JAPAN X CANADA | IFAF U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL | Game Highlights

[@Kenisama]

I wish I had known about this league prior, I think it’s awesome that more nations are not only playing American Football, but actually competing. Congratulations to all competitors, especially Japan! And big props to the U20 World Champions and our brothers to the north, Canada!

[@masterdenfifa]

It's an international tournament not league. They don't play every year like NFL, UFL and etc.

[@teo_heel]

The thing is... Canadians are playing Canadian Football and players were able to adapt for a different ruleset in like... two weeks or so.

[@kemouse]

Was rooting for Japan too.

[@Rockindaxmike]

@@masterdenfifahope it keeps growing. Makes the sport better to have international players

[@wendigo53]

@@teo_heel Sort of. Canadians who are interested in football watch lots of American college ball and NFL, so they're not starting from square 1. And players wouldn't be truly Canadian if they didn't aspire to working in the USA!

[@Shoguntkd]

Excellent game by Canada. I'm glad to see other nations embrace this game and hope that more enthusiasm spreads! Proud of the Japan team for getting this far.

[@hughdunbar9823]

not sure if you know but Canada has had a professional league for 100 years.

[@Shoguntkd]

@hughdunbar9823 wasn't talking about Canada, but Austria, Brazil, Japan and all the other countries with fledgling programs.

[@fastfootedone]

as usual, Canada the best at American Football. kookookoo!

[@rvd696]

Happy to see my country win on home soil, shout out to all the classy Japanese fans, nothing but respect. Arigato gozaimashita

[@星野啓一-s5c]

カナダチームのディフェンスは鉄壁でした。また、ランオフェンスも素晴らしかった！ 日本チームは、カナダチームのランを止められなかったね。

[@The_Zilli]

You expect the Canadians to be good at football but to see Japan do so well in this tournament must be a very pleasant surprise for Japan and their fans. Good job.

[@LaytonFreeze]

@@The_Zilli ACTUALLY - the only one's surprised by Japan is everyone who didn't know they've been playing football since 1930. Trust me, their fans aren't surprised at all.

[@Yung-Ohld]

​@LaytonFreeze well based on what I've seen I'd be pissed as a fan if that's what almost 100 years of football looks like.

[@cmalin37]

​@@Yung-Ohld why? Japan beat USA badly in the previous game, and this was pretty close

[@LaytonFreeze]

@@Yung-Ohld That's a pretty reductive view. They were in the title game. I think they're fine. They just ran into a more talented team.

[@あいうえお-e6x8s]

Canada was clearly the better team in every aspect. Congratulations Canada from Japan.

[@hughdunbar9823]

Great job getting to the final! Football is a huge sport here and has been for 100 years, so well done Japan.

[@TheBeggies95]

I love to see Japan playing my favorite sports! If you into anime, please watch Eyeshield 21! This was just amazing

[@joanesp100]

Japan played well and made the game exciting!! Keep up the good work Japan

[@tankq888]

well done Japan! Heads up and continue to become better ya'll did very well making it into the finals!!! Be proud!

[@joanesp100]

I'm Canadian and this is the first time i have heard of this. Great win Canada and good job Japan!! The Japanese played well and looked like they have been playing the sport for awhile

[@manner7073]

This is my first time watching these games and im impressed.

[@dannydonnelly8198]

Same, some could probably play DIII

[@フーガ-g8q]

日本ではアメリカン・フットボールはマイナースポーツですがこういう大会に出ることによってだんだん周知されると思います。

[@filipinowhiteboy]

Didn't the Japanese team beat the American team?

[@Austrian_Cheesehead]

Congratulations to Team Canada form Austria to the championship and a nice tournament! I can hardly wait for the return match :) I'm also a bit proud of the bronze medal our boys have achieved. Especially when you consider that here in little Austria kids have only been able to learn football in their free time in 2-3 dozen clubs for +/- 30 years and don't have any structures at school that have grown over 100 years like in the US.

