Ljubljana Frogs / Internal Prep Pack / v3 · 4 Aug 2026
IFAF Flag Football World Championship · 13–16 August 2026 · Garath Complex · 3 fields
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Overview
Sixteen nations, four groups, 20,736 possible knockout brackets. World rankings, group breakdown and the numbers worth dropping on air.
IFAF world ranking · Nov 2025 draw seeding · 16 teams stamped on a 100-yard field · medal endzone ← seeded ← unseeded → bye field
Group AUSA · Australia · Israel · American Samoa
Champions + the unknowns. USA have won five straight. Australia jumped 8 places after winning Asia-Oceania. Israel score 50 a game. American Samoa won their first-ever international and then won a medal game. 4 of 6 group pairings are first-ever meetings.
"On paper this is the USA and everyone else. On grass, Australia haven't lost a game that mattered in a year."
Group BAustria · Japan · Canada · Nigeria
Silver medallists and a trap. Austria are world #2 and lost the last two finals they reached. Japan live in one-score games. Canada beat the world champions in a 2025 friendly. Nigeria are Africa's first-ever champions, debutants at this level.
"Austria are seeded to win this comfortably. Japan have lost their last two big games by four points and one point. Comfortable isn't the word."
Group C — the hard oneMexico · Switzerland · Germany · Brazil
Group of death. Two very good teams go to the Bowl bracket. Mexico are world #3. Switzerland are the reigning world bronze medallists. Germany are the hosts, ranked 11th. Brazil are ranked 17th. Somebody very good goes home early.
"Somebody very good loses this group. The host nation is one of the candidates."
Group DItaly · France · Great Britain · Panama
Europe's champion and Europe's bronze in the same group. Italy won Euro 2025. France took bronze. Great Britain are seeded 12th and are better than that — they won their group at the last World Championship. Panama took world bronze in 2021.
"Two thirds of the European podium is in one group. Panama won a world medal five years ago. This is not a soft draw."
Story 1 · Plant Day 1 · Pays off Day 3 morning
The 2024 world final can become a Day 3 quarterfinal. Under the A1×B2 / B1×A2 crossover, USA v Austria is a QF whenever the two teams land in complementary top-2 slots — USA=A1 with Austria=B2, or USA=A2 with Austria=B1. Two of the eight top-2 finishing combinations, or 12.5% of the possible bracket.
"Watch the top of Group A and Group B. Whenever the USA and Austria finish in opposite slots — one first, the other second — the last world final becomes a quarterfinal. One of the two best teams on earth is out before the medal rounds start."
Story 2 · The rematch that can only be a medal game
Switzerland v Mexico can only meet in the final or bronze game. Both are in Group C, which puts them in opposite halves. The 2024 bronze rematch — Switzerland 41–35 — cannot happen any earlier.
"If you want that rematch, you have to wait until Sunday. The draw won't give it to you any earlier."
Story 3 · The host in the hardest group
Germany open a home World Championship in the group of death, twelve months after losing to debutant Slovenia and missing the European quarterfinals. They arrive seeded 11th.
"This is either the redemption story of the week or it's over by Friday."
Fixtures
Four competition days · three fields · times in CEST (UTC+2). Group stage runs Thursday–Friday; knockouts and Bowl bracket on Saturday; medal games and placements on Sunday. Tap a day to switch. Team codes match the head-to-head matrix — AUS is Australia, AUT is Austria.
Sources: IFAF WC26 organising committee schedule (as of 4 Aug 2026). Sunday medal games (Final 18:00 · Bronze 15:30 · both Field 1) are locked; classification-round times on Sat/Sun fill after Day 2 group results. QF pairings on Saturday are set by the bracket rules — see the Bracket engine. Group C double-header on Thursday reflects three teams playing twice on Day 1.
Live tool
Set the group finishing order. Quarterfinals and Bowl bracket populate instantly. Amber ties have documented head-to-head history.
