The 2018 International Bowl pits the United States against teams from Canada, Japan, Mexico and the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland) in an 12-game event at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Jan. 12-19. All star teams from each country and in various age groups will play in an event that spans three full days.
The various organizing associations include USA Football, Football Canada (U19), Team Nordic (U19), coached by Jim Criner, Team Japan (U17), the Chihuahua Broncos (U16) from Mexico, the Laguna Select (U15) also from Mexico, Team British Columbia (U17) and a third group from Mexico, the UANL Autenticos Tigres (U18, U16).
Check out the complete summaries of each organization here.
USA Football will have complete coverage of International Bowl IX, which kicks off with at 9:30 am CT on Thursday, January 12 with the U.S. Under-14 Stars squad facing off against the U.S. Under-14 Stripes. That game will be followed by the US Under 17 Stars and the Football Ontario squad.
Check out the schedule for International Bowl IX
Game Day 1: January 12, 2018
Game 1: 9:30 AM U.S. Under-14 Stars vs. U.S. Under-14 Stripes
Game 2: 1:00 PM U.S. Under-17 Stars vs. Football Ontario
Game 3: 4:30 PM U.S. Under-18 Select Team vs. UANL – Mexico
Game 4: 8:00 PM U.S. Under-19 Select Team vs. Team Nordic
Game Day 2: January 17, 2018
Game 5: 9:30 AM U.S. Under-15/14 Stars vs. U.S. Under-15/14 Stripes
Game 6: 1:00 PM U.S. Under-15 Select Team vs. Laguna Select
Game 7: 4:30 PM U.S. Under-17 Stripes vs. Team Japan
Game 8: 8:00 PM U.S. Under-18 National Team vs. Football Canada
Game Day 3: January 19, 2018
Game 9: 9:30 AM U.S. Under-16 Select Team vs. Chihuahua Broncos
Game 10: 1:00 PM U.S. Under-16 National Team vs. UANL – Mexico
Game 11: 4:30 PM U.S. Under-17 National Team vs. Team British Columbia
Game 12: 8:00 PM U.S. Under-19 National Team vs. Team Football Canada