2011 IFAF World Championship

The 2011 IFAF World Championship was the fourth instance of the IFAF World Championship, an international American football tournament. It began on July 8, 2011 with the final games commencing on July 16. It was hosted by Austria, with games taking place in three cities: Vienna, Innsbruck[1] and Graz; Vienna hosted the medal games.[2]

2011 IFAF World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Austria
Dates	July 8 – July 16
No. of nations	8
Champions	United States
Runner-up	Canada
Third-place	Japan
MVP of the tournament	Nate Kmic
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Austria won the bid to host the games. There were a record number of attendees at the 2009 IFAF Congress, the meeting which decided the host nation.[3] The format was changed for 2011: for the first time, eight qualifying teams were divided into two groups, with the group winners competing for the Championship. Four teams automatically qualified: Austria (as host nation), the United States (as the defending World Champions), and Germany and France (for reaching the final in the 2010 EFAF European Championship. Four other teams were accepted through qualifiers in the four regions of the International Federation of American Football: Asia, Europe, Oceania and Pan-America.[2]

The United States and Canada won Group A and Group B, respectively, and played each other in the Gold Medal match on July 16, 2011. In front of the largest crowd to ever watch a World Championship game (20,000), the United States beat Canada, 50–7.

Qualifying

List of qualified teams

The following 8 teams qualified for the final tournament.

EFAF (3)  Austria - qualify automatically as host nation.  Germany - qualify as a result of reaching the final of the 2010 EFAF European Championship.  France - qualify as a result of reaching the final of the 2010 EFAF European Championship. PAFAF (3)  United States - qualify automatically as current champions through winning the 2007 IFAF World Cup.  Canada  Mexico AFAF (1)  Japan - qualified after defeating South Korea in a qualifying match in February 2011 (76–0).[4] OFAF (1)  Australia Venues Below is a list of the venues which hosted games during the 2011 IFAF World Championship. Each preliminary round group was hosted in a single arena in Innsbruck (Group A) and Graz (Group B). The knockout phase and Finals took place at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna. Preliminary round Knockout stage Innsbruck Graz Vienna Tivoli-Neu Capacity: 17,400 UPC-Arena Capacity: 15,400 Ernst-Happel-Stadion Capacity: 53,008 Rosters Australia National Football Team 2011 World Cup roster Quarterbacks 11 Kiernan Dorney 14 David Ward Running Backs 33 Matthew Croasdaile 21 Luke Jackson 37 Nathan Lansdell FB 35 Paul Mason FB Wide Receivers 84 Tristan Cauhepe 89 Ryan Dwyer 17 Liam Erby TE/K 83 Luke Fredericks WR/P 36 Tyson Garnham 34 Locklan Gilbert TE/K 26 Lewis Wyten Offensive Linemen 60 Aaron Carbury OL 58 Ernest Christensen OL 72 James Gifford OL 70 Adam Gotsis OL 74 Dom Radman OL 56 John Radman OL 76 Kurt Schulte-Schrepping OL 71 Jon Tostovin OL Defensive Linemen 91 Chris Bondin DL 84 Nathan Brown DL 75 Kelvin Howsan DL 55 Leon Latulipe DL 50 Shannon Lynch DL 69 Christian O'Dea DL 90 John Tolsher DL Linebackers 80 Bradley Bennett 27 James McFadzean 24 Ryan Ottens 51 Layke Rossiello  9 Daniel Sharp 13 Warren Zirkler Defensive Backs  1 Steve Baker DB/P 22 Damien Donaldson DB 18 Kieran Lansdell DB  2 Tautinoga Masaga Faletaogo DB  8 Christian McCarty DB 43 Ben Middleton DB 88 Bryn Nightingale DB 25 Chris Pearce DB 47 Scott Wolfe DB 28 Andrew Yeung DB Special Teams None Roster updated 2011-07-08 Austria National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks 8 Christoph