On 15th December 1999 IAFC and AFL representatives met in Melbourne to discuss the proposed World Cup. Please note that your feedback is required by no later than 15 February 2000. Papua New Guinea have won all three gold medals, defeating New Zealand in the final on each occasion. It is planned to have 12 teams from six continents competing in 2002 - Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa and Oceania. Teams likely to compete include Great Britain, Denmark, Ireland, Argentina, South Africa, Japan, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Nauru.
Entries are only open to national teams.
It is hoped that all teams will be hosted by a VFL or AFL club. The AFL will be approached to provide resources such as umpires, balls and media exposure via their official website and contacts. We also hope they will agree to some matches being curtain raisers to AFL matches, particularly the World Cup Final. The countries who signed the founding document were New Zealand, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Japan. The IAFC was formed to bring together the people, organisations, clubs and leagues who play or are involved with Australian Football internationally.