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2014 Australian Football International Cup

The 2014 Australian Football International Cup (also known as the AFL International Cup 2014 or IC14) 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 countryAustralia
Dates9–23 August 2014
Teams25
(18 Men's, 7 Women's)
Final positions
Champions Papua New Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up Ireland
Third place New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played62
(45 Men's, 17 Women's)
← 2011
2017 →

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 edit

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

First round (Days 1-3) edit

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
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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 edit

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) edit

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) edit

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 edit

Positional Finals (Days 5 & 6) edit

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) edit

Grand Final
Saturday, 23 August 4:50 pm   Papua New Guinea def.   Ireland Melbourne Cricket Ground [1]
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 edit

Women's tournament edit

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.

Round-Robin Matches edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

World Teams edit

Men's World Team edit

AFL International Cup 2014 Men's World Team
B:   Ben Miller   John Ikupu   Asanda Funda
HB:   Brendan Browne   Peni Mahina   Khayalethu Sikiti
C:   Nathan Strom   Gideon Simon (vc)   Saleh Tyebjee
HF:   Luke Matias   Padraig Lucey   Jonas Amwano
F:   Jiuta Vatutei   Amua Pirika   Sam Willatt
Foll:   Mike Finn (c)   Tshoboko Moagi   Andrew Howison
Int:   Neil Casey   David Stynes   Aaron Harris
  Dan Lehane
Coach:

[5]

Women's World Team edit

AFL International Cup 2014 Women's World Team
B:   Alexa Blatnik   Malia Afuha’Amango   Catherine Georgiadis
HB:   Fiona Roarty   Salote Matakibau   Hilary Perry
C:   Emma Dickinson   Amy Legault (c)   Paula Keatley
HF:   Veronica Fernandez   Kirsten Bodashefsky   Kendra Heil
F:   Sara Edwards-Rohner   Aimee Hazely   Kim Hemenway
Foll:   Hallie Lee   Laura Corrigan   Emma Kelly
Int:   Renee Tong   Lara Hilmi   Gill Behan
  Danah Arnold
Coach:

[5]


See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ "Sweden claims Division 2 title".
  5. ^ a b Ireland, Canada dominate International Cup 2014 World Teams from AFL.com.au 22 August 2014
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