# Flag football at the 2022 World Games

The flag football competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States.
Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Flag football competition made its debut as invitational sport of The World Games programme and featured eight men's teams and eight women's teams from around the world who competed at Legion Field.

## Overview

On July 20, 2020, the International World Games Association (IWGA), National Football League (NFL), and International Federation of American Football (IFAF) announced that flag football would join the existing lineup of 32 unique, multi-disciplinary sports for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama.
The 2022 World Games, which marked the 40th anniversary of the event, took place from July 7–17, 2022. Hosted at Birmingham's historic Legion Field, flag football featured eight men's teams and eight women's teams from around the world.
As current reigning world champions (and host nation), the United States men's and women's teams both pre-qualified for the 2022 World Games. The remaining seven teams were selected through the IFAF qualifying process.

## Participating nations
### Men's tournament

* Austria
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Mexico
* Panama
* United States

### Women's tournament

* Austria
* Brazil
* France
* Italy
* Japan
* Mexico
* Panama
* United States

## Medal table

* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | United States Aamir Brown Geoffrey Bryan James Calhoun Laval Davis Darrell Doucette Dezmin Lewis Bruce Mapp Jordan Oquendo David Price Johnny Rembert Ladderick Smith Frankie Solomon | Italy Gerardo Frazzetto Matteo Galante Jared Lee Gerbino Matteo Mozzanica Riccardo Petrilli Flavio Piccinni Gianluca Santagostino Lorenzo Scaperrotta Tamsir Seck Mark Andrew Simone Giuseppe della Vecchia Luke Zahradka | Mexico Victor Balderramos Bruno Espinoza Carlos Espinoza Alejandro Esquer Cosme Hernandez Ivan Roberto Mendez Jorge Olivera Joshua Olivo Carlos Olvera David Ramirez Said Salazar Guillermo Villalobos |
| Women's tournament | Mexico Silvia Contreras Andrea Delgadillo Diana Flores Rebecca Landa Arianna Lora Indra Montes Ingrid Ramirez Monica Rangel Pamela Reyes Xiomara Rios Ana Valeria Rojano Sheilla Silva | United States Deliah Autry Nadia Bibbs Mary Kate Bula Sheneika Comice Crystal Daniels Mariah Gearhart Vanita Krouch Joann Overstreet Ayanna Pate Michelle Roque Ashley Whisonant Crystal Winter | Panama Valerie Castillero Andrea Castillo Orlanda Castro Leslie del Cid Ángela Evans Maria de Lourdes Gallimore Arlen Hernandez Ana Paula de Leon Ayin Rodriguez Maria Rodriguez Tatiana dos Santos Thaymiluz Santos |

## Men's tournament
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 95 | 82 | +13 |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 84 | 81 | +3 |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 72 | +6 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 90 | −22 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 34 | +71 |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 64 | −3 |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 82 | −15 |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 92 | −53 |

### Knock-out round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| B1 | United States | w/o | | | | | | |
| A4 | Germany | | B1 | United States | 54 | | | |
| A2 | Austria | 18 | A2 | Austria | 19 | | | |
| B3 | Panama | 7 | | | | B1 | United States | 46 |
| B2 | Denmark | 18 | | | | A1 | Italy | 36 |
| A3 | Mexico | 34 | A3 | Mexico | 29 |
| A1 | Italy | 41 | A1 | Italy | 41 |
| B4 | France | 38 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A2 | Austria | 35 |
| | | | | | | A3 | Mexico | 39 |

## Women's tournament
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 97 | 59 | +38 |
| 2 | Panama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 56 | +37 |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 80 | 78 | +2 |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 121 | −77 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 125 | 19 | +106 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 68 | −11 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 87 | −48 |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 92 | −47 |

### Knock-out round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| B1 | Mexico | 41 | | | | | | |
| A4 | France | 6 | B1 | Mexico | 36 | | | |
| A2 | Panama | 33 | A2 | Panama | 7 | | | |
| B3 | Italy | 13 | | | | B1 | Mexico | 39 |
| B2 | Japan | 32 | | | | A1 | United States | 6 |
| A3 | Austria | 39 | A3 | Austria | 32 |
| A1 | United States | 32 | A1 | United States | 41 |
| B4 | Brazil | 7 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A2 | Panama | 40 |
| | | | | | | A3 | Austria | 19 |