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The 2011 Australian Football International Cup is the fourth edition of the Australian Football International Cup , an international Australian rules football competition run by the Australian Football League .
It was contested between 12 and 27 August 2011, with games to be played in both Melbourne and Sydney . Ireland won its second men's championship, and the inaugural women's championship (Ryan Aslett Cup).
Competing Teams [ ]
On 1 July 2011, the AFL confirmed the 18 men's teams that would participate in the 2011 International Cup:[1]
Guernsey
Country
Nickname
Final Rank
World Team Rep's
Ireland
Warriors
1
3 + Coach
Papua New Guinea
Mosquitos
2
4
New Zealand
Falcons
3
3
USA
Revolution
4
3
South Africa
Lions
5
3
Nauru
Chiefs
6
1
Great Britain
Bulldogs
7
0
Denmark
Vikings
8
1
Tonga
Tigers
9
1
Canada
Northwind
10
1
Sweden
Elks
11
1
Japan
Samurais
12
1
Fiji
Tribe
13 (1st Div 2)
1
France
Les Coqs
14 (2nd Div 2)
0
Israel & Palestine
Peres Team for Peace
15
0
India
Tigers
16
0
China
Red Demons
17
0
Timor-Leste
Crocodiles
18
0
17 of these clubs represented single nations, and one (the Peres Team for Peace) represented both Israel and the Palestinian Territories .
As well as the above Men's teams, for the first time in the history of the tournament, there was also a Women's competition, with five teams participating:[1]
Men's Fixtures [ ]
Round 1 [ ]
Before the tournament, the 18 clubs were seeded into six groups of three, ranked based on previous performance in International Cups, or in the case of the newer teams, at the discretion of the AFL:[2]
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
South Africa (3)
Denmark (10)
China (16)
Ireland (4)
Great Britain (9)
East Timor (15)
Nauru (5)
Japan (8)
Fiji (14)
Canada (6)
United States (7)
Peres Team for Peace (13)
Matches [ ]
The first round of matches was played with modified rules, most significantly the reduction of game length to two-quarters, in the same manner as the 2011 NAB Cup .
Group 4
Saturday, 13 August 11:00 am
Great Britain 10.10 (70)
def.
East Timor 0.0 (0)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Saturday, 13 August 12:00 pm
Ireland 14.9 (93)
def.
East Timor 0.0 (0)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Saturday, 13 August 1:00 pm
Ireland 8.6 (54)
def.
Great Britain 1.0 (6)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Ireland and Great Britain advance to Division 1.
East Timor advances to Division 2.
Group 5
Saturday, 13 August 2:00 pm
Nauru 6.6 (42)
def.
Japan 3.1 (19)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Saturday, 13 August 3:00 pm
Nauru 6.6 (42)
def.
Fiji 2.3 (15)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Saturday, 13 August 4:00 pm
Japan 4.6 (30)
def.
Fiji 4.4 (28)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Nauru and Japan advance to Division 1.
Fiji advances to Division 2.
Group 6
Saturday, 13 August 5:00 pm
Canada 2.0 (12)
def. by
United States 2.3 (15)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Saturday, 13 August 6:00 pm
Canada 3.6 (24)
def.
Peres Team for Peace 0.0 (0)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Saturday, 13 August 7:00 pm
United States 12.7 (79)
def.
Peres Team for Peace 0.0 (0)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
United States and Canada advance to Division 1.
Peres Team for Peace advances to Division 2.
Round 2 [ ]
At the conclusion of Round 1, the best two teams from each Group were regrouped into four groups of three teams, based on Win-Draw-Loss performance and Percentage in Round 1, all within a larger group known as Division 1. These teams would remain in contention for the International Cup title. The remaining six were regrouped in the same way, into two subgroups of Division 2. These teams would compete for a secondary prize.
The structure of the groups was as follows:
Division 1
Division 2
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 1
Group 2
Ireland (2)
Denmark (7)
Sweden (10)
South Africa (4)
United States (5)
Japan (12)
Fiji (13)
China (15)
Peres Team for Peace (17)
France (14)
India (16)
East Timor (18)
Division 1 [ ]
Division 1 teams played one match against each team in their respective groups.
