2011 AFL International Cup Draw

Following the June 30 close of nominations for the 2011 International Cup, the AFL has released the final draw and full itinerary.

2011 International Cup Draw
Full Itinerary

Features of the draw include:
A men’s seeding round on the first day with teams being fed into pools and playing each other in a NAB Cup format (shortened games of 2 x 15 minute halves with a 10 minute half-time and 20 minute break between matches)
The top two teams ranked in each pool according to their performance in the seeding round based on wins, losses and percentage will advance to Division 1. The bottom team in each pool will compete in Division 2
There will be 12 places in Division 1 and 6 places in Division 2
There will be one Women’s Division
There will be prize-money on offer for the top three place-getters in Men’s Division 1, the Winner of Men’s Division 2 and the top two place-getters of the Women’s Division
Sunday August 14 is a free day
All teams will have the same number of days break across the tournament - nine in total - with Division 1 Grand Finalists, ten
The Division 1 ranking after the seeding round will determine a team’s match sequence and as a result the number of rest days in between games will vary between teams
There will be a curtain raiser played on Sunday August 21 at ANZ stadium and a Parade of Nations at half time. Team selection for this game will follow the Seeding Round on day one
Community Round: mid-week games in Sydney will be played at a variety of venues around Sydney enabling teams to connect to local communities
Final teams for IC11 Men’s and rankings are:
1. PNG
2. New Zealand
3. South Africa
4. Ireland
5. Nauru
6. Canada
7. USA
8. Japan
9. Great Britain
10. Denmark
11. Sweden
12. Tonga
13. Peace Team
14. Fiji
15. East Timor
16. China
17. India
18. France

Final teams for IC11 Women’s and rankings are:
1. PNG
2. Aust
3. Canada
4. Ireland
5. USA

The AFL welcomes for the first time men’s teams from Fiji, East Timor and France while welcoming Tonga into the main draw and five women’s teams for the first time representing PNG, USA, Canada, Ireland and an Australian Indigenous/Multicultural team.

RANKINGS MEN'S DRAW
The first 11 places were ranked on previous performance in 2008 while 12 to 18 were ranked at AFL discretion given they are either new teams or at the beginning of an in country development program.

RANKINGS WOMEN'S DRAW
Given there is no International Cup history, rankings were random and drawn out of a hat.

PRIZE MONEY
Nominal Prize money has been introduced for the first time to assist in the development of the game on the team’s return to their country. Prize money will be awarded by way of a grant to the recipient countries for the 2012 season.

The breakdown is as follows:
Men’s Division 1
• First Place $6,000
• Second Place $3,000
• Third Place $1,750

Men’s Division 2
• First Place $1,000

Women’s Division 1
• First Place $2,000
• Second Place $1,000
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