The flag football competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States.

[3] Flag football competition made its debut as invitational sport of The World Games programme and featured eight men's teams and eight women's teams from around the world who competed at Legion Field.

On July 20, 2020, the International World Games Association (IWGA), National Football League (NFL), and International Federation of American Football (IFAF) announced that flag football would join the existing lineup of 32 unique, multi-disciplinary sports[4] for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama.

The 2022 World Games, which marked the 40th anniversary of the event, took place from July 7–17, 2022.

The remaining seven teams were selected through the IFAF qualifying process.