2018 IGLFA World Championship

The 2018 IGLFA World Championship was the 23rd officially recognized world championship event for the IGLFA. It was held in Paris, France from August 5 through 11 as the football (soccer) competition part of the 2018 Gay Games.[1] Panamboyz United and FC Paris Arc en ciel served as the official co-hosts of the tournament, with support from the IGLFA and French Football Federation. All matches took place at Tremblay Park.

2018 IGLFA World Championship
Tournament details
CityParis ( France)
Dates5–11 August 2018
Teams54 (from 19 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsWest Hollywood SC (Men's 11s D1)
Stonewall FC (Men's 11s D2)
SUD AU CUL (Men's 7s)
Rosa Bonheur (Women's 7s)
2016
2023

Federal Triangles Soccer Club (FTSC) were the defending world champions, while Stonewall F.C. were four-time defending Gay Games champions.

Nearly 900 participants in roughly 60 teams - some for 11v11 competition, some for 7v7 - were registered for the championship.[1][2] They represented 54 different clubs from 19 total nations. This made the IGLFA competition at the 2018 Gay Games the largest IGFLA world championship event since the 19th IGLFA championship (played as part of the 2010 Gay Games) in Cologne.

In the men's 11s D1 final, West Hollywood Soccer Club (LA Eclipse) beat Village Manchester FC on penalties after a 1 - 1 draw, winning the IGLFA again 21 years after their last win (as LA Suns) in 1997.

Tournament structure

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Two weeks before the tournament, the official Paris 2018 website and the Facebook event for the tournament differed slightly in the number of teams per competition and in available competitions. The official site claimed 14 DI men's 11s teams, 21 DII men's 11s teams, 8 DI men's 7s teams, 6 DII Men's 7s teams, and 11 Women's 7s teams;[1] the official Facebook event claims 32 Men's 11s teams (down from 35) that would be split evenly into DI and DII after the preliminary phase, 14 men's 7s teams (no divisional split), and 12 women's 7s teams (up from 11).[2] (All men's teams are open to have female participants.)

Co-hosts Panamboyz United clarified the discrepancy in a Facebook post, confirming the absolute merger of the men's 7s competition and the preliminary-phase merger of the men's 11s competition, the latter similar to what occurred in the IGLFA Unity Cup the previous year.[3] That is, the men's 11s competition will begin with all 32 teams pooled into group regardless of registered division, followed by two separate knockout brackets, with the 16 higher-ranked teams from the groups in the "DI" bracket and the 16 lower-ranked teams from the groups in the "DII" bracket. As each team in the 11s competition was guaranteed to play 7 games (all 60 minutes except for the medal-qualifying semifinals and finals which will be a full 90 minutes each), this suggested that the losers in any round of the knockout phase will play fellow losers in subsequent rounds for a total of four placements games per team after their three group games. The groups in the 11s competition would be structured such that each team was only expected to play one opponent who initially registered for the other division - with the exception of one group, the exception likely a function of the fact that initial registration on the official website suggested 50% more DII teams than DI teams.

However, official tournament documents released the Sunday before games started[4] revealed further alterations to the tournament format. The Men's 7s competition was reduced back to 14 teams (after 15 had been previously posted to Facebook), and was split back into an 8-team DI bracket and 6-team DII group phase for placement games. The Women's 7s competition was reduced to 10 teams, and would include two 4-team playoff brackets and one return game for the 9th and 10th teams. Finally, the Men's 11s competition would include four 8-team playoff brackets instead of two 16-team playoff brackets, reducing the total number of games per team from seven to six. The four brackets were called D1, D2 elite, D2-B (effectively D3[5]), and D2-C (effectively D4[6]), where each playoff bracket would include the 8 teams who finished in the corresponding ranks in the eight 4-team groups. The official website was also ultimately updated to show these changes in team counts.

Further slight changes to both 7s competitions were required after one team in each forfeited out of their last group stage match, in addition to one women's team forfeiting the entire competition the morning the group stage began.

Participating clubs

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Co-hosts FC Paris Arc en ciel posted the official list of participating teams to Facebook the day after the tournament structure was announced, (with an additional men's 7s team,) though did not specify whether the men's/open teams had initially registered as DI or DII.[7] The official list was later updated before games began,[8] revealing the addition of Ballboys Hamburg in a joint team with Panamboyz United, two team mergers in the Women's competition as well as the addition of the SF Spikes to the Philadelphia Falcon's squad, and one merger in the Men's 7s competition. Trophies were awarded to the top three teams in D1, D2 Elite (DII), and both 7s competitions, and to the top teams in D2-B (DIII) and D2-C (DIV).

