Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto 56-yard touchdown reception from Shun Sugawara, Eita Saeki kick good 0 7 1 2:40  Japan Akimitsu Mori 24-yard touchdown reception from Shun Sugawara, Eita Saeki kick good 0 14 1 4:51  Japan Shoma Endo 9-yard touchdown reception from Shohei Kato, Eita Saeki kick good 0 21 1 5:45  Japan Michael Hoese tackled in end zone for a safety by Toru Hirasawa 0 23 1 10:44  Japan Tomoaki Ohashi 5-yard touchdown reception from Shohei Kato, Eita Saeki kick good 0 30 2 1:45 1 36  Japan Eisuke Tomatsu 36-yard punt return for a touchdown, Eita Saeki kick good 0 37 2 10:10  Japan Eisuke Tomatsu 2-yard touchdown run, Eita Saeki kick good 0 44 3 4:46  Japan Takashi Miyako 28-yard touchdown run, Eita Saeki kick good 0 51 3 7:11 1 14  Japan Fumble recovery returned 14 yards for touchdown by Keisaburo Isokawa, Eita Saeki kick good 0 58 3 11:12 1 62  Japan Interception returned 62 yards for touchdown by Hidetoshi Yano, Eita Saeki kick good 0 65 4 3:53  Japan Tomoaki Ohashi 1-yard touchdown run, Yasuhiro Miyamoto kick good 0 72 4 7:59  Japan Eisuke Tomatsu 4-yard touchdown run, Yasuhiro Miyamoto kick good 0 79 4 11:02  Japan Takashi Miyako 7-yard touchdown run, Yasuhiro Miyamoto kick good 0 86 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 0 86

2014 European Championship

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

Germany vs. Austria

Austria at Germany

1 2 3 4 OT Total  Austria 0 9 0 8 10 27 •  Germany 14 0 0 3 13 30 Date: June 7 Location: Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria Game start: 19:00 PM Elapsed time: 3:30 Game attendance: 27.000

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.

• Box score

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP 1 02:36 1 26  Germany Niklas Römer 26-yard touchdown reception from Marco Ehrenfried, Jan Hilgenfeldt kick good 0 7 1 01:38 1 20  Germany Fumble recovery returned 20 yards for touchdown by Maximilian Wild, Jan Hilgenfeldt kick good 0 14 2 02:02 14 94  Austria 37-yard field goal by Christopher Kappel 3 14 2 00:28 4 29  Austria Laurinho Walch 19-yard touchdown reception from Christoph Gross, Christopher Kappel kick no good 9 14 4 10:42 11 80  Austria Philipp Margreiter 1-yard touchdown run, 2-point run good 17 14 4 04:11 9 63  Germany 25-yard field goal by Jan Hilgenfeldt 17 17 OT 4 25  Germany Dominic Hanselmann 11-yard touchdown reception from Marco Ehrenfried, Jan Hilgenfeldt kick good 17 24 OT 3 25  Austria Christoph Gross 9-yard touchdown reception from C. Stefani, Christopher Kappel kick good 24 24 OT 4 9  Austria 32-yard field goal by Christopher Kappel 27 24 OT 7 25  Germany Niklas Römer 7-yard touchdown reception from Marco Ehrenfried, kick no good 27 30 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 27 30

Finland vs. France

France at Finland

1 2 3 4 Total •  France 7 7 14 7 35  Finland 0 7 0 14 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.

• Box score

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP 1 02:58 11 77  France Stephen Yepmo 1-yard touchdown run, Boris Bede kick good 7 0 2 08:20 6 80  Finland Veikka Lehtonen 4-yard touchdown run, Akseli Olin kick good 7 7 2 01:14 7 84  France Guillaume Rioux 45-yard touchdown reception from Perez Mattison, Boris Bede kick good 14 7 3 09:57 5 58  France Steve Delaval 27-yard touchdown reception from Perez Mattison, Boris Bede kick good 21 7 3 01:19 2 69  France Guillaume Rioux 57-yard touchdown reception from Perez Mattison, Boris Bede kick good 28 7 4 11:55 4 75  Finland Ville Kurvinen 23-yard touchdown reception from Miro Kadmiry, Akseli Olin kick good 28 14 4 10:40 3 83  France Anthony Dable 56-yard touchdown run, Boris Bede kick good 35 14 4 02:29 5 22  Finland Aappo Saloranta 10-yard touchdown reception from Miro Kadmiry, Akseli Olin kick good 35 21 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 35 21

African qualifiers

Egypt vs. Morocco

Morocco at Egypt

1 2 3 4 Total •  Morocco 8 0 6 12 26  Egypt 0 0 6 0 6 Date: December 13 Location: German University in Cairo Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Game start: 15:00 PM

The first participation of Africa on the IFAF World Championship Competition. The qualifier was decided in one game the December 13, 2014. Between the two teams Egypt and Morocco. It was held in Cairo, Egypt.

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP 1  Morocco Mohamed Amouh -yard touchdown run, 2-point PassTD good 0 8 3  Egypt Mo'men Naiem -yard touchdown reception from {{{QB}}}, kick no good 6 8 3  Morocco Mohamed Amouh -yard touchdown run, kick no good 6 14 4  Morocco Ahmed ABDELFETAH -yard touchdown run, kick no good 6 20 4  Morocco Othmane ZAATRI -yard touchdown run, kick no good 6 26 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 26 6

American qualifiers

USA will be the first representative as the reigning champion by winning the 2011 IFAF World Championship. IFAF Americas have three more spots; the first two will be represented by Canada and Mexico respectively, these countries qualified directly by finishing second and fourth at the last World Championship.

Panama vs. Brazil

Brazil at Panama

1 2 3 4 Total •  Brazil 7 7 6 6 26  Panama 7 0 7 0 14 Date: January 31, 2015 Location: Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City, Panama Game start: 18:00 PM

Panama as the champion of the Central American Bowl will play a game for the last seed in the road to the IFAF World Championship 2015, facing the national team of Brazil. The game is going to be held on January 31, 2015 being Panama the host nation.

References

1. "Japan vs. Philippines game report" (PDF). japan.americanfootball.jp. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
2. "JAPAN QUALIFIES FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ROUT OF NEWCOMER PHILIPPINES". IFAF. Retrieved May 2, 2014.