Summer Non-Olympic Sports Discussion Thread

[OlympicIRL 6,299]

The Aussie Rules Football International Cup kicks off next week (so-called Aussie Rules World Cup ). The hosts Australia don't participate as they would dominate and destroy the opposition . Website http://www.afl.com.au/internationalcup/

Competing teams are as follows (world ranking in brackets):

 

Men's Division 1:

• Papua New Guinea (2)
• New Zealand (3)
• Ireland (4)
• Nauru (5)
• South Africa (6)
• Great Britain (7)
• United States (8)
• Canada (9)
• Fiji (13)
• France (14)

 

Men's Division 2:

• Croatia (12) (@dcro did you even know Croatia competes in Aussie Rules? . First time appearance)
• Germany (15)
• Japan (16)
• China (19)
• India
• Indonesia
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka

 

The format makes absolutely no sense as each team will play four matches against other teams within the division and will then be ranked from one to ten with grand finals to follow between the top two placed teams on the ladder, the third and fourth placed teams and so on. But it seems to be completely random who you play in the 4 games to determine the final rankings.... for example, Ireland (3rd seed) plays Papua New Guinea (1st seed) and New Zealand (2nd seed) in the prelims so it isn't exactly a fair format.

 

In the past (2011 and 2014), a Team For Peace participated made up of players from Israel and Palestine. A very nice concept, pity they aren't here again.

 

 

Previous tournaments:

 

Year	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
2002	Ireland	Papua New Guinea	New Zealand
2005	New Zealand	Papua New Guinea	United States
2008	Papua New Guinea	New Zealand	South Africa
2011	Ireland	Papua New Guinea	New Zealand
2014	Papua New Guinea	Ireland	New Zealand

 

 

 

Women's Competition:

 

• Canada (2)
• United States (3)
• Ireland (4)
• Fiji
• Great Britain
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• European Crusaders (combined team made up of players from

 

 

Previous tournaments:

 

Year	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
2011	Ireland	Canada	United States
2014	Canada	Ireland	United States

[dcro 10,210]

16 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

did you even know Croatia competes in Aussie Rules? . First time appearance

 

Wow, I had no idea.

 

Though I can imagine that considerable part of the team (if not all) might be made of Croatian Australians.

[OlympicIRL 6,299]

20 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Wow, I had no idea.

 

Though I can imagine that considerable part of the team (if not all) might be made of Croatian Australians.

 

Actually no, I think the team is basically made up of Croatian nationals who play for the Croatian Knights (national team name). Here you can read about them in this article:

http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20170728182551644

 

And their Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/7909610796/

 

I believe they crowdfunded to help get them funding so they can compete here

 

Edited July 29, 2017 by OlympicIRL

[De_Gambassi 1,367]

Il y a 2 heures , OlympicIRL a déclaré:

 

Men's Division 1:

• Papua New Guinea (2)
• New Zealand (3)
• Ireland (4)
• Nauru (5)
• South Africa (6)
• Great Britain (7)
• United States (8)
• Canada (9)
• Fiji (13)
• France (14)

 

We are sooo going to get destroyed here 

 

I wonder why the honour of playing in Div 1. As far as I know, we are not the best team from continental europe.

[OlympicIRL 6,299]

14 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

We are sooo going to get destroyed here 

 

I wonder why the honour of playing in Div 1. As far as I know, we are not the best team from continental europe.

 

Yes I don't know how that Division thing works and who gets put in which division or if there is some kind of relegation (probably not).

[De_Gambassi 1,367]

il y a 6 minutes, OlympicIRL a déclaré:

 

Yes I don't know how that Division thing works and who gets put in which division or if there is some kind of relegation (probably not).

 

Hopefulley, there is. Is it the full 18 a side version here ?

 

Australian football is only a 9 a side game here (cricket ovals are kinda rare...)

 

Bloodbath incoming 

Edited July 29, 2017 by De_Gambassi

[OlympicIRL 6,299]

34 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

Hopefulley, there is. Is it the full 18 a side version here ?

 

Australian football is only a 9 a side game here (cricket ovals are kinda rare...)

 

Bloodbath incoming 

 

Yep, it's the full 18-a-side

 

Let's see how they go, you might be pleasantly surprised and sneak a win or two

 

[De_Gambassi 1,367]

il y a 6 minutes, OlympicIRL a déclaré:

 

Yep, it's the full 18-a-side

 

Let's see how they go, you might be pleasantly surprised and sneak a win or two

 

 

 A goal or two will do it 

 

Four years ago we lost against you guys 111-2 

[OlympicIRL 6,299]

53 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

 A goal or two will do it 

 

Four years ago we lost against you guys 111-2 

 

Fiji and USA could be good targets for your team, if not to win then to go close to a win.

 

And with France playing Ireland again this time we will see the new difference between the level of our teams, I am sure it won't be as big

 

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