- EU Cup
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Australian rules football in Europe "The EU Cup is an internationalAustralian rules football tournament played between European national teams. Played under9-a-side Footy rules, the tournament was first held at Chiswick Rugby Club inLondon ,England in 2005 as an extension of theCentral European Australian Football League Championships . The event has to date been mainly contested by European nations not yet at the stage of having enough players to attend theAustralian Football International Cup , as having a smaller squad size makes it easier to attend.The 2005 EU Cup was also the event which saw the creation of
Aussie Rules Europe , a branch ofAussie Rules International .2008 EU Cup
The 2008 event will be held in
Prague ,Czech Republic on the weekend of October 11 and 12, and the competing teams will be England, Finland, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Catalonia, The Netherlands, Scotland, Croatia, Sweden, Austria and the EU Crusaders.In the final, England defeated Croatia 107-59.2007 EU Cup
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2007 EU Cup Australian rules football "The 2007 event was held in
Hamburg ,Germany on the weekend of September 15 and 16, and was won by Sweden who defeated Germany in the final. Twelve teams representingAustria ,Belgium ,Catalonia ,Czech Republic ,England ,Finland ,France ,Germany ,Netherlands ,Spain ,Sweden and a team called EU Crusaders attended the 2007 EU Cup. This tournament limited squad sizes to 15 players, of which no more than ten could be Australians.2005 EU Cup
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2005 EU Cup Australian rules football "Ten teams representing
Scotland ,England ,Germany ,Sweden ,Israel ,Netherlands ,France ,Austria ,Catalonia andBelgium attended the 2005 EU Cup.There was no restriction on the numbers of
expatriate Australian s competing in the event, but a handicap system was put in places whereby sides received a 2 point handicap for each local national and 1 point for each other non-Australian in their squads.The tournament was won by Belgium who defeated Sweden in the final.
External links
* [http://www.aussieruleseurope.com Aussie Rules Europe]
* [http://www.australian-football.eu Official site of the 2007 EU Cup]
* [http://www.aussierulesuk.com/eucup/ Official site of the 2005 EU Cup]
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