2011 IFAF World Championship
The final round of the 4th IFAF World Cup 2011 men ( officially 2011 IFAF World Cup or 2011 IFAF World Championship ) was held in Austria from July 8 to July 16, 2011. In the final game, which was played in front of 20,000 spectators in the Ernst Happel Stadium, won the USA vs. Canada 50-7, defending the world title. Most valuable player of the tournament ( MVP ), the American running back Nate KMIC.
The decision of the World Federation for American Football IFAF concerning the award fell on 5 July 2009 at the IFAF Congress held in Canton, Ohio. For the organization and promotion of this World Cup AFBÖ was responsible.
- 4.1 Group Stage
- 4.2 Final Round
Venues
The venues for the group games are each in Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu and Graz at the UPC - Arena, during which the final and classification matches held at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. A total of 70,000 spectators attended the 16 World Cup matches what an average attendance of 4,375 equivalent.
Selection
For participation at the 4th IFAF World Championship total of eight launch sites available. These starting points will be awarded within the four continental federations by different qualification procedures.
Qualification
The European Federation for American Football EFAF three World Cup participants were thereby guaranteed, including the host country. All three European participants were identified by the American Football European Championship 2010 in Germany. Also, the Pan-American umbrella organization PAFAF were promised three World Cup starting places, including the defending champion of the American Football World Cup 2007, the United States, which would have been thus anyway fix qualified. However, there was dispensed to a qualification process and the top three nations in the official IFAF World Ranking given preference. In contrast, both the oceanic umbrella organization OFAF and the Asian AFAF each got assigned a World Cup starting place. These are determined by a play-off match between the two strongest nations of each continental federation.
Participant
Germany Germany ( as European champion 2010)
France France (as Vice-European Champion 2010)
Canada Canada ( in third place of the IFAF World Ranking )
Mexico Mexico ( in fourth place of the IFAF World Ranking )
Draw
The allocation of the two groups was carried out by the IFAF. The respective group winners will play for the gold and the runners-up for the bronze medal. The third and fourth placed play for the fifth and the seventh overall place to.