2014 Australian Football International Cup

2014 Australian Football International Cup
AFL International Cup 2014

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	9 August - 23 August 2014
Teams	25 (18 Men's, 7 Women's)
Final positions
Champions	Papua New Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Ireland
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	62 (45 Men's, 17 Women's)

The 2014 Australian Football International Cup was the fifth edition of the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition run by the Australian Football League.

It was contested between Saturday August 9 to Saturday August 23, with games played in Melbourne.^[1] All three previous champions (Ireland, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea) participated in the tournament. Australia did not as they would've dominated the tournament.

Men's Tournament

There are 18 nations competing in the 2014 Tournament. Of these, 15 competed in the previous tournament; Indonesia and Pakistan make their debuts, while Finland return having previously competed in 2008. The teams were seeded into three pools of six to decide which teams would play each other, though all teams will be ranked on a single ladder.^[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Ireland (1) Nauru (6) Great Britain (7) Fiji (12) France (13) Indonesia (18)	Papua New Guinea (2) South Africa (5) Tonga (8) Japan (11) India (14) Pakistan (17)	New Zealand (3) United States (4) Canada (9) Sweden (10) China (15) Finland (16)

First Round (Days 1-3)


	Day 1
Sunday, 10 August 11:30am	Ireland 8.7 (55)	def.	Fiji 1.4 (10)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 10 August 1:30pm	Nauru 35.17 (227)	def.	Indonesia 1.1 (7)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 10 August 3:30pm	Great Britain 12.18 (90)	def.	France 1.1 (7)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 10 August 9:30am	Tonga 24.22 (166)	def.	India 1.0 (6)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 10 August 1:30pm	South Africa 23.22 (160)	def.	Pakistan 2.2 (14)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 10 August 3:30pm	Papua New Guinea 24.19 (163)	def.	Japan 1.0 (6)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 10 August 9:30am	United States 27.20 (182)	def.	Finland 0.1 (1)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 10 August 11:30am	New Zealand 24.18 (162)	def.	Sweden 0.0 (0)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 10 August 3:30pm	Canada 19.5 (119)	def.	China 0.1 (1)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne


	Day 2
Wednesday, 13 August 11:30am	Nauru 6.14 (50)	def.	Great Britain 4.5 (29)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 1:30pm	Ireland 17.9 (111)	def.	France 0.2 (2)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 3:30pm	Fiji 32.16 (208)	def.	Indonesia 0.0 (0)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 9:30am	Japan 9.4 (58)	def.	Pakistan 3.4 (22)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 1:30pm	South Africa 13.4 (82)	def.	Tonga 2.5 (17)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 3:30pm	Papua New Guinea 33.18 (216)	def.	India 0.0 (0)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 12:30pm	New Zealand 28.25 (193)	def.	China 0.0 (0)	Linen House Centre, Seaford
Wednesday, 13 August 1:30pm	Sweden 13.13 (91)	def.	Finland 2.2 (14)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 3:30pm	United States 8.3 (51)	def.	Canada 2.8 (20)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne


	Day 3
Saturday, 16 August 11:40am	Great Britain 4.9 (33)	def. by	Fiji 7.7 (49)	Koonung Reserve, Bulleen
Saturday, 16 August 12:00pm	France 16.14 (110)	def.	Indonesia 0.4 (4)	Diggers Rest Reserve, Diggers Rest
Saturday, 16 August 5:15pm	Ireland 10.6 (66)	def.	Nauru 6.3 (39)	Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo
Saturday, 16 August 11:40pm	Tonga 21.10 (136)	def.	Japan 2.3 (15)	Elgar Park, Box Hill North
Saturday, 16 August 12:00pm	Papua New Guinea 7.8 (50)	def. by	South Africa 8.11 (59)	St Mary's Oval, Geelong
Saturday, 16 August 4:00pm	India 1.1 (7)	def. by	Pakistan 14.17 (101)	Highgate Recreation Reserve, Craigieburn
Saturday, 16 August 11:10am	China 3.8 (26)	def.	Finland 3.4 (22)	Eureka Stadium, Ballarat
Saturday, 16 August 11:45am	Canada 20.10 (130)	def.	Sweden 0.0 (0)	Ben Kavanagh Reserve, Mordialloc
Saturday, 16 August 12:30pm	New Zealand 10.11 (71)	def.	United States 2.1 (13)	Montrose Recreation Reserve, Montrose
* These matches are to be played as curtain-raisers to various metropolitan and country football matches around Victoria.

Ladder Till Day 3

The top four teams at the end of Day 3 progress to the International Cup Semi-Finals. The other teams will play another match, depending on their ladder position, with those results added to the Ladder to decide Day 5 matchups.

The 5th to 12th-placed teams will play in Division 1 for the remainder of the tournament, and the 13th-placed team onwards will play in Division 2.

