The inaugural IFAF African Flag Football Championships will be held in Egypt in June 2025, the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) have announced.
With this, the body is expanding the league’s NFL Africa program to Egypt for the first time, creating more opportunities for young athletes from across the continent to play American football.
The first edition of the African Flag Football Championships, will take place in the capital of Cairo from 20-21 June.
The championship will consist of men’s elite and women’s elite competitions, as well as an under-12 boys’ and girls’ NFL Flag Continental Championship contested between hosts Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria.
“With the announcement of the first ever IFAF Continental Championships in Africa, we are taking another step in the global development of our sport,” said IFAF President Pierre Trochet.
“Looking ahead to flag football’s historic Olympic debut at LA28, our Continental Championships provide a fantastic platform to further accelerate the sport’s regional growth at grassroots and elite levels. Egypt will be a great host, and we are certain AFRICA FLAG 2025 will play its part in inspiring new athletes and fans across a continent that has already produced a rich heritage of American football talent.”
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AFRICA FLAG 2025 is significant as it will provide an opportunity for these nations to qualify for 2026 IFAF Flag Football World Championships, before the sport makes its Olympic debut at the LA 2028 Games.
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Hosted in collaboration with the National Football League and Egyptian Federation of American Football (EFAF), various youth football development events will take place in Cairo on the sidelines of the upcoming Championships.
A number of current NFL players will join these events in Egypt, including New York Giants’ Bobby Okereke (Nigeria), Minnesota Vikings’ Brian Asamoah II (Ghana) and NFL free agent Dieter Eiselen (South Africa). Okereke, Asamoah II and Eiselen are supporting football operations for national federations in the lead up to and during the Championships, as well as NFL Africa’s youth football programming.