[@teo_heel]

You don't realize that Canadians are playing Canadian Football and players had a little time to adapt for American Football ruleset. And they still won. That's incredible.

[@rafaelito975]

great for austrian players!!! my nextr travel to Euripe I want yo go to visit your beautifull country, Auf Wiedersehen!

[@ericmarshall8097]

Sorry Toby you and Team Japan should be proud. I do wish you got time at Quarterback or got a few more targets even the commenters mentioned that they didn’t did not put the ball in your hands till late in the game. History still made as Silver medalists. Omedetou Gozaimasu!!

[@ayalinscott4405]

thank you, Mr. Eric!!!

[@roymoss75]

As an American..i luv this..tha US weren't prepared to play & Japan earned that win..Canada however were locked in & deserved tha title.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@dantankunfiveancestorsfist]

IMO the US team didn't took this tournament seriously.

[@LaytonFreeze]

​@@dantankunfiveancestorsfist It's not important enough, really. Not when kids in the US that play at that age are playing in college, or in the process getting to college.

[@bekay3383]

​@@LaytonFreeze remember. it's also not important enough for these kids in other countries too. in fact, it's much more meaningless and the support infra is little to none. some kids even started playing in college.

[@bekay3383]

@@dantankunfiveancestorsfistit's not like other countries take American football seriously. loss is a loss.

[@abouttime5000]

Football has a long storied history in Canada.

[@chr970]

The Grey Cup started in 1909. Yup huge history and in late 60s early 70s attracted some major NFL players with bigger money contracts. Long storied history is right.

[@kevinkrochak2546]

Hey, thanks for posting this! Great game and congratulations to Canada and all the other teams!

[@adamhill2380]

#1 from Japan is a legit safety prospect. He has the build, speed, and instinct to play D1 ball.

[@tonyrodney9610]

I really liked watching the Japanese QB, I hope he has a future in a professional league.

[@Kamui916]

He was good but like every QB who has pocket issues he never steps up in the pocket. He breaks to the ouside too much and that got him sacked a lot. It's something even I saw in my own team's QB Jalen Hurts 😅

[@arsnotorious]

Woo... 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦... ❤❤❤ man.. I used to be #1 prospect here.. I'm so proud of us boys... you guys did amazing.❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤ I'm so glad you guys get this kind of exposure. Congratulations ❤.

[@Clever01010]

I Hope this league keeps getting bigger and the fans keep rolling in. Let's grow! I want to see More.

[@poetato18]

Japan never gave up the fight. Great game Canada!

[@フレブル-o2p]

カナダのDL,LBの圧力すごいし、レシーバーがパスの時フリーになってる感じも無かった。この試合できればフルで見てみたいな

[@MISTA-DJ]

Great game! World american football amazing i wish they can promote it way more and broadcast it on espn

[@v000000000000v]

two countries with the nicest people playing one of the most violent ball game

[@KoalaShop-u8o]

they use pads and helmets lmao?

[@badlt5897]

There are a few players on both sides I'd love to see in college football in the states. Love to see this become a global game.

[@bingbong-kb2nu]

There are a handful of D1ers usually every year at this tournament, for example one of Japans WRs is playing D1, cant remember the school of the top of my head. They also have a pro league and a college league that are very well established, around 50 years for them called "X League" I gotta say their linework is incredible, and I expect we'll be seeing some Japanese O-Linemen in the NFL in the next 10 years. Usually Canada will have a handful too, not sure about this year but definitely in the past. They have college and pro too in the form of CFL, which most would say is the second best football league in terms of talent. I am Canadian and I would say we probably take the tournament the most serious and usually send most of our best guys, but a lot of the Canadian D1 commits don't play for this because their college restricts them from doing so, just like the US players. At least a dozen D1ers every year from Canada but most don't play for the national team, they don't need/want to since they're already recruited to a big school. USA team has had quite a few but this year's roster is by far one of the worst put together when you consider they've had talents like Jameis Winston and Jordan Poyer play for the national team. I am assuming USA will be back for vengeance next tournament with how much notice has been put on this one. I'm really looking forward to the next one since this one got so much recognition!

