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2003 IFAF World Championship 
Summary
The 2003 IFAF World Championship was the second instance of the IFAF World Championship, an American football world championship held by International Federation of American Football (IFAF). The tournament was held in Germany at Herbert Dröse Stadion and Berliner Strasse Stadion. Japan won the championship for the second time in a row.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Germany |
| Dates | July 10 – July 12 |
| No. of nations | 4 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Japan |
Runner-up  |  Mexico |
Third-place  | Germany |
← 1999 2007 → | |
Participants edit
Venues edit
| Venue | City | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Stadion an der Berliner Straße | Wiesbaden, Hesse | 11,498 |
| Herbert-Dröse-Stadion | Hanau, Hesse | 16,000 |
Rounds edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Japan | 23 | |||||
 France | 6 | |||||
| Japan | 34 | |||||
| Mexico | 14 | |||||
| Mexico | 21 | |||||
| Germany | 17 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Germany | 36 | |||||
| France | 7 | |||||
Semi finals edit
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan |
0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| France |
0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
at Stadion an der Berliner Straße
- Date: July 10
- Game time: 14:00
- Game attendance: 1200
- Referee:
Jim Briggs
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico |
7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Germany |
0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
at Stadion an der Berliner Straße
- Date: July 10
- Game time: 18:00
- Game attendance: 1600
- Referee:
Fereed Adus
Final edit
Winner edit
| 2003 IFAF World Cup Winners |
|---|
 Japan Second Title |
Statistics edit
| Pos | Team | Games | Win | Lose | Points for | Points against | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 20 | +37 |
| 2 | Mexico
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 51 | −16 |
| 3 | Germany
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 28 | +25 |
| 4 | France
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 59 | −46 |
All-Star Team edit
The following players were selected as part of the tournament's All-Star Team.[1]
| Offense | Defense | Specialists | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Player | Position | Player | Position | Player |
| QB | Yuichi Tomizawa |
DE | Peter Groß-Pass |
P/K | Mahoto Koyama
|
| RB | Ikunori Hanna |
DE | Francesco Pepe Esposito |
RS | Iván de Sandozequi
|
| RB | Takuya Furutani |
DT | Cristopher Königsmann
| ||
| WR | Masato Itai |
DT | Mirushi Fuji
| ||
| WR | Christian González |
LB | Kanchito Tamai
| ||
| TE | Alexej Mittendorf |
LB | Shinzo Yamada
| ||
| LT | Andre Mathes |
LB | Guillermo Ruiz Burguete
| ||
| LG | Eita Imai |
CB | Jose Guadalupe Rafael Martiñon
| ||
| C | Frank Söhlke |
CB | Masahiro Nomura
| ||
| RG | Yasushi Furuhawa |
FS | Sebastian Tuch
| ||
| RT | Yuki Terayama |
SS | Francisco Rodríguez
| ||
References edit
- ^ "IFAF Senior World Championship of American football record book" (PDF). americanfootball.jp. p. 15. Retrieved 26 March 2022.