# 2024 IFAF World Junior Championship

The 2024 IFAF World Junior Championship (7th) was an international American football tournament for junior teams (20 years and under). The competition was co-hosted by Football Canada and Football Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta in June 2024. Although Football Canada had won the most IFAF World Junior Championships with three prior to the tournament, the country has not hosted the event since it started in 2009.
In November 2023, IFAF announced that nine nations qualified for the tournament:
* Canada - Host and Defending Champion.
* Mexico- Silver medalist from the 2018 championship.
* United States - Bronze medalist from the 2018 championship.
* Austria - European U-19 champions from 2023. European Junior Championship of American football
* Sweden - European U-19 runner-up.
* Japan - Uncontested Asia representative.
* Australia - Uncontested Oceania representative
A tentative qualification fixture was scheduled for February 2024 with Brazil and Panama to determine the top South American qualifier.
On 22 January 2024 the Edmonton Local Organizing committee announced that Canada, United States, Japan, Austria, Australia, Panama, Brazil and a undetermined team had stated their intention to compete June 20-30.
The eventual additional team would be a "B team" from Canada known as Canada II.

## Seeding

* 1. Canada
* 2. United States
* 3. Japan
* 4. Austria
* 5. Canada II
* 6. Australia
* 7. Panama
* 8. Brazil

## Games

IFAF Rules Time: 48 Min in 4 Quarter

### Quarterfinal

Game 1
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Canada 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Austria | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
at Clarke Stadium
* Date: June 22, 2024
* Game time: 1100 MT
* Game weather: 24c, sunny
* Game attendance: 1,415
* Referee: Scott Hood
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665afd00bf70fa98845f3395
Game 2
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| United States | 28 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 86 |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
* Date: June 22, 2024
* Game time: 1200 MT
* Game weather: 24c, sunny
* Game attendance: 800
* Referee: Mats Schwieger
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665afd777377385b457ad312
Game 3
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Japan | 14 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 50 |
at Clarke Stadium
* Date: June 22, 2024
* Game time: 1600 MT
* Game weather: 21c Sunny
* Game attendance: 1,011
* Referee: Veikko Lamminsalo
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665afd787377385b457ad326
Game 4
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | 28 | 27 | 21 | 34 | 110 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
* Date: June 22, 2024
* Game time: 1700 MT
* Game weather: 20c, sunny
* Game attendance: 1,200
* Referee: Matthias Kaltenegger
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665afd79bf70fa98845f34a9

### Semifinal

Game 5
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
at Clarke Stadium
* Date: June 26, 2024
* Game time: 1100 MT
* Game weather: 24c, sunny
* Game attendance: 1,008
* Referee: Matthias Kaltenegger
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665afe97bf70fa98845f3679
Game 6 - Semifinal
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Japan | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
| United States | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
* Date: June 22, 2024
* Game time: 1200 MT
* Game weather: 24c, sunny
* Game attendance: 1,208
* Referee: Veikko Lamminsalo
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665afefebf70fa98845f36b4
Game 7
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Brazil | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Canada 2 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 63 |
at Clarke Stadium
* Date: June 26, 2024
* Game time: 1600 MT
* Game weather: 21c sunny
* Game attendance: 900
* Referee: Mats Schwieger
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665aff46bf70fa98845f36df
Game 8 - Semifinal
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Austria | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Canada | 7 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
* Date: June 26, 2024
* Game time: 1700 MT
* Game weather: 20c, sunny
* Game attendance: 2,012
* Referee: Scott Hood
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665aff9abf70fa98845f370b

### Placement and medal games

Game 9 - Seventh Place/South American Title
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Brazil | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Panama | 0 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 50 |
at Clarke Stadium
* Date: June 30, 2024
* Game time: 1100 MT
* Game weather: 24c, sunny
* Game attendance: 350
* Referee: Scott Hood
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665b00217377385b457ad72c
Game 10 - Bronze Medal Game
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Austria | 14 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 |
| United States | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 25 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
* Date: June 30, 2024
* Game time: 1200 MT
* Game weather: 20c, Partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 2,234
* Referee: Mats Schwieger
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665b01e77377385b457ad873
Game 11 - Fifth place game
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Australia | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Canada 2 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
at Clarke Stadium
* Date: June 30, 2024
* Game time: 1600 MT
* Game weather: 18c overcast, windy
* Game attendance: 600
* Referee: Matthias Kaltenegger
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665b02db8b0a27fc73e9f86a
Game 12 - Gold Medal Game
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Canada | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
at Commonwealth Stadium
* Date: June 30, 2024
* Game time: 1700 MT
* Game weather: 16c, windy, rain
* Game attendance: 3,489
* Referee: R Veikko Lamminsalo Finland U Travis Jerkovits Canada H James Cowtun Canada L Chiara Tomaz Italy B Kim Larsen Denmark F Jake Webb Canada S Julia Long Canada
* TV: https://ifaf.tv/sportitem/665b024abf70fa98845f3ce1

## Final Placement

* 1. Canada
* 2. Japan
* 3. Austria
* 4. United States
* 5. Canada II
* 6. Australia
* 7. Panama
* 8. Brazil

## Headlines

* The gold medal final was the first IFAF game broadcast on a North American sports network, TSN in Canada.
* The 110 points scored by Canada against Brazil was the most ever in an IFAF international American Football game, and the largest margin of victory.
* Canada is the first nation to win three world junior championships in a row.
* Canada becomes the only nation to medal in every world junior championship.
* This event was the first time the United States has not medalled at an IFAF event they have participated in.
* Austria is the first European team to medal at this event.