footstepsfrom#27
08-27-2006, 01:30 AM
I spotted this on nfl.com and couldn't help wondering what it would be like listening to Madden call this game...Yikes! And why did the USA finish 10th? We got beat by Mexico...:nutkick
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9621587
Thailand retains NFL Flag Football title
(Aug. 26, 2006) -- Thailand retained the NFL Flag Football World Championship with a thrilling 45-32 victory over Canada in Cologne, Germany. The Chaopraya Wittayakom School from Bangkok outscored the Ecole River Heights Middle School team from Manitoba and came up with some key defensive plays to deny the Canadians a shot at a comeback. Thailand led 39-32 going into the final minute of action and managed one more score to put the game out of Canada's reach.
"We are very proud to win the championship for Thailand and the Canadian team gave us a very difficult challenge in the final," said running back Yutthana Ngoenmueang. "We worked very hard this week and even though we lost one of our group games we knew we could become champions."
Thailand almost scored on the game's opening play, but Colton Farago halted a lofted connection between Chinnawat Wongsuwanand Natthawut Khambuakhot at the 1-yard line before Ngoenmueang gave Thailand the early lead. That advantage was stretched to 19-7 by halftime and after Thailand's defense held firm. Wongsuwan found Ngoenmueang in the corner of the end zone to establish an 18-point cushion.
The teams traded touchdowns twice before Canada found itself within reach of tying the game at 32-26 when tournament male MVP Ben Allen made a spectacular one-handed catch for a touchdown with 1:22 remaining. But Canada was powerless to stop the speed of Ngoenmueang, who streaked behind the defense that anticipated a run to use up the clock, and caught a touchdown for a 39-26 lead.
Allen again pulled Canada to within seven points, but with 20 seconds remaining and the Thai offense proving difficult to contain, Panumat Winitphon rushed through the middle of the Ecole Heights defense to seal the game at 45-32.
The Fujitsu Junior Frontiers from Kawasaki claimed Japan's highest finish since being runners-up in the inaugural 2000 event by beating Spain's Pere Vives Vich from Igualada into third place. Fifth in the standings went to China's Pei Zhen Middle School of Guangzhou, who pushed Da Vinci College Leonardo of Leiden in the Netherlands into sixth spot. The Schuldorf Bergstrasse Hillsiders from Seeheim Jugenheim finished seventh, Suri Middle School from Seoul, Korea came in eighth, Mexico's Las Aguilas were ninth and the Team USA DAC Panthers finished tenth.
There was double cause for celebration for Canada when receiver Ben Allen was named the tournament's male MVP and Emily Zarychta took the female award.
Gme recaps on the championship game and both semi finals can be found in the news section of the tournament website www.NFL-Flag.com.
Final Standings:
1. Thailand
2. Canada
3. Japan
4. Spain
5. China
6. Netherlands
7. Germany
8. Korea
9. Mexico
10. USA
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9621587
Thailand retains NFL Flag Football title
(Aug. 26, 2006) -- Thailand retained the NFL Flag Football World Championship with a thrilling 45-32 victory over Canada in Cologne, Germany. The Chaopraya Wittayakom School from Bangkok outscored the Ecole River Heights Middle School team from Manitoba and came up with some key defensive plays to deny the Canadians a shot at a comeback. Thailand led 39-32 going into the final minute of action and managed one more score to put the game out of Canada's reach.
"We are very proud to win the championship for Thailand and the Canadian team gave us a very difficult challenge in the final," said running back Yutthana Ngoenmueang. "We worked very hard this week and even though we lost one of our group games we knew we could become champions."
Thailand almost scored on the game's opening play, but Colton Farago halted a lofted connection between Chinnawat Wongsuwanand Natthawut Khambuakhot at the 1-yard line before Ngoenmueang gave Thailand the early lead. That advantage was stretched to 19-7 by halftime and after Thailand's defense held firm. Wongsuwan found Ngoenmueang in the corner of the end zone to establish an 18-point cushion.
The teams traded touchdowns twice before Canada found itself within reach of tying the game at 32-26 when tournament male MVP Ben Allen made a spectacular one-handed catch for a touchdown with 1:22 remaining. But Canada was powerless to stop the speed of Ngoenmueang, who streaked behind the defense that anticipated a run to use up the clock, and caught a touchdown for a 39-26 lead.
Allen again pulled Canada to within seven points, but with 20 seconds remaining and the Thai offense proving difficult to contain, Panumat Winitphon rushed through the middle of the Ecole Heights defense to seal the game at 45-32.
The Fujitsu Junior Frontiers from Kawasaki claimed Japan's highest finish since being runners-up in the inaugural 2000 event by beating Spain's Pere Vives Vich from Igualada into third place. Fifth in the standings went to China's Pei Zhen Middle School of Guangzhou, who pushed Da Vinci College Leonardo of Leiden in the Netherlands into sixth spot. The Schuldorf Bergstrasse Hillsiders from Seeheim Jugenheim finished seventh, Suri Middle School from Seoul, Korea came in eighth, Mexico's Las Aguilas were ninth and the Team USA DAC Panthers finished tenth.
There was double cause for celebration for Canada when receiver Ben Allen was named the tournament's male MVP and Emily Zarychta took the female award.
Gme recaps on the championship game and both semi finals can be found in the news section of the tournament website www.NFL-Flag.com.
Final Standings:
1. Thailand
2. Canada
3. Japan
4. Spain
5. China
6. Netherlands
7. Germany
8. Korea
9. Mexico
10. USA