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The goal of the competition is to promote the sport outside Australia. The tournament is the largest international Australian Rules Football event and the only one that is open to Worldwide senior competition. Although Australia , the home and world's strongest nation in the game, does not participate, Melbourne, Australia has hosted all past tournaments. The competition emerged as Australian Rules Football quickly grew in the 1990s. Successful international competition at the Arafura Games between pacific nations led to the concept of an International Cup. The inaugural competition was held in 2002 (in conjunction with the International Australian Football Council ), with 11 countires competing including Canada , Great Britain , Denmark , Ireland , South Africa , Japan , New Zealand , Nauru , Papua New Guinea , Samoa and the United States . Ireland defeated Papua New Guinea in the final. The second Cup was held between August 3 and August 13 , 2005 in Australia. Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Samoa, South Africa, Spain and the United States competed. Papua New Guinea were again runners up, this time defeated by New Zealand by 7.8 (50) to 5.2 (32). Competition is also planned for 2008, with up to 20 nations competing. Possible new qualifiers include Germany , Sweden , Tonga (unlikely as focussing on juniors), France , Argentina (unlikely) and Scotland (who are currently represented by the ''Great Britain'' team - this is likely to remain the case in 2008) and China . INTERNATIONAL CUP COMPETING TEAMS & NICKNAMES Current Competing Teams
Past Competing Teams 2002 RESULTS Final standing from the inaugural competition were: #Ireland #Papua New Guinea #New Zealand #Denmark #USA #Great Britain #Samoa #Nauru #Canada #Japan #South Africa 2005 RESULTS Round 1 results, 2005
Round 2
Round 3 - Sunday 7 August 2005
Round 4 Tuesday 9 August 2005 at Wangaratta
Semifinals
Qualifying finals round
Minor placing finals
Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Best and Fairest medal was awarded to New Zealand's James Bowden. 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. PNG
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USA
Japan South Africa
Ireland
Great Britain
Spain
Samoa
Canada
Tournament Best & Fairest Winners
RANKING AFTER THE 2005 AFL INTERNATIONAL CUP
(Denmark and Nauru competed in 2002 but withdrew from the 2005 tournament for financial reasons) SEE ALSO
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