2011 Australian Football International Cup
# 2011 Australian Football International Cup

The 2011 Australian Football International Cup (also known as the AFL International Cup 2011 or IC11) is the fourth edition of the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition run by the Australian Football League.

It was contested between 12 and 27 August 2011 by 18 nations, with games played in both Melbourne and Sydney. Two matches were played as curtain raisers to AFL premiership matches, USA vs South Africa at Stadium Australia and the IC Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Ireland won its second men's championship, and the inaugural women's championship (Ryan Aslett Cup).

## Competing Teams

On 1 July 2011, the AFL confirmed the 18 men's teams that would participate in the 2011 International Cup:

| Country | Nickname | Final Rank | World Team Rep's |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ireland | Warriors | 1 | 3 + Coach |
| Papua New Guinea | Mosquitos | 2 | 4 |
| New Zealand | Falcons | 3 | 3 |
| USA | Revolution | 4 | 3 |
| South Africa | Lions | 5 | 3 |
| Nauru | Chiefs | 6 | 1 |
| Great Britain | Bulldogs | 7 | 0 |
| Denmark | Vikings | 8 | 1 |
| Tonga | Tigers | 9 | 1 |
| Canada | Northwind | 10 | 1 |
| Sweden | Elks | 11 | 1 |
| Japan | Samurais | 12 | 1 |
| Fiji | Tribe | 13 (1st Div 2) | 1 |
| France | Les Coqs | 14 (2nd Div 2) | 0 |
| Israel & Palestine | Peres Team for Peace | 15 | 0 |
| India | Tigers | 16 | 0 |
| China | Red Demons | 17 | 0 |
| Timor-Leste | Crocodiles | 18 | 0 |

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

As well as the above Men's teams, for the first time in the history of the tournament, there was also a Women's competition, with five teams participating:

| Country | Nickname | Final Rank | World Team Rep's |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ireland | Banshees | 1 | 8 + Coach |
| Canada | Canada Northern Lights | 2 | 5 |
| USA | Freedom | 3 | 6 |
| Papua New Guinea | Flame | 4 | 3 |
| Indigenous/Multicultural Australia | Indigenous/Multicultural | 5 | 2 |

## Men's Fixtures

### 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 (1) Tonga (12) France (18) | New Zealand (2) Sweden (11) India (17) | South Africa (3) Denmark (10) China (16) | Ireland (4) Great Britain (9) East Timor (15) | Nauru (5) Japan (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.

| | Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 1 | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 13 August 11:00 am | Papua New Guinea 6.8 (44) | def. | Tonga 1.1 (7) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 12:00 pm | Papua New Guinea 10.10 (70) | def. | France 0.0 (0) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 1:00 pm | Tonga 7.6 (48) | def. | France 1.1 (7) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Papua New Guinea and Tonga advance to Division 1. France advances to Division 2. ||||||
| | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 | | |
| Saturday, 13 August 2:00 pm | New Zealand 6.5 (41) | def. | Sweden 0.0 (0) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 3:00 pm | New Zealand 15.4 (94) | def. | India 0.0 (0) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 4:00 pm | Sweden 7.7 (49) | def. | India 0.1 (1) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| New Zealand and Sweden advance to Division 1. India advances to Division 2. ||||||
| | Group 3 | Group 3 | Group 3 | | |
| Saturday, 13 August 5:00 pm | South Africa 4.2 (26) | def. | Denmark 1.3 (9) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 6:00 pm | South Africa 18.6 (114) | def. | China 0.0 (0) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 7:00 pm | Denmark 10.8 (68) | def. | China 1.0 (6) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| South Africa and Denmark advance to Division 1. China advances to Division 2. ||||||
| | Group 4 | Group 4 | Group 4 | | |
| Saturday, 13 August 11:00 am | Great Britain 10.10 (70) | def. | East Timor 0.0 (0) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 12:00 pm | Ireland 14.9 (93) | def. | East Timor 0.0 (0) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 1:00 pm | Ireland 8.6 (54) | def. | Great Britain 1.0 (6) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Ireland and Great Britain advance to Division 1. East Timor advances to Division 2. ||||||
| | Group 5 | Group 5 | Group 5 | | |
| Saturday, 13 August 2:00 pm | Nauru 6.6 (42) | def. | Japan 3.1 (19) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 3:00 pm | Nauru 6.6 (42) | def. | Fiji 2.3 (15) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 4:00 pm | Japan 4.6 (30) | def. | Fiji 4.4 (28) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Nauru and Japan advance to Division 1. Fiji advances to Division 2. ||||||
| | Group 6 | Group 6 | Group 6 | | |
| Saturday, 13 August 5:00 pm | Canada 2.0 (12) | def. by | United States 2.3 (15) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 6:00 pm | Canada 3.6 (24) | def. | Peres Team for Peace 0.0 (0) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Saturday, 13 August 7:00 pm | United States 12.7 (79) | def. | Peres Team for Peace 0.0 (0) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| United States and Canada advance to Division 1. Peres Team for Peace advances to Division 2. ||||||

### 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 1 | Division 1 | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 2 | Division 2 | Division 2 | Division 2 | Division 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 1 | Group 2 |
| New Zealand (1) Canada (8) Great Britain (9) | Ireland (2) Denmark (7) Sweden (10) | Papua New Guinea (3) Nauru (6) Tonga (11) | South Africa (4) United States (5) Japan (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.

| | Division 1 Group 1 | Division 1 Group 1 | Division 1 Group 1 | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Monday, 15 August 4:00 pm | Canada 2.3 (15) | def. by | Great Britain 6.8 (44) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2:00 pm | New Zealand 15.10 (100) | def. | Great Britain 0.2 (2) | Bruce Purser Reserve | Report |
| Saturday, 20 August 10:00 am | New Zealand 5.9 (39) | def. | Canada 3.2 (20) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| | Division 1 Group 2 | Division 1 Group 2 | Division 1 Group 2 | | |
| Monday, 15 August 12:00 pm | Denmark 12.5 (77) | def. | Sweden 6.2 (38) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2:00 pm | Ireland 15.14 (104) | def. | Sweden 1.0 (6) | Bus Loop Oval | Report |
| Saturday, 20 August 4:00 pm | Ireland 11.6 (72) | def. | Denmark 1.3 (9) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| | Division 1 Group 3 | Division 1 Group 3 | Division 1 Group 3 | | |
| Monday, 15 August 2:00 pm | Nauru 9.7 (61) | def. | Tonga 5.5 (35) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2:00 pm | Papua New Guinea 17.17 (119) | def. | Tonga 0.2 (2) | Gipps Road Sporting Complex, Holroyd | Report |
| Saturday, 20 August 2:00 pm | Papua New Guinea 16.14 (110) | def. | Nauru 4.3 (27) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| | Division 1 Group 4 | Division 1 Group 4 | Division 1 Group 4 | | |
| Monday, 15 August 5:00 pm | United States 17.12 (114) | def. | Japan 0.1 (1) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2:00 pm | South Africa 14.9 (93) | def. | Japan 1.3 (9) | Mona Park, Auburn | Report |
| Sunday, 21 August 10:40 am | South Africa 2.6 (18) | def. by | United States 7.14 (56) | ANZ Stadium (C-R to AFL Round 22 match Sydney vs St Kilda) | Report |
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 15 | 1173.33 | 8 |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 19 | 894.74 | 8 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 29 | 789.66 | 8 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 22 | 631.82 | 8 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 46 | 170.77 | 4 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 110 | 78.18 | 4 |
| Nauru | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 145 | 60.69 | 4 |
| Great Britain | 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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 180 | 20.56 | 0 |
| Japan | 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.

| | Division 2 Group 1 | Division 2 Group 1 | Division 2 Group 1 | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 17 August 12:00 pm | Fiji 11.19 (85) | def. | Peres Team for Peace 4.2 (26) | Mona Park, Auburn | Report |
| Saturday, 20 August 6:00 pm | China 1.1 (7) | def. by | Peres Team for Peace 12.18 (90) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Wednesday, 24 August 1:00 pm | Fiji 14.17 (101) | def. | China 2.3 (15) | Western Oval | Report |
| | Division 2 Group 2 | Division 2 Group 2 | Division 2 Group 2 | | |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2:00 pm | France 17.20 (122) | def. | East Timor 2.1 (13) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Saturday, 20 August 12:00 pm | France 14.15 (99) | def. | India 1.2 (8) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Wednesday, 24 August 9:00 am | India 9.6 (60) | def. | East Timor 8.4 (52) | Western Oval | Report |
| | Division 2 Cross-Over Matches | Division 2 Cross-Over Matches | Division 2 Cross-Over Matches | | |
| Wednesday, 17 August 12:00 pm | China 5.12 (42) | def. | India 2.2 (14) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Saturday, 20 August 6:00 pm | Fiji 21.16 (142) | def. | East Timor 1.1 (7) | Blacktown International Sportspark 2 | Report |
| Wednesday, 24 August 11:00 am | France 5.5 (35) | def. | Peres Team for Peace 4.5 (29) | Western Oval | Report |
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS |
| 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.

