2008 International Cup
The third Australian Football International Cup will be staged in Warrnambool and Melbourne in August and September 2008.
The event will feature during the Australian Football 150 year celebrations. Matches will be played in Melbourne at Royal Park in Parkviile from Wednesday August 27 with teams in Warrnambool from Sunday August 31 until Thursday September 4. The Grand Final will be played at the MCG as a curtain raiser to one of the finals in week one of the Toyota AFL Finals Series.
Australian Football is played by over 30,000 participants in over 30 countries around the world. From 26th August, over 16 countries will converge in Melbourne and Warrnambool for the third International Cup.
Never before has the Cup hosted this many countries, and the event takes on greater significance this year as Australia celebrates the 150th birthday of its Indigenous game.