OlympicIRL 4,769 Posted July 29, 2017 #51 Share Posted July 29, 2017 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 and hckošice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted July 29, 2017 #52 Share Posted July 29, 2017 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. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,769 Posted July 29, 2017 #53 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) 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 dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted July 29, 2017 #54 Share Posted July 29, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,769 Posted July 29, 2017 #55 Share Posted July 29, 2017 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted July 29, 2017 #56 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,769 Posted July 29, 2017 #57 Share Posted July 29, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted July 29, 2017 #58 Share Posted July 29, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,769 Posted July 29, 2017 #59 Share Posted July 29, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,555 Posted July 31, 2017 #60 Share Posted July 31, 2017 THE 5TH WVVF WORLD VOVINAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 01 TO 05 AUGUST Schedule /Participating nations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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