The 2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship was an international

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tournament for junior teams (19 years and under) that took place at

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from July 15 to July 22. This was the first time that

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hosted an IFAF World Junior Championship

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. Teams were split into higher and lower groups by

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. Three teams from higher seeded group and one team from lower seeded group would advance to the

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. This would be the last world junior championship staged in the U19 age classification. The 2020 championship scheduled for the United States was cancelled by IFAF 3 March 2020 due to complications from the Coronavirus pandemic. The next scheduled world junior championship is a U20 competition hosted by

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in July 2024.

Participants and seeding

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Matches

''Game 1'' ''Game 2'' ''Game 3'' ''Game 4 (Placement game)'' ''Game 5 (semifinal)'' ''Game 6 (semifinal)'' ''Game 7 (Fifth Place Game)'' ''Game 8 (bronze-medal game)'' ''Game 9 (gold-medal game)''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 IFAF Junior World Cup IFAF Junior World Cup American football in Mexico 2018 in American football International sports competitions hosted by Mexico

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