# 2024 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championship

The 2024 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championships was the 11th World Championships in men's flag football. The tournament took place in Lahti, Finland, August 27-30, 2024.
The United States capture their fifth consecutive and overall sixth titles, after they defeated Austria 53–21 in the gold-medal game.

## Venues

The championships utilised 2 venues: the Pajulahti Sports Institute for all group matches, and the Lahti Sports Center for play-offs and placement matches.

## Tournament groups

After the group ballot, 32 teams were divided into eight groups of 4. 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 round of 16.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
| United States Spain Brazil Serbia | Mexico Australia Chile Cameroon | Germany Great Britain Sweden Georgia | Austria Switzerland Ukraine Poland | Italy Canada Finland Singapore | Panama New Zealand Czech Republic South Korea | Israel Denmark Ireland India | Japan France Kuwait Argentina |

## Results
### Preliminary Round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 45 | +113 | Round of 16 | — | 57–25 | 52–6 | 49–14 |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 100 | +2 | Round of 16 | 25–57 | — | 32–19 | 45–24 |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 103 | −52 | | 6–52 | 19–32 | — | 26–19 |
| 4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 120 | −63 | | 14–49 | 24–45 | 19–26 | — |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 188 | 39 | +149 | Round of 16 | — | 50–27 | 66–6 | 72–6 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 58 | +70 | Round of 16 | 27–50 | — | 33–8 | 68–0 |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 99 | −49 | | 6–66 | 8–33 | — | 36–0 |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 176 | −170 | | 6–72 | 0–68 | 0–36 | — |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 114 | 58 | +56 | Round of 16 | — | 34–20 | 32–26 | 48–12 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 59 | +63 | Round of 16 | 20–34 | — | 42–25 | 60–0 |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 103 | 92 | +11 | | 26–32 | 25–42 | — | 52–18 |
| 4 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 160 | −130 | | 12–48 | 0–60 | 18–52 | — |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 38 | +75 | Round of 16 | — | 24–12 | 49–12 | 40–14 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 70 | +30 | Round of 16 | 12–24 | — | 33–26 | 55–20 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 100 | −36 | | 12–49 | 26–33 | — | 26–18 |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 121 | −69 | | 14–40 | 20–55 | 18–26 | — |

#### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 145 | 67 | +78 | Round of 16 | — | 33–34 | 50–27 | 62–6 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 115 | 61 | +54 | Round of 16 | 34–33 | — | 26–28 | 55–0 |
| 3 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 89 | +1 | | 27–50 | 28–26 | — | 35–13 |
| 4 | Singapore | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 152 | −133 | | 6–62 | 0–55 | 13–35 | — |

#### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Panama | 3 | 3 | 0 | 127 | 39 | +88 | Round of 16 | — | 46–7 | 33–19 | 48–13 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 97 | −25 | Round of 16 | 7–46 | — | 41–26 | 24–25 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 100 | −22 | | 19–33 | 26–41 | — | 33–26 |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 105 | −41 | | 13–48 | 25–24 | 26–33 | — |
* Czech Republic advances to Round of 16 due to head-to-head victory vs. New Zealand.

#### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Israel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 57 | +49 | Round of 16 | — | 60–29 | 46–28 | — |
| 2 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 74 | −23 | Round of 16 | 60–29 | — | 22–14 | — |
| 3 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 68 | −26 | | 28–46 | 14–22 | — | — |
| 4 | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | — | — | — |

#### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 50 | +62 | Round of 16 | — | 27–25 | 42–7 | 43–18 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 39 | +83 | Round of 16 | 25–27 | — | 40–6 | 57–6 |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 101 | −53 | | 7–42 | 6–40 | — | 35–19 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 135 | −92 | | 18–43 | 6–57 | 19–35 | — |

### Championship Round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| United States | 68 | | | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | 18 | | | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | 18 | United States | 46 | | | | | |
| | | Italy | 21 | | | | | |
| Italy | 48 | Italy | 21 | | | | | |
| Germany | 26 | | | | | | | |
| Germany | 26 | | | United States | 45 | | | |
| | | | | Switzerland | 6 | | | |
| Panama | 38 | | | | | Switzerland | 6 | | | |
| Switzerland | 45 | | | | | | | |
| Switzerland | 45 | Switzerland | 27 | | | | | |
| | | Canada | 21 | | | | | |
| Israel | 38 | Canada | 21 | | | | | |
| Canada | 46 | | | | | | | |
| Canada | 46 | | | | | | United States | 53 |
| | | | | | | | Austria | 21 |
| Mexico | 42 | | | | | | | | Austria | 21 |
| Spain | 31 | | | | |
| Spain | 31 | Mexico | 30 | | |
| | | France | 20 | | |
| Great Britain | 36 | France | 20 | | |
| France | 37 | | | | |
| France | 37 | | | Mexico | 32 |
| | | | | Austria | 36 |
| Austria | 28 | | | Austria | 36 | | Third Place | Third Place |
| Australia | 26 | | | | |
| Australia | 26 | Austria | 29 | | | | Switzerland | 41 |
| | | Denmark | 24 | | | | Mexico | 35 |
| Japan | 19 | Denmark | 24 | | | | Mexico | 35 |
| Denmark | 20 | | | | |

## Final ranking

| | United States |
| | Austria |
| | Switzerland |
| 4 | Mexico |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Canada |
| 8 | Denmark |
| 9 | Israel |
| 10 | Great Britain |
| 11 | Japan |
| 12 | Germany |
| 13 | Panama |
| 14 | Spain |
| 15 | Australia |
| 16 | Czech Republic |
| 17 | Serbia |
| 18 | Sweden |
| 19 | New Zealand |
| 20 | South Korea |
| 21 | Ireland |
| 22 | Finland |
| 23 | Ukraine |
| 24 | Chile |
| 25 | Brazil |
| 26 | Poland |
| 27 | Argentina |
| 28 | Singapore |
| 29 | Kuwait |
| 30 | Georgia |
| 31 | Cameroon |