Results

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Preliminary stage

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Men's 11s

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Women's 7s

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Men's 7s

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Scheduled crossover matches were 1v3, 2v2, and 3v1

BeesCats  9–3  Zorros Mexico
Field 9, Tremblay Park
GFC Friends Prague  3–0   Haraga/BNP Paribas
forfeit
Field 9, Tremblay Park
Cork Rebels  1–0  Soho FC
Field 7, Tremblay Park

Finals stage

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Men's 11s DI

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 9, Field 1, 16:30 CEST
 
 
 Dublin Devils FC1
 
August 10, Field 3, 09:00 CEST
 
 New York Ramblers0
 
 Dublin Devils FC1
 
August 9, Field 2
 
 West Hollywood2
 
 West Hollywood2
 
August 11, Honnor Field, 11:55 CEST
 
 Stockholm Snipers0
 
 West Hollywood1(5)
 
August 9, Field 3
 
 VMFC First1(4)
 
 Los Dogos0
 
August 10, Field 4, 09:00 CEST
 
 Stonewall Lions1
 
 Stonewall Lions1
 
August 9, Field 4
 
 VMFC First3 Third place
 
 ARDHIS FC0
 
August 10, Field 3, 15:00 CEST
 
 VMFC First2
 
 Dublin Devils FC2
 
 
 Stonewall Lions3
 

Placement bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 10, Field 1, 09:00 CEST
 
 
 New York Ramblers0
 
August 10, Field 2, 15:00 CEST
 
 Stockholm Snipers3
 
 Stockholm Snipers2
 
August 10, Field 2, 09:00 CEST
 
 ARDHIS FC1
 
 Los Dogos3(2)
 
 
 ARDHIS FC3(4)
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 10, Field 1, 15:00 CEST
 
 
 New York Ramblers3
 
 
 Los Dogos2

Men's 11s DII

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Called "D2 Elite" in tournament documents

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 9, Field 1, 15:00 CEST
 
 
 Minnesota Gray Ducks2
 
August 10, Field 3, 10:30 CEST
 
 Munchen Streetboys0
 
 Minnesota Gray Ducks0
 
August 9, Field 2
 
 Stonewall Cubs (GG)1
 
 Stonewall Cubs2
 
August 11, Honnor Field, 09:00 CEST
 
 Yorkshire Terriers FC0
 
 Stonewall Cubs4
 
August 9, Field 3
 
 Rainbow Unicorns1
 
 Rainbow Unicorns3
 
August 10, Field 4, 10:30 CEST
 
 Toronto0
 
 Rainbow Unicorns1(4)
 
August 9, Field 4
 
 Lobos1(3) Third place
 
 Sydney Rangers0
 
August 10, Field 4, 15:00 CEST
 
 Lobos2
 
 Minnesota Gray Ducks3
 
 
 Lobos0
 

Placement bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 10, Field 1, 10:30 CEST
 
 
 Munchen Streetboys2(3)
 
August 10, Field 4, 16:30 CEST
 
 Yorkshire Terriers FC2(2)
 
 Munchen Streetboys2
 
August 10, Field 2, 10:30 CEST
 
 Toronto0
 
 Toronto4
 
 
 Sydney Rangers0
 
Seventh place
 
 
(forfeit)
 
 
 Yorkshire Terriers FC3
 
 
 Sydney Rangers0

Men's 11s DIII

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Called "D2-B" in tournament documents

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 9, Field 1, 13:30 CEST
 
 
 London Falcons FC1
 
August 10, Field 3, 12:00 CEST
 
  GMadrid-Samurai0
 
 London Falcons FC1
 
August 9, Field 2
 
 Panamboyz2
 
 Panamboyz8
 
August 10, Field 2, 16:30 CEST
 
 Boston Strikers1
 
 Panamboyz0(4)
 
August 9, Field 3
 
 Didesex0(3)
 
 San Diego Sparks0
 
August 10, Field 4, 12:00 CEST
 
 Didesex1
 
 Didesex2
 
August 9, Field 4
 
 Jet City Strikers1 Third place
 
 HotScots FC0(1)
 
August 10, Field 1, 16:30 CEST
 
 Jet City Strikers0(4)
 
 London Falcons FC0(4)
 
 
 Jet City Strikers0(5)
 

Placement bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 10, Field 1, 12:00 CEST
 
