The AFL wishes to advise final round matches of the 2014 AFL International Cup will be played tomorrow, Friday, August 22 at Royal Park in Melbourne.

Media is invited to attend and details are as follows:

9am to 4.30pm Friday August 22

Ransford, McAllister, Ryder & Western Ovals

Park Street, Royal Park

Parkville

Ransford Oval

9.00am            Men’s             Japan v Finland

11.00am          Women’s        USA Freedom v Canada Midnight Suns

1.00pm            Men’s             New Zealand v South Africa (Third place payoff)

McAllister Oval

9.00am            Men’s              Sweden v China                      

11.00am          Men’s              France v Pakistan

1.00pm            Men’s              Canada v Tonga

3.00pm            Men’s              Indonesia v India

Western Oval

9.00am            Women’s         Fiji v Tonga

11.00am          Men’s              Fiji v Great Britain       

1.00pm            Men’s              USA v Nauru

Grand Final matches to be played on Saturday August 23:

Women’s Grand Final

Canada Northern Lights v Ireland Banshees

Punt Road Oval

2.10pm

Men’s Grand Final

Ireland Warriors v PNG Mosquitoes

MCG

Curtain-raiser to Hawthorn v Geelong

4.50pm

The 2014 International Cup will be played in Melbourne from August 9 to 23.

Men’s teams: Canada, China, Fiji, Finland, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Great Britain, India, Japan, Nauru, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Sweden, Tonga, USA.

Women’s teams: Canada – Northern Lights, Canada – Midnight Suns, Ireland, Fiji, Tonga, USA – Freedom, USA – Liberty.

The full IC14 fixture and results: www.aflic14.com.au

Expatriate Australians are ineligible to play in the International Cup. Teams are comprised solely of amateurs who must be nationals of the country they represent.  All players must have lived the majority of the years aged between 10 and 16 as a citizen of their nation.

The International Cup is played every three years. Previous International Cup winners are; Ireland (2002 & 2011), New Zealand (2005) and Papua New Guinea (2008).

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