2003 IFAF World Championship
American football championship
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The 2003 IFAF World Championship was the second instance of the IFAF World Championship, an American football world championship held by International Federation of American Football (IFAF). The tournament was held in Germany at Herbert Dröse Stadion and Berliner Strasse Stadion. Japan won the championship for the second time in a row.
Participants
Venues
| Venue | City | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Stadion an der Berliner Straße | Wiesbaden, Hesse | 11,498 |
| Herbert-Dröse-Stadion | Hanau, Hesse | 16,000 |
Rounds
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
 Japan | 23 | |||||
 France | 6 | |||||
| Japan | 34 | |||||
 Mexico | 14 | |||||
| Mexico | 21 | |||||
 Germany | 17 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Germany | 36 | |||||
| France | 7 | |||||
Semi finals
at Stadion an der Berliner Straße
- Date: July 10
- Game time: 14:00
- Game attendance: 1200
- Referee:
Jim Briggs
Final
- Date: July 12
- Game time: 18:00
- Game attendance: 2600
- Referee: Jim Briggs
Winner
| 2003 IFAF World Cup winners |
|---|
 Japan Second title |
Statistics
All-Star Team
The following players were selected as part of the tournament's All-Star Team.[1]
| Offense | Defense | Specialists | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Player | Position | Player | Position | Player |
| QB | Yuichi Tomizawa | DE | Peter Groß-Pass | P/K | Mahoto Koyama |
| RB | Ikunori Hanna | DE | Francesco Pepe Esposito | RS | Iván de Sandozequi |
| RB | Takuya Furutani | DT | Cristopher Königsmann | ||
| WR | Masato Itai | DT | Mirushi Fuji | ||
| WR | Christian González | LB | Kanchito Tamai | ||
| TE | Alexej Mittendorf | LB | Shinzo Yamada | ||
| LT | Andre Mathes | LB | Guillermo Ruiz Burguete | ||
| LG | Eita Imai | CB | Jose Guadalupe Rafael Martiñon | ||
| C | Frank Söhlke | CB | Masahiro Nomura | ||
| RG | Yasushi Furuhawa | FS | Sebastian Tuch | ||
| RT | Yuki Terayama | SS | Francisco Rodríguez | ||