How to watch Canada play at 2026 IFAF flag football world championships

Photo courtesy: Montreal Alouettes.

Canada’s senior men’s and women’s national flag football teams are headed to Germany to participate in the 2026 IFAF flag football world championships taking place from Thursday, August 13 to Sunday, August 16 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Canadians will be able to catch all the Red and White matches and post-match coverage on:

• CBC Gem, CBC Sports website, CBC Sports YouTube channel (English) and ICI TOU.TV (French)* French commentary will be added to Field 1 on the final day. All the other games will have international sound.
• DAZN
• IFAF Flag Football World Championships official Youtube channel.

It’s the first Olympic qualification opportunity ahead of the LA28 Games.

The 2026 IFAF flag football world championships feature 32 teams representing 19 nations. The tournament splits evenly into 16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams with the Canadian senior women’s team opening against Panama, and the senior men’s team opening against Austria. Each team will be vying for one of the three spots available that would give them a berth to the 2028 LA Olympics.

Tune-in info:

August 13-16

All games – IFAF Youtube (@ifafmedia) (Worldwide)

August 15-16
Semi-Finals + all medals games – DAZN (Worldwide)
Semi-Finals + all medals games – CBC Gem, CBC Sports website, CBC Sports YouTube channel (ENG) and Ici Tou.tv (FR) (Canada)

August 16
Gold medal games – NFL Youtube (USA)
Gold medal games – RTL + (Germany)

Canada at IFAF Flag Football World Championships: All games – full schedule

SENIOR WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM:
Group: D

All times Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Thursday, August 13
vs. Panama – 8:00 a.m. CEST
vs. Brazil – 2:15 p.m. CEST

Friday, August 14
vs. Japan – 10:30 a.m. CEST

Opponents: Panama (12), Japan (5), Brazil (15)

Olympic Qualification: the top two eligible nations in the women’s tournament will qualify for the LA28 Olympic Games.

SENIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM:
Group: B

All times Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Thursday, August 13
vs. Austria – 11:45 a.m.CEST

Friday, August 14
vs. Japan – 8:00 a.m. CEST
vs. Nigeria – 2:15 p.m. CEST

Opponents: Austria (2), Japan (7), Nigeria (32)

Olympic qualification: the top two eligible nations in the men’s tournament will qualify for the LA28 Olympic Games.

The tournament concludes on Sunday, August 16 with the medal games.