[@ラヤムクル]

カナダチームおめでとう！ 素晴らしい試合でした！ありがとう！

[@CanadianAmericans4Trump]

Go Canada 🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day

[@Clever01010]

🇨🇦👋😊 Great game! Congratulations 🎉 My first time watching this league and will be watching for years to come. 🇯🇵 Great game Japan. 👌

[@Josevatz293]

Japan should have rising sun helmets. That would be clean af

[@kiingdrew]

Good game played . Much respect from the USA

[@maninredhelm]

Looks like Japan lost their star runner (#2, who ran wild on the US) on their first possession. Tough break. These kids are cramming games in every 3-4 days, and for the non-host nations there's probably pressure to keep their rosters small to keep travel costs down. Canada had host advantage this time, but the US and Mexico have had it in the past. It rotates. Hopefully Japan or Austria get a shot next, it's definitely an advantage in terms of getting as many of your best players as you can to the event. Canada even had enough to field a second team (replacing Mexico who backed out late I think).

[@smokindragn1]

Canada is now three time WJFC champions

[@teo_heel]

Canada had two squads, because both Mexico and Sweden didn't make it and both Brazil and Panama were added instead of just winner of their game in the qualifiers.

[@ccllark]

Canada owns IFAF

[@PEBelarus]

I watched a lot of Japanese baseball this year. They have a way of playing games with great seriousness. Clean, fair but really well played. I noticed they play their football exactly the same way. They know all the fundamentals. They are not lazy. They finish their tackles. They finished their blocks. They cover their punts and their kickoffs. They are just an excellent well disciplined sports culture in Japan and I think it's excellent and a beautiful thing to watch.

[@DRACOFURY]

Team Canada 🇨🇦 3 Peat and the future looks bright for Japan 🗾🇯🇵 Now team USA 🇺🇸 what's goin on boys?

[@Tpnathan38]

We didn't send any good player if we did it would 200-0 at halftime😂😂🤡

[@KcSoundzENT]

@@Tpnathan38yea I don’t think any top prospects even considered playing in this tournament these other countries sent out there best meanwhile we had a bunch of 2-3 star high schoolers no shade to those kids but it was a clear mismatch

[@patrickt6642]

Anyone with nfl or power5 potential won't play in this game.

[@aus10texashookem64]

@@KcSoundzENT.. 3* high schoolers would’ve beaten them by 30 plus, your talking legit D1 football players..

[@calvincharlie999]

​​@@KcSoundzENTThis was an under 20 playoffs and USA didn't send their top players and didn't want to win against the national teams is crazy and unheard of but keep talking. Isn't football America's game? I think we might of traded spots. Cause ngl Americans are dominanting in hockey right now. Look at the Canucks, half of them are American and I feel like we finally have a fighting chance now. Better than the 23/24 season.

[@edwinhargrave679]

Oh Canada 🇨🇦 congrats and great win 👍.

[@Evil.Totoro]

I didn’t know this was a thing, as well as Canada being so dominant in this tournament over the years. Class act by both Japan and Canada in this game, they looked like they were having lots of fun.

[@prestige_123]

Idk if USA sucks or if Japan was good or if Canada is just Awesome! Because Japan wiped the floor with the US in the game before this😅

[@clubeyxander5132]

I think it's the athleticism. Canadian players are more athletic than American players at average. That's because the US programs have emphasized strength, power and size so much through the years, aspects of athleticism such as quickness and agility have been largely overlooked. Canadian athleticism plays well with Canadian football where the field is bigger and the number of players are smaller. You can see the Americans couldn't handle the agility of undersized Japanese players whereas the Canadians had no problem with that. If you have the athleticism, then size matters a whole lot. On the other hand, it's true that team USA weren't made up of their best players. If they had brought in their best players, their pure bulk and force probably would've stopped the Japanese team flat and clean. But as a longtime "football" fan in Japan, I'm really surprised that our team won, even against a third tier US team.

