The 2011 Australian Football International Cup is the fourth edition of the Australian Football International Cup

Australian Football International Cup

The Australian Football International Cup is an international sport competition in Australian rules football...

, an international Australian rules football competition run by the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

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It was contested between 12 to 27 August 2011, with games to be played in both Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 and Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

. Ireland won its second men's championship, and the inaugural women's championship.

Competing Teams

On 1 July 2011, the AFL confirmed the 18 men's teams that would participate in the 2011 International Cup:
Canada Northwind China Red Demons Denmark Vikings

Denmark Vikings (Australian rules football)

The Vikings are Denmark's national Australian rules football team.The team formed in 1992 to play the North London Lions from the British Australian Rules Football League in Denmark....

 East Timor Crocodiles Fiji Power France Coqs Great Britain Bulldogs

Great Britain national Australian rules football team

The Great Britain National Australian Rules Football team is known as the British Bulldogs. The team is made up of the best British born players selected from the clubs of AFL Britain affiliated competitions in England, Wales and Scotland...

 India Tigers Ireland Warriors

Irish national Australian rules football team

The Irish national Australian rules football team represent Ireland in Australian rules football and is selected from the best Irish born players from the clubs of the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland....

 Japan Samurais

Japanese national Australian rules football team

The Japanese national Australian rules football team represent Japan in Australian rules football.The team represents the best Japanese born players and is selected by AFL Japan from domestic competitions which have been running since 1987.-Identity:...

 Nauru Chiefs New Zealand Falcons

New Zealand national Australian rules football team

The New Zealand national Australian rules football team nicknamed the Falcons, is the national team for the sport of Australian rules football in New Zealand. The team is selected from the best New Zealand born and developed players, primarily from the clubs of the New Zealand AFL. New Zealand-born...

 Papua New Guinea Mosquitos

Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team

The Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team represents Papua New Guinea in the team sport of Australian rules football....

  Peres Team for Peace South Africa Lions

South African national Australian rules football team

The South African national Australian rules football team represent South Africa in the sport of Australian rules football....

 Sweden Elks Tonga Tigers

Australian rules football in Tonga

Australian rules football in Tonga has its origins in local schools the 1980s, but has been played on an organised basis only since 2003, when the game's governing body, the Tonga Australian Football Association was founded....

 United States Revolution

17 of these clubs represented single nations, and one (the Peres Team for Peace) represented both Israel

Israel

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 and the Palestinian Territories

Palestinian territories

The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...

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As well as the above Men's teams, for the first time in the history of the tournament, there was also be a Women's competition, with five teams participating: Canada Northern Lights Ireland Banshees Papua New Guinea Karakums USA Freedom Multicultural and Indigenous Australia

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:

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team The Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team represents Papua New Guinea in the team sport of Australian rules football....  (1) Tonga Australian rules football in Tonga Australian rules football in Tonga has its origins in local schools the 1980s, but has been played on an organised basis only since 2003, when the game's governing body, the Tonga Australian Football Association was founded....  (12) France (18)	New Zealand New Zealand national Australian rules football team The New Zealand national Australian rules football team nicknamed the Falcons, is the national team for the sport of Australian rules football in New Zealand. The team is selected from the best New Zealand born and developed players, primarily from the clubs of the New Zealand AFL. New Zealand-born...  (2) Sweden (11) India (17)	South Africa South African national Australian rules football team The South African national Australian rules football team represent South Africa in the sport of Australian rules football....  (3) Denmark Denmark Vikings (Australian rules football) The Vikings are Denmark's national Australian rules football team.The team formed in 1992 to play the North London Lions from the British Australian Rules Football League in Denmark....  (10) China (16)	Ireland Irish national Australian rules football team The Irish national Australian rules football team represent Ireland in Australian rules football and is selected from the best Irish born players from the clubs of the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland....  (4) Great Britain Great Britain national Australian rules football team The Great Britain National Australian Rules Football team is known as the British Bulldogs. The team is made up of the best British born players selected from the clubs of AFL Britain affiliated competitions in England, Wales and Scotland...  (9) East Timor (15)	Nauru (5) Japan Japanese national Australian rules football team The Japanese national Australian rules football team represent Japan in Australian rules football.The team represents the best Japanese born players and is selected by AFL Japan from domestic competitions which have been running since 1987.-Identity:...  (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

2011 NAB Cup

-Quarter-finals:-Semi-finals:-Grand Final:-NAB Challenge:Teams that are eliminated from the NAB Cup are scheduled to play against each other, mostly at regional venues, to provide all teams warm-up games for the main season and expose regional audiences to AFL level football.On 16 December 2010,...

