The AFL wishes to advise the opening round of 2014 AFL International Cup will be played tomorrow, Sunday, August 10 at Royal Park in Melbourne.
Media is invited to attend and details are as follows:
9.30am to 5.30pm Sunday, August 10
Ransford, McAllister, Ryder & Western Ovals
Park Street, Royal Park
Parkville
Ransford Oval
9.30am Men’s Tonga v India
11.30am Women’s Tonga v Canada Midnight Suns
1.30pm Men’s South Africa v Pakistain
3.30pm Men’s PNG v Japan
McAllister Oval
9.30am Women’s Ireland v Fiji
11.30am Men’s Ireland v Fiji
1.30pm Men’s Nauru v Indonesia
3.30pm Men’s Great Britain v France
Western Oval
9.30am Men’s USA v Finland
11.30am Men’s New Zealand v Sweden
1.30pm Women’s Canada Northern Lights v USA Freedom
3.30pm Men’s Canada v China
The 2014 AFL 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 women’s grand final will be played at Punt Road Oval and the men’s grand final will be the curtain-raiser to the Round 22 AFL match between Hawthorn and the Geelong Cats at the MCG.
The full IC14 fixture and resullts: 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 AFL 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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