Flag football at the 2025 World Games

Flag football
at the 2025 World Games
VenueChengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field
Dates14–17 August 2025
No. of events1
Competitors8 teams from 8 nations

The flag football competition at the 2025 World Games took place from 14 to 17 August 2025, in Chengdu in China, at the Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field.[1][2] The competition only included the women's tournament.

Qualification

A total of eight teams qualified for the event:[3] Originally,Spain was set to compete, but were unable to attend. The next-placed team at the 2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship, Italy, was invited.[4]

Event Location Dates Total places Qualified NOCs
Women's – 8 teams
Host nation — — 1  China
2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football
World Championship		 Lahti 27–30 August 2024 7  United States
 Mexico
 Japan
 Austria
 Spain
 Canada
 Great Britain
 Italy

Participating nations

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mexico1001
2 United States0101
3 Canada0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's tournament
  Mexico
  United States
  Canada
    • Clara Beaudoin
    • Rosalie Landry
    • Lauriane Beauchamp
    • Emma Racine
    • Sara Parker
    • Sabrina Gervais
    • Caroline Moquin-Joubert
    • Lea Duval
    • Alexane Fournier
    • Catherine Gaumont
    • Laurence Caron
    • Laura Molimard

Source: TWG 2025

Draw

The draw which has been conducted by January 2025 followed a serpentine format, with teams placed according to their standings from the 2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship.[5][6] Spain had not withdrawn by the time the draw occurred.

Group A
Team
 United States (1)
 Austria (4)
 Canada (5)
 China (NR)
Group B
Team
 Mexico (2)
 Japan (3)
 Spain* (6)
 Great Britain (7)
  • (*) Later replaced by  Italy (8) after the draw

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 126 77 +49 Quarterfinals — 39–31 48–34 39–12
2  Canada 3 2 1 113 76 +37 31–39 — 34–25 48–12
3  Austria 3 1 2 106 127 −21 34–48 25–34 — 47–45
4  China (H) 3 0 3 69 134 −65 12–39 12–48 45–47 —
Source: TWG 2025
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 121 44 +77 Quarterfinals — 34–13 41–24 46–7
2  Great Britain 3 2 1 65 71 −6 13–34 — 26–24 26–13
3  Japan 3 1 2 81 73 +8 24–41 24–26 — 33–6
4  Italy 3 0 3 26 105 −79 7–46 13–26 6–33 —
Source: TWG 2025

Final round

Bracket

Placement (Fifth place)Consolation (5th–8th)QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
16 August
 United States33
16 August Italy1216 August
 Italy28 United States46
 Great Britain3516 August Austria39
 Austria40
17 August Great Britain2817 August
 Great Britain34 United States21
 China1316 August Mexico26
 China0
16 August Mexico4016 August
Placement (Seventh place) China28 Mexico25Bronze medal game
17 August Japan2216 August Canada1317 August
 Italy0 Canada32 Austria20
 Japan33 Japan27 Canada38

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1
Quarter 1 2 Total
 United States 27 6 33
 Italy 0 12 12

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 16 August 2025
  • Game time: 08:30
  • Referee: R: Jed Brookes-Lewis (GBR) DJ: Magdalena Szymko (POL) FJ: Xing Tianyu (CHN) SJ: Wei Di (CHN)
  • Report: TWG 2025
Quarterfinal 2
Quarter 1 2 Total
 Canada 6 26 32
 Japan 20 7 27

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 16 August 2025
  • Game time: 09:50
  • Referee: R: Desiree Abrams (USA) DJ: Nathan Cope (AUS) FJ: Giane Pessoa (BRA) SJ: Zhang Qipeng (CHN)
  • Report: TWG 2025
Quarterfinal 3
Quarter 1 2 Total
 Great Britain 14 14 28
 Austria 27 13 40

