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.
AFL International Cup 2014 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Australia |
Dates | 9–23 August 2014 |
Teams | 25 (18 Men's, 7 Women's) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
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 |
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First Round (Days 1-3)
Day 1 | |||||
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Sunday, 10 August 11:30am | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Sunday, 10 August 1:30pm | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Sunday, 10 August 3:30pm | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Sunday, 10 August 9:30am | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Sunday, 10 August 1:30pm | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Sunday, 10 August 3:30pm | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Sunday, 10 August 9:30am | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Sunday, 10 August 11:30am | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Sunday, 10 August 3:30pm | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Day 2 | |||||
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Wednesday, 13 August 11:30am | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 1:30pm | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 3:30pm | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 9:30am | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 1:30pm | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 3:30pm | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 12:30pm | def. | Linen House Centre, Seaford | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 1:30pm | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 3:30pm | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Day 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 16 August 11:40am | def. by | Koonung Reserve, Bulleen | |||
Saturday, 16 August 12:00pm | def. | Diggers Rest Reserve, Diggers Rest | |||
Saturday, 16 August 5:15pm | def. | Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo | |||
Saturday, 16 August 11:40pm | def. | Elgar Park, Box Hill North | |||
Saturday, 16 August 12:00pm | def. by | St Mary's Oval, Geelong | |||
Saturday, 16 August 4:00pm | def. by | Highgate Recreation Reserve, Craigieburn | |||
Saturday, 16 August 11:10am | def. | Eureka Stadium, Ballarat | |||
Saturday, 16 August 11:45am | def. | Ben Kavanagh Reserve, Mordialloc | |||
Saturday, 16 August 12:30pm | def. | 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 |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 431 | 13 | 3315.38 | 12 | Preliminary Finals | |
2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 51 | 454.90 | 12 | ||
3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 301 | 81 | 371.60 | 12 | ||
4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 431 | 65 | 663.08 | 8 | ||
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 259 | 52 | 498.08 | 8 | Division One | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 325 | 103 | 315.53 | 8 | ||
7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 316 | 102 | 309.80 | 8 | ||
8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 267 | 88 | 303.41 | 8 | ||
9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 246 | 92 | 267.39 | 8 | ||
10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 106 | 143.40 | 4 | ||
11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 225 | 60.89 | 4 | ||
12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 205 | 58.05 | 4 | ||
13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 311 | 29.26 | 4 | Division Two | |
14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 323 | 24.48 | 4 | ||
15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 334 | 8.08 | 4 | ||
16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 299 | 12.37 | 0 | ||
17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 483 | 2.69 | 0 | ||
18 | 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 | |||||
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Tuesday, 19 August 11:30am | def. by | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Tuesday, 19 August 1:30pm | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Divisional Matches (Day 4)
Division 1 Matches | |||||
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Tuesday, 19 August 3:30pm | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Tuesday, 19 August 11:30am | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Tuesday, 19 August 1:30pm | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Tuesday, 19 August 3:30pm | def. by | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Division 2 Matches | |||||
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Tuesday, 19 August 11:30am | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Tuesday, 19 August 1:30pm | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Tuesday, 19 August 3:30pm | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Final Division Ladders
Division 1
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Division 2
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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 | |||||
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Friday, 22 August 1:00pm | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
5th/6th Place Playoff (Division 1 Championship) | |||||
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Friday, 22 August 1:00pm | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
7th/8th Place Playoff | |||||
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Friday, 22 August 11:00am | def. by | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
9th/10th Place Playoff | |||||
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Friday, 22 August 11:00am | def. by | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
11th/12th Place Playoff | |||||
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Friday, 22 August 1:00pm | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Final Division 2 Matches | |||||
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Friday, 22 August 9:00am | def. by | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Friday, 22 August 9:00am | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Friday, 22 August 3:00pm | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Grand Final (Day 6)
Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 23 August 4:50 pm | def. | 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) |
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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
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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 | |||||
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Sunday, 10 August 9:30am | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Sunday, 10 August 11:30am | def. by | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Sunday, 10 August 1:30pm | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 9:30am | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 11:30am | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 13 August 11:30am | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Saturday, 16 August 2:00pm | def. | Plenty Park, Plenty | |||
Saturday, 16 August 2:30pm | def. | Mulgrave Reserve, Wheelers Hill | |||
Saturday, 16 August 4:30pm | def. | Kings Park Reserve, St Albans | |||
Monday, 18 August 11:00am | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Monday, 18 August 11:00am | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 20 August 10:00am | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 20 August 10:00am | def. | McAlister Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Wednesday, 20 August 12:00pm | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
Ladder
TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 397 | 21 | 1890.48 | 16 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 278 | 33 | 842.42 | 16 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 215 | 70 | 307.14 | 8 | |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 164 | 53.05 | 4 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 214 | 26.17 | 4 | |
4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 303 | 8.91 | 0 | |
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 | |||||
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Friday, 22 August 9:00am | def. | Western Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
3rd/4th Place Playoff | |||||
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Friday, 22 August 11:00am | def. | Ransford Oval, Royal Park, Melbourne | |||
2014 Australian Football International Cup Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 23 August 2:10pm | def. | Punt Road Oval | |||
See also
- Australian Football League
- Australian Football International Cup
- Australian rules football around the world
References
- 2014 International Cup dates confirmed (AFL.com.au)
- "Aussie Rules Football expands global reach in AFL International Cup". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- "AFL International Cup Fixture". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-08-22/sweden-wins-div-2