 
  GMadrid-Samurai3
 
August 10, Field 3, 18:00 CEST
 
 Boston Strikers0
 
  GMadrid-Samurai1
 
August 10, Field 2, 12:00 CEST
 
 San Diego Sparks0
 
 San Diego Sparks0(5)
 
 
 HotScots FC0(4)
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 10, Field 3, 16:30 CEST
 
 
 Boston Strikers1
 
 
 HotScots FC4

Men's 11s DIV

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Called "D2-C" in tournament documents

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 9, Field 1, 12:0 CEST
 
 
 Balls Deep State2
 
August 10, Field 3, 13:30 CEST
 
 Jacks & Goldstars4
 
 Jacks & Goldstars0(3)
 
August 9, Field 2
 
 San Francisco Spikes0(4)
 
 San Francisco Spikes3
 
August 10, Field 2, 18:00 CEST
 
 East End Phoenix FC0
 
 San Francisco Spikes0(4)
 
August 9, Field 3
 
 London Titans FC0(3)
 
 Stonewall Pride0(4)
 
August 10, Field 4, 13:30 CEST
 
 VMFC Reserves0(3)
 
 Stonewall Pride0
 
August 9, Field 4
 
 London Titans FC4 Third place
 
 Vancouver1(2)
 
August 10, Field 1, 18:00 CEST
 
 London Titans FC1(4)
 
 Jacks & Goldstars1(2)
 
 
 Stonewall Pride1(3)
 

Placement bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 10, Field 1, 13:30 CEST
 
 
 Balls Deep State0
 
August 10, Field 5/6, 16:30 CEST
 
 East End Phoenix FC3
 
 East End Phoenix FC0
 
August 10, Field 2, 13:30 CEST
 
 Vancouver1
 
 VMFC Reserves0(3)
 
 
 Vancouver0(4)
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 10, Field 7/8, 16:30 CEST
 
 
 Balls Deep State0
 
 
 VMFC Reserves3

Women's 7s DI

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 9, Field 5, 12:00 CEST
 
 
 Philadelphia Flacons & SF Spikes0
 
August 11, Field 5, 10:45 CEST
 
  Didesex/Hackney4
 
  Didesex/Hackney
 
August 9, Field 5, 13:30 CEST
 
 Rosa Bonheur
 
 Rosa Bonheur4
 
 
 Flying Bats WFC1
 
Third place
 
 
August 10, Field 6, 13:30 CEST
 
 
 Philadelphia Flacons & SF Spikes4
 
 
 Flying Bats WFC1

Women's 7s placement

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Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 9, Field 5, 15:00 CEST
 
 
 FC Paris Arc en Ciel2(2)
 
August 10, Field 5, 13:30 CEST
 
 Kaethes Tanten2(1)
 
 FC Paris Arc en Ciel3
 
August 9, Field 5, 16:30 CEST
 
 Les Fuegos2
 
 Les Fuegos5
 
 
   Cluj & Graz & Nice United0
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 10, Field 5, 12:00 CEST
 
 
 Kaethes Tanten0
 
 
   Cluj & Graz & Nice United1

Men's 7s DI

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 9, Field 7, 12:00 CEST
 
 
 SUD AU CUL8
 
August 9, Field 8, 15:00 CEST
 
 Soho FC0
 
 SUD AU CUL8
 
August 9, Field 8, 12:00 CEST
 
 Steal Your Manblers0
 
 Steal Your Manblers2
 
August 11, Field 5, 09:00 CEST
 
 Cork Rebels FC1
 
 SUD AU CUL3
 
August 9, Field 7, 13:30 CEST
 
 BeesCats2
 
 BeesCats16
 
August 9, Field 8, 16:30 CEST
 
 Trowbridge Tigers FC0
 
 BeesCats7
 
August 9, Field 8, 13:30 CEST
 
 FTSC/Falcons1 Third place
 
 GFC Friends Prague2
 
August 10, Field 5, 15:00 CEST
 
 FTSC/Falcons3
 
 Steal Your Manblers3
 
 
 FTSC/Falcons1
 

Men's 7s placement

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Losers' bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 9, Field 7, 15:00 CEST
 
 
 Soho FC0
 
August 10, Field 7, 13:30 CEST
 
 Cork Rebels FC3
 
 Cork Rebels FC0
 
August 9, Field 7, 16:30 CEST
 
 GFC Friends Prague5
 
 Trowbridge Tigers FC0
 
 
 GFC Friends Prague3
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 10, Field 6, 12:00 CEST
 
 
 Soho FC3
 
 
 Trowbridge Tigers FC0

Lower placement

  • The intended group phase for the lower Men's 7s teams was abandoned when one of the five remaining teams after the group phase ( Racing Pop) also forfeited. Of the four "group" matches scheduled for August 9, only two were played, with each of the four remaining teams having played one game each. Thus, the competition was adapted to treat the played games as placement semifinals.
 
