Ifaf Expands Flag Championships To Africa Ahead Of La28

International Federation of American Football IFAF will hold its first African Flag Football Championships in June, executives have told Reuters , expanding the continental championships at a critical moment ahead of the sports Olympic debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games .

The competition from June 20-21 in Cairo, Egypt, joins existing events in the Americas, Europe and Asia Oceania, as the International Federation of American Football IFAF and the NFL look to build the sports reputation as a global phenomenon.

The competition will operate as a pathway to qualification for the 2026 IFAF Flag Football World Championships.

As a sport, you cant say you are a global sport and you exclude Africa. Its impossible, said NFL Africa Lead Osi Umenyiora, a British Nigerian former defensive end who won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants.

Thats what, in conjunction with IFAF, were really trying to build here: A truly global sport.