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The 2024 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championships was the 11th World Championships in men's flag football. The tournament took place in Lahti , Finland, August 27-30, 2024. The United States capture their fifth consecutive and overall sixth titles, after they defeated Austria 53–21 in the gold-medal game.
The 2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championships was the 11th World Championships in women's flag football. The tournament took place in Lahti , Finland, August 27-30 of 2024. Venues
In a rematch of the gold medal game in 2012 where Austria defeated the United States, quarterback Eric Holliday led Team USA to victory. The team's third consecutive championship was a first for any country in IFAF Flag World Championship history on either the men's or women's side. [7]
This photo provided by USA Football shows U.S. National Team flag football player Bruce Mapp playing against Brazil at the 2024 IFAF Flag Football World Championships at the Pajulahti Olympic ...
The U.S. flag football team has won each of the last four IFAF Flag Football World Championships and will defend that title this month. Doucette has been part of the national team since 2020.
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]
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.
The TSSAA has sanctioned flag football as an "emerging sport" with continued growth as Pearl-Cohn captured Metro Nashville's title Saturday.