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 .
16-740: The Orange County Giants is a United States Australian Football League team, based in Orange County, California , United States . It was founded in 1998. They play in the Californian Australian Football League . 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
32-529: A larger group known as Division 1. These teams would remain in contention for the International Cup title. The remaining six were regrouped in the same way, into two subgroups of Division 2. These teams would compete for a secondary prize. The structure of the groups was as follows: Division 1 teams played one match against each team in their respective groups. Division 2 teams played one match against each team in their respective groups, as well as
48-489: A single "cross-over" match against a team in the opposite group. At the conclusion of Round 2, the teams were once again re-seeded based on their performance in the previous round; the teams in Division 1 were seeded in positions 1-12, and the teams in Division 2 in positions 13–18. These matches were played at the same time as the final round 2 Division 2 matches; the Division 2 teams did not participate in this round. In
64-498: 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,
80-770: 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
96-666: The Australian Football League . It was contested between 12 and 27 August 2011 by 18 nations, with games played in both Melbourne and Sydney . Two matches were played as curtain raisers to AFL premiership matches, USA vs South Africa at Stadium Australia and the IC Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . Ireland won its second men's championship, and the inaugural women's championship (Ryan Aslett Cup). On 1 July 2011,
112-586: The AFL confirmed the 18 men's teams that would participate in the 2011 International Cup: 17 of these clubs represented single nations, and one (the Peres Team for Peace) represented both Israel and the Palestinian Territories . As well as the above Men's teams, for the first time in the history of the tournament, there was also a Women's competition, with five teams participating: Before
128-621: 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. 2011 Australian Football International Cup The 2011 Australian Football International Cup (also known as the AFL International Cup 2011 or IC11 ) is the fourth edition of the Australian Football International Cup , an international Australian rules football competition run by
144-557: 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
160-471: 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
176-648: 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
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#1732791196368192-573: 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
208-404: 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
224-725: The tournament, the 18 clubs were seeded into six groups of three, ranked based on previous performance in International Cups, or in the case of the newer teams, at the discretion of the AFL: The first round of matches was played with modified rules, most significantly the reduction of game length to two-quarters, in the same manner as the 2011 NAB Cup . At the conclusion of Round 1, the best two teams from each Group were regrouped into four groups of three teams, based on Win-Draw-Loss performance and Percentage in Round 1, all within
240-496: 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
256-492: 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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