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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
New Zealand New Zealand national Australian rules football team The New Zealand national Australian rules football team nicknamed the Falcons, is the national team for the sport of Australian rules football in New Zealand. The team is selected from the best New Zealand born and developed players, primarily from the clubs of the New Zealand AFL. New Zealand-born...  (1) Canada (8) Great Britain Great Britain national Australian rules football team The Great Britain National Australian Rules Football team is known as the British Bulldogs. The team is made up of the best British born players selected from the clubs of AFL Britain affiliated competitions in England, Wales and Scotland...  (9)	Ireland Irish national Australian rules football team The Irish national Australian rules football team represent Ireland in Australian rules football and is selected from the best Irish born players from the clubs of the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland....  (2) Denmark Denmark Vikings (Australian rules football) The Vikings are Denmark's national Australian rules football team.The team formed in 1992 to play the North London Lions from the British Australian Rules Football League in Denmark....  (7) Sweden (10)	Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team The Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team represents Papua New Guinea in the team sport of Australian rules football....  (3) Nauru (6) Tonga Australian rules football in Tonga Australian rules football in Tonga has its origins in local schools the 1980s, but has been played on an organised basis only since 2003, when the game's governing body, the Tonga Australian Football Association was founded....  (11)	South Africa South African national Australian rules football team The South African national Australian rules football team represent South Africa in the sport of Australian rules football....  (4) United States (5) Japan Japanese national Australian rules football team The Japanese national Australian rules football team represent Japan in Australian rules football.The team represents the best Japanese born players and is selected by AFL Japan from domestic competitions which have been running since 1987.-Identity:...  (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.

TEAM
Ireland Irish national Australian rules football team The Irish national Australian rules football team represent Ireland in Australian rules football and is selected from the best Irish born players from the clubs of the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland....	2	2	0	0	176	15	1173.33	8
United States	2	2	0	0	170	19	894.74	8
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team The Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team represents Papua New Guinea in the team sport of Australian rules football....	2	2	0	0	229	29	789.66	8
New Zealand New Zealand national Australian rules football team The New Zealand national Australian rules football team nicknamed the Falcons, is the national team for the sport of Australian rules football in New Zealand. The team is selected from the best New Zealand born and developed players, primarily from the clubs of the New Zealand AFL. New Zealand-born...	2	2	0	0	139	22	631.82	8
South Africa South African national Australian rules football team The South African national Australian rules football team represent South Africa in the sport of Australian rules football....	2	1	1	0	65	46	170.77	4
Denmark Denmark Vikings (Australian rules football) The Vikings are Denmark's national Australian rules football team.The team formed in 1992 to play the North London Lions from the British Australian Rules Football League in Denmark....	2	1	1	0	86	110	78.18	4
Nauru	2	1	1	0	88	145	60.69	4
Great Britain Great Britain national Australian rules football team The Great Britain National Australian Rules Football team is known as the British Bulldogs. The team is made up of the best British born players selected from the clubs of AFL Britain affiliated competitions in England, Wales and Scotland...	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 Australian rules football in Tonga Australian rules football in Tonga has its origins in local schools the 1980s, but has been played on an organised basis only since 2003, when the game's governing body, the Tonga Australian Football Association was founded....	2	0	2	0	37	180	20.56	0
Japan Japanese national Australian rules football team The Japanese national Australian rules football team represent Japan in Australian rules football.The team represents the best Japanese born players and is selected by AFL Japan from domestic competitions which have been running since 1987.-Identity:...	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.

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

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.

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.

Men's World Team

Women's World Team