	TEAM	P	W	L	PF	PA	%	PTS	Div
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	431	13	3315.38	12	Preliminary Finals
2	Ireland	3	3	0	232	51	454.90	12
3	South Africa	3	3	0	301	81	371.60	12
4	Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	431	65	663.08	8
5	Canada	3	2	1	259	52	498.08	8	Division One
6	Tonga	3	2	1	325	103	315.53	8
7	Nauru	3	2	1	316	102	309.80	8
8	Fiji	3	2	1	267	88	303.41	8
9	United States	3	2	1	246	92	267.39	8
10	Great Britain	3	1	2	152	106	143.40	4
11	Pakistan	3	1	2	137	225	60.89	4
12	France	3	1	2	119	205	58.05	4
13	Sweden	3	1	2	91	311	29.26	4	Division Two
14	Japan	3	1	2	79	323	24.48	4
15	China	3	1	2	27	334	8.08	4
16	Finland	3	0	3	37	299	12.37	0
17	India	3	0	3	13	483	2.69	0
18	Indonesia	3	0	3	11	549	2.00	0

Semi Finals (Day 4)

Note: Ladder positions in this section refer to standings after Day 3 of the tournament.


	Semi-Finals
Tuesday, 19 August 11:30am	New Zealand 4.4 (28)	def. by	Papua New Guinea 12.3 (75)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Tuesday, 19 August 1:30pm	Ireland 8.5 (53)	def.	South Africa 4.4 (28)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne

Divisional Matches (Day 4)


	Division 1 Matches
Tuesday, 19 August 3:30pm	Canada 9.15 (69)	def.	France 2.3 (15)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Tuesday, 19 August 11:30am	Tonga 21.21 (147)	def.	Pakistan 1.0 (6)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Tuesday, 19 August 1:30pm	Nauru 7.7 (49)	def.	Great Britain 5.3 (33)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Tuesday, 19 August 3:30pm	Fiji 3.2 (20)	def. by	United States 12.7 (79)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne


	Division 2 Matches
Tuesday, 19 August 11:30am	Sweden 9.6 (60)	def.	Indonesia 4.8 (32)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Tuesday, 19 August 1:30pm	Japan 5.4 (34)	def.	China 2.5 (17)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Tuesday, 19 August 3:30pm	Finland 3.7 (25)	def.	India 1.2 (8)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne

Final Division Ladders

Division 1

	TEAM	P	W	L	PF	PA	%	PTS	Fin
1	Canada	4	3	1	328	67	489.55	12	Division One Final
2	Tonga	4	3	1	472	109	433.03	12	Division One Final
3	United States	4	3	1	325	112	290.18	12	7th Place Playoff
4	Nauru	4	3	1	365	135	270.37	12	7th Place Playoff
5	Fiji	4	2	2	287	167	171.86	8	9th Place Playoff
6	Great Britain	4	1	3	185	155	119.35	4	9th Place Playoff
7	France	4	1	3	134	274	48.91	4	11th Place Playoff
8	Pakistan	4	1	3	143	372	38.44	4	11th Place Playoff

Division 2

	TEAM	P	W	L	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Sweden	4	2	2	151	343	44.02	8
2	Japan	4	2	2	113	368	30.71	8
3	Finland	4	1	3	62	307	20.20	4
4	China	4	1	3	44	334	13.17	4
5	Indonesia	4	0	4	43	609	7.06	0
6	India	4	0	4	21	508	4.13	0

Positional Finals (Days 5 & 6)

Note: Ladder positions in this section refer to standings after Day 4 of the tournament (above).


	3rd/4th Place Playoff
Friday, 22 August 1:00pm	New Zealand 6.8 (44)	def.	South Africa 6.7 (43)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne


	5th/6th Place Playoff (Division 1 Championship)
Friday, 22 August 1:00pm	Canada 9.7 (61)	def.	Tonga 7.6 (48)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne


	7th/8th Place Playoff
Friday, 22 August 11:00am	United States 4.11 (35)	def. by	Nauru 8.6 (54)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne


	9th/10th Place Playoff
Friday, 22 August 11:00am	Fiji 2.7 (19)	def. by	Great Britain 5.7 (37)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne


	11th/12th Place Playoff
Friday, 22 August 1:00pm	France 13.11 (89)	def.	Pakistan 1.2 (8)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne


	Final Division 2 Matches
Friday, 22 August 9:00am	Finland 1.0 (6)	def. by	Japan 12.19 (91)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Friday, 22 August 9:00am	Sweden 10.14 (74)	def.	China 4.6 (26)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Friday, 22 August 3:00pm	Indonesia 9.6 (60)	def.	India 1.1 (7)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne

Grand Final (Day 6)


