GOLD MEDALS ON THE LINE IN GOTHENBURG

IFAF on 08/21/2012


Five nations will compete for gold medals in the men's and women's competitions at the 2012 IFAF Flag Football World Championship in Sweden on Sunday.

USA, Austria, Denmark and Mexico will contest the men's semi finals, while USA, Austria, Mexico and France will compete for medals in the women's final four.

Men's semi finals:

10.45am USA vs. Denmark

10.45am Austria vs. Mexico

1.30pm Men's Bronze Medal Game

3pm Men's Gold Medal Game

Women's semi finals:

9.30am USA vs. Austria

10.45am Mexico vs. France

12pm Women's Bronze Medal Game

1.30pm Women's Gold Medal Game

Both competitions will also feature two games for the men and women of Israel who did not play in Saturday's placement games as they observed the Sabbath.  Israel returns to action as the men line up against Italy and Panama with fifth place overall on the line and the women face Germany and host Sweden as they also aim for a fifth place finish.

On Saturday in the men's competition, France claimed 9th place overall by winning all three games of their four-team round robin playoff group.  Germany finished 10th (2-1) ahead of 11th placed Japan (1-2) and Norway (0-3) in 12th spot.

Sweden won all three games in the 13th to 16th place group to finish 13th, followed by Switzerland (2-1) in 14th place, Kuwait (1-2) in 15th and Korea (0-3) in 16th.  The final day of action for those teams featured Kuwait's historic first victory in international competition, a 27-18 win over Korea.

Heading into Sunday's games, Canada (2-1), Panama (1-1), Israel (1-0) and Italy (0-2) continue to battle for fifth place.

In the women’s playoff games, Denmark claimed 9th place overall with three wins on Saturday, followed by Italy (1-1-1) in 10th spot, Panama (1-2) in 11th and Brazil (0-2-1) in 12th place.

Japan has already secured fifth place thanks to a 3-0 advantage over Germany (1-1), Israel (0-1) and Sweden (0-2) as the competition for sixth place resumes when Israel faces Germany and Sweden on Sunday.

Day Three men's results from the 2012 IFAF Flag Football World Championship

13-16th place, round robin

Sweden 55 Korea 0

Kuwait 6 Switzerland 54

Korea 18 Kuwait 27

Switzerland 13 Sweden 23

Korea 6 Switzerland 84

Sweden 45 Kuwait 13

9-12th place, round robin

France 40 Norway 25

Japan 19 Germany 37

Germany 12 France 21

Norway 13 Japan 35

France 54 Japan 6

Norway 18 Germany 27

5-8th place, round robin

Panama 13 Canada 14

Canada 22 Israel 28

Italy 20 Panama 46

Italy 18 Canada 39

Israel vs. Italy - Sunday

Israel vs. Panama - Sunday

Day Three women's results from the 2012 IFAF Flag Football World Championship

9-12th Place, Round Robin

Denmark 25 Brazil 12

Panama 6 Italy 14

Italy 13 Denmark 26

Panama 21 Brazil 13

Denmark 19 Panama 13

Brazil 6 Italy 6

5-8th Place, Round Robin

Japan 12 Germany 6

Israel 13 Japan 14

Germany 32 Sweden 19

Japan 24 Sweden 21

Sweden vs. Israel - Sunday

Germany vs. Israel - Sunday

The event results, schedule and standings can be found at the official website.