The game of American Football has truly developed into a global sport which has been made clearly evident with the attraction of the upcoming IFAF Senior World Championship which will be held in Austria from July 8-16 as eightcountries compete for the coveted gold medal.  

Many may be surprised by the number of countries that play organized American Football a sport that is stereotyped as a sport mainly played in United States. The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) was formed in 1998 (See complete IFAF History) and currently has 59 country members that participate in the continuously growing sport.    

The Senior World Championship is an impressive event that features eight countries from four continents - Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico and United States - competing but even more than that, the tournament has attracted spectators from all around the world.  

Currently, American football fanatics from 28 different countries have purchased tickets to witness first-hand some of the best players from the world compete in one place!  The countries include 24 from Europe, three in North America and Australia.  

Overall more than 19,000 tickets have been sold including 9,000 for the Gold Medal game that will take place on Saturday, July 16 in Vienna, Austria.  

If you would like to purchase tickets you can order online with OETicket.com.  

See below the countries that will be present at the 4th IFAF Senior World Championship: 

 

Countries: 

 

Europe:

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Channel Islands

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Hungary

Italy

Japan

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Poland

Romania

Sweden

Switzerland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Turkey

 

Oceania:

Australia

 

PAFAF

Canada

Mexico

United States