The 2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship took place in 2012 at Austin, Texas. These championship match the world’s eight best high school-aged (19 and under) national American football teams from five continents shall be played at 12,000-capacity Burger Stadium in Austin Texas, a football and soccer venue. The action began on Saturday, June 30 and ran through Saturday, July 8.^[1] To win the Gold Medal #2 ranked Canada had to defeat #7 Sweden, #3 Japan and finally #1 USA in the Championship game. The hard road to success turned in a fantastic finish to a great tournament. In doing so, Canada avenged its 50-7 loss in the 2011 IFAF World Championship (which was composed of adult competitors) and handed the U.S. national team its first ever loss in international competition.

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host nation ...

2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United States
Dates	June 30 – July 8
No. of nations	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada
Runner-up	United States
Third-place	Japan
← 2009 2014 →

Close

• 1.  United States
• 2.  Canada
• 3.  Japan
• 4.  Panama
• 5.  Austria
• 6.  France
• 7.  Sweden
• 8.  American Samoa

Three nations from the 2009 U-19 World Championship failed to qualify for this year's event - Mexico, Germany and New Zealand.

http://www.u19championship.com/

• IFAF
• IFAF World Cup
• 2009 IFAF Junior World Cup