2007 IFAF World Championship

American football tournament 2007 IFAF World Championship 2007 2007 IFAF World Cup logo.jpg 250px July 7 July 15 Japan 6 United States 1 Japan Germany 9 2003 2011 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 on July 7–15, 2007 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. Venues Todoroki Athletics StadiumKawasaki StadiumKawasaki, KanagawaKawasaki, Kanagawa25,0002,700x100pxx100px Participants JPN (qualify automatically as host) SWE (European champion) GER USA (invitee) FRA 1974 KOR 1997 (winner of Asia/Oceania playoff) Matches Group 1 TeamPlayedWonLostPoints forPoints againstJPN220960SWE2111662FRA 19742021464 #eee July 7, 2007 18:10 FRA 1974 0 0 0 0 JPN 16 8 15 9 Todoroki Athletics Stadium Cloudy 12336 USA Bill LeMonnier Box score transparent July 10, 2007 15:00 FRA 1974 7 0 7 0 SWE 0 7 9 0 Kawasaki Stadium Rain USA Bill LeMonnier Box score #eee July 12, 2007 19:00 SWE 0 0 0 0 JPN 21 10 7 10 Kawasaki Stadium 4093 Cloudy USA Bill LeMonnier Box score Group 2 TeamPlayedWonLostPoints forPoints againstUSA2 2 0 110 7GER2 1 1 39 35KOR 19972 0 2 2 109 #eee July 8, 2007 17:00 GER 14 5 0 13 KOR 1997 0 0 2 0 Kawasaki Stadium 2632 Fine SWE Fereed Adus Box score transparent July 10, 2007 19:00 KOR 1997 0 0 0 0 USA 28 14 28 7 77-0 KOR 1997 Kawasaki Stadium 2077 Rain SWE Fereed Adus Box score #eee July 12, 2007 15:00 USA 16 0 3 14 GER 0 7 0 0 Kawasaki Stadium Cloudy/intermittent rain SWE Fereed Adus Box score 5th place July 14, 2007 15:00 FRA 1974 0 0 0 0 KOR 1997 0 0 0 3 Kawasaki Stadium Rain SWE Fereed Adus Box score 3rd place July 14, 2007 19:00 SWE 0 0 0 0 GER 0 0 7 0 Kawasaki Stadium 1943 Rain USA Bill LeMonnier Box score Final July 15, 2007 15:10 JPN 0 10 0 7 3 0 USA 7 0 3 7 3 3 Todoroki Athletics Stadium 10231 Rain GER Peter Springwald Box score 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. University of Arizona quarterback Adam Austin guided Team USA with an 11-play, 80-yard drive that ended with the second 5-yard touchdown run by RB Kyle Kasperbauer, to tie the game at 17. IFAF follows the overtime system used by the NCAA, 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 ----- --- 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 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 winners100pxUnited StatesFirst title Statistics PosTeamGamesWinLosePoints forPoints againstDifferenceUSA33013327 +106JPN32111623 +93GER3214635 +114SWE3121669 -535KOR 19973125109 -1046FRA 19743031467 -53 External links http://wc2007.info/ Category:IFAF World Championship World Cup, IFAF Ifaf World Cup, 2007 Category:International sports competitions hosted by Japan Category:American football in Japan