FOOTBALL CANADA ANNOUNCES FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 2024
MONTREAL, KINGSTON, AND KAMLOOPS TO HOST CANADA’S TOP FLAG TOURNAMENTS PRIOR TO THE 2024 IFAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
OTTAWA, ON – In the wake of the historic announcement of the integration of flag football in the Olympic program at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games and ahead of the 2024 IFAF World Flag Football Championships later in the summer, Football Canada is proud to confirm the national flag football tournaments for 2024.
“Football Canada is diligently preparing for our most exciting summer of Flag Football events to date”, says Joey Swarbrick, Interim Director, Sport at Football Canada. “On the heels of the historic Olympic announcement, the interest in Flag Football is sky high. We look forward to working with our host provincial organizations to put on incredible Flag Football Championships at all levels to showcase our tremendous Canadian athletes.”
Championship season will begin the weekend of May 3rd – 5th with the third edition of the Women’s National Collegiate Flag Football Championship at Riverside Park in Ville Lasalle (Montreal, Quebec). Playing at home, the two-time reigning champions Université de Montreal squad will aim for a three-peat.
The action will continue in Kingston, Ontario, from May 17th – 19th, with the first iteration of Football Canada’s Flag Championship (FC2) – All-Star Division. Teams nationwide will compete in the U14, U16, U18, and 18s age divisions.
A second Football Canada Flag Championship – Club Division is scheduled for late August. Bids for locations are currently open through Football Ontario. More information will be available at a later date.
Senior Flag Nationals will be held in beautiful Kamloops, BC, over the Canada Day weekend from June 28- 30 to cap off the summer.This event will be the final showcase for Team Canada in both the Men’s and Women’s divisions ahead of the 2024 IFAF World Flag Football Championships, August 24th – 31st in Lathi, Finland.
Canada will return to the world stage after missing the 2021 tournament in Israel due to reasons related to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Canada won the men’s gold medal at these championships in 2008 at home and a pair of women’s gold medals (2010 at home and 2014 in Italy), along with a silver medal at home in 2008 and a bronze medal in Panama in 2018.
Football Canada will share further details on the teams representing Canada at the World Championships as they become available on footballcanada.com.
For More information, please contact
Joey Swarbrick
Interim Director, Sport
