NFL Global Junior Championship
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The NFL Global Junior Championship was played during the week leading up to the Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...

, in the same city that is hosting the game. The first game was played in 1997, and only two teams played, Mexico and Europe. Mexico won the first and second edition, Europe won the third edition. From 2000 to 2002 four teams participated and from 2003 to 2006 five teams. The competition ended in 2007 being replaced by the IFAF Junior World Cup
IFAF Junior World Cup
The IFAF Junior World Cup is the world championship of American football for players under the age of 19 organized by the International Federation of American Football. It was announced on June 2008 and the first competition started on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Canton, Ohio...

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Summaries

YearEditionChampionScoreRunner-UpThird PlaceVenueMVP
1997 I 30-6   Europe none New Orleans, LA   Constantin Ritzmann, DE
1998 II 13-12   Europe none Chula Vista, CA   Constantin Ritzmann, DE
1999 III   Europe 29-8 none Fort Lauderdale, FL   Constantin Ritzmann, DE
2000 IV 7-6   Europe Atlanta, GA   Nick Wishart, RB
2001 V 21-19 Clearwater
Clearwater, Florida
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, FL
  Jay Davis, QB
2002 VI 16-14   Europe New Orleans, LA   Jason Spadoni, RB
2003 VII 28-21 (OT) San Diego, CA   JC Cooper, LB
2004 VIII 31-0 Houston, TX   Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson (quarterback)
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, QB
2005 IX 38-35 Jacksonville, FL   Jerome Messam
Jerome Messam
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, RB
2006 X 10-0 Pontiac
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, MI
  Samuel Fournier, RB
2007 XI
NFL Global Junior Championship XI
NFL Global Junior Championship XI was the final NFL Global Junior Championship held.-Results:First RoundJanuary 31National ConferenceAmerican ConferenceFinal RoundFebruary 3...

23-13 Fort Lauderdale, FL   Ameet Pall, DE

Most championships

Team Championships
  Canada 4
  United States 4
  Mexico 2
  Europe 1
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