American football at the 2005 World Games
# American football at the 2005 World Games

American football was a demonstration sport at the World Games 2005 at the MSV-Arena in Duisburg, Germany. The semi-finals were held on July 15 and the medal games two days later. The Final was won by host team Germany who beat Sweden 20–6. Bronze medal was won by France, who beat Australia 14–0

It was the first, and until 2017 only American football tournament at the World Games.

## Medals table

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Germany (GER) | Sweden (SWE) | France (FRA) |

## Participants

Four teams took part in this tournament:

* Australia
* France
* Germany (host)
* Sweden

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| July 15 - MSV-Arena | July 15 - MSV-Arena |
| France | 7 |
| France | 7 | July 17 - MSV-Arena | July 17 - MSV-Arena |
| Sweden | 29 | July 17 - MSV-Arena | July 17 - MSV-Arena |
| Sweden | 29 | Sweden | 6 |
| July 15 - MSV-Arena | July 15 - MSV-Arena | | Sweden | 6 |
| July 15 - MSV-Arena | July 15 - MSV-Arena | Germany | 20 |
| Germany | 31 | Germany | 20 |
| Australia | 0 | | |
| Australia | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | July 17 - MSV-Arena | July 17 - MSV-Arena |
| | | France | 14 |
| | | Australia | 0 |

## Details

### Semifinal: France vs Sweden

| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Sweden | 0 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 29 |

at MSV-Arena

* Date: July 15, 2005
* Game time: 1:59 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: cloudy,40% rain
* Game attendance: 1,750
* Referee: A.Olilla
* Reference:

Game information :

Scoring

2nd Quarter

SWE – C.Malm 58-yard pass from C.Haraldsson (J.Alnervik kick), 11:05. Sweden 7–0. Drive: 1 plays, 58 yards, 0:08.

SWE – P.Lundqvist 37-yard interception return (J.Alnervik kick), 10:45. Sweden 14–0.

SWE – J.Alnervik 26-yard field goal, 5:47. Sweden 17–0. Drive: 7 plays, 34 yards, 2:51.

4th Quarter

SWE – J.Alnervik 49-yard field goal, 11:16. Sweden 20–0. Drive: 3 plays, 4 yards, 0:48.

FRA – R.Rousset 24-yard pass from J.Franco (G.Courtois kick), 9:07. Sweden 20–7. Drive: 1 plays, 24 yards, 0:00.

SWE – P.Lundqvist 39-yard interception return (J.Alnervik kick failed), 1:48. Sweden 26–7.

SWE – J.Alnervik 39-yard field goal, 1:35. Sweden 29–7. Drive: 3 plays, 0 yards, 0:12.

Leading passers

FRA – J.Franco – 14/30, 126 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT

SWE – C.Haraldsson – 9/21, 137 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Leading rushers

FRA – S.Octobre – 14 rushes, 22 yards

SWE – K.Taalbi – 14 rushes, 48 yards

Leading receivers

FRA – R.Rousset – 5 rec, 47 yards, 1 TD

SWE – C.Malm – 3 rec, 68 yards, 1 TD :

### Semifinal: Germany vs Australia

| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Germany | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

at MSV-Arena

* Date: July 15, 2005
* Reference:

### Bronze medal game: France vs Australia

| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

at MSV-Arena

* Date: July 17, 2005
* Game time: 2:04 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: sunny
* Game attendance: 5,500
* Referee: A.Olilla
* Reference:

Game information :

Scoring

1st Quarter

FRA – L.Marceline 1-yard run (G.Courtois kick), 7:13. France 7–0. Drive: 1 plays, 31 yards, 0:07.

3rd Quarter

FRA – D.Signori 4-yard pass from J.Franco (G.Courtois kick), 5:21. France 14–0. Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards, 5:15.

Leading passers

FRA – J.Franco – 2/9, 6 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

AUS – B.Newton – 8/18, 111 yards

Leading rushers

FRA – L.Marceline – 13 rushes, 112 yards, 1 TD

AUS – A.Asher – 9 rushes, 10 yards

Leading receivers

FRA – D.Signori – 1 rec, 4 yards, 1 TD

AUS – P.Raveloson – 3 rec, 57 yards :

### The Final: Sweden vs Germany

| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |

at MSV-Arena

* Date: July 17, 2005
* Game time: 5:59 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: light clouds
* Game attendance: 16,005
* Referee: M.Introini
* Reference:

Game information :

Scoring

1st Quarter

SWE – J.Alnervik 33-yard field goal, 5:42. Sweden 3–0. Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards, 6:18.

3rd Quarter

SWE – J.Alnervik 29-yard field goal, 7:22. Sweden 6–0. Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards, 4:18.

GER – M.Biedenkapp 65-yard pass from J.Ullrich (M.Biedenkapp kick), 6:21. Germany 7–6. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 1:01.

4th Quarter

GER – M.Biedenkapp 38-yard field goal, 9:19. Germany 10–6. Drive: 6 plays, 4 yards, 2:30.

GER – C.Poschmann 33-yard pass from J.Ullrich (M.Biedenkapp kick), 4:42. Germany 17–6. Drive: 6 plays, 55 yards, 2:36.

GER – M.Biedenkapp 34-yard field goal, 2:28. Germany 20–6. Drive: 3 plays, 2 yards, 1:24.

Leading passers

SWE – C.Haraldsson – 11/30, 100 yards, 1 INT

GER – J.Ullrich – 11/25, 210 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT

Leading rushers

SWE – K.Taalbi – 22 rushes, 75 yards

GER – M.Falkowski – 5 rushes, 22 yards

Leading receivers

SWE – O.Dahlman – 5 rec, 49 yards

GER – M.Biedenkapp – 1 rec, 65 yards, 1 TD :