[@JGLFootball]

@@clubeyxander5132no it’s because this tournament is geared at increasing American football interest in other countries so they limit who the USA can add to their team. If the USA brought their best players every team would get seriously hurt😂.

[@clubeyxander5132]

@thecrt2 NO, you didn't get my point. The US are the best at American football, period. If they wielded their best players in this tournament, half of the other teams wouldn't even make it home. It used to be like that even when the US brought their 3rd division teams. What I was saying is that because the American programs are concentrating so much more on size and power, the athleticism gets overlooked from the second tier and beyond. I'm not talking about the very best players. I'm talking about things at average. And my statement that Canadian football is more athletic is just a fact based on the size of the field and number of players. You should watch some CFL once in a while, it's uniquely different from the NFL. There's more space, and they run a lot more, too. I'm not saying it's better, I'm just saying it's different. But if you don't want to listen, it's OK with me. I was just replying to the person who asked whether USA sucks or not. My plain answer was, they don't. I just provided my insight into why their team lost.

[@J-ay-B-ee]

@@clubeyxander5132stop cooking

[@prestige_123]

@@clubeyxander5132 okay that clears some things up that the team they brung wasn't the best American team, because the American football players I see (especially in Texas) are some big boys! Their O-line/D-line consist of 6'2 and 230lbs and up! Not to mention their skills players all run sub 4.5 sec 40yrd dash, shit when I was in highschool a decade ago even though we were all small our team would of destroyed Japan (at least I think) but hey who knows right!

[@ishmael_03]

Now that was a real football game.

[@Lorijenken]

jeez whats with all the empty seats ;__; both these team deserve WAY more.

[@DAS-Videos]

Good game. Both teams have some pretty good players.

[@roythao6624]

Canada won the trenches with Japan’s top rb out

[@ThaOneChrisJONES]

Happy we won, happy to see Japan playing some good football ( there's no reason why they couldn't ).

[@VictorSalendu]

every day is a good day when I watch your videos

[@Spitts44]

Congratulations to not only Canada but also to the Japanese for beating the Americans and getting into the final. Well done to both. 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

[@jorgerocha8640]

Good game 🇨🇦

[@dre3k78]

Both solid teams and played very well. I think Canada just got stronger as the game went on and Japan's defense got tired. Canada was really running the ball well by the end of the 3rd quarter. Congrats to Canada! Also very impressed with Japan overall.

[@lanceleavitt7472]

Great tournament. -- Full of surprises and excellent athletes. ---

[@mallyhusband6942]

Great job Boys. You did Canada proud

[@brixx4484]

Good job Canada

[@PraxisPeabody]

Great job both teams. Some of my relitives are 50/50 Canadian and Japanese. A win for everyone.

[@RabbitSix]

wish they were using Canadian Football Rules, much more fun of a game to watch

[@sefamoa7877]

Great football.... hope it catches on...

[@mynamebashbarti]

LETSSS GOOOO CANADA, On Canada day aswell

[@deananderson7877]

Good on the Japanese, they didn’t give up and made a really good game of things while being down

[@637man3]

So we're a world power in this league? Fantastic ball, the players showed a ton of skill, not to mention excellent coaching, beating this terrific Japanese team. Line play was great, both teams showed pretty balanced attacks and the defensive sides played well. Such a thing to watch, well done to both teams.

[@msubasic64]

So as winners, do we get to force them to accept some CFL rules now? Rouge instead of free touchbacks on punts into the endzone?

[@elchasai]

I wish there was a Canadian Football tournament to play in. Nice work Canada, and Edmonton how about that hosting stanley cup finals, and then football and then world 3x3 basketball!!!!

