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

Men's American football at the 2017 World Games
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	22–24 July 2017
Competitors	172 from 4 nations
Medalists
France  Germany  United States

The men's tournament in American football at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław was played between 22 and 24 July. 172 American football competitors, from 4 nations, participated in the tournament. The American football 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.^[1] 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 Players were promised full funding from the United States Federation of American Football; however, the funding was withdrawn just days before the competition and players had to provide their own transportation to Wroclaw.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.^[2] Most of the team arrived the day before their opening match vs the Germany national American football team. The Americans lost to Germany 13–14, which was the first loss ever for a United States national American football team in international competition.

Qualification

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

Rosters

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

Venue

All matches
Wrocław, Poland
Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 11,000

Knockout stage

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Bracket

	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

Semifinals

United States v Germany

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
United States	0	7	6	0	13
Germany	0	7	0	7	14

at Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

• Date: 22 July 2016
• Game time: 13:00
• Referee: Perez Canto Juan (FRA)
• Report

Poland v France

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Poland	0	2	0	0	2
France	7	14	7	0	28

at Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

• Date: 22 July 2016
• Game time: 19:00
• Referee: Doboczky Zoltan (GER)
• Report

Bronze medal match

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
United States	0	7	0	7	14
Poland	0	0	7	0	7

at Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

• Date: 24 July 2016
• Game time: 13:00
• Referee: Doboczky Zoltan (GER)
• Report

Gold medal match

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Germany	6	0	0	0	6
France	0	7	0	7	14

at Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

• Date: 24 July 2016
• Game time: 19:00
• Referee: Walentynowicz Krzysztof (POL)
• Report

Final standing

Rank Team  France  Germany  United States 4  Poland

2017 Men's World Games champions  France 1st title

Medalist

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

References

1. McKeon, John (9 May 2017). "IFAF Paris expels USA Football from American football". American Football International.
2. Dias, Matheus (5 August 2017). "Last minute disorganization led to Team USA struggles and 3rd place at 2017 World Games". American Football International.

• Tournament summary
• Medalists^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Result on IWGA website