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 16 August 2025
  • Game time: 11:10
  • Referee: R: Daniel Barrera Madsen (DEN) DJ: Mara Steiner (GER) FJ: Riccardo Zampedri (ITA) SJ: Zhuang HengLi (CHN)
  • Report: TWG 2025
Quarterfinal 4
Quarter 1 2 Total
 Mexico 20 20 40
 China 0 0 0

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 16 August 2025
  • Game time: 12:30
  • Referee: R: Desiree Abrams (USA) DJ: Nathan Cope (AUS) FJ: Giane Pessoa (BRA) SJ: Jed Brookes-Lewis (GBR)
  • Report: TWG 2025

Consolation matches

Consolation match 1
Quarter 1 2 OTTotal
 Italy 21 7 028
 Great Britain 14 14 735

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 16 August 2025
  • Game time: 17:40
  • Referee: R: Desiree Abrams (USA) DJ: Nathan Cope (AUS) FJ: Giane Pessoa (BRA) SJ: Zhang Qipeng (CHN)
  • Report
Consolation match 2
Quarter 1 2 Total
 China 13 15 28
 Japan 14 8 22

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 16 August 2025
  • Game time: 18:50
  • Referee: R: Jed Brookes-Lewis (GBR) DJ: Magdalena Szymko (POL) FJ: Riccardo Zampedri (ITA) SJ: Mara Steiner (GER)
  • Report

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Quarter 1 2 Total
 United States 20 26 46
 Austria 25 14 39

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 16 August 2025
  • Game time: 15:00
  • Referee: R: Daniel Barrera Madsen (DEN) DJ: Mara Steiner (GER) FJ: Riccardo Zampedri (ITA) SJ: Zhuang HengLi (CHN)
  • Report: Report
Semifinal 2
Quarter 1 2 Total
 Mexico 13 12 25
 Canada 7 6 13

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 16 August 2025
  • Game time: 16:20
  • Referee: R: Jed Brookes-Lewis (GBR) DJ: Magdalena Szymko (POL) FJ: Xing Tianyu (CHN) SJ: Wei Di (CHN)
  • Report

Placement matches

Seventh place match
Quarter 1 2 Total
 Italy 0 0 0
 Japan 20 13 33

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 17 August 2025
  • Game time: 09:00
  • Referee: R: Wei Di (CHN) DJ: Xing Tianyu (CHN) FJ: Zhang Qipeng (CHN) SJ: Zhuang HengLi (CHN)
  • Report
Fifth place match
Quarter 1 2 Total
 Great Britain 19 15 34
 China 7 6 13

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 17 August 2025
  • Game time: 10:10
  • Referee: R: Daniel Barrera Madsen (DEN) DJ: Magdalena Szymko (POL) FJ: Giane Pessoa (BRA) SJ: Mara Steiner (GER)
  • Report

Bronze medal match

Bronze medal match
Quarter 1 2 Total
 Austria 20 0 20
 Canada 19 19 38

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 17 August 2025
  • Game time: 11:30
  • Referee: R: Desiree Abrams (USA) DJ: Nathan Cope (AUS) FJ: Wei Di (CHN) SJ: Mara Steiner (GER)
  • Report

Gold medal match

Final
Quarter 1 2 Total
 United States 7 14 21
 Mexico 14 12 26

at Chengdu No. 7 High School Eastern Campus Athletics Field

  • Date: 17 August 2025
  • Game time: 12:50
  • Referee: R: Daniel Barrera Madsen (DEN) DJ: Jed Brookes-Lewis (GBR) FJ: Riccardo Zampedri (ITA) SJ: Xing Tianyu (CHN)
  • Report

References

  1. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by sport, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Venues World Games 2025". theworldgames. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  3. ^ "GB women seal seventh place at Flag Football Worlds". BBC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Italy to Compete in Chengdu". International Federation of American Football. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  5. ^ "TWG Schedule". International Federation of American Football. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  6. ^ Preston, Michael (28 January 2025). "Schedule announced for the World Games Flag Football Tournament". American Football International. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
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