Touch Football World Cup

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Touch Rugby World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2019
SportTouch football
Founded1988
Inaugural season1988
No. of teams28
CountriesAustralia, Belgium, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Cook Islands, England, Europe, France, Fiji, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United States, Wales
Most recent
champion(s)
Australia
(2019)
Tournament formatRound Robin and a Finals Series
Official websitehttps://www.internationaltouch.org/

The first Touch Football World Cup tournament was held in 1988. Touch football and the Touch football world cup are monitored by the international governing body for touch the FIT (Federation of International Touch).[1] The Touch world cup has been hosted in five continents (Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America, Africa) but is yet to be played in South America. Australia has hosted the World Cup the most having hosted it thrice. While the number of participant teams is growing steadily, almost all finals to date have been contested between Australia and New Zealand. Australia has won the most finals.

Touch as included in the Touch world cup is played on a rectangular 70m x 50m pitch.[2] It is played six aside with eight substitutes. The match is played for 40 minutes in two twenty-minute halves. Touch unlike many other football variants always uses three referees and this is the same in the Touch football world cup.[3]

A rugby league field, similarly used in touch with 70 metres not 100 metres in length.

Touch football and therefore the Touch World Cup are seen as competitors to its Rugby Union equivalent, Tag rugby and the Tag rugby world cup, which is held every three years, the Touch Rugby World Cup is instead held every four years much like the football and rugby (league and union) world cups.

World Cup Venues[]

The following outlines the World Cups held and planned for the future

World Cup Results[]

1988 - Australia (Gold Coast)[]

World Cup # : 1
Dates : 14–16 November 1988
Participants : 5 (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, USA)
Location : Carrara Oval, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Overall winner : Australia

Division Winners Runners-Up Teams
Men's Open Australia New Zealand 4
Women's Open Australia New Zealand 4
Mixed Open Australia New Zealand 4
Men's Masters (Over 35 years) Australia New Zealand 5

1991 - New Zealand (Auckland)[]

World Cup # : 2
Dates : 3–7 December 1991
Participants : 9 (Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tokelau)
Location : , Auckland, New Zealand
Overall winner : Australia

Division Winners Runners-Up Teams
Men's Open Australia New Zealand 9
Women's Open Australia New Zealand 6
Mixed Open Australia New Zealand 6
Men's Seniors (over 30 years) Australia New Zealand 7
Women's Seniors (over 27 years) New Zealand Australia 5
Men's Masters (over 35 years) Australia New Zealand 6

1995 - USA, Hawaii (Waikiki Beach)[]

World Cup # : 3
Dates : 21–25 March 1995
Participants : 11 (American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Japan, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, South Africa, Tonga, USA)
Location : Kapiolani Park, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, United States
Overall winner : Australia

Division Winners Runners-Up Teams
Men's Open Australia New Zealand 8
Women's Open Australia New Zealand 6
Mixed Open Australia New Zealand 8
Men's Over 30 Years Australia New Zealand 7
Women's Over 30 Years Australia New Zealand 5
Men's Over 35 Years Australia New Zealand 5
Men's Over 40 Years Australia New Zealand 3

1999 - Australia (Sydney)[]

World Cup # : 4
Dates : 21–24 April 1999
Participants : 19 (Australia, Cook Islands, England, Fiji, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tokelau, Tonga, USA, Wales)
Location : , Daceyville, Sydney, Australia
Overall winner : Australia

Division Winners Runners-Up Teams
Men's Open Australia New Zealand 13
Women's Open Australia New Zealand 8
Mixed Open New Zealand Australia 15
Men's Over 30 Years Australia Lebanon 12
Women's Over 30 Years Australia New Zealand 5
Mixed Over 30 Years New Zealand Australia 5
Men's Over 35 Years Australia New Zealand 4
Men's Over 40 Years Australia New Zealand 5

2003 - Japan (Kumagaya)[]

World Cup # : 5
Dates : 24–28 May 2003
Participants : 10 (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Niue, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, USA, Wales)
Location : , Kumagaya, Japan
Overall winner : Australia

Division Winners Runners-Up Teams
Men's Open Australia New Zealand 6
Women's Open Australia New Zealand 5
Mixed Open Australia New Zealand 7
Men's Over 30 Years Australia New Zealand 5
Men's Over 35 Years Australia New Zealand 4

