The Atlantic Alliance Cup is an international
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
tournament run every 3 years. The inaugural tournament pitted clubs and national teams from the North Atlantic together.
History
Like the
Australian Football International Cup, the event does not allow ex-patriate Australians to play, and all players must be born in and have played for their respective countries.
The only cup was held in London between 6–15 October 2001 and included national teams from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Denmark.
Ireland's national team won the event in convincing fashion, defeating Denmark in the
Grand Final.
The 2004 tournament was cancelled due to lack of funds from Denmark, Ireland and Great Britain, and it was from this that the
49th Parallel Cup
The 49th Parallel Cup (formerly PanAm Cup) is an annual representative Australian rules football match between the United States and Canada first contested in 1999. Since 2007 the women's teams have also contested the cup.
The men's matches are ...
was started between the US and Canada.
The 2007 tournament was never seriously contemplated and the series appears to be in limbo.
See also
References
External links
International Australian rules football tournaments
Australian rules football competitions in Europe
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