2014 Australian Football International Cup
The 2014 Australian Football International Cup was the fifth edition of the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition run by 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. Men's 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 a single ladder. Ladder Till Day 3. 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 the remainder of the tournament, and the 13th-placed team onwards will play in Division 2. Semi Finals  (Day 4). "Note: Ladder positions in this section refer to standings after Day 3 of the tournament." Final Division Ladders. Division 1 Division 2 Positional Finals (Days 5 & 6). "Note: Ladder positions in this section refer to standings after Day 4 of the tournament (above)." Women's Tournament. For the second consecutive time, there was a concurrent Women's tournament alongside the Men's competition. Seven teams participated from five countries - the United States and Canada both fielded two teams. Round-Robin Matches. Each team played four matches across five matchdays. Matches played on Saturday 16 August - the "Community Round