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Canada national junior football team - Wikipedia

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Canada U20 Football Team
Full name	Football Canada World Junior Team
Nicknames	True North
Short name	Team Canada/Equipe Canada
Sport	American Football/Canadian Football
Founded	Organization 1882, U20 Team 2000
League	IFAF
Division	IFAF Americas
Location	Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario
Colours
Anthem	O Canada, Fight song: The Maple Leaf Forever
Owner	Non-profit
President	Jim Mullin
Managing director	Kevin McDonald
Head coach	Warren Craney
Manager	Jamie Geisler
Divisions	IFAF Americas
Affiliation(s)	IFAF
Overall record	NFL Global Junior Championship: 22-4, IFAF: 17-3, Overall: 39-7
Championships	NFL Global Junior Championship: 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, IFAF: 2012, 2016, 2018, 2024.
Broadcasters	IFAF.tv, TSN
Website	footballcanada.com

Canada national junior football team
Medal record
Men's American football
Representing Canada
NFL Global Junior Championship
	2000 United States	Team Competition
	2001 United States	Team Competition
	2002 United States	Team Competition
	2003 United States	Team Competition
	2004 United States	Team Competition
	2005 United States	Team Competition
	2006 United States	Team Competition
	2007 United States	Team Competition
World Championship
	2009 United States	Team Competition
	2012 United States	Team Competition
	2014 Kuwait	Team Competition
	2016 China	Team Competition
	2018 Mexico	Team Competition
	2024 Canada	Team Competition

The Canada National Football Junior Team a.k.a. the Football Canada World Junior Team represent Canada in international gridiron football competitions. The football program is part of the football development program and is controlled by Football Canada and is recognized by the International Federation of American Football (IFAF). It is the premiere team in male development for the organization. While Football Canada is the governing body for amateur Canadian football, IFAF-sponsored games are played using American football rules. Team Canada first competed on the world stage in the NFL Global Junior Championship in 2000 with a championship victory over Team Europe. They competed for their first IFAF Junior World Cup in 2009.^[1]

Canada developed the Football Canada World Junior Team as an elite program which participated in the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Under-19 World Championship which was scheduled held every two years from 2012 until 2020. This tournament was previously known as the IFAF Junior World Cup.

The IFAF U20 World Junior Championship replaced the U19 format and was staged in June 2024 in Edmonton, Canada.^[2] With the 2020 championship cancelled due to COVID-19, there were efforts to restage that event in 2021 as a U20 aged event in Vancouver, but was still subject to Pandemic cancellations.^[3]

History

Football Canada became a full member of the IFAF in 2004.^[4] Thereafter Canada competed in international junior, flag, and women's football events.^[5]

Team Canada is the most successful team at the IFAF World Junior Championships, with four championships and two silver medals. Canada is the only national team to win three consecutive championships in 2016 in Harbin, China over the United States, followed up with a 2018 win in Mexico, 13–7 over the host Mexicans in front of 30,515 at Mexico 68 Estadio Olympico and a 20-7 win over Japan at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium on 30 June 2024.^[6]

The roster of the Canada national football junior team is players aged 20 and under and are typically from U SPORTS, Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL), Quebec-based CEGEP schools, high school or community football programs. The head coach for the program is selected by Football Canada and appointed prior to selecting the remainder of the tournaments coaching staff or players. Warren Craney was appointed head coach of the 2024 team, reprising his role from 2016. Craney is the most decorated coach in IFAF football with two gold medals as a head coach (2016, 2024), one gold as an offensive coordinator in 2012, and two slivers (2009, 2014). In the 2024 World Junior Championship, Canada fieldeda "B" Team named Canada II, coached by former McGill Redbirds Head Coach Ronald Hilaire which finished fifth.

IFAF World Junior Championship Games

WC	winner		loser		game	date and location
2009	Canada	55	New Zealand	0	Quarterfinal	June 27, 2009 at Canton, Ohio
	Canada	38	Japan	35	Semifinal	July 1, 2009 at Canton, Ohio
	United States	41	Canada	3	Final	July 4, 2009 at Canton, Ohio
2012	Canada	43	Sweden	0	Quarterfinal	June 30, 2012 at Austin, Texas
	Canada	33	Japan	24	Semifinal	July 4, 2012 at Austin, Texas
	Canada	23	USA	17	Final	July 7, 2012 at Austin, Texas
2014	Canada	91	Kuwait	0	Pool game	July 7, 2014 at Kuwait City
	Canada	56	France	0	Pool game	July 10, 2014 at Kuwait City
	Canada	36	Austria	7	Pool game	July 13, 2014 at Kuwait City
	United States	40	Canada	17	Final	July 16, 2014 at Kuwait City
2016	Canada	30	Mexico	16	Pool game	June 30, 2016 at Harbin, China
	United States	32	Canada	14	Pool game	July 3, 2016 at Harbin, China
	Canada	28	Mexico	21	Semifinal	July 7, 2016 at Harbin, China
	Canada(2)	24	United States	6	Final	July 10, 2016 at Harbin, China
2018	Canada	60	Sweden	0	Quarterfinal	July 15, 2018 at Mexico City
	Canada	28	Japan	22	Semifinal	July 18, 2018 at Mexico City
	Canada(3)	13	Mexico	7	Final	July 21, 2018 at Mexico City
2024	Canada	110	Brazil	0	Quarterfinal	June 22, 2024 at Edmonton, Alberta
	Canada	27	Austria	20	Semifinal	June 26, 2024 at Edmonton, Alberta
	Canada(4)	20	Japan	9	Final	June 30, 2024 at Edmonton, Alberta

References

^ "2009 Junior National Team". footballcanada.com. Football Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
^ "New-style IFAF World Under-20 Championships heading for Canada in 2024". 28 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-08-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "A Brief History of Football Canada". footballcanada.com. Football Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
^ "Canada". ifaf.com. International Federation of American Football. 2011. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
^ https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/canada-defeats-team-mexico-wins-gold-medal-at-2018-ifaf-u19-world-championships/#:~:text=U19%20World%20Championships-,Canada%20defeats%20Team%20Mexico%2C%20wins%20gold%20medal,2018%20IFAF%20U19%20World%20Championships&text=Team%20Canada%20defeated%20Mexico%2013,Mexico%20City's%2068%20Olympic%20Stadium Archived 2020-08-08 at the Wayback Machine.

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