Semifinal · Top half · 19:15
Semifinal · Bottom half · 19:15
Final · Day 4 · 18:00 · Field 1
Top half
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Bottom half
Bronze · Day 4 · 15:30 · Field 1
Bowl bracket · 9th–16th place
Rule 1 — Group A only draws Group B. Group C only draws Group D. No crossover before the semis.
Rule 2 — Every semifinal is an A/B team against a C/D team. Guaranteed.
Rule 3 — Two teams from the same group can't meet again until the final or the bronze game.
Research
Men's flag football only. Women's, youth, tackle and American football results are excluded. ● documented (score in a text source) · ● bracket-derived or margin-only · ● never met or no record.
All documented results · W=win D=draw L=loss · hover or tab through for context
Group A USA · Australia · Israel · American Samoa
IFAF confirms first-ever meeting in Düsseldorf.
| Date | Event | Round | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2018 | IFAF WC · Panama City | Quarterfinal | USA won — exact score not published |
American Samoa debuted in IFAF competition at the 2025 Asia-Oceania Championship.
Confirmed first-ever meeting per IFAF preview.
| Date | Event | Round | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | IFAF Asia-Oceania · Ningbo | Oceania pool | AUS 41–12 ASA |
| Oct 2025 | IFAF Asia-Oceania · Ningbo | Oceania pool | AUS 24–18 ASA |
No prior meeting.
Group B Austria · Japan · Canada · Nigeria
No men's meeting found in the 2018–2025 record.
Both have long World Championship histories but no documented men's meeting in retrievable sources.
Nigeria are a 2026 World Championship debutant.
No men's meeting found in the 2018–2025 record.
First-ever meeting. Nigeria debut.
First-ever meeting. Nigeria debut.
Group C Mexico · Switzerland · Germany · Brazil
| Date | Event | Round | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2024 | IFAF WC · Lahti | Bronze medal game | SUI 41–35 MEX · scored in final seconds, stopped last pass on the buzzer |
The rematch can only happen in the final or bronze game in Düsseldorf — same group means opposite bracket halves.
No men's meeting found despite both having long World Championship histories.
Kept in separate pools at both 2023 and 2025 IFAF Americas championships.
No documented men's meeting in retrievable sources.
No meeting found at any IFAF event.
No meeting found despite both having World Championship appearances.
Group D Italy · France · Great Britain · Panama
| Date | Event | Round | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | IFAF European Championship · Finland | Final | FRA 24–7 ITA |
Note the reversal: Italy are the 2025 European champions, having beaten Austria 27–19 in Paris.
The four 2025 Euro Flag men's semifinalists were Austria, Italy, France and GB. Which pair met is unresolved in accessible sources.
At the 2021 World Championship, Panama took bronze and Italy finished fourth — implying Panama beat Italy in the bronze game. Inference only, no published score.
| Date | Event | Round | Score | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2023 | IFAF Euro Flag · Limerick | Group B | FRA 39–35 GBR | +4 |
| Aug 2024 | IFAF WC · Lahti | Round of 16 | FRA 37–36 GBR | +1 |
| Sep 2025 | IFAF Euro Flag · Paris | Bronze medal game | FRA 34–20 GBR | +14 |
The richest rivalry in this draw. Three meetings in three years, France unbeaten, two of the three in elimination/medal games. No earlier meetings found.
No meeting found.
AFI confirms Panama "avoided a match-up with GB during the last World Championship." First-ever meeting.
Group A × Group B (possible QFs)
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2018 | IFAF WC group | USA 38–24 |
| Aug 2018 | IFAF WC final | USA 19–13 |
| Jul 2022 | World Games · Birmingham SF | USA 54–19 |
| Aug 2024 | IFAF WC · Lahti final | USA 53–21 |
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2023 | IFAF Americas group | USA 36–12 CAN |
| 2025 | International friendly | Canada won — score not traced |
Two documented meetings, one apiece. The 2025 result is the last one before Düsseldorf.
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2024 | IFAF WC · Lahti R16 | AUT 28–26 AUS |
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2023 | Asia-Oceania · KL group | JPN 20–12 AUS |
| Oct 2025 | Asia-Oceania · Ningbo final | AUS 23–19 JPN |
One of only three 1–1 all-time series in this draw — the others are Switzerland–Italy and Canada–Panama. The Ningbo rematch was a continental final; that's what makes this one carry.
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2024 | IFAF WC · Lahti R16 | CAN 46–38 ISR |
Two documented meetings at 2023 Euro Limerick — same group stage, then Austria eliminated Israel in knockouts. No scores retrieved for either leg.
Group C × Group D (possible QFs)
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2021 | IFAF WC · Jerusalem group | ITA 39–6 SUI |
| Sep 2025 | Euro Flag · Paris Group D | SUI 32–30 ITA |
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Euro Flag · Paris QF | FRA 42–36 SUI |
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2024 | IFAF WC · Lahti R16 | SUI won by 7 pts — exact score not published |
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2024 | IFAF WC · Lahti R16 | ITA 48–26 GER |
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | IFAF European Championship final | FRA 19–0 GER |
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2024 | IFAF WC · Lahti group | GBR 34–20 GER |
| Date | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2023 | IFAF Americas · Charlotte group | MEX 34–24 PAN |
Dossiers
Tap to expand. Rankings per IFAF Nov 2025 seeding.
The read: Nobody has beaten them at a World Championship since 2008. The question isn't whether they win the group, it's whether anyone in Europe has closed the 53–21 gap.
The read: Most improved team in the field, drawn straight into the group with the world champions. A European scalp in the QF is not out of the question.
The read: The highest-scoring team nobody talks about. They put 52 on the eventual European bronze medallists and went home in the R16.
The read: Ranked 33rd, drawn with the world champions. Nobody in Düsseldorf has film on them.
The read: World number two and the nearly-team of the last two cycles. Dominate group play, lose the game that decides it.
The read: A one-point win over China, a four-point loss to Australia. Japan live in close games — exactly the profile that wrecks a seeded group.
The read: One of only four teams in this field ever to hold a men's world title (USA, Austria, France, Canada) — and the only one that beat the reigning world champions in a 2025 friendly. Ranked tenth, which feels low.
The read: Africa's first continental champions, in the first cycle Africa had a berth at all. Ranked 32nd because they've barely played ranked opposition.
The read: The second-best team in the Americas for a decade. Lahti was the first time they didn't make the podium. The bronze-game loss to Switzerland is the defining story of this group.
The read: Beat Mexico for a world medal and Italy on the way to nothing. The Auf der Maur brothers on the same squad is the story within the story. Switzerland are the team most likely to ruin somebody's tournament.
The read: Seven-place fall in one tournament, now hosting a World Championship from the group of death. Two of Mexico, Switzerland, Germany and Brazil go to the Bowl bracket.
The read: The lowest-ranked team in the toughest group. Playing for ranking points and the Bowl bracket.
The read: Europe's champions and world #4. The monkey is off the back — now prove Paris wasn't the ceiling.
The read: Most consistent European side without ever quite topping anything. 3–0 against GB, the team directly below them in this group.
The read: Seeded 12th and better than that. Won their group at the last World Championship. France have beaten them three times, each in a more important game than the last. That sequence ends here or it doesn't.
The read: A world bronze medallist five years ago, fourth in their own continent last year. The trend is not their friend.
Squads
Green = confirmed final · Amber = preliminary or partial · Red = not published. Do not name players from red entries on air.
| Grp | Team | Rk | Status | Head coach | Key QB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | United States | 1 | Final 12 + 6 alt | Jorge Cascudo | Darrell "Housh" Doucette III |
| A | Australia | 8 | Not published | Drew Aumavae | — |
| A | Israel | 9 | Not published | — | — |
| A | American Samoa | 33 | Not published | — | — |
| B | Austria | 2 | Final 12 confirmed | Michael Salamon | Felix Wasshuber (capt.) |
| B | Japan | 7 | Final 12 + 2 res | Ayumu Iwai | Takehito Taniguchi (#4) |
| B | Canada | 10 | Final 12 | Paul LaPolice | Michael O'Connor (#15) |
| B | Nigeria | 32 | Not published | Ephraim Fagha Faloughi | — |
| C | Mexico | 3 | Final 12 confirmed | — | Diego Arvizu / Víctor Balderramos (#10) |
| C | Switzerland | 6 | Final 12 confirmed | — | Harvey Bay / Leon Auf der Maur |
| C | Germany | Host | Final 12 + 3 res | Said Salazar Deciga | Klein (#14) / Klever (#23) |
| C | Brazil | 17 | Not published | — | — |
| D | Italy | 4 | 18-man camp (not final 12) | Massimiliano Bonomo | Luke Zahradka |
| D | France | 5 | Final 12 (names only, no numbers/positions) | — | — |
| D | Great Britain | 12 | Final 12 confirmed | Nick Keyse | Christian Strong (QB) |
| D | Panama | 13 | Final 12 (numbers, no positions) | Ivan Orozco (2025) | — |
France and Panama — names supplied, not yet official-source verified
Twelve names each for France and Panama below, supplied 4 Aug 2026. Neither carries an official-source citation the way Germany/Canada/Japan do — France has no numbers or positions at all, Panama has numbers but no positions. Confirm both against the team liaison on site before naming players on air.
Felix Wasshuber (QB, capt.) · Sebastian Wolf (capt.) · Valentin Ehrenfried · Leonhard Gerner · Felix Goldmann · Maximilian Hillebrand · Daniel Kindl · Simon Knoll · Paul Schachner · Philipp Straka · Martin Stur · David Tescher
HC: Michael Salamon
Effenberger is not playing
QB Luis Effenberger — the 2025 Euro squad's starter, previously the read on this team — is injured and has moved to a video-analyst role for WC26. Benedikt Wolf, also from the Euro squad, is in the same non-playing situation per AFBÖ. Neither is on the active 12 above; do not name them as players on air.
#14 Philipp Klein (QB) · #23 Benjamin Klever (QB) · #2 Moritz Kulenovic (S) · #8 Malik Al-Kahlout (WR) · #10 Ben Fröhlich (WR) · #11 Jermaine Enyiagu (WR) · #12 Moritz Apfel (S) · #13 Junior Nkmenbi-Asel (CB) · #19 Luca Bultmann (CB) · #21 Fabian Achenbach (C/WR/DB/R) · #22 Keanu Peukert (C/WR) · #25 Ramón Seifert (R)
Reserves: Sebastian Leßmann · Raphael Carta · Theo Hack
Staff: Said Salazar Deciga (HC) · Conrad Dietel (DC) · Alann Salas Olmedo (OC) · Omari Williams (Def Asst) · Andreas Hufer (Team Mgr) · Torsten Grom (Chef de Mission)
#15 Michael O'Connor (QB) · #2 Guillaume Beland (CB, capt) · #3 James Drysdale (WR) · #4 Jackson Tachinski (WR) · #5 Émile Chênevert (HB) · #8 Antony Auclair (WR, capt, ex-NFL) · #11 François Rocheleau (WR) · #13 Philippe Pharand (Rush) · #21 Anthony Brisebois (HB) · #22 Maxym Lavallée (HB, capt) · #23 Daniel Petermann (WR) · #24 Marc-Antoine Dequoy (ex-All-CFL)
