The NFL Global Junior Championship was played during the week leading up to the Super Bowl

Super Bowl

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, 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

Year	Edition	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Venue	MVP
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 Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, US, nearly due west of Tampa and northwest of St. Petersburg. In the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and in the east lies Tampa Bay. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 108,787. It is the county seat of... , 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) Brian Delance Johnson is an American football quarterbacks coach for the University of Utah. He played college football at Utah and was drafted by the New York Sentinels in the UFL Premiere Season Draft in 2009.... , QB
2005	IX		38-35			Jacksonville, FL	Jerome Messam Jerome Messam Jerome Messam is a professional Canadian football running back currently with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He signed as a free agent by the BC Lions on May 14, 2010, who held his rights after he went undrafted in the 2008 CFL Draft... , RB
2006	X		10-0			Pontiac Pontiac Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the... , 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