Do you know enough about IFAF competitions and international American football to correctly answer all 20 questions in this IFAF Quiz as we close out 2024? Here are the questions, and scroll down for the answers...

IFAF Flag Football World Championships

1. Which nation took the men’s tournament by surprise, winning the bronze medal?
2. In the women’s tournament, which nation scored the highest average points per game with 49.5?
3. Which player had the most receiving touchdowns with 11 in the women’s competition?
4. How many points separated Japan and Austria in the women’s bronze medal game?
5. Which three teams finished with a 2-1 record in Group E of the men’s competition and had to be separated by a tiebreaker?
6. The son of which former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver and subject of the movie Invinciblerepresented Italy in Finland?
7. Which nation became the first African representative at an IFAF Flag Football World Championship.

IFAF U20 World Junior Championships

8. Which quarterback led all passers with 49 of 80 passes completed for 756 yards and 5 touchdowns and only a single interception?
9. Which running back led the tournament with 30 carries for 305 yards and 5 touchdowns?
10. Which DB finished with a forced fumble, a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown and an onside kick recovery, in addition to a two-point conversion run in the bronze medal game?
11. What was significant about Austria winning the bronze medal by beating USA?
12. How many consecutive IFAF World Junior Championships have gold medalists Canada won?

European Women’s Tackle Championships

13. Which nation went from rank outsiders to be crowned European champions in 2024?
14. Phoebe Schecter signed off from her women’s tackle career with the game winning score as she stripped the ball loose and returned a forced fumble for the all-important touchdown as which nation claimed the silver medal?
15. Which quarterback threw three touchdowns in the decisive game that won the European title for her nation?

European Men’s Tackle Championships

16. Which two traditional rivals will meet in a much-anticipated semifinal in 2025 having topped groups A and D?
17. And which other two nations won their way through to the other semifinal?
18. Which nation won both its games at Level 2, beating Ireland at home and the Netherlands on the road?

Miscellaneous

19. Which two nations earned the right to join Austria to battle for the IFAF U19 European Championships title in 2025?
20. Which counties established a 4 Nations Tournament aimed at developing men’s tackle football and flag football for men and women in the Central America?

Photo: James Maclennan  

Answers

1. Switzerland
2. Mexico
3. Madison Fulford, USA
4. One point as Japan won 41-40
5. Italy, Canada and Finland
6. Vince Papale
7. Cameroon
8. Michael Szabo, Austria
9. Luke Koening, Panama
10. Matt Jung, USA
11. Austria became the first European team to beat a North American team in men’s international competition
12. Three
13. Spain
14. Great Britain
15. Spain’s Victoria Valverde
16. Austria and Germany
17. Finland and Italy
18. Türkiye
19. Sweden and Finland
20. Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua