2005 Australian Football International Cup

2005 Australian Football International Cup
2005 AFL International Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	3 August – 13 August
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up	Papua New Guinea
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Ireland

The 2005 Australian Football International Cup was the second time that the Australian Football International Cup tournament, an international Australian rules football competition was held.

The event was hosted by both Melbourne and Wangaratta, Australia in 2005.

10 nations participated following the late withdrawal of both Nauru and Denmark and the introduction of Spain.

All sides were scheduled to play 4 games, after which the top 4 sides played off in semi-finals for a berth in the Grand Final decider. The Grand Final was between Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Both sides went through the tournament undefeated. It was played as a curtain raiser to an official Australian Football League premiership season match and was replayed on Fox Sports (Australia) and the Fox Footy Channel.

Tournament results

Round 1

(Wednesday 3 August 2005)


Japan	88 - 17	Spain	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
13 10	Goals Behinds	2 5	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


Ireland	31 - 23	Canada	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
4 7	Goals Behinds	3 5	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


United States	62 - 34	South Africa	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
9 8	Goals Behinds	4 10	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


New Zealand	56 - 22	Great Britain	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
8 8	Goals Behinds	3 4	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


Papua New Guinea	59 - 42	Samoa	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
8 11	Goals Behinds	6 6	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Round 2

(Friday 5 August 2005)


New Zealand	105 - 3	Spain	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
15 15	Goals Behinds	0 3	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


Papua New Guinea	41 - 27	Canada	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
5 11	Goals Behinds	4 3	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


USA	17 - 13	Ireland	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
2 5	Goals Behinds	1 7	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


South Africa	30 - 28	Japan	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
4 6	Goals Behinds	4 4	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


Samoa	78 - 8	Great Britain	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
12 6	Goals Behinds	1 2	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Round 3

(Sunday 7 August 2005)


Ireland	69 - 10	South Africa	Stadium: TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria
10 9	Goals Behinds	1 4	Stadium: TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria


USA	41 - 12	Spain	Stadium: TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria
5 11	Goals Behinds	2 0	Stadium: TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria


Samoa	46 - 42	Canada	Stadium: Optus Oval, Carlton, Victoria
7 4	Goals Behinds	6 6	Stadium: Optus Oval, Carlton, Victoria


New Zealand	79 - 6	Japan	Stadium: TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria
11 13	Goals Behinds	1 0	Stadium: TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria


Papua New Guinea	59 - 14	Great Britain	Stadium: Optus Oval, Carlton, Victoria
8 11	Goals Behinds	2 2	Stadium: Optus Oval, Carlton, Victoria

Round 4

(Tuesday 9 August 2005)


Ireland	53 - 6	Japan	Stadium: City Oval, Wangaratta, Victoria
7 11	Goals Behinds	1 0	Stadium: City Oval, Wangaratta, Victoria


Great Britain	25 - 23	Canada	Stadium: Wangaratta Showgrounds, Wangaratta, Victoria
3 7	Goals Behinds	3 5	Stadium: Wangaratta Showgrounds, Wangaratta, Victoria


Papua New Guinea	47 - 46	USA	Stadium: City Oval, Wangaratta, Victoria
7 5	Goals Behinds	7 4	Stadium: City Oval, Wangaratta, Victoria


South Africa	84 - 13	Spain	Stadium: City Oval, Wangaratta, Victoria
12 12	Goals Behinds	2 1	Stadium: City Oval, Wangaratta, Victoria


New Zealand	98 - 27	Samoa	Stadium: Wangaratta Showgrounds, Wangaratta, Victoria
16 2	Goals Behinds	4 3	Stadium: Wangaratta Showgrounds, Wangaratta, Victoria

Ladder after four rounds

	TEAM	W	L	PF	PA	%
1	New Zealand	4	0	338	58	582.76
2	Papua New Guinea	4	0	206	129	159.69
3	Ireland	3	1	166	56	296.42
4	USA	3	1	166	106	156.60
5	Samoa	2	2	193	207	93.24
6	South Africa	2	2	158	172	91.86
7	Japan	1	3	128	179	71.51
8	Great Britain	1	3	69	216	31.94
9	Canada	0	4	115	143	80.42
10	Spain	0	4	45	318	14.15
Key: W = Won, L = Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, % = Goal average