Division 1 Group 2
Monday, 15 August 12:00 pm
Denmark 12.5 (77)
def.
Sweden 6.2 (38)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Wednesday, 17 August 2:00 pm
Ireland 15.14 (104)
def.
Sweden 1.0 (6)
Bus Loop Oval
Report
Saturday, 20 August 4:00 pm
Ireland 11.6 (72)
def.
Denmark 1.3 (9)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
TEAM
Ireland
2
2
0
0
176
15
1173.33
8
United States
2
2
0
0
170
19
894.74
8
Papua New Guinea
2
2
0
0
229
29
789.66
8
New Zealand
2
2
0
0
139
22
631.82
8
South Africa
2
1
1
0
65
46
170.77
4
Denmark
2
1
1
0
86
110
78.18
4
Nauru
2
1
1
0
88
145
60.69
4
Great Britain
2
1
1
0
46
115
40.00
4
Canada
2
0
2
0
35
83
42.17
0
Sweden
2
0
2
0
44
181
24.31
0
Tonga
2
0
2
0
37
180
20.56
0
Japan
2
0
2
0
10
207
4.83
0
Division 2 [ ]
Division 2 teams played one match against each team in their respective groups, as well as a single "cross-over" match against a team in the opposite group.
Division 2 Group 2
Wednesday, 17 August 2:00 pm
France 17.20 (122)
def.
East Timor 2.1 (13)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Saturday, 20 August 12:00 pm
France 14.15 (99)
def.
India 1.2 (8)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Wednesday, 24 August 9:00 am
India 9.6 (60)
def.
East Timor 8.4 (52)
Western Oval
Report
Division 2 Cross-Over Matches
Wednesday, 17 August 12:00 pm
China 5.12 (42)
def.
India 2.2 (14)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Saturday, 20 August 6:00 pm
Fiji 21.16 (142)
def.
East Timor 1.1 (7)
Blacktown International Sportspark 2
Report
Wednesday, 24 August 11:00 am
France 5.5 (35)
def.
Peres Team for Peace 4.5 (29)
Western Oval
Report
TEAM
Fiji
3
3
0
0
328
42
780.95
12
France
3
3
0
0
256
50
512.00
12
Peres Team for Peace
3
1
2
0
139
127
109.45
4
India
3
1
2
0
82
194
42.27
4
China
3
1
2
0
64
205
31.22
4
East Timor
3
0
3
0
72
324
22.22
0
Division 1 Semi-Finals [ ]
At the conclusion of Round 2, the teams were once again re-seeded based on their performance in the previous round; the teams in Division 1 were seeded in positions 1-12, and the teams in Division 2 in positions 13–18.
These matches were played at the same time as the final Round 2 Division 2 matches; the Division 2 teams did not participate in this round.
Finals [ ]
Division 1 9th/10th-place Playoff
Friday, 26 August 10:30 am
Canada 6.4 (40)
def. by
Tonga 6.10 (46)
Ransford Oval
Report
Division 1 7th/8th-place Playoff
Friday, 26 August 10:30 am
Denmark 3.3 (21)
def. by
Great Britain 8.12 (60)
McAllister Oval
Report
Division 1 5th/6th-place Playoff
Friday, 26 August 12:30 pm
South Africa 7.10 (52)
def.
Nauru 7.4 (46)
McAllister Oval
Report
Division 1 Grand Final
Saturday, 27 August 11:40 am
Ireland
def.
Papua New Guinea
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Report
1.0 (6) 3.0 (18) 5.4 (34) 8.5 (53)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final
3.2 (20) 5.4 (34) 5.5 (35) 5.5 (35)
Mike Finn 4 Fergal McManus 3 Fearghal Purcell 1
Goals
S. Susuve 3 B. Beno, A. Pinda 1
Mike Finn , Seán McGuinness, , Roch Hanmore, Fearghal Purcell , Gerard Walls
Best
P. Philip, J. Ikupu, S. Susuve, G. Simon, B. Beno, J. James
Ireland scored the last seven goals of the match to complete a big comeback.
