EU Cup
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- See also: Australian rules football in Europe
The EU Cup is an international Australian rules football tournament played between European national teams. Played under 9-a-side Footy rules, the tournament was first held at Chiswick Rugby Club in London, England in 2005 as an extension of the Central 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 the Australian 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 of Aussie Rules International.
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[edit] 2010 EU Cup
The 2010 event was held in Parabiago on the outskirts of Milan, Italy on Saturday 2nd October 2010, and the competing teams were Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, EU Crusaders, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Wales.
In the final Croatia defeated the Netherlands by 5 points.
For the first time a women's international match took place during the competition. Ireland defeated Italy by 10 points in the one-off match.
[edit] 2009 EU Cup
The 2009 event was held in Samobor, Croatia on the weekend of October 3 to 5, and the competing teams were England, Finland, Czech Republic, Andorra, Croatia, France, Scotland, Austria, Germany, The Netherlands, Iceland, Italy, Spain, Ireland and the EU Crusaders.
In the final, England defeated Netherlands.
[edit] 2008 EU Cup
The 2008 event was held in Prague, Czech Republic on the weekend of October 11 and 12, and the competing teams were 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.
[edit] 2007 EU Cup
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 representing Austria, 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.
[edit] 2005 EU Cup
Ten teams representing Scotland, England, Germany, Sweden, Israel, Netherlands, France, Austria, Catalonia and Belgium attended the 2005 EU Cup.
There was no restriction on the numbers of expatriate Australians 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.
