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The flag football competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022, [1] in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. [ 2 ] Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 3 ]
The IFAF Flag Football World Championship is held every two years in different countries. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 championships in Denmark were cancelled. The championship was rescheduled for 2021 in Jerusalem from December 6 to 8, with a record 42 teams featured, double that competing at the 2018 event in Panama . [ 2 ]
On July 20, 2020, the International World Games Association (IWGA), National Football League (NFL), and International Federation of American Football (IFAF) announced that flag football would join the existing lineup of 32 unique, multi-disciplinary sports for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. [10]
Then the team defeated Mexico, winning the 2021 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship. At the 2023 Americas Championship both the women's and men's teams defeated Mexico to win gold. [6] During the 2022 World Games, the team again went to the finals with Mexico. [7] This time they won silver with a score of 39–6.
Some scoffed when U.S. flag football quarterback Darrell Doucette said he's 'better than Patrick Mahomes.' He has 10 touchdowns in two games at the world championships.
Flag football at the 2022 World Games This page was last edited on 24 July 2022, at 14:45 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Mexican Diana Flores, world champion flag football quarterback and NFL ambassador, points out the existing pay gap in sports and is featured in PBS's "Groundbreakers."
The Canadian Flag Football National Championships (FFNC) was established in 2007 to provide athletes with the opportunity to develop their skills and compete in national team competitions and eventually the Canadian Flag Football League (CFFL) which was established in 2019. Since its inception, the format of the championship has undergone ...