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Mexico national American football team
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The Mexico national American football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol americano de México) represents Mexico in international American football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Americano (FMFA). Mexico has participated in competitions such as the IFAF World Championship of American Football and the World University American Football Championship. The Mexican junior team has participated in competitions such as the IFAF U-20 World Championship and the NFL Global Junior Championship.
Mexico finished second place in both the 1999 and 2003 IFAF World Championship, losing both times to Japan. They did not participate in 2007 but returned to competition in the 2011 Championship. They returned to the podium at the 2015 IFAF World Championship, where they won a bronze medal.
Mexico also won the World University American Football Championship 3 times (2014, 2016 and 2018).
The selected players are usually from teams in ONEFA, Mexico's main college football league.
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Tournament history
IFAF World Championship of American Football
World University American Football Championship
(Junior national team)
NFL Global Junior Championship
- 1997 :
Champions
- 1998 :
Champions
- 1999 :
Silver
- 2003 :
Bronze
- 2004 :
Bronze
- 2005 :
Bronze
- 2007 :
Bronze
Mexico's junior team competed in the 2009 IFAF Junior World Cup in Canton, Ohio from 27 June to 5 July 2009.[3]
IFAF U-20 World Championship
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References
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