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The IFAF Women's World Championship is the international championship for women in
– Champions
*
– Runners-up
*
– Third place
*4–8 – 4th to 8th places.
* – Qualified, but withdrew
* – Did not qualify
* – Did not enter or withdrew
* – Country did not exist or national team was inactive
* – host nation
International Federation of American Football IFAF
IFAF Women's World Championship 2013
{{Main world cups IFAF competitions
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
. The first event was held in 2010, in Stockholm, Sweden, with six countries competing. The United States took home the gold while not letting any team they played score. The second event was held in 2013, with Vantaa
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, Finland
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, hosting the games. The United States swept the competitors again, winning the gold medal. Third event was played in 2017 with Canada as the host nation. The U.S. took the gold medal for the third time, again beating the host nation Canada in the final.
In December 2018 IFAF
The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is the international governing body of gridiron associations. The IFAF oversees the IFAF World Championship of American Football, which is held every four years. The IFAF became a pro ...
announced that Finland will host the final tournament in 2021.
Results
Medal table
Participating nations
;Legend * – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
*4–8 – 4th to 8th places.
* – Qualified, but withdrew
* – Did not qualify
* – Did not enter or withdrew
* – Country did not exist or national team was inactive
* – host nation
See also
*American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
*Women's Football in the United States
Women's American football in the United States is the American football sport played by women, both regionally in the United States and worldwide in the IFAF Women's World Championship.
History
American football has been played by women, both ...
*American football in the United States
American football is the most popular sport in the United States. The National Football League has the highest revenue and average attendance of any sports league in the world. In the United States the game is most often referred to as simply " ...
* United States women's national American football team
*National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
References
External links
International Federation of American Football IFAF
IFAF Women's World Championship 2013
{{Main world cups IFAF competitions
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
Recurring sporting events established in 2010