2015 IFAF World Championship qualification
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This article describes the qualification for the 2015 IFAF World Championship. The final tournament was to be contested by twelve teams, but five teams that later qualify withdrew from the tournament. Sweden qualified automatically as original hosts of the tournament but was among the teams that withdrew. The United States hosted the tournament instead and would have still automatically qualified as the defending world champions if Sweden did not withdraw from the tournament.
Asian qualifiers
South Korea vs. Kuwait
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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 Kuwait |
0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
•  South Korea |
21 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 69 |
- Date: April 12
- Location: Mokdong Baseball Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
- Game start: 3:30 PM
- Elapsed time: 3:50
The Kuwait Gridiron Football National team lost the first Asian World Championship Qualifier against Korea by a score of 69–7.
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Japan vs. Philippines
Japan defeated Philippines 86–0 in Tokyo to secure a spot in the final tournament.[1][2]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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 Philippines |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
•  Japan |
30 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 86 |
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2014 European Championship
The European participants won a seed in the tournament by finishing top-3 in the 2014 EFAF European Championship.
Germany vs. Austria
- Date: June 7
- Location: Ernest Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria
- Game start: 19:00 PM
- Elapsed time: 3:30
- Game attendance: 27.000
The first seed is for Germany for being the champion and the second is Austria who was the runner-up. Both teams played the gold medal game were the defending champion Germany won during overtime the host team Austria by a score of 30 to 27.
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Finland vs. France
- Date: June 7
- Location: Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria
- Game start: 14:00 PM
- Elapsed time: 3:30
- Game attendance: 15.000
The last seed was for the third place France by beating Finland during the European Championship bronze medal game with a score of 35 to 21.
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African qualifiers
Egypt vs. Morocco
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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•  Morocco |
8 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
 Egypt |
0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
This was the first participation of Africa on the IFAF World Championship competition. The qualifier was decided in one game on December 13, 2014, between the two teams Egypt and Morocco. It was held in Cairo, Egypt. Morocco won against Egypt with score of 26-6.
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American qualifiers
The United States qualified automatically as the 2011 IFAF World Championship winners.
IFAF Americas had three more spots; the first two were represented by Canada and Mexico respectively, and these countries qualified directly by finishing second and fourth at the last World Championship.
Panama vs. Brazil
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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•  Brazil |
7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
 Panama |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
- Date: January 31, 2015
- Location: Rommel Fernández Stadium, Panama City, Panama
- Game start: 18:00 PM
Panama as the champion of the Central American Bowl played a game for the last seed in the road to the IFAF World Championship 2015, facing the national team of Brazil. The game was held on January 31, 2015, being Panama the host nation. Brazil won against Panama with score of 26-14.