Australia national American football team
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Name | Australia |
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Founded | 1996 |
Head Coach | John Leijten |
First international | |
Australia 6–22 Sweden (Palermo, Italy; 25 June 1999) | |
Biggest win | |
Australia 47–6 South Korea (Canton, Ohio, United States; 9 July 2015) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Australia 0–65 Mexico (Innsbruck, Austria; 10 July 2011) |
The Australia national American football team, nicknamed the Australian Outback, represent Australia in international American football (gridiron) competitions. The team is organised by Gridiron Australia, the national governing body for the sport.
IFAF World Championship record[]
Year | Position | GP | W | L | PF | PA |
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1999 | 5th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 83 |
2003 | Did Not Participate | |||||
2007 | ||||||
2011 | 8th | 4 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 204 |
2015 | 5th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 108 | 81 |
The 2019 IFAF World Championship was postponed due to the COVID pandemic. The 2023 IFAF World Championship is scheduled to be held in 2023 in Australia
History[]
Organised gridiron football in Australia dates to 1983, with the national governing body, Gridiron Australia, being formed in 1996. Australia was a charter member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), and competed in the inaugural 1999 IFAF World Cup. They have since competed in the Oceania Bowl in 2005 and the Samoa Bowl in 2011, among other international competitions.[1][2] Australia has competed in the IFAF World Championship since 2011
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "American Samoa Defeats Australia in International All-Star Game". Samoa News. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ Worrad, Sam (14 July 2005). "Give 'em a hand: Australia rules". The Glebe. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- American football teams in Australia
- American football in Australia
- Men's national American football teams
- Men's national sports teams of Australia
- 1996 establishments in Australia
- American football teams established in 1996