2005 Australian Football International Cup

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Short description 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.

New Zealand were crowned international champions for the first time.

Tournament results

Round 1

(Wednesday 3 August 2005)

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

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

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

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

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

Round 2

(Friday 5 August 2005)

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

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

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

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

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

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Round 3

(Sunday 7 August 2005)

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

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

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

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

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

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Round 4

(Tuesday 9 August 2005)

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

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	Template:Flagicon Great Britain	25–23	Template:Flagicon Canada	Stadium: The Showgrounds, Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
	3 7	Goals Behinds	3 5

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

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

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	Template:Flagicon New Zealand	98–27	Template:Flagicon Samoa	Stadium: The Showgrounds, Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
	16 2	Goals Behinds	4 3

Semifinals

(Thursday 11 August 2005)

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

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

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Qualifying finals round

(Thursday 11 August 2005)

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

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

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

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Minor placing finals

(Saturday 13 August 2005)

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

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

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

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

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Grand final

(Saturday 13 August 2005)

	Template:Flagicon New Zealand	50–32	Template:Flagicon Papua New Guinea	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 48,287
	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.

Note: the 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

1. Template:Flagicon New Zealand
2. Template:Flagicon Papua New Guinea
3. Template:Flagicon USA
4. Template:Flagicon Ireland
5. Template:Flagicon Samoa
6. Template:Flagicon Great Britain
7. Template:Flagicon Canada
8. Template:Flagicon South Africa
9. Template:Flagicon Japan
10. Template:Flagicon 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. Team members were unplaced and not allocated to any specific field position.

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

Tournament Best & Fairest winners

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

External links

• http://www.aussierulesinternational.com
• Australian Football International Cup, 2005–World Footy News review of all matches
• Match results from the Footy Record