The United States Australian Football League ( USAFL ) is the governing body for Australian rules football in the United States . It was conceived in 1996 and organized in 1997. It is based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin .
15-635: The Indianapolis Giants is a United States Australian Football League team, based in Indianapolis , United States. It was founded in 2013. They play in the USAFL . This article about an Australian rules football team or club is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . United States Australian Football League As of 2011, there were over 1,000 registered USAFL players. There are 48 member clubs, of which 47 have men's teams (all except North Star Blue Ox) and 25 have women's teams. Most of
30-602: A single ladder. * These matches are to be played as curtain-raisers to various metropolitan and country football matches around Victoria. The top four teams at the end of Day 3 progress to the International Cup Semi-finals. The other teams will play another match, depending on their ladder position, with those results added to the Ladder to decide Day 5 matchups. The 5th to 12th-placed teams will play in Division 1 for
45-492: The 2008 Australian Football International Cup , where the Revolution finished 7th out of 16 countries. At the 2011 Australian Football International Cup , the Revolution finished 4th in an increased field of 18 countries. The Revolution finished 8th at the 2014 Australian Football International Cup , again with 18 countries participating. They would come in 4th at the 2017 Australian Football International Cup which, as of 2024,
60-732: The Australian Football International Cup . As of the last edition in 2023, the Revolution men have won eleven of the twelve meetings against the Canada Northwind, while the Freedom women have fallen to the Canada Northern Lights in five of seven contests. The Revolution competed in the 2002 Australian Football International Cup , finishing 5th out of 11 countries and in the 2005 Australian Football International Cup finishing 3rd out of 10 countries. They competed in
75-697: The Australian Football League . It was contested between Saturday August 9 to Saturday August 23, with games played in Melbourne . All three previous champions (Ireland, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea) participated in the tournament. There are 18 nations competing in the 2014 Tournament. Of these, 15 competed in the previous tournament ; Indonesia and Pakistan make their debuts, while Finland return having previously competed in 2008 . The teams were seeded into three pools of six to decide which teams would play each other, though all teams will be ranked on
90-712: The AFL to sustain the international Aussie Rules game until the International Cup could be restored. Both American teams would advance to the Grand Final, and both would lose to Ireland. 2014 Australian Football International Cup The 2014 Australian Football International Cup (also known as the AFL International Cup 2014 or IC14 ) was the fifth edition of the Australian Football International Cup , an international Australian rules football competition run by
105-537: The Central, East and West regional tournaments. The USAFL selects the national men's ( USA Revolution ) and women's ( USA Freedom ) teams for competitions such as the Australian Football International Cup and the 49th Parallel Cup . The first match between two local US clubs was played in 1996 between Cincinnati and Louisville . In the first year the Mid American Australian Football League
120-466: The Freedom finished fourth at the 2017 Australian Football International Cup while the Liberty went 3-2 in five matches against teams from various leagues in and around Melbourne. After the postponement and subsequent cancellation of the International Cup in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024, both the Revolution and Freedom took part in the 2024 AFL Transatlantic Cup , one of three regional tournaments scheduled by
135-548: The Men's competition. Seven teams participated from five countries - the United States and Canada both fielded two teams. Each team played four matches across five matchdays. Matches played on Saturday 16 August - the "Community Round" of the tournament - were played as curtain-raisers to other amateur Metropolitan and Country football matches to be confirmed; all other games in the round-robin were held at Royal Park, Melbourne . After
150-628: The co-ordination of the National Teams, the USA Revolution men's team and the USA Freedom women's team. The team plays in international tournaments and exhibition matches against other countries. National team players are selected from the best US-born players from the club teams across the country. With close proximity to Canada, the Revolution & Freedom participate in the annual 49th Parallel Cup against Canada each year except for years of
165-501: The football clubs in the United States have a traditional 18-a-side team for representative purposes and multiple 9-a-side teams running in a local league. Each year the USAFL holds a National club championship , a tournament open to all clubs across the nation, the largest of its type in the world for the sport. In addition to the Nationals, the USAFL holds major regional tournaments including
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#1732899040769180-417: The remainder of the tournament, and the 13th-placed team onwards will play in Division 2. Note: Ladder positions in this section refer to standings after Day 3 of the tournament. Division 1 Division 2 Note: Ladder positions in this section refer to standings after Day 4 of the tournament (above). For the second consecutive time, there was a concurrent Women's tournament alongside
195-404: The same year. The United States Australian Football League (USAFL) was formed in 1997 to govern the code in the country. The involvement of many well-known Australians has helped boost the relations between the USAFL and AFL. In the early days, Paul Roos was a key figure. Robert DiPierdomenico , Leigh Matthews and Michael Voss are official USAFL ambassadors. USAFL is responsible for
210-490: Was formed. Many of the local players had found out about the game in the 1980s on television via the then-nascent ESPN cable network. Although the local game grew, ESPN no longer broadcast AFL matches, and in response the lobby group, Australian Football Association of North America was formed. In 1997, the first club national championships were held in Cincinnati. Nashville hosted the first Australian Grand Final Festival in
225-486: Was the last edition. After completing a tour of Australia in 2009, the Freedom were one of five teams to compete in the first International Cup Women's Division at the 2011 Australian Football International Cup , finishing third. At the 2014 Australian Football International Cup , the Freedom finished in third place again while a reserves team, the USA Liberty, came in last of the seven competing teams. Three years later,
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