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The governing body for Australian Football in Europe was founded in Frankfurt in January 2010; the body was initially called the European Australian Football Association, but changed its name to AFL Europe at a general assembly meeting in Milan in October of the same year. [1] It currently has 22 member nations.
AFL Europe is the regional governing body for Australian rules football in Europe. As of 2018, it organises the AFL Europe Championship and the Euro Cup , and previously managed the European Legion representative team as well being responsible for the organisation of the ANZAC Cup, Fitzpatrick Cup and AFL Europe Champions League.
Exhibition matches in Australian rules football have been used to promote the game as a demonstration sport outside of its heartlands in Australia.. Since its Victorian origin in 1859, the sport's beginnings in other states and territories (then separate colonies including New Zealand) has contributed to such matches being played since the 1880s, while the sports origins in other countries has ...
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football.It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897.
The AFL also hope to develop the game in other countries to the point where Australian football is played at an international level by top-quality sides from around the world. The AFL has hosted an International Cup regularly every three years, beginning in 2002, with the third game in 2008 corresponding to the 150th anniversary of the code. [167]
In 2014 the Port Malmö Lynx women's team was born. In 2015 the Lynx played their first matches as Skåne against the Odense Lionesses. The Lynx participated in the AFL Europe Champions league 2106-2109 inclusive placing second in 2016, with respectable placings 2017-2019. Many Lynx players have represented the Swedish Ravens at the European level.
The league is an international affiliate of the Australian Football League and a founding member of the European governing body, AFL Europe. [2] The league is not affiliated with the Gaelic Athletic Association or the International Rules Series.
They have also competed in the AFL Europe Championship since 2010, with 3rd place being their best result, and in the 2017 Australian Football International Cup finishing 12th. In addition to playing, Germany has hosted several international events, including the 2007 Euro Cup in Hamburg and the 2023 and 2024 Euro Cups in Kiel .