[@toshiakimaruyama7839]

準優勝おめでとう！そしてなにより、USAに勝つという日本アメリカンフットボール界の悲願を達成した功績は、少しも色あせる事はありません。歴史をつくったこの世代の代表を心から称賛します！

[@JerrolGW2]

#1 on Japan was ballin the whole tournament

[@trevorturner5457]

Three peat for the 🇨🇦 boys!!!

[@vladtepes97]

it's good that they have the kids playing on a kiddie-size field. when they grow up, they can play on the adult fields of the cfl.

[@GeoffN-o1h]

Congrats coach Craney. Played Junior ball with him in Chateauguay. :)

[@LeeHardingTV]

Way to go 🇨🇦

[@TheBeggies95]

We did it for y’all my southern neighbors! They not beating North America!

[@Evan-hockputer]

Let's Go Canada!!! GG, Japan.

[@prieten49]

Those Japanese are good at whatever they decide to get good at! The Canadians looked just a little bit bigger though. Better luck next time, Japan!

[@earlysda]

Why aren't they good at rockets?

[@emptyhand777]

​@@earlysda- are you kidding? Didn't Japan land a rocket on a comet, collect a sample, and have the rocket return to Earth?

[@earlysda]

@@emptyhand777 empty, yes, they did, and everyone had great expectations for their rocket program, but the country's program has had many failures (today's launch was successful tho), and the only private launch ended spectacularly several months ago too. . Some Japanese were even making jokes that Japan can learn about rockets from "Rocket Man" who continually shoots them over into Japan's EEZ.

[@clubeyxander5132]

@@earlysda You seem to know a lot about rockets, and yet seem to overlook a lot about its history and the present day industrial situation. First, Japan's rocket program is among the best in the world. It's not as grand as NASA's, it's just that they specialize in smaller payloads rather than the gigantic ones that the US are so good at. A while back, the Japanese program was at a loss because the Americans had officially banned the Japanese from liquid fuel rocket development after WW2. They started their program from scratch, developing solid fuel rockets, something the whole world had deemed it to be useless other than using it as fireworks. This really payed off, though, because by the 1990's Japan had developed a solid fuel rocket capable of launching satellites into orbit. Japan is still the only nation capable of this feat and is the sole leader in the field of solid fuel rockets. Because solid fuel rockets are more economically efficient than their liquid fuel counterparts, Japanese rockets of present day are known to be highly cost efficient. Of course, they also make liquid fuel types now; they combine the two to get the best efficiency. And about the failures, their newest H3 rockets have had some initial technical failures but it's on track now. They've never had any crash downs or any of the kind, you know. The predecessor to the H3 rocket, the H2 rockets are known to be one of the least prone to failure in the modern day. Things aren't exactly the same as the US, but they are doing quite well in their own rite.

[@luxboss2388]

I tell people them Japanese dont mind learning lol

[@Lichotubo]

Orgullo regio ese QB González

[@trytogetfit]

Props to the back judge for eating that ball to the face at 5:20. He might have the silky, soft mitts of Kadarius Toney but we appreciate his willingness to come out to ref on a rainy Sunday.

[@Ostsol]

Good game!

[@chr970]

Ok, maybe I’m out of the loop, but I’ve never seen or heard of this. I’m quite sure I never saw an article on SN about it. Kind of a neat concept have these countries compete in this football.

[@k.s.333]

Listen to sports radio here in Canada and the only mention of this was when Japan beat the USA.

[@Koko1234]

wish japan ran more passing plays - they went with their bread/butter in running but should of have a plan b if star rb was out.

[@leviackerman8647]

Good game

[@ibecrazyfr]

Who is the World Champions now america

[@としょ子スの門徒]

すごいね日本準優勝おめでとう🥈 にしてもカナダは強かったね

[@scrivener68]

World Champions at a sport we don't even play here. If you look carefully, you can see the markings for a real football field outside this tiny American thing.

