2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship

The 2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship was an international American football tournament for junior teams (19 years and under) that took place at Mexico City from July 15 to 22. This was the first time that Mexico hosted an IFAF World Junior Championship competition.

2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship

IFAF World Junior Football Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	July 15 – July 22
No. of nations	Six
Final positions
Champions	Canada
Runner-up	Mexico
Third-place	United States
Tournament statistics
Attendance	76,115
MVP of the tournament	Andreas Dueck, QB, Canada
← 2016 2020 (cancelled) →

Teams were split into higher and lower groups by seeding. Three teams from higher seeded group and one team from lower seeded group would advance to the semi-final. This would be the last world junior championship staged in the U19 age classification. The 2020 championship scheduled for the United States was cancelled by IFAF in March 2020 due to complications from the coronavirus pandemic. The next world junior championship is a U20 competition that was hosted by Football Canada in Edmonton, Alberta in July 2024.^[1]

Participants and seeding

• 1.  Canada
• 2.  United States
• 3.  Mexico
• 4.  Japan
• 5.  Sweden
• 6.  Australia

Matches

Game 1

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Australia	0	0	0	0	0
United States	13	7	13	6	39

at Estadio Olympico '68

• Date: July 15, 2018
• Game weather: 26c, overcast
• Game attendance: 3,500

Game 2

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Sweden	0	0	6	0	6
Canada	21	14	14	0	49

at Estadio Olympico '68

• Date: July 15, 2018
• Game weather: 24c, rain
• Game attendance: 3,500

Game 3

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Japan	0	6	8	0	14
Mexico	3	0	14	14	31

at Estadio Olympico '68

• Date: July 15, 2018
• Game weather: 21c, showers
• Game attendance: 8,500

Game 4 (Placement game)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Australia	0	0	6	0	6
Sweden	6	7	0	6	19

at Estadio Olympico '68

• Date: July 18, 2016
• Game weather: 23c, partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 1,800

Game 5 (semifinal)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Japan	0	7	9	6	22
Canada	7	14	7	0	28

at Estadio Olympico '68

• Date: July 18, 2018
• Game weather: 25c, partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 6,500
• AFI game recap ^[2]

Game 6 (semifinal)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Mexico	7	16	7	3	33
United States	0	0	6	3	9

at Estadio Olympico '68

• Date: July 18, 2018
• Game weather: 23c, partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 15,800
• USA Today game recap^[3]

Game 7 (Fifth Place Game)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Australia	0	0	14	0	14
Japan	10	10	17	14	51

at Estadio Olympico '68

• Date: July 22, 2018
• Game weather: 24c, sunny
• Game attendance: 1,500
• AFI game recap^[4]

Game 8 (bronze-medal game)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Sweden	0	0	2	7	9
United States	14	27	13	7	61

at Estadio Olympico '68

• Date: July 22, 2018
• Game weather: 24c, sunny
• Game attendance: 4,500
• AFI game recap^[5]

Game 9 (gold-medal game)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Mexico	0	0	7	0	7
Canada	3	7	3	0	13

at Estadio Olympico '68

• Date: July 22, 2016
• Game weather: 24c, sunny
• Game attendance: 33,515
• AFI game recap^[6]