IFAF Asia
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{{Infobox Organization
|name = IFAF Asia
|membership = 13 (June 2024)
|leader_title = Director
|leader_name = Daryll Nathaniel
|website = {{url|http://www.americanfootball.sport/}}
}}
IFAF Asia is the governing body of American football in Asia. It is a member of the International Federation of American Football. IFAF Asia replaced the Asian Federation of American Football (AFAF) in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://usafootball.com/news/press-box/ifaf-congress-ratifies-new-structure|title=IFAF Congress ratifies new structure|access-date=30 December 2015|date=7 July 2012|website=usafootball.com|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808120310/http://usafootball.com/news/press-box/ifaf-congress-ratifies-new-structure|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/american-football-to-get-new-look-in-europe-starting-in-2015-thanks-to-ifaf/|title=Structural changes on the horizon for American Football in Europe|last1=Kelly|first1=Roger|date=18 August 2014 |website=AmericanFootballInternational.com|access-date=30 December 2015}} The oldest of IFAF Asia federations is the Japan American Football Association (JAFA), which was founded in 1934.
Competitions
- IFAF World Championship, every four years
- IFAF Flag Football World Championship, every two years
- IFAF Asia-Oceania Flag Football Championships, every two years.
- Asian beach Flag Football championships. (Men), every two years.
- Beach flag football at the 2014 Asian Beach Games
Members
(as of June 2024)
- {{af|Hong Kong}}, founded 2009
- {{af|India}}, founded 2007
- {{af|Indonesia}}
- {{af|Japan}}, founded 2005
- {{af|Jordan}}, founded 2023
- {{af|Kazakhstan}}, founded 2020
- {{af|South Korea}}, founded 1946
- {{af|Kuwait}}, founded 2011
- {{af|Malaysia}}, founded 2017
- {{af|Philippines}},{{Cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2013/08/01/1037741/atfap-gears-asian-continental-tilt|title=ATFAP gears up for Asian Continental tilt|website=The Philippine STAR }} founded 2009
- {{af|Singapore}}, founded 2007
- {{af|Thailand}} (Thailand American Football Association)
- {{af|Vietnam}}
Former members
- {{af|Bangladesh}}
- {{af|Cambodia}}
- {{af|China}}
- {{af|Chinese Taipei}}
- {{af|Laos}}
- {{af|Guam}}
- {{af|Kyrgyzstan}}
- {{af|Kuwait}}
- {{af|Malaysia}}
- {{af|Maldives}}
- {{af|Mongolia}}
- {{af|Myanmar}}
- {{af|Nepal}}
- {{af|Pakistan}}
- {{af|Qatar}}
- {{af|Saudi Arabia}}
- {{af|Sri Lanka}}
- {{af|Tajikistan}}
- {{af|Turkmenistan}}
- {{af|Uzbekistan}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.americanfootball.sport/ IFAF Asia on the IFAF website]
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