HC: Paul LaPolice (former CFL head coach)
#4 Takehito Taniguchi (QB) · #0 Rei Iwai · #5 Ryosuke Matsuo · #7 Hiroki Uchida · #9 Haruki Suzuki · #15 Ryohei Uematsu · #18 Kodai Okumura · #23 Ryota Okuda · #24 Kento Nishida · #33 Tsubasa Brennan · #50 Ko Kawasaki · #85 Riki Matsui
Reserves: #14 Rintaro Mori (QB) · #21 Toshiki Osumi · HC: Ayumu Iwai
Aamir Brown (S/DB) · Velton Brown Jr. (WR) · Isaiah Calhoun (DB/LB) · Nico Casares (QB) · Antonio Coleman (QB) · Mike Daniels (DB/S) · Tyler "TD" Davis (WR/DB) · Darrell "Housh" Doucette III (QB) · Ja'Deion High (WR/C) · Justin McMullen (DB/S) · Laderrick "Pablo" Smith (Ath) · Shawn Theard Jr. (Ath/Rush)
Alt: Dan Blair Jr. · Jorge Cascudo Jr. · Laval Davis · Johnluis "Lulu" Hernandez · Lennox Howard · D'ionte "Boo" Smith
HC: Jorge Cascudo · Asst: Willy Perez, Rudy Fernandez
Simone Alinovi · Leonardo Barzan · Henry Joseph Blackburn · Jordan Bouah · Piero Bressan · Claudio Corrado · Andrea Fantin · Michelangelo Franchi · Matteo Galante · Daniele Latorraca · Paolo Lazzaretto · Eugenio Mannato · Riccardo Petrilli · Raffaele Rotelli · Tamsir Seck · Frank Albert Stola · Andrea Volonnino · Luke Zahradka (QB, Euro final MVP) · HC: Massimiliano Bonomo
Do not assume Vinny Papale is playing
WR Vincent "Vinny" Papale is NOT in the July camp squad. His status for the final 12 is unknown. Confirm on site.
#1 Diego Arvizu (QB) · #3 Damián Chirinos (WR) · #4 Santiago Medina (WR) · #10 Víctor Balderramos (QB) · #12 Cristopher Cardona (WR) · #14 Alberto Villegas (C) · #19 Guillermo Villalobos (WR) · #21 Javier Vivián (DB) · #23 Alonso Gaxiola (DB) · #24 Demian Valdez (R — rusher) · #26 Santiago Vargas (DB) · #28 Luis Jaramillo (DB)
★ Two QBs: Arvizu (#1) and Balderramos (#10). Balderramos is the team's Instagram voice and likely starter.
Harvey Bay (QB) · Leon Auf der Maur (QB) · Claudio Ferrari (DB) · Nolan O'Leary (WR) · Lukas Ruoss (DB) · Tim Vogler (WR) · Linus Krummenacher (DB) · Marcandrea Hunkeler (DB) · Noah Auf der Maur (WR) · Leandro Wälti (WR) · Fabian Bruhin (DB) · Jamiro Jenni (DB)
★ Noah & Leon Auf der Maur are brothers — both starting in the same WC26 squad · Claudio Ferrari (DB) is the 2024 bronze hero
Christian Strong (QB) · Enrique Aspinall (DB) · Spencer Brown (C) · Andrew "AJ" Carr (WR) · Joe Cotterill (WR) · Oliver Dyer (DB) · Liam Harper (Blitz — specialist pass-rusher) · David McInally (DB) · Ben Schneller (WR) · Jayden Smith (DB) · Luke Sweeney (WR) · Darius Frost Williams (DB)
HC: Nick Keyse ("KACE") · Team manager Paul Labbett
★ "Blitz" is a specialist position in flag football — a designated pass-rusher. One of the few squads in the field naming it explicitly.
#82 César Aguilera · #2 Dennis Allen · #7 Jorge Avila · #23 Carlos De La Rosa · #10 Jayson Jaen · #6 Juan Julio · #25 José Mexil · #24 Félix Olivares · #88 Hugo Prepville · #28 Gaspar Ramos · #9 Adrian Roux · #3 Jorge Vasquez
HC: Ivan Orozco (2025)
No official-source citation
Twelve names and numbers, no positions, no publisher cited. Treat as a working list — confirm with the team liaison before naming anyone on air.