| | Division 1 Semi-Finals | Division 1 Semi-Finals | Division 1 Semi-Finals | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 24 August 9:00 am | Denmark 1.1 (7) | def. by | Nauru 15.4 (94) | Ransford Oval | Report |
| Wednesday, 24 August 11:00 am | South Africa 7.9 (51) | def. | Great Britain 2.3 (15) | Ransford Oval | Report |
| Wednesday, 24 August 1:00 pm | United States 3.3 (21) | def. by | Papua New Guinea 9.14 (63) | Ransford Oval | Report |
| Wednesday, 24 August 3:00 pm | Ireland 5.16 (46) | def. | New Zealand 2.1 (13) | Ransford Oval | Report |
| Wednesday, 24 August 3:00 pm | Canada 13.8 (86) | def. | Japan 2.1 (13) | McAllister Oval | Report |
| Wednesday, 24 August 3:00 pm | Sweden 1.3 (9) | def. by | Tonga 5.9 (39) | Western Oval | Report |

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

| | Division 1 11th/12th-place Playoff | Division 1 11th/12th-place Playoff | Division 1 11th/12th-place Playoff | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Friday, 26 August 12:30 pm | Sweden 5.7 (37) | def. | Japan 4.9 (33) | Western Oval | Report |
| | Division 1 9th/10th-place Playoff | Division 1 9th/10th-place Playoff | Division 1 9th/10th-place Playoff | | |
| Friday, 26 August 10:30 am | Canada 6.4 (40) | def. by | Tonga 6.10 (46) | Ransford Oval | Report |
| | Division 1 7th/8th-place Playoff | Division 1 7th/8th-place Playoff | Division 1 7th/8th-place Playoff | | |
| Friday, 26 August 10:30 am | Denmark 3.3 (21) | def. by | Great Britain 8.12 (60) | McAllister Oval | Report |
| | Division 1 5th/6th-place Playoff | Division 1 5th/6th-place Playoff | Division 1 5th/6th-place Playoff | | |
| Friday, 26 August 12:30 pm | South Africa 7.10 (52) | def. | Nauru 7.4 (46) | McAllister Oval | Report |
| | Division 1 3rd/4th-place Playoff | Division 1 3rd/4th-place Playoff | Division 1 3rd/4th-place Playoff | | |
| Friday, 26 August 12:30 pm | United States 6.5 (41) | def. by | New Zealand 12.4 (76) | Ransford Oval | Report |
| | Division 1 Grand Final | Division 1 Grand Final | Division 1 Grand Final | | |
| Saturday, 27 August 11:40 am | Ireland | def. | Papua New Guinea | Melbourne Cricket Ground (C-R to AFL Round 23 match Hawthorn vs Western Bulldogs) | Report |
| | 1.0 (6) 3.0 (18) 5.4 (34) 8.5 (53) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.2 (20) 5.4 (34) 5.5 (35) 5.5 (35) | | |
| Mike Finn 4 Fergal McManus 3 Fearghal Purcell 1 | Mike Finn 4 Fergal McManus 3 Fearghal Purcell 1 | Goals | S. Susuve 3 B. Beno, A. Pinda 1 | S. Susuve 3 B. Beno, A. Pinda 1 |
| Mike Finn, Seán McGuinness, Cian Quigley, Roch Hanmore, Fearghal Purcell, Gerard Walls | Mike Finn, Seán McGuinness, Cian Quigley, Roch Hanmore, Fearghal Purcell, Gerard Walls | Best | P. Philip, J. Ikupu, S. Susuve, G. Simon, B. Beno, J. James | P. Philip, J. Ikupu, S. Susuve, G. Simon, B. Beno, J. James |
| Ireland scored the last seven goals of the match to complete a big comeback. ||||||
| | Division 2 5th/6th-place Playoff | Division 2 5th/6th-place Playoff | Division 2 5th/6th-place Playoff | | |
| Friday, 26 August 8:30 am | China 6.6 (42) | def. | East Timor 5.5 (35) | Ransford Oval | Report |
| | Division 2 3rd/4th-place Playoff | Division 2 3rd/4th-place Playoff | Division 2 3rd/4th-place Playoff | | |
| Friday, 26 August 8:30 am | Peres Team for Peace 7.15 (57) | def. | India 2.8 (20) | McAllister Oval | Report |
| | Division 2 Grand Final | Division 2 Grand Final | Division 2 Grand Final | | |
| Friday, 26 August 2:30 pm | Fiji 9.8 (62) | def. | France 3.3 (21) | McAllister Oval | Report |