Gross 13 Thomas Haider Running Backs 31 Harald Egger 26 Florian Grein 23 Florian Hiess 20 Mario Nerad Wide Receivers  5 Thimothee Bach  1 Jakob Dieplinger 11 Maximilian Herdey 80 Wolfrum Hofbauer 17 Stefan Holzinger 15 Armando Ponce de Leon 88 Andreas Pröller 18 Daniel Stanzel Offensive Linemen 67 Norbert Baumberger OL 61 Robert Dragotinits OL 79 Valentin Gruber OL 70 Michael Habetin OL 66 Bernd Leitsoni OL 75 Alexander Milanovic OL 60 Michael Pribyl OL 78 Thomas Tippold OL Defensive Linemen 94 Florian Grünsteidl DL 99 Johannes Kain DL 71 Michael Kühnmeyer DL 89 Roman Meklau DL 92 Armin Novidi DL 50 Mario Rinner DL 90 Alexander Tahiri DL Linebackers 49 Simon Blach 56 Alexander Cucek 54 Andreas Düringer 58 Florian Hueter 47 Dustin Illetschko 55 Christoph Schilcher 32 Michael Suess 10 Philip Stojaspal Defensive Backs  4 Daniel Auböck DB 21 Markus Krause DB  7 Johannes Neusser DB 30 Christof Promitzer DB 28 Christoph Putz DB 24 Manuel Schneeweiss DB 42 Christoph Schreiner DB  9 Peter Tutsh DB Special Teams  2 Peter Kramberger K/P Roster updated 2011-07-11 Canada National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks  3 Michael Faulds 10 Donnie Marshall 15 Josh Sacobie Running Backs 34 Nick FitzGibbon 39 Michel-Pierre Pontbriand FB 35 David Stevens 33 Matt Walter Wide Receivers 84 Shamawd Chambers  1 Ricky Clarke 82 Jedd Gardner 18 Dante Luciani 80 Jahmeek Murray WR/RB 11 Alexandre Poirer 86 Scott Valberg 12 Stefon Jackman Offensive Linemen 68 Reed Alexander OL 62 Dan Bederman OL 65 Josh Buttrill OL 64 Justin Glover OL 60 Sherko Haji-Rasouli OL 77 Jason Medeiros OL 61 Matt Norman OL 66 Zachary Pollari OL Defensive Linemen 90 Adriano Belli DL 93 Brian Guebert DL 99 Michaël Jean-Louis DL 98 David Rybinski DL 96 Josh Symons DT 95 Jake Thomas DT/LB Linebackers 55 Peter Carrière LB 52 Thaine Carter MLB 51 Alex Deprato LB/DB 50 Steve Faoro LB/LS 59 Christian Houle LB 53 Tom Labenski LB 54 Anthony Maggiacomo LB Defensive Backs 21 Troy Adams DB 28 Maxim Bérubé DB 24 Matt Carapella DB 29 Shane Hall CB 49 Julien Hamel DB 22 Alexander Hoad CB 25 Joel Lipinski DB 23 Bryce McCall DB 20 Sammy Okpro HB/SAM/FS Special Teams  5 Lirim Hajrullahu K/P Inactive List -- Anthony Woodson RB Roster updated 2011-07-09 France National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks  1 Paul Bresaz-Latille 12 Paul Durand 13 Max Sprauel Running Backs 22 Dimitri Kiernan 28 Laurent Marceline 23 Sandrino Octobre 34 Sebastien Torel Wide Receivers  8 Anthony Dable  4 Steve Delaval 47 Cesar Hebel 24 Jérémy Larroque 81 Bounouar Mellak 19 Artchill Monney 18 Jeremy Rabot Offensive Linemen 79 Olivier Bordin OL 76 Djadji Daffe OL 62 Fabien Ducousso OL 74 Jean-Philippe Eldin OL 77 Rémi Fournier OL 73 Tony Niel OL 75 Bastien Pereira OL 78 Guillaume Saliah OL 53 Alexis Stropiano OL Defensive Linemen 91 Mehdi Bekheira DL 66 Fatih Caliskan DL 98 Thibault Capitane DL 51 Anthony Cheron DL 56 Franzy Dorlean DL 90 David Larochelle DL Linebackers 42 Cédric Cotar 48 Kevin Demichelis 44 Thomas Mimouni 45 Giovanni Nanguy 52 Nicolas Prevost 40 Samuel Rafaillac  5 Julien Zuppardi Defensive Backs  6 Steve Berton DB 21 Kewin Bordas DB  2 Florent Cajazzo DB  9 Nuno Dos Santos DB  7 Aurélien Fourgeaud DB 26 Alexandre Marquignon DB 25 Tony Rayapin DB  3 Arnaud Vidaller DB Special Teams 15 Bruno Nekili K/P Roster updated 2011-07-08 Germany National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks 19 Gary Lautenschlager 12 Joachim Ullrich Running Backs 31 Jerome Morris 21 Waldemar Schander  2 Danny Washington Wide Receivers 87 Christian Bollmann WR 29 Felix Brenner WR 81 Julian Dohrendorf WR  3 Danilo Naranjo González WR 85 Dominic Hanselmann WR  6 Pascal Maier WR 89 Alexej Mittendorf TE 84 Niklas Römer WR 30 Christian Welker TE Offensive Linemen 