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The Mexico national American football team (
Gold medal.
* 1998 : Gold medal.
* 1999 : 
Silver medal.
* 2003 : 
Bronze medal.
* 2004 : Bronze medal.
* 2005 : Bronze medal.
* 2007 : Bronze medal.
Mexico's junior team competed in the
Bronze medal.
Gold medal.
* 2016 : Gold medal.
Spanish
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: ''Selección de fútbol americano de México'') represents Mexico
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in international American football
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competitions. The team is controlled by the Mexican American Football Federation. Mexico has participated in competitions such as the Aztec Bowl, the IFAF World Championship
The IFAF World Championship of American Football (also known as the IFAF World Cup) is an international gridiron competition held every four years and contested by teams representing member nations. The competition is run by the International Fe ...
, and the IFAF Junior World Championship
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.
Mexico finished second place in both the 1999
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and 2003 IFAF World Championship, losing both times to Japan
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. They did not participate in 2007
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but returned to competition in the 2011 Championship. They returned to the podium at the 2015 IFAF World Championship
The 2015 IFAF World Championship was the fifth instance of the IFAF World Championship, an international American football tournament. The United States hosted the tournament. Seven teams had confirmed their participation for the tournament in Ca ...
, where they won a bronze medal.
The selected players are usually from teams in ONEFA, Mexico's main college football
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Unlike most ...
league.
Best results
IFAF World Championship record
NFL Global Junior Championship
The NFL Global Junior Championship was played during the week leading up to the Super Bowl, in the same city that is hosting the game. The first game was played in 1997, and only two teams played, Mexico and Europe. Mexico won the first and seco ...
* 1997 : Gold medal.
* 1998 : Gold medal.
* 1999 : Silver medal.
* 2003 : Bronze medal.
* 2004 : Bronze medal.
* 2005 : Bronze medal.
* 2007 : Bronze medal.
Mexico's junior team competed in the 2009 IFAF Junior World Cup
The IFAF Junior World Cup took place in 2009 at Canton, Ohio. JWC games between the world’s eight best high school-aged (19 and under) national teams from five continents were played at Canton’s historic Fawcett Stadium, home of the NFL’s ...
in Canton, Ohio from 27 June to 5 July 2009.
IFAF Junior World Championship
The IFAF Junior World Championship or IFAF Junior World Cup is a biennial competition for American football which ran from 2009 to 2020 and was the precursor of the quadrennial IFAF U20 World Cup with the first event scheduled for 2024 in Canada. ...
* 2009 : 4 place.
* 2012 : ''Did Not Participate''
* 2014 : Bronze medal.
World University American Football Championship
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* 2014 : Gold medal.
* 2016 : Gold medal.
See also
*Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional
The Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (Professional American Football League), commonly known simply as LFA, is a professional american football spring league in Mexico, founded in 2016. Starting with four teams, the LFA has since expanded t ...
* ONEFA
* CONADEIP
References
Men's national American football teamsAmerican football
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American football in Mexico
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