2007 IFAF World Championship

2007 IFAF World Championship

United States
Runner-up	Japan
Third-place	Germany
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The 2007 IFAF World Championship was the third instance of the IFAF World Championship, the quadrennial international American football world championship tournament. It was held July 7–15, 2007 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

Venues

Todoroki Athletics Stadium	Kawasaki Stadium
Kanagawa	Kanagawa
25,000	2,700

Participants

•  Japan (qualify automatically as host)
•  Sweden (European champion)
•  Germany
•  
  United States
  (invitee)
•  France
•  South Korea (Winner of Asia/Oceania Playoff)

Matches

Group 1

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against
Japan	2	2	0	96	0
Sweden	2	1	1	16	62
France	2	0	2	14	64

Group 2

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against
United States	2	2	0	110	7
Germany	2	1	1	39	35
South Korea	2	0	2	2	109

5th place

3rd place

Final

The United States competed for the first time in the 2007 IFAF World Cup. Japan was making their third appearance in the finals, winning the previous two World Championships. Japan took a 17-10 lead with seven minutes and seven seconds left in regulation.

, and both teams scored field goals with their first OT possession. In the second overtime, Japan got the ball first but missed a 34-yard field goal attempt. Team USA then reached Japan's 6-yard line. On 4th and one, Craig Coffin kicked the game winning 22-yard field goal, with the final score at 23-20. University of Nebraska-Omaha running back Kyle Kasperbauer was named MVP of the game after scoring two touchdowns and running for 54 yards on 15 carries.

• 0-7 Kasperbauer 5 yard run (Coffin kick) (1-9:03)
• 7-7 Kihira 2 yard pass from Tomizawa (Kaneoya kick) (2-10:51)
• 10-7 Kaneoya 49 yard field goal (2-8:02)
• 10-10 Coffin 35 yard field goal (3-4:18)
• 17-10 Mayuzumi 6 yard pass from Tomizawa (Kaneoya kick) (4-7:07)
• 17-17 Kasperbauer 5 yard run (Coffin kick) (4-2:51)
• 17-20 Coffin 43 yard field goal (OT1-0:00)
• 20-20 Kaneoya 25 yard field goal (OT1-0:00)
• 20-23 Coffin 22 yard field goal (OT2-0:00)

Attendance: 10,231

Team Statistics Japan USA

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First Downs 13 14

Rushing Plays 34 32 Net Yards Rushing 92 128

Attempts-Completions 25-17 12-25 Net Yards Passing 166 109

Fumbles Lost 1 3 Interceptions 1 1

Penalties-Yards 1-15 3-30

Time of Possession 27:45 20:15

Individual Statistics

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Rushing: Japan - Furutani 13-61, Ishino 3-15, M. Maeda 4-7, Namiki 2-6, Shimizu 3-5, Tomizawa 2-2, Takata 7-(-4)

USA - Kasperbauer 15-65, Blakowski 10-55, W. Johnson 4-13, Austin 3-(-5)

Passing: Japan - Tomizawa 20-14-140-2-0, Takata 4-3-26-0-1, Nakajima 1-0-0-0-0

USA - Austin 25-12-109-1-0

Receiving: Japan - Hasegawa 3-37, Nakajima 3-29, Furutani 3-23, Shimizu 2-24, Yoneyama 2-12, Mayuzumi 2-11, M. Maeda 1-28, Kihira 1-2

USA - Drenckhahn 5-40, Lewis 2-20, Odom 2/19, Thompson 1-13, Awrey 1-11, Childs 1-6

Winner

2007 IFAF World Cup Winners
United States First Title

Statistics

Pos	Team	Games	Win	Lose	Points for	Points against	Difference
1	United States	3	3	0	133	27	+106
2	Japan	3	2	1	116	23	+93
3	Germany	3	2	1	46	35	+11
4	Sweden	3	1	2	16	69	-53
5	South Korea	3	1	2	5	109	-104
6	France	3	0	3	14	67	-53

External links

• Official website