2007 IFAF World Championship

2007 IFAF World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	July 7 – July 15
No. of nations	6
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third-place	Germany
	← 2003 2011 →

The 2007 IFAF World Championship was the third instance of the IFAF World Championship, the quadrennial international American football world championship tournament. It was held July 7–15, 2007 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

Venues

Todoroki Athletics Stadium	Kawasaki Stadium
Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
25,000	2,700

Participants

Japan (qualify automatically as host)
Sweden (European champion)
Germany
United States (invitee)
France
South Korea (Winner of Asia/Oceania Playoff)

Matches

Group 1

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against
Japan	2	2	0	96	0
Sweden	2	1	1	16	62
France	2	0	2	14	64

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
France	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	16	8	15	9	48

at Todoroki Athletics Stadium

Date: July 7, 2007
Game time: 18:10
Game weather: Cloudy
Game attendance: 12336
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
Box score

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
France	7	0	7	0	14
Sweden	0	7	9	0	16

at Kawasaki Stadium

Date: July 10, 2007
Game time: 15:00
Game weather: Rain
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
Box score

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Sweden	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	21	10	7	10	48

at Kawasaki Stadium

Date: July 12, 2007
Game time: 19:00
Game weather: Cloudy
Game attendance: 4093
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
Box score

Group 2

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against
United States	2	2	0	110	7
Germany	2	1	1	39	35
South Korea	2	0	2	2	109

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Germany	14	5	0	13	32
South Korea	0	0	2	0	2

at Kawasaki Stadium

Date: July 8, 2007
Game time: 17:00
Game weather: Fine
Game attendance: 2632
Referee: Fereed Adus
Box score

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0
United States	28	14	28	7	77

at Kawasaki Stadium

Date: July 10, 2007
Game time: 19:00
Game weather: Rain
Game attendance: 2077
Referee: Fereed Adus
Box score

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
United States	16	0	3	14	33
Germany	0	7	0	0	7

at Kawasaki Stadium

Date: July 12, 2007
Game time: 15:00
Game weather: Cloudy/intermittent rain
Referee: Fereed Adus
Box score

5th place

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
France	0	0	0	0	0
South Korea	0	0	0	3	3

at Kawasaki Stadium

Date: July 14, 2007
Game time: 15:00
Game weather: Rain
Referee: Fereed Adus
Box score

3rd place

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Sweden	0	0	0	0	0
Germany	0	0	7	0	7

at Kawasaki Stadium

Date: July 14, 2007
Game time: 19:00
Game weather: Rain
Game attendance: 1943
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
Box score

Final

Quarter	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Japan	0	10	0	7	3	0	20
United States	7	0	3	7	3	3	23

at Todoroki Athletics Stadium

Date: July 15, 2007
Game time: 15:10
Game weather: Rain
Game attendance: 10231
Referee: Peter Springwald
Box score

The United States competed for the first time in the 2007 IFAF World Cup. Japan was making their third appearance in the finals, winning the previous two World Championships. Japan took a 17-10 lead with seven minutes and seven seconds left in regulation. University of Arizona quarterback Adam Austin guided Team USA with an 11-play, 80-yard drive that ended with the second 5-yard touchdown run by RB Kyle Kasperbauer, to tie the game at 17. IFAF follows the overtime system used by the NCAA, and both teams scored field goals with their first OT possession. In the second overtime, Japan got the ball first but missed a 34-yard field goal attempt. Team USA then reached Japan's 6-yard line. On 4th and one, Craig Coffin kicked the game winning 22-yard field goal, with the final score at 23-20. University of Nebraska-Omaha running back Kyle Kasperbauer was named MVP of the game after scoring two touchdowns and running for 54 yards on 15 carries.

0-7 Kasperbauer 5 yard run (Coffin kick) (1-9:03)
7-7 Kihira 2 yard pass from Tomizawa (Kaneoya kick) (2-10:51)
10-7 Kaneoya 49 yard field goal (2-8:02)
10-10 Coffin 35 yard field goal (3-4:18)
17-10 Mayuzumi 6 yard pass from Tomizawa (Kaneoya kick) (4-7:07)
17-17 Kasperbauer 5 yard run (Coffin kick) (4-2:51)
17-20 Coffin 43 yard field goal (OT1-0:00)
20-20 Kaneoya 25 yard field goal (OT1-0:00)
20-23 Coffin 22 yard field goal (OT2-0:00)

Attendance: 10,231

Team Statistics Japan USA

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First Downs 13 14

Rushing Plays 34 32 Net Yards Rushing 92 128

Attempts-Completions 25-17 12-25 Net Yards Passing 166 109

Fumbles Lost 1 3 Interceptions 1 1

Penalties-Yards 1-15 3-30

Time of Possession 27:45 20:15

Individual Statistics

Rushing: Japan - Furutani 13-61, Ishino 3-15, M. Maeda 4-7, Namiki 2-6, Shimizu 3-5, Tomizawa 2-2, Takata 7-(-4)

USA - Kasperbauer 15-65, Blakowski 10-55, W. Johnson 4-13, Austin 3-(-5)

Passing: Japan - Tomizawa 20-14-140-2-0, Takata 4-3-26-0-1, Nakajima 1-0-0-0-0

USA - Austin 25-12-109-1-0

Receiving: Japan - Hasegawa 3-37, Nakajima 3-29, Furutani 3-23, Shimizu 2-24, Yoneyama 2-12, Mayuzumi 2-11, M. Maeda 1-28, Kihira 1-2

USA - Drenckhahn 5-40, Lewis 2-20, Odom 2/19, Thompson 1-13, Awrey 1-11, Childs 1-6

Winner

2007 IFAF World Cup Winners
United States First Title

Statistics

Pos	Team	Games	Win	Lose	Points for	Points against	Difference
	United States	3	3	0	133	27	+106
	Japan	3	2	1	116	23	+93
	Germany	3	2	1	46	35	+11
4	Sweden	3	1	2	16	69	-53
5	South Korea	3	1	2	5	109	-104
6	France	3	0	3	14	67	-53

External links

Official website