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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