2025 IFAF Asia-Oceania Flag Football Championships Preview: Schedule, Live Stream & World Cup Qualification
✨ Coach, Parents & Player Tips
Coach’s Clipboard: Spice up your warm-up with 10-yard crab-walk sprints—they build hip and core strength, sneak in mobility work, and guarantee more belly-laughs than any boring drill I’ve ever tried.
Postgame Parents: I know sports can feel like a roller coaster, so next time they’re stuck on a bad play, have them scribble that worry on a scrap of paper, crumple it up, and toss it in the trash—it’s a playful “out with the bad, in with the good” reset that zaps doubt and brings back their smile.
Players Snap: Stash spare cleat studs and a mini tape roll in your bag—nothing derails your game faster than hobbling around like a broken lawn chair when the whistle blows.
🔎 Feature Story
🏅 IFAF Asia-Oceania Flag Football Championships 2025: Preview, schedule and how to watch live
The 2025 IFAF Asia-Oceania Flag Football Championships bring 28 national squads to Ningbo’s Fenghua Sports Center from 24–26 October to claim continental crowns and secure the final six qualifying spots for the 2026 World Championships in Düsseldorf. Fans can follow live coverage of group stages, semifinals and finals on ifaf.tv as Asia and Oceania teams battle for regional supremacy and World Championship qualification.
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🌍 Regional Roundup
Orchard Park, N.Y.: The wives and girlfriends of Buffalo Bills players hosted the annual “Huddle for Hunger” charity flag football game at Highmark Stadium to raise funds and awareness for food insecurity in Western New York, inviting local girls’ teams to learn from NFL-caliber coaching.
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Schenectady, N.Y.: Union College will launch a varsity women’s flag football program in spring 2027, becoming the school’s 15th women’s sport and aligning with the NCAA’s push to sponsor flag football as an emerging women’s sport.
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Bradenton, Fla.: IMG Academy is offering a three-day girls flag football camp for athletes ages 12–18, combining position-specific skill development, strength training, and game strategy under expert coaches to support growth of the sport at the youth level.
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⭐ Player Spotlight
Diana Flores – Quarterback and captain of the Mexican national flag football team. She’s led Mexico to gold medals at the 2022 and 2025 World Games, is driving flag football toward its 2028 Olympic debut in Los Angeles, and will soon empower athletes with her upcoming guide, Flag Football for Dummies.
“I think that will forever be one of the biggest accomplishments I’ve had, because I know that transcends my role as an athlete on the field,” says Flores.
📈 Flag Growth Focus
🔥 Union College Expands Women’s Flag Football
Union College will add women’s flag football in spring 2027, marking its 15th women’s program and the first new sport since 2012. With recruiting underway and a 25-player, 7-on-7 roster competing on an 80’×40’ field, this initiative aligns with the NCAA’s emerging sport status and a nationwide surge of nearly 50,000 high school participants.
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🏈 IMG Academy Launches Girls Flag Football Camp
IMG Academy introduces a three-day Girls Flag Football Camp for ages 12–18, combining NFL-experienced coaching, position-specific skill development, competitive drills, and recruiting insights. Scheduled for January 16–18, 2026, the camp offers boarding and non-boarding options, multi-week and group discounts, and a structured environment to elevate the sport’s next generation.
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🔥 Flag Football Featured at 2026 Pro Bowl Week
The NFL will stage a 7-on-7 flag football game during Super Bowl LX Week at Moscone Center on Feb. 3, 2026, with live coverage on ESPN, Disney XD, and ESPN Deportes. This high-profile showcase, incorporating fan voting and global outreach, previews flag football’s 2028 Olympic debut and spotlights its growth to over 20 million players worldwide.
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⚡ FlagSnap Daily Blitz
The Buffalo Bills’ wives and girlfriends suited up for the annual “Huddle for Hunger” flag football game at Highmark Stadium, where the Blue Team beat the Red Team 13-7 to raise funds and awareness for local food-insecurity charities.
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Union College will add women’s flag football as its 15th varsity sport in spring 2027 and immediately launch a search for its first head coach amid booming national interest and NCAA emerging-sport status.
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IMG Academy will host a three-day Girls Flag Football Camp January 16–18, 2026, for athletes age 12–18, featuring NFL-experienced coaches, position-specific drills, strategy sessions and recruiting insights.
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The NFL is moving its 2026 Pro Bowl Games to Super Bowl LX Week in the Bay Area, staging an AFC-vs-NFC 7-on-7 flag football showdown at Moscone Center as a high-profile preview of LA28 Olympic competition.
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NFL executive and former pro Troy Vincent Sr. delivered a TED Talk outlining how flag football is creating a global movement and opening doors for girls ahead of its 2028 Olympics debut.
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Mexican national team QB Diana Flores, celebrated for her Super Bowl LVII commercial cameo alongside Billie Jean King, will receive the Women’s Sports Foundation’s inaugural 2025 Game Changer Award and publish “Flag Football for Dummies” in January 2026.
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Jamie Smith, formerly Greenbrier’s defensive coordinator, has been promoted to head coach after Daniel Jordan’s move to assistant principal, charged with sustaining the Wolfpack’s back-to-back state championship flag-football dynasty.
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Chaparral High’s Lance Petrillo was honored as the Denver Broncos Flag Football Coach of the Week after guiding the Wolverines—built on fun, respect and risk-taking—to a state semifinal berth in their program’s rapid rise.
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First-year Bishop Amat stunned top-seed Cypress 20-19 in the CIF-SS Division 2 first round, as QB Lyla Terry threw a game-winning TD pass with 34 seconds remaining.
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Compton High notched its first-ever playoff victory in Division 4, rallying from a 24-20 deficit to beat Sierra Vista 32-24 on a late TD and pick-six by Ariel Willard.
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🏁 Final Whistle
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
— Pat Summitt