69 Georg Bechtold OL 66 Oliver Beeck OL 61 Lars Hampel OL 62 Nils Hampel OL 58 Hannes Irmer OL 74 Raphael Llanos-Farfan OL 60 Sascha Sauer OL 50 Nick Wieland OL Defensive Linemen 76 Hendrik Bleier DL 94 Maximilian Grewe DL 65 Pascal Hogenberg DL 70 Paul Krems DL 78 Milan Misic DL 92 Thomas Rauch DL 99 Sven Rieger DL 96 Robert Zernicke DL Linebackers 45 Rick Baunacke 44 Simon Brenner 56 Albert Langebartels 41 Mario Nowak 54 Steve Nzeocha 13 Jasson Scott Defensive Backs 26 Matthias Eck DB  7 Leonard Greene DB 20 Falk Horn DB 32 Karl Michel DB 25 Oliver Radke DB 22 Mario Schmitt DB  4 Roman Solovij DB 33 Clemens Sommerfeld DB Special Teams 15 Dennis Wiehberg K/P Roster updated 2011-07-07 Japan National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks 11 Naoki Maeda QB/WR 29 Yasuhiro Maruta QB/RB  6 Shun Sugawara  8 Tetsuo Takata 19 Minoru Tono Running Backs 20 Takuya Furutani 25 Kosuke Kimiyama 31 Tomokazu Sueyoshi Wide Receivers 85 Ryomi Hagiyama  7 Shoei Hasegawa  1 Noriaki Kinoshita 84 Takahiro Haruta TE 17 Michihiro Ogawa 87 Yuji Oya TE 83 Ken Shimizu Offensive Linemen 77 Haruhisa Hiramoto OL 71 Yutaro Kobayashi OL 57 Kazuhiro Kuramochi OL 75 Tsukasa Miyamoto OL 67 Yuta Murai OL 72 Takanari Murakami OL 70 Tsuneno Sano OL 73 Yuji Taniguchi OL Defensive Linemen 53 Motoyuki Hirai DL 93 Mitsunori Kihira DL 92 Takeshi Nisikawa DL 37 Munekazu Shikama DL 41 Daiki Takechi DL 43 Yasuo Wakisaka DL 13 Masayoshi Yamanaka DL 96 Takayuki Yoneda DL Linebackers 10 Kentaro Azuma LB  2 Naoki Kosho LB 42 Takashi Makiuchi LB 55 Akinobu Soma LB 45 Shoichiro Suzuki LB  9 Masayoshi Tsukada LB Defensive Backs 14 Masashi Fujimoto DB 22 Ryohei Imanishi DB 21 Koki Kato DB 16 Takeshi Miyake DB 24 Tadanari Sano DB 27 Atsushi Tsuji DB 36 Yuichi Watanabe DB Special Teams 15 Daisuke Aoki K/P Roster updated 2011-07-08 Mexico National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks 12 Bruno Daniel Marquez  7 Raul Mateos  4 Rodrigo Pérez Running Backs 23 Jonathan Alejandro Barrera 44 Juan Carlos Castillo 22 José Reyes Wide Receivers  8 José Antonio Alfonso 84 Luis Araujo 10 Erick Arzate 81 Daniel Roldan 85 Oscar Ruiz 86 Hieberto Salazar 25 Diego Viamontes Offensive Linemen 55 Edgar Cavazos OL  1 Mauricio López OL 70 Santiago Maltos OL 66 Noel Francisco Moreno OL 58 Julio Cesar Nava OL 61 Mario Rodríguez OL 73 Mauricio Romero OL 17 Salomon Solano OL Defensive Linemen 57 Marcos Antonio Martinez DE  6 Jesús Alfredo Muñoz DE 42 Ariel Eder Onesto DT 92 Diego Susarrey DE 78 Miguel Angel Uresty DT 77 Everado Velazquez DL Linebackers  2 David Antonio Aceves 74 Edgar Eumir Camacho 40 Jovanni Carrillo  3 Fernando Lozano 15 Alberto Montembruck 75 Raul Orozco 16 Alonso Muñoz 56 Manuel Padilla  5 Jorge Valdez  9 Alejandro Vazquez Defensive Backs 24 Serigo Alenjandro Cantú CB 11 Luis Felipe Jaimes SS 28 Rassiel Gregorio López FS 99 José Miguel Luna CB 33 Eric Israel Mosqueda CB 27 Fernando Ramírez CB 21 Josue Romero CB 13 Roberto Javier Silva CB  6 Victor Saspe SS Special Teams 19 José Carlos Maltos K Roster updated 2011-07-08 USA National Football 2011 World Cup Team roster Quarterbacks  5 Matt Bassuener  7 Cody Hawkins  11 Micah Brown 13 Ben McLaughlin Running Backs 40 Richie Brockel FB/TE 37 Jason Haller 32 Henry Harris  1 Nate Kmic 20 Taylor Malm 25 Da'Shawn Thomas Receivers 81 Alex Anderson  2 Ricardo Lenhart 88 Mike Peterson TE Offensive Linemen 60 Alex Alvarez OL 78 Darius Henderson OL 54 Brandon Jordan OL 72 Frank Knights OL 65 Josh Koeppel C 70 Luke Summers OL 77 Daniel Warderburg OT 60 Cameron Zipp C Defensive Linemen 91 Charles Bay DE 51 Gerard Bryant DL 99 Daniel Calvin DT 55 Daniel Catalano DT 93 Wacey Coleman DL 92 Johnny Dingle DT 98 Tyler Roach DL 75 Nick Rossi DL/OL Linebackers 42 Demetrius Eaton 43 Terrence Jackson 