	Grand Final
Saturday, 23 August 4:50 pm	Papua New Guinea	def.	Ireland	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Report
	1.2 (8) 3.4 (22) 3.8 (26) 6.9 (45)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 3.4 (22) 4.5 (29) 6.6 (42)

Beno 2 Ikupu, Gideon, So-ong, Agita 1		Goals	4 Finn 1 Henry, Lucey
Ikupu, Beno, Simon, Guvuri, Peni		Best	Finn, Farrell, P. O’Halloran, O’Regan, Bartley

Final standings

	TEAM	Div
1	Papua New Guinea	Preliminary Finals
2	Ireland
3	New Zealand
4	South Africa
5	Canada	Division One
6	Tonga
7	Nauru
8	United States
9	Great Britain
10	Fiji
11	France
12	Pakistan
13	Sweden	Division Two^[3]
14	Japan
15	Finland
16	China
17	Indonesia
18	India

AFL International Cup 2014 Champions
Papua New Guinea Second title

Women's Tournament

For the second consecutive time, there was a concurrent Women's tournament alongside the Men's competition. Seven teams participated from five countries - the United States and Canada will both fielded two teams.

Round-Robin Matches

Each team played four matches across five matchdays. Matches played on Saturday 16 August - the "Community Round" of the tournament - were played as curtain-raisers to other amateur Metropolitan and Country football matches to be confirmed; all other games in the round-robin were held at Royal Park, Melbourne.


	Round-Robin Matches
Sunday, 10 August 9:30am	Ireland 10.7 (67)	def.	Fiji 1.0 (6)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 10 August 11:30am	Tonga 1.1 (7)	def. by	Canada Midnight Suns 4.6 (30)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 10 August 1:30pm	Canada Northern Lights 8.13 (61)	def.	USA Freedom 1.1 (7)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 9:30am	USA Freedom 9.10 (64)	def.	Canada Midnight Suns 1.2 (8)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 11:30am	Ireland 9.9 (63)	def.	Tonga 1.2 (8)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 11:30am	Canada Northern Lights 19.11 (125)	def.	USA Liberty 0.0 (0)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Saturday, 16 August 2:00pm	Ireland 10.10 (70)	def.	USA Liberty 1.0 (6)	Plenty Park, Plenty
Saturday, 16 August 2:30pm	Canada Northern Lights 9.13 (67)	def.	Fiji 0.2 (2)	Mulgrave Reserve, Wheelers Hill
Saturday, 16 August 4:30pm	USA Freedom 9.11 (65)	def.	Tonga 0.0 (0)	Kings Park Reserve, St Albans
Monday, 18 August 11:00am	Ireland 11.12 (78)	def.	Canada Northern Lights 2.1 (13)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Monday, 18 August 11:00am	Fiji 7.5 (47)	def.	USA Liberty 0.1 (1)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 20 August 10:00am	Canada Northern Lights 22.12 (144)	def.	Tonga 2.0 (12)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 20 August 10:00am	USA Freedom 12.7 (79)	def.	Fiji 0.1 (1)	McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 20 August 12:00pm	Canada Midnight Suns 5.5 (35)	def.	USA Liberty 2.3 (15)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne

Ladder

TEAM	P	W	L	PF	PA	%	PTS
Canada Northern Lights	4	4	0	397	21	1890.48	16
Ireland	4	4	0	278	33	842.42	16
USA Freedom	4	3	1	215	70	307.14	8
Canada Midnight Suns	4	2	2	87	164	53.05	4
Fiji	4	1	2	56	214	26.17	4
Tonga	4	0	3	27	303	8.91	0
USA Liberty	4	0	3	22	277	7.94	0

Finals

After the round-robin tournament, the last placed team was eliminated. The other six teams played one extra match to decide the final placings, with the top two teams on the ladder playing in the Women's International Cup Grand Final.


	5th/6th Place Playoff
Friday, 22 August 9:00am	Fiji 1.3 (9)	def.	Tonga 0.5 (5)	Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne


	3rd/4th Place Playoff
Friday, 22 August 11:00am	USA Freedom 17.15 (117)	def.	Canada Midnight Suns 0.0 (0)	Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne


	2014 Australian Football International Cup Grand Final
Saturday, 23 August 2:10pm	Canada Northern Lights 5.8 (38)	def.	Ireland 2.0 (12)	Punt Road Oval

References

↑ 2014 International Cup dates confirmed (AFL.com.au)
↑ "AFL International Cup Fixture". Australian Football League. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
↑ http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-08-22/sweden-wins-div-2

Australian Football International Cup

Tournaments	2002 2005 2008 2011 2014

Participants	Canada China Denmark East Timor Fiji Finland France India Ireland Israel and Palestine Japan Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa South Africa Spain Sweden Tonga United Kingdom United States

