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The Euro Cup (formerly known as the EU Cup) is an international
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tournament played between European national teams. Played under
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rules, the tournament was first held at Chiswick in
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in 2005, created by Australian Football International. A women's cup has been played between more than two teams since the 2014 tournament. The Euro Cup is an event hosted annually by
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. Eligibility rules are very strict compared those of other international competitions and are similar to the
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. Generally speaking players must be a citizen of the country they represent and have lived there through roughly
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ages (when most players usually learn the key skills required) ensuring that expatriate Australians are ineligible to compete.


Results


Men's Results


Women's Results


Tournaments


2022 Euro Cup

The 2022 Euro Cup was held in
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. In the Men's Division Germany finished as runners-up, and England won their sixth Euro Cup title. In the Women's Division England finished as runners-up, and Ireland won the 3 in a row to claim their eighth Euro Cup title.


2020 & 2021 Euro Cup (Cancelled)

The 2020 (Stirling, Scotland) and 2021 (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Cups were both cancelled due to the COVID19 Pandemic.


2019 Euro Cup

The 2019 Euro Cup was held in
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. 16 men's and 8 women's teams took part. In the Men's Division Ireland finished as runners-up for the fourth year in a row, and England won their fifth Euro Cup title. Meanwhile, in the Women's Division, a strong Irish side continued the duopoly of titles between them and England, defeating the England Vixens in the final.


2018 Euro Cup

The 2018 Euro Cup was held in
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on Saturday 13 October 2018. 15 men's and a record 9 women's teams took part. In the Men's Division Ireland finished as runners-up for the third year in a row, and to a third different opponent as Denmark won their third Euro Cup title and first since 2015. Meanwhile, in the Women's Division, a strong Irish side continued the duopoly of titles between them and England, defeating the England Vixens in the final 5.3 (33) to 1.3 (8).


2017 Euro Cup

The 2017 Euro Cup was held in
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on Saturday 7 October 2017. 14 men's and 7 women's teams competed including teams from Germany, Austria, Jerusalem, Switzerland, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, France, Croatia, Czech Republic, Russia, England, Wales, Sweden and Denmark. England defeated Ireland 58 to 8 in the men's final with England defeating Ireland 38 to 14 in the women's final.


2016 Euro Cup

The 2016 Euro Cup was held in
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on Saturday 8 October 2016. 15 men's and 7 women's teams competed including teams from Croatia, Wales, Austria, Italy, Ireland, France, Jerusalem, Russia, Germany, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, England, European Crusaders and the Netherlands. Croatia defeated Ireland 53 to 39 in the men's final with Ireland defeating England 16 to 7 in the women's final. Charlie Steel (Scotland) was the men's player of the tournament after recovering from a near career ending collarbone break earlier in the year.


2015 Euro Cup

The 2015 Euro cup was held in
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on Saturday 10 October 2015. 12 men's and 6 women's teams competed including teams from Norway, European Crusaders, Jerusalem, Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, France, Austria, Ireland, England, Denmark, Croatia and Sweden. Denmark defeated England 47 to 26 in the men's final with England defeating Denmark 54 to 6 in the women's final.


2014 Euro Cup

The 2014 Euro Cup was held in
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on Saturday 11 October 2014. 16 men's and 5 women's teams competed including teams from Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, Scotland, France, England, Ireland, Austria, European Crusaders, Croatia, Denmark, Catalunya, Germany, Spain, Wales and Italy. Denmark defeated Croatia 6.4.40 to 2.4.16 in the men's final with Ireland defeating England 5.1.31 to 4.2.26 in the women's final.


2013 Euro Cup

The 2013 EU Cup was held in
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on Saturday 21 September 2013. 12 national men's teams competed including: Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, England, European Crusaders, France, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Norway and Spain. Two women's teams, France and the European Crusaders, competed in a women's match. In the Grand final England defeated France 92–15.


2012 Euro Cup

The 2012 event was held in
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on Saturday 22 September 2012. 16 national men's teams competed including: Croatia, Ireland, England, Italy, Spain, Wales, France, Scotland, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Czech Republic and Norway (first participation). Two women's teams, Ireland and the European Crusaders, competed in a women's match. Ireland defeated Denmark in the final by 1 point.


2011 Euro Cup

The 2011 Euro Cup was held in
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on Saturday 8 October 2011. 18 national men's teams competed in the tournament. Final results were: 1. Ireland, 2. Croatia, 3. England, 4. Italy, 5. France, 6. Scotland, 7. Wales, 8. Spain, 9. European Crusaders, 10. Russia (1st time competitors), 11. Denmark, 12. Germany, 13. Finland, 14. Sweden, 15. Netherlands, 16. Austria, 17. Iceland, 18. Catalonia. Ireland defeated Switzerland in the women's match.


2010 Euro Cup

The 2010 event was held in
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on the outskirts of
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on Saturday 2 October 2010, and the competing teams were
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. 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.


2009 EU Cup

The 2009 event was held in
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on the weekend of 3 to 5 October, and the competing teams were
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, Czech Republic, Andorra, Croatia,
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, The Netherlands, Iceland, Italy, Spain, Ireland and the EU Crusaders. In the final, England defeated Netherlands.


2008 EU Cup

The 2008 event was held in
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on the weekend of 11 and 12 October, and the competing teams were
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, Czech Republic,
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, Catalonia, The Netherlands,
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, Croatia,
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and the EU Crusaders. In the final, England defeated Croatia 107–59.


2007 EU Cup

The 2007 event was held in
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on the weekend of 15 and 16 September, and was won by Sweden who defeated Germany in the final. Twelve teams representing
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Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
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Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
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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.


2005 EU Cup

Ten teams representing
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Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
and
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attended the 2005 EU Cup. There was no restriction on the numbers of
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s 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.


Team record


Participation


See also


References


External links


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