Germany

Germany will enter the 2015 IFAF Senior World Championship as the top European team having defeated Austria in a thrilling double-overtime victory in the 2014 European Championship Gold-Medal game. The Germans have experience on their side as the 2015 tournament will be their fourth appearance with two bronze medal finishes in 2003 and 2007. 2011 was a record breaking tournament for the Germans who finished fifth defeating France 21-7. In the fifth-place game, wide receiver claimed the record for most receiving yards in a game hauling in an beyond impressive 180 yards including two touchdowns. Quarterback Joachim Ullrich also had a stellar performance during the tournament earning him two records – most yards per game (220.2 yards/per game) and most total yards in a tournament (881 yards).

The American Football Verband Deutschland (AFVD) represents 270 American Football clubs in Germany and more than 41.000 individual members.  American Football has been played in Germany since the mid-1970s and the first national championship was organized in 1979, earlier than anywhere else in Europe. The nation’s top division – the German Football League – consists of 16 teams competing to reach the German Bowl championship game.