[@J-ay-B-ee]

USA still mad they weren’t in the finals 😂😂

[@Tpnathan38]

No we aren't we send low level d3 player 😂 if we send our best it would be 200-0 at halftime🤡

[@razatiger22]

@@Tpnathan38 I don't even think team USA has D3 players out there. Not a single 4 star or 5 star recruit on the team, might not even have a 3 star recruit if were being serious.

[@thegammingdinosaur189]

Ya they are playing the "oh ya well we didn't send the good players" card. They need to suck it up say congrats to the winners and move on.

[@Tpnathan38]

@@thegammingdinosaur189 why r u talking to yourself😅

[@J-ay-B-ee]

@@thegammingdinosaur189 they can’t let it go 😂😂😂

[@Sor91785]

Japanese played well, great game!

[@proudmanxman]

Great attendance

[@Hockey-Art]

I wish the Elks defense was that good

[@joshuabrown2134]

"Into Japanese territory" wild hearing that outside of war reference

[@わわ-l8w]

この競技については良く知りませんでした。しかし先日テレビのニュース番組で取り上げられていて日本の快挙を知りました。 ニュース曰く、このフットボールというのはカナダ発祥だそうで、やはり今回の決勝戦でのカナダの強さを見るとそれも納得ですね。おめでとうカナダ！！🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@rlanesports]

5:20 The ref

[@Bloodwashed-zt7my]

Nice uniforms Canada 🍁

[@JSalonsky]

Oof their offense got dominated but they played well defensively. Really interesting to watch

[@kevingeorge2458]

Go Canada 🏈🇨🇦🏈🇨🇦🏈🇨🇦💯

[@national13]

ggでした〜！

[@Black_Dollarz]

is there an over 20 version of this?

[@Herichsheldron]

Da hora! Japão estava bem !

[@thegammingdinosaur189]

LOL this is highlights of the Canada, Japan game championships but there are still a lot of Americans in here bitching about how they didn't send their best players. Who cares just say congrats and move on.

[@Andrewlang90]

This is a 3 peat for Canada at this tournament

[@Evan-hockputer]

How many spectators were at the stadium?

[@pooperscooper8791]

Go Japan

[@zaynes5094]

Man that would've been USA in there against Canada if they had gotten even just a few DI commits to play on that squad. No doubt any of the top 30 QBs out of HS could've led that USA team to a title but they don't want to get hurt. I think it should be a decision the coaches and player makes and if the player is going to be redshirted, then he should be allowed to compete in that first year's world championship tournament. I don't know how they would do that but they could definitely do it.

[@MelissaDouris]

It's a fun tournament to watch! I see it as a future prospect tournament for the CFL. There could be a few diamonds in the rough for the NFL in the future. Jesse Palmer played Jr. Football in Canada and there have been some others. Either way, we are watching Football in June/July so who cares right? Fun!

[@Caspyl2m]

Ppl still dont know that Football is From Montreal, Canada

[@madjoe8622]

Why the field is so small???

[@brixx4484]

USA did yal take notes today.

[@codyzimmer9257]

No they too busy making millions in the NFL

[@brixx4484]

@@codyzimmer9257 definitely not referring to the pro’s bud. Whatever league this is and however they recruit the players on the team USA is what I’m getting at.

[@coreysmall294]

This is great! Who knew?

[@calvincharlie999]

Ngl when did Canada stop worrying about hockey and more about football and Americans are worring about hockey more? What is going on? 😭😭😭

[@kevinbrunette-hv5mw]

i never knew there is american football played in JAPAN.. Although the SUMO wrestlers would make great O linemen

[@glennelliott708]

Canada primed to be non repeat champion next year.

[@ddbb3195]

How come USA was not in the final?

[@problactive285]

Damn it's Hella brothas on all these teams 😂😂😂😂😂