Canada East had too much firepower for their Canada West rivals and stormed to a 36-point shutout victory in the final of the International Games championship organized by Global Football at the 57th annual Pop Warner Super Bowl.
Canada East (3-0) controlled the line of scrimmage at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista on Saturday against Canada West (2-1) and their dominant running game proved the difference after both teams had entered the final with a 2-0 record and 54 points scored.
“On behalf of the hundreds of youngsters and families who came from Mexico, Panama and Canada, I want to thank Pop Warner for making this experience possible,” said Global Football President Patrick Steenberge. “Jon Butler’s vision years ago of a true international presence here is coming to fruition. Also a huge gratitude to the folks at ESPN Wide World of Sports and Disney for their hospitality as this is the finest place in the world to play football. I expect to expand the numbers of teams and families and countries again next year.”
A record number of Eight international teams from participated in the unlimited weight Midget category from December 7 through 14 alongside 64 teams and more than 400 dance and cheer squads from across the United States.
The games featuring teams with a 1-1 record going into Saturday’s finale saw Mexico 1 (2-1) edge a Toluca (1-2) team that was involved in three close games this week by a score of 18-14.
Toluca, who won their opening game 26-20 in overtime and lost a heartbreaker in the second round in the dying minutes to a late touchdown were edged out again despite some impressive passing displays.
Panama (2-1) won for the second straight game, beating Queretero (1-2) from Mexico 28-6 to tie for third overall in the final standings. Completing the final day of games, Puebla (1-2) beat the international section’s youngest team Mexico 2 (0-3) with 34 unanswered points against the FEDEMAC development team.
Every international player received a Pop Warner medallion at the end of tournament awards presentation, while each team was awarded a Global Football glass globe to recognize participation.
More information on the Pop Warner Super Bowl: http://www.popwarnersb.com/13superbowl/pop.asp
International Unlimited Weight Midget Division Bracket
|
Mon Dec 9 at 3pm |
Thu Dec 12 at 12pm |
Sat Dec 14 at 9am |
|
Canada East 37 |
Canada East 17 |
Canada East 36 |
|
Puebla 6 |
Mexico 1 – 0 |
Canada West 0 |
|
Mexico 1 – 12 |
Puebla 0 |
Mexico 1 – 18 |
|
Panama 0 |
Panama 34 |
Toluca 14 |
|
|
||
|
Mexico 2 – 0 |
Canada West 18 |
Panama 28 |
|
Canada West 36 |
Toluca 12 |
Queretaro 6 |
|
Toluca 26 |
Mexico 2 – 0 |
Mexico 2 – 0 |
|
Queretaro 20 |
Queretaro 42 |
Puebla 34 |
International Friendship Bowl games
|
Thu Dec 12 at 3pm |
|
Mexico 0 |
|
Mid-Florida Pee Wee 31 |
|
|
|
Mexico 0 |
|
Mid-Florida Jr. Midget 38 |