56 John Jacobs 23 Osayi Osunde 44 Zach Watkins Defensive Backs 30 Maurice Banks S 10 Myles Burnsides S 29 Diezeas Calbert CB 18 Tommy Connors S 27 Jeff Franklin CB/S 21 Jordan Lake S 12 DeWayne Lewis CB 33 Joe Sturdivant S 24 Daniel Tromello DB 22 Stephan Virgil CB Special Teams 17 Gregg Berkshire K/P Roster updated 2011-07-08 Matches Group 1 Team Pld W L PF PA  United States 3 3 0 126 14  Mexico 3 2 1 94 32  Germany 3 1 2 52 90  Australia 3 0 3 20 156 1 2 3 4 Total  Australia 0 0 0 0 0  United States 13 21 13 14 61 at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Date: July 8, 2011 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: 24°C, light wind, sunny Game attendance: 6,000 Box score 1 2 3 4 Total  Mexico 7 3 2 10 22  Germany 0 7 0 8 15 at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Date: July 8, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 23°C, light wind, cloudy Game attendance: 4,500 Box score 1 2 3 4 Total  Australia 0 0 0 0 0  Mexico 7 21 25 12 65 at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Date: July 10, 2011 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: 28°C, no wind, cloudy Game attendance: 5,000 Referee: K. Yokochi Box score 1 2 3 4 Total  United States 7 21 20 0 48  Germany 0 7 0 0 7 at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Date: July 10, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 26°C, light wind, cloudy Game attendance: 6,800 Referee: F. Rasmussen Box score 1 2 3 4 Total  Germany 14 9 0 7 30  Australia 7 7 6 0 20 at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Date: July 12, 2011 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: 30°C, light wind, sunny Game attendance: 1,500 Referee: K.Yokochi Box score 1 2 3 4 Total  Mexico 0 0 7 0 7  United States 0 10 0 7 17 at Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Date: July 12, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 28°C, light wind, sunny Game attendance: 4,800 Referee: F.Rasmussen Box score Group 2 Team Pld W L PF PA  Canada 3 3 0 112 51  Japan 3 2 1 86 47  France 3 1 2 44 96  Austria 3 0 3 36 84 1 2 3 4 Total  Japan 0 17 0 7 24  Austria 0 6 0 0 6 at UPC-Arena, Graz Austria Date: July 9, 2011 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: 32°C, light wind, sunny Game attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bill LeMonnier Box score 1 2 3 4 Total  Canada 7 17 7 14 45  France 7 3 0 0 10 at UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria Date: July 9, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 28°C, light wind, sunny Game attendance: 5,000 Box score 1 2 3 4 Total  France 0 0 7 3 10  Japan 7 14 7 7 35 at UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria Date: July 11, 2011 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: 28°C, light wind, cloudy Game attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bill LeMonnier Box score 1 2 3 4 Total  Austria 0 0 0 14 14  Canada 7 7 7 15 36 at UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria Date: July 11, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 26°C, light wind, cloudy Game attendance: 4,500 Referee: H.H.Rieske Box score 1 2 3 4 Total  Canada 7 10 0 14 31  Japan 7 7 6 7 27 at UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria Date: July 13, 2011 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: 30°C, light wind, cloudy Game attendance: 2,000 Referee: H.H.Rieske Box score 1 2 3 4 Total  France 0 0 17 7 24  Austria 0 3 0 13 16 at UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria Date: July 13, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 30°C, light wind, sunny Game attendance: 4,800 Referee: W.D.Le Monnier Box score 7th place match 1 2 3 4 Total  Australia 0 3 7 0 10  Austria 14 14 6 14 