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The City of Kawasaki is set to host the 3rd IFAF World Championships 2007 over a nine-day period from July 7th to July 15th 2007. With the Japanese national team―winners of the previous two World Cup tournaments―joined by five other national teams from around the world that won their respective regional qualifying tournaments,including a team representing the United States, which was absent from the previous tournaments, this year's American Football World Cup offers fans plenty of tough competition and compelling match-ups in the battle to determine world number one.
Tournament Name
3rd IFAF World Championships 2007
Organizer International Federation of American Football (IFAF)
Operators Japan American Football Association
Organizing Committee for the 3rd IFAF World Championships 2007 Kawasaki, Japan

Schedule July 7th - 15th 2007
Participating Countries 6 countries
Sponsor City of Kawasaki
Offical Logos Tournament logo bacic pattern
Basic pattern
Tournament logo vertical pattern
Vertical pattern

Japan

Host country
United States
Representing Pan-American Region
Sweden
Representing European Region ( Team 1 )
Germany
Representing European Region ( Team 2 )
France
Representing European Region ( Team 3 )
Korea
Representing Asia-Oceania Region 

Date Kickoff Match-up Venue
July 7 Saturday 6:10 pm Japan vs. France Todoroki Athletics Stadium
July 8 Sunday 5:00 pm Germany vs. South Korea Kawasaki Stadium
July 10 Tuesday 3:00 pm France vs. Sweden Kawasaki Stadium
7:00 pm South Korea vs. United States
July 12 Thursday 3:00 pm United States vs. Germany Kawasaki Stadium
7:00 pm Sweden vs. Japan
July 14 Saturday 3:00 pm Fifth-place game
France vs. South Korea
Kawasaki Stadium
7:00 pm Third-place game
(between second-place teams from each block)
July 15 Sunday 3:10 pm Championship game Todoroki Athletics Stadium
*The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with the six teams separated into two three-team blocks where each team will face the other two teams in their block. Final standings of league play will determine the seeding for the final matches and championship game.
*Click on the links for further details regarding Todoroki Athletics Stadium and Kawasaki Stadium.

1st American Football World Cup
(June 28th - July 4th 1999)
2nd American Football World Cup
(July 10th - 12th 2003)
Venue Palermo, Sicily, Italy Venue Frankfort, Germany
Participating Countries 6 countries Participanting Countries 4 countries
Final Standings World Champion Japan Final Standings World Champion Japan
2nd Place Mexico 2nd Place Mexico
3rd Place Sweden 3rd Place Germany
4th Place Italy 4th Place France
5th Place Australia
6th Place Finland

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