2023 IGLFA World Championship

The 2023 IGLFA World Championship is the 24th officially recognised world championship event for the IGLFA and was held in Sydney, NSW, Australia from 20 to 23 February 2023. The tournament was co-hosted by the Sydney Rangers Football Club, the Flying Bats and Pride Football Australia.

Close to 300 participants from 5 countries forming 17 teams including defending champions West Hollywood participated in the tournament which featured 4 divisions; Men and Non Binary Divisions 1 and 2, and Women and Non Binary Divisions 1 and 2.

In the Men and Non Binary Division 1 Final, defending champions West Hollywood Eclipse beat the host team Sydney Rangers Blue 4-0.

2023 IGLFA World Championship

Tournament details
City	Sydney (Australia)
Dates	20–23 February 2023
Teams	17 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	West Hollywood SC (Men's and Non Binary Division 1) Minnesota Gray Ducks (Men's and Non Binary Division 2) West Hollywood SC (Women's and Non Binary Division 1) Flying Bats (Women's and Non Binary Division 2)

Tournament Structure

Men's and Non Binary Competition (MNB)

Placement rounds were carried out in two groups with the top 2 finishers of each group competing in knock out rounds for the division 1 championship and the remaining teams competing in knock out rounds for the division 2 championship.

Women's and Non Binary Competition (WNB)

Teams were seeded into Division 1 and 2 groups with all teams proceeding to knockout rounds within their own divisions.

Participating Teams

Club		Team	MNB	WNB
ANUWFC		Capital FC	-	Div 1
Balmain DFC		Pride Clydes	-	Div 2
Brisbane Inferno		GFSN Inferno	Div 1	-
GFSN UK
Melbourne Rovers		Mens	Div 2	-
		Womens	-	Div 1
Minnesota Gray Ducks		Minnesota Gray Ducks	Div 2
New York Ramblers		New York Ramblers	Div 2
San Diego Sparks		San Diego Sparks	Div 1
Sydney Rangers FC		Blue	Div 1
		White	Div 2
The Flying Bats		Purple	-	Div 1
		Red	-	Div 2
		Yellow	-	Div 2
West Hollywood		Eclipse	Div 1	-
		Rockets	-	Div 1
WSU		Phoenix Spirit	Div 2	-
-	GLOBAL	U-Haul United	-	Div 2

Results

Preliminary Stage

Men and Non-Binary Group A

Club	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	A	Pts
West Hollywood	Eclipse	3	2	1	0	12	1	11	7
Sydney Rangers	Blue	3	2	1	0	10	1	9	7
Melbourne Rovers	Mens	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
New York Ramblers		3	0	0	0	0	18	-18	0

Round 1
Monday, 20th February 2023, 10:30 AEDT, Tempe 3	Sydney Rangers Blue	7 - 0	New York Ramblers
Monday, 20th February 2023, 15:30 AEDT, Tempe 3	Melbourne Rovers	0 - 3	West Hollywood Eclipse

Round 2
Monday, 20th February 2023, 13:00 AEDT, Tempe 2	Sydney Rangers Blue	2 - 0	Melbourne Rovers
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 11:50 AEDT, Tempe 6	West Hollywood Eclipse	8 - 0	New York Ramblers

Round 3
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 10:00 AEDT, Tempe 5	New York Ramblers	0 - 3	Melbourne Rovers
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 14:00 AEDT, Tempe 2	West Hollywood Eclipse	1 - 1	Sydney Rangers Blue

Men and Non-Binary Group B

Club	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	A	Pts
San Diego Sparks		4	4	0	0	14	0	14	12
GFSN UK/ Brisbane Inferno	GFSN Inferno	4	3	0	1	7	4	3	9
Sydney Rangers	White	4	2	0	2	6	5	1	6
Minnesota Gray Ducks		1	0	0	3	4	7	-3	3
Western Sydney University	Phoenix Spirit	4	0	0	4	3	18	-15	0

Round 1
Monday, 20th February 2023, 10:30 AEDT, Tempe 5	GFSN UK	1 - 0	Minnesota Gray Ducks
Monday, 20th February 2023, 12:00 AEDT, Tempe 3	Sydney Rangers White	4 - 2	WSU Phoenix Spirit
	San Diego Sparks		BYE

Round 2
Monday, 20th February 2023, 14:00 AEDT, Tempe 5	WSU Phoenix Spirit	1 - 4	Minnesota Gray Ducks
Monday, 20th February 2023, 15:30 AEDT, Tempe 2	San Diego Sparks	1 - 0	Sydney Rangers White
	GFSN UK		BYE

Round 3
Monday, 20th February 2023, 13:00 AEDT, Tempe 6	GFSN UK	0 - 3	San Diego Sparks
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 14:00 AEDT, Tempe 6	Minnesota Gray Ducks	0 - 1	Sydney Rangers White
	WSU Phoenix Spirit		BYE

Round 4
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 10:00 AEDT, Tempe 3	Minnesota Gray Ducks	0 - 4	San Diego Sparks
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 15:20 AEDT, Tempe 3	WSU Phoenix Spirit	0 - 4	GFSN UK
	Sydney Rangers White		BYE

