The changes are due to come into effect for the latest batch of competitions which the governing body are accepting bids for, including the 2017 Women’s World Championship and the Men’s World Championship two years later.

The Women’s World Championship will be the third edition of the event.

The United States won the inaugural competition, held in Sweden in 2010, thrashing Canada 66-0 in the final.

They then went on to defend their title by beating the same opponents 64-0 in Finland in 2013.

Other events due to be awarded include the 2017 Beach Flag World Championship, the Under-19 Men’s World Championship in 2018 and the World Flag Championships the same year.

The Under-19 Women’s World Championship is also set to be awarded after several countries expressed an interest in staging the competition in 2018.

The invitation phase for the bid process for events due to be held in 2017 will close on January 31, before the candidate host phase for those shortlisted ends on June 1.

Bids will then be evaluated from June 1 until the IFAF Congress, with a date and venue yet to be confirmed.

The new guidelines require prospective hosts to submit an executive summary of their bid, which should include aims and objectives of staging the event, what benefits it might bring and the management structure and support network relevant to the proposal.

The extensive document outlines several key recommendations, including ethics and good practice, which involves demonstrating how the potential host will support the amount of anti-doping tests the International Federation requires.

The IFAF highlight football development as a pivotal area of any bid and the prospective host will have to make clear how and where they will stage the pre-tournament Technical Committee meeting and also the world governing body’s Congress.

“I am pleased to issue the document and request that member nations and associated interested parties submit their interest in hosting an IFAF event,” IFAF managing director Andy Fuller wrote in a letter to the organisation’s membership.

“‎In regard to 2016 tournaments we are working with the Bahamas on finalising their plans and hope to have a position statement shortly.”

To read the full document click IFAF Major Events.pdf.