## Women's Fixtures

### 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.

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Monday, 15 August 1:00 pm | Australia 1.1 (7) | def. by | Papua New Guinea 9.3 (57) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Monday, 15 August 3:00 pm | Canada 1.2 (8) | def. by | Ireland 4.7 (31) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Wednesday, 17 August 12:00 pm | Australia 0.0 (0) | def. by | United States 10.12 (72) | Bruce Purser Reserve | Report |
| Wednesday, 17 August 12:00 pm | Papua New Guinea 0.0 (0) | def. by | Canada 3.7 (25) | Bus Loop Oval | Report |
| Thursday, 18 August 5:00 pm | Australia 0.1 (1) | def. by | Ireland 19.13 (127) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Thursday, 18 August 7:00 pm | Papua New Guinea 1.0 (6) | def. by | United States 6.5 (41) | Blacktown International Sportspark 1 | Report |
| Saturday, 20 August 1:00 pm | Papua New Guinea 2.0 (12) | def. by | Ireland 12.8 (80) | Mona Park, Auburn | Report |
| Saturday, 20 August 3:00 pm | Canada 4.5 (29) | def. | United States 1.5 (11) | Mona Park, Auburn | Report |
| Wednesday, 24 August 11:00 am | Australia 2.0 (12) | def. by | Canada 4.8 (32) | McAllister Oval | Report |
| Wednesday, 24 August 1:00 pm | Ireland 5.5 (35) | def. | United States 2.4 (16) | McAllister Oval | Report |
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS |
| 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.

| | 3rd/4th-place Playoff | 3rd/4th-place Playoff | 3rd/4th-place Playoff | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Friday, 26 August 12:30 pm | United States 4.3 (27) | def. | Papua New Guinea 1.2 (8) | Western Oval | Report |
| | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | | |
| Friday, 26 August 2:30 pm | Ireland 5.9 (39) | def. | Canada 1.2 (8) | Ransford Oval | Report |

## World Teams

### Men's World Team

AFL International Cup 2011 Men's World Team :

| B: | Steve Rutledge | Steven Howard | Laijiasa Bolenaivalu |
| - | - | - | - |
| HB: | Penisimani Mahina | Mike Finn (C) | Tshoboko Moagi |
| C: | Paul Sharry | John James | Andrew Marsden |
| HF: | Bayanda Sobetwa | Bryan Dragus | Emmaus Wartovo |
| F: | Ken Sato | Stanis Susuve | Johnny Dagiaro |
| Foll: | Anthony Trigg | Kevin O’Brien | Steve Fashant |
| Int: | Aaron Harris | John Ikupu | Mathias Biron |
| | Steven Matshane | Johan Lantz | Andrew Werner |
| Coach: | Tom Madigan & PNG Coach (not found) | Tom Madigan & PNG Coach (not found) | Tom Madigan & PNG Coach (not found) |

### Women's World Team

AFL International Cup 2011 Women's World Team :

| B: | Caitlin Kidd | Laura Corrigan | Emma MacNeill |
| - | - | - | - |
| HB: | Natlie Behan | Becky Kraft | Erin Le Blanc |
| C: | Taiva Lavai | Marie Keating | Judith Stein (C) |
| HF: | Natalie Daylight | Alang Vinnie Isaac | Courtney Church |
| F: | Gillian Behan | Nuala O’Hagan | Lindsay Kastanek |
| Foll: | Erin Loughnane | Aimee Legault | Emma Kelly |
| Int: | Louise Loughlin | Sarah Ennor | Ashlene Groogan |
| | Jocelyn Tatsie | Jessie Hazen | Monica Rasocha |
| Coach: | Andrew Hickey | Andrew Hickey | Andrew Hickey |
