ANNONCE OFFICIELLE DE L'IFAF (10 juillet 2011)

Sweden will host the 2015 International Federation of American Football Senior World Championship. National teams of 12 countries from four continents converge on the capital city of Stockholm.

The awarding of the fifth IFAF world championship to Sweden was announced today when IFAF President Tommy Wiking spoke at a press conference to launch the new Stockholm Arena that is being developed. The 30,000-seat arena will host all 24 games in the summer of 2015.

"IFAF is honored to be among the first sporting events announced as playing its 2015 World Championship at the wonderful new Stockholmsarenan," Wiking said.

The 2011 IFAF Senior World Championship was played in July in Vienna, Innsbruck and Graz in Austria as the United States retained its world title with a Gold Medal Game victory over Canada in front of a crowd of 20,000 at the Ernst Happel Stadium. Two-time winner Japan (1999, 2003) claimed the bronze medal, beating Mexico, while Germany France, Austria and Australia also competed.

At the 2015 tournament, the 12 teams will be split into four groups of three for a round-robin stage. The 62 IFAF member federations will be invited to participate in regional qualifying stages for the right to compete at the 2015 IFAF Senior World Championship.