Countries playing Australian rules football

Africa	Botswana Ghana Kenya Senegal South Africa Uganda Western Sahara

Americas	Argentina Bermuda Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile United States

Asia and the Middle East	Bahrain Brunei Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iraq Israel Japan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Singapore Thailand United Arab Emirates Vietnam

Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Catalonia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Russia Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland Wales

Oceania	Australia Fiji Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu

Australian rules football

Leagues and competitions	National: Australian Football League, AFL Women's Second-tier: Victorian Football League, South Australian National Football League, West Australian Football League, North East Australian Football League Junior: TAC Cup, AFL Under 18 Championships Other: Northern Territory Football League, Queensland Australian Football League, Sydney AFL, Tasmanian Football League

History	History of the VFL/AFL Origins Marn Grook AFL finals series Australian rules football during the World Wars Interstate football

Variations	Relationship between Gaelic football and Australian rules football Auskick Rec Footy International rules football Lightning football Metro Footy Superules VFA rules (1938–1949) Women's Footy

International	Countries playing Australian rules football Australian Football International Cup Tournaments

Awards	Brownlow Medal (Winners) Coleman Medal All-Australian team Norm Smith Medal Australian Football Hall of Fame AFL Rising Star AFL Players Association awards – Leigh Matthews Trophy Best and fairest Goal of the Year Mark of the Year Michael Tuck Medal Sandover Medal Magarey Medal AFL Coaches Association awards

Major recurring events	AFL Grand Final International Rules Series Anzac Day clash The Showdown QClash Western Derby Dreamtime at the 'G Queen's Birthday clash

Culture	Australian popular culture Terms and jargon Footy tipping Australian rules football families Banner AFL Record Video games Mascot Manor Television shows

Related articles	VFL/AFL premiers VFL/AFL coaches VFL/AFL records After the siren kicks First kick/first goal 300 game players 500 goal players

World championships

Olympic sports

Team	Association football men men's club women women's club Basketball men women Beach volleyball Curling Handball men women Field hockey men women Ice hockey men women Rugby sevens Volleyball men women Water polo

Individual	Archery Aquatic sports Athletics outdoor race walking Badminton men women mixed individual Biathlon Bobsleigh and skeleton Boxing (amateur) Canoeing slalom sprint Cycling BMX mountain bike road track Equestrianism Equestrian Games dressage eventing show jumping Fencing Golf men women Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampolining Ice skating figure speed short track Judo Luge artificial track natural track Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Skiing alpine nordic freestyle snowboarding Table tennis Taekwondo Triathlon Weightlifting Wrestling

Discontinued	Baseball men Basque pelota Cricket men's world cup women's world cup Lacrosse men women indoor Polo Roller hockey men women Softball women

Paralympic sports

Team	Ice sledge hockey Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair rugby

Individual	Athletics Badminton Cycling Track cycling Road cycling Powerlifting Skiing Alpine Nordic Swimming Table tennis

Cue sports

Carom billiards
- Three-cushion
  - individual
  - team
- artistic
- five-pin
English billiards
Crokinole
Pocket billiards
Snooker
- six-red
- ladies

Mind sports

eSports	ESWC FIFA Dota 2 League of Legends

Motorsport

Aeroplane sport
Alternative energy
Formula One
Formula Three
Karting
Powerboating
- F1
- offshore
Radio-controlled racing
- 1:10 electric off-road
Rallying
- WRC
- WRC-2
- WRC-3
- rally raid
- Rallycross
Sports car
- endurance
Touring car

Motorcycle sports	Endurance Enduro Ice racing individual team Grand Prix Production superbike supersport Motocross individual nation Supercross sidecar Sidecar Speedway (individual team) trials

Other sports

Team	American football men women Australian football 3x3 basketball Bandy men men's club women women's club Ball hockey Baseball women Beach handball Beach soccer Canoe polo DanceSport Formation Latin Fistball men women Flag football Floorball Futsal men men's club women Inline hockey FIRS men IIHF men Korfball Netball Padel tennis Ringette Roller derby Rugby league men men's club women Rugby union men women Sailing Yachts Dinghies Sepaktakraw Softball men Synchronized skating

Individual	Air sports Ballooning Gliding Parachuting Paragliding Arm wrestling Athletics cross country half marathon indoor 100 km Bowling Tenpin Bowls Indoor Canoeing marathon Cycling cross country marathon cyclo-cross Darts Fishing freshwater fly fishing Gymnastics acrobatic aerobic Inline speed skating Karate Kendo Kickboxing Marathon canoeing Orienteering foot ski mountain bike Powerlifting men women Professional boxing men women Mounted games Racquetball Sambo Skiing flying Squash individual doubles team Roller skating artistic Ski mountaineering Sport climbing Surfing Swimming short course Triathlon Ironman Water skiing Wushu Yo-yo

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.