2021 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championships

Tournament information
Sport	Flag football
Location	Jerusalem
Dates	6 December–8 December
Host(s)	Israel
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	United States
Runner-up	Mexico

The 2021 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championships was the 10th World Championships in men's flag football. The tournament took place in Jerusalem, Israel, from 6 to 8 December 2021.

Venue

Tournament groups

After the group ballot, 21 teams are divided into 3 groups of 5 a 1 group of 6. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches.

The two best teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
France  United States  Spain  India  Chile	Team Neutral  Austria  Belarus  South Korea  Panama	Japan  Italy   Switzerland  Brazil  Denmark	Israel (hosts)  Germany  Slovakia  Finland  Mexico  Thailand

Results

Preliminary Round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	249	60	+189	Quarterfinals		—	57–32	54–28	76–0	62–0
2	France	4	3	1	177	96	+81			32–57	—	53–33	20–0	72–6
3	Spain	4	2	2	158	113	+45	9th-12th place		28–54	33–53	—	43–0	54–6
4	Chile	4	1	3	32	153	−121	13th-16th place		0–76	0–20	0–43	—	32–14
5	India	4	0	4	26	220	−194	17th-20th place		0–62	6–72	6–54	14–32	—

Source: Official website

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification				TNE
1	Panama	4	4	0	201	32	+169	Quarterfinals		—	32–14	56–6	50–6	63–6
2	Austria	4	3	1	102	44	+58			14–32	—	14–0	34–6	40–6
3	Team Neutral	4	2	2	88	115	−27	9th-12th place		6–56	0–14	—	36–26	46–19
4	South Korea	4	1	3	80	132	−52	13th-16th place		6–50	6–34	26–36	—	42–12
5	Belarus	4	0	4	43	191	−148	17th-20th place		6–63	6–40	19–46	12–42	—

Source: Official website

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Italy	4	4	0	185	121	+64	Quarterfinals		—	48–38	41–35	48–27	48–21
2	Denmark	4	3	1	149	76	+73			38–48	—	39–6	40–22	32–0
3	Japan	4	2	2	107	107	0	9th-12th place		35–41	6–39	—	23–12	43–15
4	Switzerland	4	1	3	98	124	−26	13th-16th place		27–48	22–40	12–23	—	37–13
5	Brazil	4	0	4	49	160	−111	17th-20th place		21–48	0–32	15–43	13–37	—

Source: Official website

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Mexico	5	5	0	234	134	+100	Quarterfinals		—	44–34	48–41	40–25	48–20	54–14
2	Germany	5	4	1	188	124	+64			34–44	—	52–41	34–12	27–25	41–2
3	Israel (H)	5	3	2	247	125	+122	9th-12th place		41–48	41–52	—	48–13	61–12	56–0
4	Thailand	5	2	3	146	153	−7	13th-16th place		25–40	12–34	13–48	—	40–19	56–12
5	Finland	5	1	4	124	182	−58	17th-20th place		20–48	25–27	12–61	19–40	—	48–6
6	Slovakia	5	0	5	34	255	−221	21st place		14–54	2–41	0–56	12–56	6–48	—

Source: Official website
(H) Hosts

Knock-out stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	7 December
	United States	64
					8 December
	Germany	18
					United States	35
	7 December
					Panama	6
	Panama	39
									8 December
	Denmark	33
									United States	44
	7 December
									Mexico	41
	France	28
					8 December
	Mexico	48
					Mexico	36
	7 December
					Italy	35			3rd Place
	Austria	24
									8 December
	Italy	27
									Panama	45
									Italy	40

Placement matches

5th Place Bracket

	5th–8th Place Semi-finals				5th Place
	7 December
	Germany	20
					7 December
	Austria	28
					Austria	31
	7 December
					France	37
	Denmark	27
	France	37
					7th Place
					7 December
					Germany	31
					Denmark	37

9th Place Bracket

	9th-11th Place Semi-finals				9th Place
	7 December
	Spain	26
					7 December
	Japan	25
					Spain	19
	7 December
					Israel	59
	Team Neutral	27
	Israel	43
					11th Place
					7 December
					Japan	52
					Team Neutral	19

13th Place Bracket

	13th-16th Place Semi-finals				13th Place
	7 December
	Chile	6
					7 December
	Switzerland	47
					Switzerland	27
	7 December
					Thailand	39
	South Korea	21
	Thailand	33
					15th Place
					7 December
					Chile	0
					South Korea	20

17th Place Bracket

	17th-20th Place Semi-finals				17th Place
	7 December
	India	0
					7 December
	Brazil	62
					Brazil	33
	7 December
					Finland	27
	Belarus	12
	Finland	57
					19th Place
					7 December
					India	6
					Belarus	32

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The top seven teams, not including the United States, qualified for the 2022 World Games.^[1]

	United States
	Mexico
	Panama
4	Italy
5	France
6	Austria
7	Denmark
8	Germany
9	Israel
10	Spain
11	Japan
12	Team Neutral
13	Thailand
14	Switzerland
15	South Korea
16	Chile
17	Brazil
18	Finland
19	Belarus
20	India
21	Slovakia

References

External links

• Official website