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2005 Australian Football International Cup

FieldValue
tourney_nameAustralian Football International Cup
year2005
other_titles2005 AFL International Cup
countryAustralia
dates3 August – 13 August 2005
num_teams10
champion_other
count1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
prevseason*[2002 Australian Football International Cup](2002-australian-football-international-cup)*
nextseason*[2008 Australian Football International Cup](2008-australian-football-international-cup)*

| 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)

13
10Goals
Behinds2
5
4
7Goals
Behinds3
5
9
8Goals
Behinds4
10
8
8Goals
Behinds3
4
8
11Goals
Behinds6
6

Round 2

(Friday 5 August 2005)

15
15Goals
Behinds0
3
5
11Goals
Behinds4
3
2
5Goals
Behinds1
7
4
6Goals
Behinds4
4
12
6Goals
Behinds1
2

Round 3

(Sunday 7 August 2005)

10
9Goals
Behinds1
4
5
11Goals
Behinds2
0
7
4Goals
Behinds6
6
11
13Goals
Behinds1
0
8
11Goals
Behinds2
2

Round 4

(Tuesday 9 August 2005)

7
11Goals
Behinds1
0
3
7Goals
Behinds3
5
7
5Goals
Behinds7
4
12
12Goals
Behinds2
1
16
2Goals
Behinds4
3

Ladder after four rounds

Semifinals

(Thursday 11 August 2005)

10
4Goals
Behinds7
4
5
4Goals
Behinds3
7

Qualifying finals round

(Thursday 11 August 2005)

9
9Goals
Behinds3
5
7
8Goals
Behinds3
3

Minor placing finals

(Saturday 13 August 2005)

4
5Goals
Behinds2
6
3
9Goals
Behinds2
3
11
7Goals
Behinds2
1
10
5Goals
Behinds4
6

Grand final

(Saturday 13 August 2005)

7
8Goals
Behinds5
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. New Zealand New Zealand
  2. Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
  3. United States USA
  4. Ireland Ireland
  5. Samoa Samoa
  6. United Kingdom Great Britain
  7. Canada Canada
  8. South Africa South Africa
  9. Japan Japan
  10. Spain 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.

PlayerNationClub
Navu Maha
David Gavara-Nanu
Stanley Tapend
Alister Sioni
Richard Bradley
Craig Ashton
James Bowden
Andrew Congalton
Todd Danks
James Brunmeier
Donnie Lucero
Michito Sakaki
Mtutuzeli Hlomela
Steven Malinga
Clifford Richardson
Mike Finn
Jonny Boyle
Jose Francisco Lorente
Fia Tootoo
Mateta Kirisome
Rob McEwan
Paul Loghanne

Tournament Best & Fairest winners

PlayerNationClub
Navu Maha
Fia Tootoo

References

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