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The 2028 Summer Olympics will introduce the sport of flag football for the first time. Two events, one for men and one for women, will be held. Flag football, a non-contact variant of American football in which players remove flags attached to the ball carrier instead of tackling them, was previously contested at the 2022 World Games and will be featured at the 2025 World Games.
This historic decision marks the first time flag football will be included in the Olympic Games. Additionally, it represents the first time any form of American football will appear in the Olympics since it was featured as a demonstration sport in 1904 and 1932. As the host country, Team USA will automatically qualify for the tournament.
The football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 10 August 2024 in France.The draw took place in Paris on 20 March 2024. [1]In addition to the Olympic host city of Paris, matches were also played in Bordeaux, Décines-Charpieu (near Lyon), Marseille, Nantes, Nice and Saint-Étienne.
With current NFL players interested in competing, there are hopes that flag football might see something akin to the so-called “Dream Team,” the 1992 US men’s Olympic basketball team ...
Hosted at Birmingham's historic Legion Field, flag football featured eight men's teams and eight women's teams from around the world. As current reigning world champions (and host nation), [5] the United States men's and women's teams both pre-qualified for the 2022 World Games. The remaining seven teams were selected through the IFAF ...
The United States men’s and women’s teams both pre-qualified for the tournament by winning gold at the 2021 IFAF Flag World Championships held in Jerusalem last December. A record 39 national ...
Madison Fulford, a former college track athlete who is now a 28-year-old rookie on the women's national team, was asked how she responds to those who say flag football has no business in the Olympics.
After the group ballot, 23 teams were divided into three groups of 5 and two groups of 4. [2] In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches. The top three nations from the five groups, along with the best fourth-place finisher will advance to the round of 16.