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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mexico City and Vancouver - The Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Americano (FMFA) and the Canadian National Men’s Tackle Football Team continue preparations for a provisional Gridiron Nations Championship (GNC) exhibition game between Mexico and defending GNC champions Canada, to be played Saturday, December 13 at Estadio Wilfrido Massieu in Mexico City. The matchup will be Canada’s first GNC appearance outside Europe and marks an important return to the

Powered by tournament MVP Jamel Lyles and a suffocating defense, Canada ground out a 25–10 win over a short-handed Germany to clinch the inaugural Gridiron Nations Championship on a cold, wet Sunday night at Rhinestadion in Wattenscheid.

Running Back Jamel Lyles was a standout against Italy with 105 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns on Sunday. BOCHUM, GERMANY - A retooled Team Germany will face a Team Canada coming off a 20-17 win over Italy in Milan on Sunday at 6 pm CET in Bochum (9 am PST, Noon ET). The "Men in Black" have made major changes in their roster after a disappointing fourth-place finish at the IFAF European Final Four in October, with only 10 starters returning. Canada will look to reduce mi

BOCHUM, GERMANY - A big finish to the global football year is on deck on Sunday, November 16, as Germany’s Men’s Tackle National Team (0-1) hosts Canada (1-0) in the Gridiron Nations Championship (GNC) at Lohrheidestadion, Bochum . Kickoff 6:00 p.m. CET . The GNC is a new global series providing an annual elite competition. For Germany, facing a tradition-rich Canadian program is both a measuring stick and a key step in the team’s growth. A German win by four or more will

It’s amazing how quickly the international gridiron landscape can change. Just seven months ago, Canada and Italy helped relaunch the dormant global football calendar with a 56–0 Canadian beatdown of the hosts in Sardinia. Fast forward to just 16 days ago: Germany, chasing a return to European glory at the European Final Four, was routed 30–9 by Austria in the opener and then knocked off the podium on home soil by Italy, 17–14. So Canada would still be the prohibitive favouri

Historic 1888 English cup repurposed to honour the World GNC Champion, linking the sport’s 19th-century roots to its global present VANCOUVER — The Gridiron Nations Championship (GNC) today announced that a late-19th-century English presentation cup will serve as the competition’s new perpetual trophy, formally titled the Mullin–Simon Fraser Alumni Trophy will serve as the GNC Cup . The cup—crafted by Philip Ashberry & Sons of Sheffield and registered in 1888 —was donated

Italy 17, Germany 14 — GNC Inaugural and Bronze at IFAF European Final Four KREFELD, Germany — Italy left with bronze and momentum. In a cold drizzle on a heavy field, the Italy rallied late to beat Germany 17–14 in the European Final Four’s third-place game — a result that also opens Italy’s Gridiron Nations Championship (GNC) account at 1–0 ahead of a Nov. 9 meeting with Canada at Milan’s Velodromo Vigorelli. With the loss, Germany falls to 0–1 in GNC play and will host Can

The senior men’s national teams of Canada and Italy will meet again in 2025, in a high-profile matchup that marks the official debut of...

Gridiron Nations Championship Game set Canada faces Germany on “Grey Cup Morning” in Bochum ...

Cagliari, Italy - Fourteen years and 8,000 km later, the Canadian Senior Men's Team looked like they never left international football....

Gridiron Nations League is a groundbreaking initiative led by like-minded countries uniting on the football field through a global...