Semi-finalsNinth place
 
      
 
August 9, Field 6, 12:00 CEST
 
 
 NY Ramblers3
 
August 10, Field 6, 15:00 CEST
 
 Boston Strikers1
 
 NY Ramblers5
 
August 9, Field 6, 15:00 CEST
 
  LeftDevils FC0
 
 Zorros2
 
 
  LeftDevils FC4
 
Eleventh place
 
 
August 10, Field 8, 13:30 CEST
 
 
 Boston Strikers2
 
 
 Zorros3

Full time results

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Men's 11s

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  • 1-   West Hollywood SC (Los Angeles, USA) (D1 gold medal)
  • 2-   Village Manchester FC First (Manchester, UK) (D1 silver medal)
  • 3-   Stonewall FC Lions (London, UK) (D1 bronze medal)
  • 4-   Dublin Devils FC (Dublin, Ireland)
  • 5-   Stockholm Snipers IF (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • 6-   Ardhis FC (France)
  • 7-   New York Ramblers (New York, USA)
  • 8-   Los Dogos (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • 9-   Stonewall FC Cubs (London, UK) (D2 gold medal)
  • 10-   FTSC Rainbow Unicorns (Washington, DC, USA) (D2 silver medal)
  • 11-   Minnesota Gray Ducks Soccer (Minneapolis, USA) (D3 bronze medal)
  • 12-   Lobos México LGBT (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico)
  • 13-   Team München Streetboys (Munchen, Germany)
  • 14-   Toronto United (Toronto, Canada)
  • 15-   Yorkshire Terriers FC (Leeds, UK)
  • 16-   Sydney Rangers FC (Sydney, Australia)
  • 17-    Panamboyz United/Ballboys Hamburg (Paris, France/Hamburg, Germany)
  • 18-   Didesex Deporte Lgbt (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico)
  • 19-   Jet City Strikers Rain City SC (Seattle, USA)
  • 20-   London Falcons FC (London, UK)
  • 21-    GMadrid Sports/Samurai (Madrid, Spain/Japan)
  • 22-   San Diego Sparks (San Diego, USA)
  • 23-   HotScots FC (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
  • 24-   Boston Strikers Soccer Club (Boston, USA)
  • 25-   San Francisco Spikes SC (San Francisco, USA)
  • 26-   London Titans FC (London, UK)
  • 27-   Stonewall FC Pride (London, UK)
  • 28-   TC Jacks/Austin Goldstars (Minnesota/Austin, USA)
  • 29-   Vancouver United OFK (Vancouver, Canada)
  • 30-   East End Phoenix FC (London, UK)
  • 31-   Village Manchester FC Reserves (Manchester, UK)
  • 32-   FTSC Balls Deep State (Washington, DC, USA)

Men's 7s

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  • 1-   Sud Au Cul (France) (gold medal)
  • 2-   BeesCats Soccer Boys (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (silver medal)
  • 3-   NYR Steal Your Manblers (New York, USA) (bronze medal)
  • 4-   FTSC/Falconsoccer (Washington/Philadelphia, USA)
  • 5-   GFC Friends Prague (Prague, Czechia)
  • 6-   Cork Rebels FC (Cork, Ireland)
  • 7-   Soho FC (London, UK)
  • 8-   Trowbridge Tigers FC (Trowbridge, UK)
  • 9-   NY Ramblers 7s (New York, USA)
  • 10-    Leftdevils Leftfooters/Dublin Devils (London, UK/Dublin, Ireland)
  • 11-   Zorros LGBT (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico)
  • 12-   Boston Strikers Soccer Club (Boston, USA)
  • 13-   Racing Pop (France)
  • 14-    Haraga United/BNP Paribas (Algeria/France)

Women's 7s

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  • 1-   Rosa Bonheur (France) (gold medal)
  • 2-    Didesex/Hackney (Mexico/London, UK) (silver medal)
  • 3-   Philadelphia Flacons/SF Spikes (Philadelphia/San Francisco, USA) (bronze medal)
  • 4-   Flying Bats WFC (Australia)
  • 5-   FC Paris Arc en Ciel (France)
  • 6-   Les Fuegos (France)
  • 7-   Kaethes Tanten (Germany)
  • 8-     Cluj/Graz/Nice United (Romania/Germany/France)

References

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