Damien Sabatino · Sullivan Silverio · Tanguy Lominet · Camille Thouary · Anthony Mahoungou Le Moigne · Stéphane Fortes · Mathias Ciocan · Wadjihe Said · Scott Harrison · Kaïss Hamidi · Widmaël Petion · Jordan Laviolette
HC: not published
No numbers, no positions, no source
Twelve names, nothing else — the thinnest-sourced squad in the field. Do not guess a QB or any position from this list. Confirm with the team liaison on site.
On air
Say-this blocks, hard stops, contingency scripts and pronunciation.
Format — most common error
No quarters. Two 20-minute halves. Never say "first quarter", "third quarter". Say "first half", "second half", "midway through the second".
Name
Great Britain's head coach is Nick Keyse — "KACE", not "Keysey". Source: BAFA's own personnel register.
2025 Americas
USA and Mexico were declared joint champions. The final was never played — lightning stopped it. Never say USA "beat" Mexico in 2025. There was no result.
Unverified scores
Canada beat the USA in a 2025 friendly — score not traced. Say they won; don't invent a scoreline. Australia's 23–19 over Japan is bracket-derived — attribute as "reported".
IF · USA v Austria comes out of the QF draw
"This is the gold medal game from Lahti, two years early. The USA lead Austria 4–0 in every documented meeting — the 2018 group stage 38–24, the 2018 final 19–13, the 2022 World Games semi 54–19, and last time out 53–21. The last two were routs — more than four scores in each. Austria have never solved them, and now the loser doesn't even get a medal."
IF · Germany go out in the group
"The host nation is out, and it was always the most likely outcome of the hardest group in the tournament. Two of Mexico, Switzerland, Germany and Brazil were always going to the Bowl bracket. That doesn't make it any easier to watch from a German bench."
IF · a low seed upsets a top-four side
"This is what happened in Lahti. Switzerland arrived ranked fourteenth and left with a bronze medal, having beaten Mexico 41–35 with a score in the last seconds. Two years later they're ranked sixth. That's how fast this sport re-sorts itself."
IF · Australia or Israel reach the semis
"Neither of these nations has ever medalled at a World Championship. Australia climbed eight places in a year. Israel put 52 points on the eventual European bronze medallists and still went home in the quarterfinals. One of them just rewrote their federation's next four years."
IF · Nigeria or American Samoa win a game
"Understand what you just watched. Nigeria won Africa's first-ever continental title by a single extra point, 13–12 over Egypt, in the first cycle Africa had a place at this tournament at all. American Samoa won their first-ever international match. Nobody here has film on either of them."
If the USA win
"Seven world titles, six straight since 2014. They go to Los Angeles as the team everyone has two years to solve."
If anyone else wins
"The United States have won five consecutive world championships. Nobody has taken one off them in over a decade. Whoever just did it changed what the next two years look like — the assumption that Los Angeles is a foregone conclusion just died on this field."
The LA28 close — use every time
"Two men's teams and two women's teams leave here qualified for the Olympic Games. That's it. Third place is a medal and a two-year wait."
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Rules · Prize · Deadline
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Ljubljana Frogs · WC26 Field Guide v3 · 4 August 2026 · Internal use only — not for publication.
Design system: Ljubljana Frogs Brand System v2.0 (dark-team theme · TT Bluescreens/Montserrat/mono). Sources: IFAF (americanfootball.sport), 2024 IFAF WC Lahti, 2025 continental championships (Euro Flag, IFAF Americas, Asia-Oceania, Africa), USA Football, Football Canada (footballcanada.com), JAFA (americanfootball.jp), AFVD (afvd.de), FIDAF, BAFA, DAZN Group (21 May 2026), worldflag26.com. Men's flag football only throughout.
Open items before broadcast: (1) France and Panama rosters have names but no cited official source — get both from team liaison on site (France also needs numbers and positions). (2) Italy final 12 — confirm whether Vinny Papale is included. (3) Confirm QF numbering convention with IFAF media desk.