Round 5
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 11:20 AEDT, Tempe 2	Sydney Rangers White	1 - 2	GFSN UK
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 12:40 AEDT, Tempe 3	San Diego Sparks	6 - 0	WSU Phoenix Spirit
	Minnesota Gray Ducks		BYE

Women and Non-Binary Division 1

Club	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	A	Pts
West Hollywood	Rockets	3	3	0	0	8	1	7	9
Melbourne Rovers		3	2	0	1	6	2	4	6
Flying Bats	Purple	3	1	0	2	5	9	-4	3
ANU	Capital FC	3	0	0	3	0	7	-7	0

Round 1
Monday, 20th February 2023, 10:30 AEDT, Tempe 6	Melbourne Rovers	0 - 1	West Hollywood Rockets
Monday, 20th February 2023, 13:30 AEDT, Tempe 3	Capital FC	0 - 3	Flying Bats Purple

Round 2
Monday, 20th February 2023, 15:30 AEDT, Tempe 5	Flying Bats Purple	1 - 6	West Hollywood Rockets
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 11:20 AEDT, Tempe 3	Capital FC	0 - 3	Melbourne Rovers

Round 3
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 14:00 AEDT, Tempe 5	West Hollywood Rockets	1 - 0	Capital FC
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 15:20 AEDT, Tempe 6	Flying Bats Purple	1 - 3	Melbourne Rovers

Women and Non-Binary Division 2

Club	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	A	Pts
Flying Bats	Yellow	3	3	0	0	15	0	15	9
	U-Haul	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Balmain DFC	Pride Clydes	3	0	2	1	0	7	-7	2
Flying Bats	Red	3	0	1	2	1	9	-8	1

Round 1
Monday, 20th February 2023, 10:30 AEDT, Tempe 2	Balmain DFC	0 - 7	Flying Bats Yellow
Monday, 20th February 2023, 12:00 AEDT, Tempe 5	Flying Bats Red	1 - 2	U-Haul United

Round 2
Monday, 20th February 2023, 15:00 AEDT, Tempe 6	Flying Bats Yellow	1 - 0	U-Haul United
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 11:20 AEDT, Tempe 5	Balmain DFC	0 - 0	Flying Bats Red

Round 3
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 14:00 AEDT, Tempe 3	Flying Bats Yellow	7 - 0	Flying Bats Red
Tuesday, 21st February 2023, 15:20 AEDT, Tempe 2	Balmain DFC	0 - 0	U-Haul United

Finals

Men's and Non Binary Division 1

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 Feb 2023, 11:30, Tempe 3
	Sydney Rangers Blue	2
					23 February 2023, 13:00, Tempe 3
	San Diego Sparks	0
					Sydney Rangers FC Blue	0
	22 Feb 2023, 11:30, Tempe 5
					West Hollywood Eclipse	4
	GFSN UK	0
	West Hollywood Eclipse	6
					Third place
					22 February 2023, 14:30, Tempe 5
					San Diego Sparks	2
					GFSN UK	1

Men's and Non Binary Division 2

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 Feb 2023, 10:00, FORFEIT
	New York Ramblers	3
					22 Feb 2023, 13:00, Tempe 4
	WSU Phoenix Spirit	0
					New York Ramblers	1 (4)
					Sydney Rangers FC Blue	1 (5)
									23 Feb 2023, 10:00, Tempe 5
									Sydney Rangers FC Blue	3
									Minnesota Gray Ducks	4
					22 Feb 2023, 13:00, Tempe 5
					Minnesota Gray Ducks	1 (4)
					Melbourne Rovers SC	1 (3)			Third place
									22 Feb 2023, 16:00, Tempe 3
									New York Ramblers	1
									Melbourne Rovers SC	4

Women's and Non Binary Division 1

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 Feb 2023, 11:30, Tempe 2
	Melbourne Rovers SC	5
					23 Feb 2023, 13:00, Tempe 5
	Flying Bats Purple	3
					West Hollywood Rockets	2
	22 Feb 2023, 11:30, Tempe 4
					Melbourne Rovers SC	1
	West Hollywood Rockets	1 (5)
	Capital FC	1 (4)
					Third place
					22 Feb 2023, 14:30, FORFEIT
					Capital FC	0
					Flying Bats Purple	3

Women's and Non Binary Division 2

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 Feb 2023, 10:00, Tempe 2
	U-Haul United	2 (0)
					23 Feb 2023, 10:00, Tempe 3
	Pride Clydes	2 (1)
					Flying Bats Yellow	8
	22 Feb 2023, 10:00, Tempe 3
					Pride Clydes	0
	Flying Bats Yellow	4
	Flying Bats Red	0
					Third place
					22 Feb 2023, 13:00, Tempe 3
					Flying Bats Red	0
					U-Haul United	1

References

1. IGLFA WP23 Tournament Website

2. IGLFA's Main Website

3. International Gay and Lesbian Football Association

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