2014 Australian Football International Cup

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.

2014 Australian Football International Cup

AFL International Cup 2014
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	9–23 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)

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.[2]

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.[3]

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	D	PF	PA	%	PTS	Div
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	431	13	3315.38	12	Preliminary Finals
2	Ireland	3	3	0	0	232	51	454.90	12
3	South Africa	3	3	0	0	301	81	371.60	12
4	Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	0	431	65	663.08	8
5	Canada	3	2	1	0	259	52	498.08	8	Division One
6	Tonga	3	2	1	0	325	103	315.53	8
7	Nauru	3	2	1	0	316	102	309.80	8
8	Fiji	3	2	1	0	267	88	303.41	8
9	United States	3	2	1	0	246	92	267.39	8
10	Great Britain	3	1	2	0	152	106	143.40	4
11	Pakistan	3	1	2	0	137	225	60.89	4
12	France	3	1	2	0	119	205	58.05	4
13	Sweden	3	1	2	0	91	311	29.26	4	Division Two
14	Japan	3	1	2	0	79	323	24.48	4
15	China	3	1	2	0	27	334	8.08	4
16	Finland	3	0	3	0	37	299	12.37	0
17	India	3	0	3	0	13	483	2.69	0
18	Indonesia	3	0	3	0	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 D PF PA % PTS Fin 1  Canada 4 3 1 0 328 67 489.55 12 Division One Final 2  Tonga 4 3 1 0 472 109 433.03 12 3  United States 4 3 1 0 325 112 290.18 12 7th Place Playoff 4  Nauru 4 3 1 0 365 135 270.37 12 5  Fiji 4 2 2 0 287 167 171.86 8 9th Place Playoff 6  Great Britain 4 1 3 0 185 155 119.35 4 7  France 4 1 3 0 134 274 48.91 4 11th Place Playoff 8  Pakistan 4 1 3 0 143 372 38.44 4

Division 2 # TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS 1  Sweden 4 2 2 0 151 343 44.02 8 2  Japan 4 2 2 0 113 368 30.71 8 3  Finland 4 1 3 0 62 307 20.20 4 4  China 4 1 3 0 44 334 13.17 4 5  Indonesia 4 0 4 0 43 609 7.06 0 6  India 4 0 4 0 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 (24)	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
	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[4] 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 both fielded two teams.

•  Canada Midnight Suns
•  Canada Northern Lights
•  Ireland
•  Fiji
•  Tonga
•  USA Freedom
•  USA Liberty

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

See also

• Australian Football League
• Australian Football International Cup
• Australian rules football around the world

References

1. 2014 International Cup dates confirmed (AFL.com.au)
2. "Aussie Rules Football expands global reach in AFL International Cup". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
3. "AFL International Cup Fixture". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
4. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-08-22/sweden-wins-div-2