48 at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Date: July 15, 2011 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: 23°C, light wind, sunny Game attendance: 4,128 Referee: K.Yokochi Box score 5th place match 1 2 3 4 Total  France 0 7 7 3 17  Germany 0 7 7 7 21 at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Date: July 16, 2011 Game time: 15:00 Game weather: 25°C, Light wind, Sunny Game attendance: 16,800 Referee: W.D. Le Monnier Box Score Bronze medal match 1 2 3 4 Total  Mexico 0 7 0 7 14  Japan 0 10 7 0 17 at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Date: July 15, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 23°C, Light wind, Sunny Game attendance: 4,128 Referee: H. Henning Box Score Gold medal match 1 2 3 4 Total  Canada 0 7 0 0 7  United States 7 30 13 0 50 at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Date: July 16, 2011 Game time: 19:00 Game weather: 28°C, Light wind, Sunny Game attendance: 20,000 Referee: F. Rasmussen Box score The United States routed Canada 50–7 in the Gold Medal game of the 2011 IFAF Senior World Championship. The 20,000 fans in attendance at Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria, set a record for an IFAF Championship game. The game was never close, with Team USA leading 37–7 at halftime. Team USA dominated the rushing game, outgaining Canada 247-48, with four different players scoring touchdowns on the ground. While Henry Harris led the way for the Americans on the ground, with 114 yards on 15 carries and a TD, RB Nate Kmic was the only American to score two touchdowns on the day. Team USA quarterback Cody Hawkins was 13 of 21 for 161 yards and 2 TD passes. The U.S. defense recorded four sacks, and Jordan Lake caught two interceptions. One bright spot for team Canada was Shamawd Chambers, whose 7 receptions for 74 yards bested the Americans. Individual Statistics Passing # Player Att Comp YDS TD INT 1 Joachim Ullrich 96 58 881 6 5 2 Michael Faulds 97 64 805 6 4 3 Cody Hawkins 88 60 784 5 1 4 Max Sprauel 98 57 575 5 1 5 Tetsuo Takata 80 48 559 3 1 6 Rodrigo O.Perez 72 49 556 3 1 7 Kiernan Dorney 83 40 465 3 3 8 Christoph Gross 72 31 377 1 4 9 Bruno Daniel Marques 42 22 368 2 2 10 Thomas Haider 38 23 363 3 2 Receiving # Player No. YDS TD Long 1 Niklas Römer 14 253 2 50 2 Nate Kmic 6 236 1 53 3 Jose Antonio Alfonso 13 226 1 76 4 Scott Valberg 13 189 1 52 5 Shamawd Chambers 13 174 2 47 6 Jakob Dieplinger 9 173 2 54 7 Michihiro Ogawa 9 157 1 38 8 Oscar Ruiz 12 152 1 44 9 Jeremy Rabot 10 139 2 71 10 Locklan Gilbert 5 134 2 76 All-tournament teams [5] Head Coach of the tournament: Mel Tjeerdsma MVP of the tournament: Nate Kmic #1 RB First team selections Position Country No. Name OL 70 Santiago Maltos OL 77 Dane Wardenburg OL 75 Nick Rossi OL 61 Matt Norman OL 66 Zachary Pollari RB 33 Matt Walter RB 28 Henry Harris RB/WR 1 Nate Kmic WR 84 Shamawd Chambers WR 11 Naoki Maeda QB 7 Cody Hawkins K 19 Jose Carlos Maltos DL 91 Charles Bay DL 99 Daniel Calvin DL 90 Adriano Belli LB 44 Zach Watkins LB 54 Anthony Maggiacomo LB 56 Manuel Padilla LB 23 Osayi Osunde DB 20 Sammy Okpro DB 12 DeWayne Lewis DB 27 Jeff Franklin DB 21 Koki Kato Second team selections Position Country No. Name OL 79 Valentin Gruber OL 65 Josh Koeppel OL 50 Nick Wieland OL 67 Alex Alvarez OL 64 Sascha Sauer RB 22 Dimitri Kiernan RB 23 Jonathan Barrera RB/WR 84 Niklas Römer WR 1 Jakob Dieplinger WR 18 Jeremy Rabot QB 3 Michael Faulds K 15 Daisuke Aoki DL 45 Giovanni Nanguy DL 43 Yasuo Wakisaka DL 98 Tyler Roach LB 43 Terrence Jackson LB 5 Jorge Valdez LB 13 Jasson Scott LB 58 Florian Hueter DB 22 Stefan Virgil DB 21 Troy Adams DB 7 Leonard Greene DB 3 Arnaud Vidaller References AFBOE (2010-05-27). 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