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The Mexico national American football team (
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: ''Selección de fútbol americano de México'') represents
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in international
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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 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. ...
. Mexico finished second place in both the
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and
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, losing both times to Japan. They did not participate in 2007 but returned to competition in the 2011 Championship. They returned to the podium at the 2015 IFAF World Championship, where they won a bronze medal. The selected players are usually from teams in ONEFA, Mexico's main college football league.


Best results


IFAF World Championship record


NFL Global Junior Championship

* 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 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 The World University American Football Championship is an international college American football competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the International Federation of American Football (IF ...

* 2014 : Gold medal. * 2016 : Gold medal.


See also

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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

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