Division 2 5th/6th-place Playoff
Friday, 26 August 8:30 am
China 6.6 (42)
def.
East Timor 5.5 (35)
Ransford Oval
Report
Division 2 3rd/4th-place Playoff
Friday, 26 August 8:30 am
Peres Team for Peace 7.15 (57)
def.
India 2.8 (20)
McAllister Oval
Report
Women's Fixtures [ ]
Round 1 [ ]
In the opening round of the Women's International Cup, the five teams played each other once, over the course of 10 days.
Round 1
Monday, 15 August 1:00 pm
Australia 1.1 (7)
def. by
Papua New Guinea 9.3 (57)
Blacktown International Sportspark 1
Report
Monday, 15 August 3:00 pm
Canada 1.2 (8)
def. by
Ireland 4.7 (31)
Blacktown International Sportspark 1
Report
Wednesday, 17 August 12:00 pm
Australia 0.0 (0)
def. by
United States 10.12 (72)
Bruce Purser Reserve
Report
Wednesday, 17 August 12:00 pm
Papua New Guinea 0.0 (0)
def. by
Canada 3.7 (25)
Bus Loop Oval
Report
Thursday, 18 August 5:00 pm
Australia 0.1 (1)
def. by
Ireland 19.13 (127)
Blacktown International Sportspark 1
Report
Thursday, 18 August 7:00 pm
Papua New Guinea 1.0 (6)
def. by
United States 6.5 (41)
Blacktown International Sportspark 1
Report
Saturday, 20 August 1:00 pm
Papua New Guinea 2.0 (12)
def. by
Ireland 12.8 (80)
Mona Park, Auburn
Report
Saturday, 20 August 3:00 pm
Canada 4.5 (29)
def.
United States 1.5 (11)
Mona Park, Auburn
Report
Wednesday, 24 August 11:00 am
Australia 2.0 (12)
def. by
Canada 4.8 (32)
McAllister Oval
Report
Wednesday, 24 August 1:00 pm
Ireland 5.5 (35)
def.
United States 2.4 (16)
McAllister Oval
Report
TEAM
Ireland
4
4
0
0
263
37
737.84
16
Canada
4
3
1
0
94
54
174.07
12
United States
4
2
2
0
140
70
200.00
8
Papua New Guinea
4
1
3
0
75
153
49.02
4
Australia
4
0
4
0
20
288
6.94
0
Finals [ ]
At the conclusion of Round 1, Australia , the lowest ranked team in the competition based on points and percentage, was eliminated and finished in 5th place. The remaining four clubs will compete in the finals.
World Teams [ ]
Men's World Team [ ]
AFL International Cup 2011 Men's World Team
B :
Steve Rutledge
Steven Howard
Laijiasa Bolenaivalu
HB :
Penisimani Mahina
Mike Finn (C)
Tshoboko Moagi
C :
Paul Sharry
John James
Andrew Marsden
HF :
Bayanda Sobetwa
Bryan Dragus
Emmaus Wartovo
F :
Ken Sato
Stanis Susuve
Johnny Dagiaro
Foll :
Anthony Trigg
Kevin O’Brien
Steve Fashant
Int :
Aaron Harris
John Ikupu
Mathias Biron
Steven Matshane
Johan Lantz
Andrew Werner
Coach :
Tom Madigan & PNG Coach (not found)
Women's World Team [ ]
AFL International Cup 2011 Women's World Team
B :
Caitlin Kidd
Laura Corrigan
Emma MacNeill
HB :
Natlie Behan
Becky Kraft
Erin Le Blanc
C :
Taiva Lavai
Marie Keating
Judith Stein (C)
HF :
Natalie Daylight
Alang Vinnie Isaac
Courtney Church
F :
Gillian Behan
Nuala O’Hagan
Lindsay Kastanek
Foll :
Erin Loughnane
Aimee Legault
Emma Kelly
Int :
Louise Loughlin
Sarah Ennor
Ashlene Groogan
Jocelyn Tatsie
Jessie Hazen
Monica Rasocha
Coach :
Andrew Hickey
References [ ]
Tournaments National teams (men) National teams (women)