Semifinals

(Thursday 11 August 2005)


New Zealand	64 - 46	USA	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
10 4	Goals Behinds	7 4	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


Papua New Guinea	34 - 25	Ireland	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
5 4	Goals Behinds	3 7	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Qualifying finals round

(Thursday 11 August 2005)


Canada	Canada won by forfeit	Spain	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


Great Britain	63 - 23	Japan	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
9 9	Goals Behinds	3 5	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria


Samoa	50 - 21	South Africa	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria
7 8	Goals Behinds	3 3	Stadium: Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Minor placing finals

(Saturday 13 August 2005)

Seventh place
	Canada	29 - 18	South Africa	Stadium: Optus Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria
	4 5	Goals Behinds	2 6	Stadium: Optus Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Fifth place
	Samoa	27 - 15	Great Britain	Stadium: TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria
	3 9	Goals Behinds	2 3	Stadium: TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Ninth place
	Japan	73 - 13	Spain	Stadium: Optus Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria
	11 7	Goals Behinds	2 1	Stadium: Optus Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Third place
	USA	65 - 30	Ireland	Stadium: TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria
	10 5	Goals Behinds	4 6	Stadium: TEAC Oval, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Grand final

(Saturday 13 August 2005)


New Zealand	50 - 32	Papua New Guinea	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 48,287 ^[A]
7 8	Goals Behinds	5 2

The Grand Final was replayed on Fox Sports (Australia) and the Fox Footy Channel.

The Best and Fairest medal was awarded to New Zealand's James Bowden.

^A Grand Final was played as a curtain raiser to the round 20 AFL match between Collingwood vs Carlton, so this figure is the total crowd for the match, although not all spectators were inside the stadium at the start or conclusion of the curtain raiser event.

Final standings

New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
USA
Ireland
Samoa
Great Britain
Canada
South Africa
Japan
Spain

2005 Australian Football International Cup All Stars Team

Like the All-Australian Team in the Australian Football League, a team selected from the best players in the International Cup was selected.

Player	Nation	Club
Navu Maha	Papua New Guinea	Centrals
David Gavara-Nanu	Papua New Guinea	New Ireland
Stanley Tapend	Papua New Guinea	Enga
Alister Sioni	Papua New Guinea	West New Britain
Richard Bradley	New Zealand	Eastern Blues
Craig Ashton	New Zealand	Takapuna Eagles
James Bowden	New Zealand	Eastern Blues
Andrew Congalton	New Zealand	Takapuna Eagles
Todd Danks	New Zealand	North Shore Tigers
James Brunmeier	United States	Milwaukee Bombers
Donnie Lucero	United States	Orange County Bombers
Michito Sakaki	Japan	Waseda University
Mtutuzeli Hlomela	South Africa	Eldorado Park
Steven Malinga	South Africa	Itoseng
Clifford Richardson	Ireland	Edinburgh Old Town Bloods
Mike Finn	Ireland
Rob Burgess	Great Britain	Wandsworth Demons
Jose Francisco Lorente	Spain	Madrid Bears
Fia Tootoo	Samoa	Moorabbin Kangaroos / Fasitoo-Uta Tigers
Mateta Kirisome	Samoa	Fasitoo-Uta Tigers
Rob McEwan	Canada	Windsor Mariners
Paul Loghanne	Canada	Mississauga Demons

IC2005 All-International Team
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Coach:	Not Named

Tournament Best & Fairest winners

Player	Nation	Club
Navu Maha	Papua New Guinea	Centrals
Fia Tootoo	Samoa	Moorabbin Kangaroos / Fasitoo-Uta Tigers

References

External links

Australian Football International Cup

Tournaments	2002 2005 2008 2011 2014

Participants	Canada China Denmark East Timor Fiji Finland France India Ireland Israel and Palestine Japan Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa South Africa Spain Sweden Tonga United Kingdom United States

Countries playing Australian rules football

Africa	Botswana Ghana Kenya Senegal South Africa Uganda Western Sahara

Americas	Argentina Bermuda Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile United States

Asia and the Middle East	Bahrain Brunei Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iraq Israel Japan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Singapore Thailand United Arab Emirates Vietnam

Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Catalonia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Russia Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland Wales

Oceania	Australia Fiji Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu

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