2007 - South Africa (Stellenbosch)[]

World Cup # : 6
Dates : 17–21 January 2007
Participants : 15 (Australia, England, Fiji, France, Japan, Jersey, Lebanon, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, USA, Wales)
Location : Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Overall winner : Australia

Division Winners Runners-Up Teams
Men's Open Australia New Zealand 8
Women's Open Australia New Zealand 8
Mixed Open New Zealand Australia 6
Mixed 30s New Zealand Australia 7
Men's Over 30 Years Australia Samoa 8
Men's Over 35 Years Australia South Africa 4

2011 - Scotland (Edinburgh)[]

World Cup # : 7
Dates : 22–26 June 2011
Participants : 26 (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Catalonia, Cook Islands, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United States and Wales)
Location : Peffermill Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
Overall winner : Australia

Division Winners[4][5] Runners-Up Teams
Men's Open Australia New Zealand 15
Women's Open Australia New Zealand 11
Mixed Open Australia New Zealand 19
Senior Mixed New Zealand Australia 7
Men's Over 30 Years Australia England 10
Men's Over 35 Years Australia South Africa 11
Men's Over 40 Years New Zealand Australia 10

2015 - Australia (Coffs Harbour)[]

World Cup # : 8
Dates : 29 April - 3 May 2015
Participants : 25 (Australia, Chile, China, Cook Islands, England, France, Fiji, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East Touch, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, United States, Wales)
Location : Coffs Harbour International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia
Overall winner : Australia

Division Winners[6] Runners-Up Teams
Men's Open Australia New Zealand 16
Women's Open Australia New Zealand 14
Mixed Open Australia New Zealand 22
Women's Over 27 Years Australia New Zealand 5
Senior Mixed Australia New Zealand 6
Men's Over 30 Years Australia Cook Islands 7
Men's Over 35 Years New Zealand Australia 6
Men's Over 40 Years Australia New Zealand 9
Men's Over 50 Years Australia Italy 5

Squads[]

The competition featured ninety teams from twenty five participating nations.[7][8]

2019 - World Cup (Malaysia,Putrajaya)[9][]

World Cup # : 9
Dates : 29 April - 4 May 2019
Participants : 28 (Australia, Belgium, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Cook Islands, England, Europe, France, Fiji, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United States, Wales)
Location : Taman Ekuestrian, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Overall winner : Australia

Overall Runners up : New Zealand

Overall Winners, Australia
Overall Runners Up, New Zealand
Division Winners[6] Runners-Up 3rd Place Teams
Men's Open Australia New Zealand Japan 16
Women's Open Australia New Zealand Japan 17
Mixed Open Australia New Zealand Scotland 22
Women's Over 27 Years New Zealand Australia England 7
Senior Mixed (over 30 years) Australia Cook Islands New Zealand 11
Men's Over 30 Years Australia South Africa France 8
Men's Over 35 Years Australia New Zealand Cook Islands 6
Women's Over 35 Years Australia New Zealand England 4
Men's Over 40 Years New Zealand Australia Japan 13
Men's Over 45 Years Australia New Zealand South Africa 6
Men's Over 50 Years New Zealand Australia Singapore 6

The 2019 Touch Football World Cup is the latest edition of the Touch football world cup. All divisions consisted of a round robin of 1 or more groups, and a finals series. Some groups also consisted of a playoff series.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Federation of International Touch". www.internationaltouch.org. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. ^ "Evolution of Touch" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Touch Rugby Rules". Utah Warriors Rugby. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  4. ^ "Open Category Standings" (PDF). 2011 Touch World Cup.
  5. ^ "Senior category Standings" (PDF). 2011 Touch World Cup.
  6. ^ a b "Draws and Results". Touch World Cup 2015.
  7. ^ Tom Lowrey (30 April 2015). "World's best touch footballers descend on Coffs Harbour". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  8. ^ NRL.com (24 April 2015). "Touch World Cup officially launched". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Federation of International Touch - World Cup - 2019". www.internationaltouch.org. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  10. ^ "Federation of International Touch - World Cup - 2019". www.internationaltouch.org. Retrieved 2020-04-22.

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