International Development

[RedV3x]

Seeing that minimal AFL funds flow to them anyhow.

Thus funding will have almost zero effect on Australian Football overseas.
Funding has facilitated growth in certain areas but funding of the leagues themselves is zero.
Whilst funding withdrawal will have have zero effect the moratorium on playing
will steal momentum from some leagues especially the newly formed or lowly numbered.
Australian Football overseas exists on the hard work of volunteers not the AFL.

 

[TWLS]

Thus funding will have almost zero effect on Australian Football overseas.
Funding has facilitated growth in certain areas but funding of the leagues themselves is zero.
Whilst funding withdrawal will have have zero effect the moratorium on playing
will steal momentum from some leagues especially the newly formed or lowly numbered.
Australian Football overseas exists on the hard work of volunteers not the AFL.

Still it will be interesting to see if any cuts happen - Particularly AFL Europe.

 

[RedV3x]

Still it will be interesting to see if any cuts happen - Particularly AFL Europe.

I'm not an expert on the figures but....
The last I knew there four development officers in Europe and maybe some trainees.
AFL Europe provided organisation, goal posts and the development of local umpires. That legacy will remain.
AFL Canada received some funding to facilitate it's growth. That growth will probably continue but slower paced.
AFL Canada had a program to train people to train teachers to develop football in schools.
My impression of AFL Asia funding was someone in AFL House. I see AFL Asia possibly suffering for economic reasons not funding.
The AFL has done a lot of development with development officers but this is confused with aid.
The RSA, PNG and the South Pacific have football development as part of aid.

 

[Our Game]

Is the South African experiment still going or has it stopped?

 

[Gigantor]

Is the South African experiment still going or has it stopped?

Minimal news coming out of Sth Africa for 5+ years now.
If it exists, it's hanging by a thread.

 

[RedV3x]

Is the South African experiment still going or has it stopped?

The investment has stopped but the leagues have matured.

 

[TWLS]

AFL South Africa----
Extracted from the 2019 AFL Annual Report.
Not much info below but it appears that numbers have increased.

AFL South Africa continued to run FootyWILD programs in townships across South Africa and saw significant growth (51 per cent increase) with more than 52,000 participants.

 

[TWLS]

Checking back on the AFL Annual Reports over a period we only found the recent ones commencing in 2017 had references to FootyWild in South Africa.
Prior to 2017 the last year a figure for AFLSA was shown in was 2012.
So it appears the AFL has perhaps shown more recent interest in South African footy with possibly increased junior funding, which may explain the later mentions.
Whatever happened the figures below indicate growth since 2017.

2017 International Report.
International participation also enjoyed a significant increase of 25.19 per cent in 2017, reaching a high of 170,744 participants.
More than 26,000 participants took part in FootyWild programs in South Africa.

2018 International Report.
Participation grew by eight per cent with more than 185,000 participants, including more than 81,000 females (44 per cent of the overall total).
AFL South Africa continued to run FootyWILD programs in townships across South Africa and attracted nearly 35,000 participants (21 per cent increase).

2019 International Report.
AFL South Africa continued to run FootyWILD programs in townships across South Africa and saw significant growth (51 per cent increase) with more than 52,000 participants.

 

[RedV3x]

Checking back on the AFL Annual Reports over a period we only found the recent ones commencing in 2017 had references to FootyWild in South Africa.
Prior to 2017 the last year a figure for AFLSA was shown in was 2012.
So it appears the AFL has perhaps shown more recent interest in South African footy with possibly increased junior funding, which may explain the later mentions.
Whatever happened the figures below indicate growth since 2017.

2017 International Report.
International participation also enjoyed a significant increase of 25.19 per cent in 2017, reaching a high of 170,744 participants.
More than 26,000 participants took part in FootyWild programs in South Africa.

2018 International Report.
Participation grew by eight per cent with more than 185,000 participants, including more than 81,000 females (44 per cent of the overall total).
AFL South Africa continued to run FootyWILD programs in townships across South Africa and attracted nearly 35,000 participants (21 per cent increase).

2019 International Report.
AFL South Africa continued to run FootyWILD programs in townships across South Africa and saw significant growth (51 per cent increase) with more than 52,000 participants.

Originally the development of Australian Football was due to a quadripartite. How many stakeholders is left is anyone's guess.
Cricket may have joined to get some use out of their grounds - who knows.

 

[TWLS]

Here is an interesting development for Footy in Europe. It appears that NAB who are one of the big 4 banks in Australia are increasing their sponsorship of the game in Europe in conjunction with AFL Europe.
NAB are very involved with the sport in Australia at all levels. They are now spread around the world at a corporate level including England.
They will be sponsoring The Festival of Football this September subject to COVID19 restrictions in various European countries.

National Australia Bank Major Partner for Festival of Football • AFL Europe

The AFL Europe community is preparing to 'come together' for an Australian Football tournament like we have never seen before.

afleurope.org

 

[TWLS]

Here is a follow up article to the above news.
10 Countries fronted up for the NAB Sponsored festival with included Bulgaria of all places.
All the Countries looking forward to 2021 season. Resilient would be the operative word to describe that attitude.

Festival of Football Recap

After several months of competitive footy being put on hold, countries finally saw a return to action last Saturday, 26th of September.

afleurope.org

 

[BringBackTorps]

Gold Coast have recruited a PNG 19 y.o. as a Rookie, H. Oea.

Academy Ace gets his chance to shine - AFL Queensland

The Gold Coast SUNS today announced the promotion of International Scholarship holder Hewago Paul Oea to the club’s Rookie List (Category B) for the 2021 season. Affectionately known as Ace, the 19-year-old is a talented footballer who originates from Papua…Read more ›

www.aflq.com.au

AF is growing in PNG- it was the main football code up to the late 70's, but RL telecasts into the nation have resulted in RL becoming the dominant sport.

 

[TWLS]

Gold Coast have recruited a PNG 19 y.o. as a Rookie, H. Oea.

Academy Ace gets his chance to shine - AFL Queensland

The Gold Coast SUNS today announced the promotion of International Scholarship holder Hewago Paul Oea to the club’s Rookie List (Category B) for the 2021 season. Affectionately known as Ace, the 19-year-old is a talented footballer who originates from Papua…Read more ›

www.aflq.com.au

AF is growing in PNG- it was the main football code up to the late 70's, but RL telecasts into the nation have resulted in RL becoming the dominant sport.

The International game needs this situation - If he goes well that is a good thing publicity wise.

 

[TWLS]

AFL Europe does compile a list of countries that have active teams currently. We have not had a look at this list for several years.
It is obvious growth is occurring in the region in some areas, and there are a few surprises for us, and we should note this is not the complete original list.
Surprises In rough alphabetical order.
Bulgaria (2) - New Country.
Croatia (10) - Big expansion.
England (28) -Big expansion.
France (14) -Has had ups and downs but generally heading up.
Germany (10) - Slow growth but now expanding.
Hungary (1) - New Country, but not sure.
Iceland (2) - Persistence for the second attempt.
Ireland (10) -Very political country sports wise - Good effort.
Israel (1) - Persistence.
Italy (3) - Surprise - Thought our game was done there after earlier efforts.
Poland (3) - Any teams in Eastern Europe a huge bonus and this includes Russia and Finland who have grown also.
Sweden - (12) - Long established in the country and now expanding. Good to see.
Wales (7)- Another group up against it in Soccer/Rugby Mad territory. Well done.
More Comments:
Some of the bigger population countries are slowly reflecting this in team numbers.
Finally a big shout out to all of the expats and locals making this happen.

 

[Gigantor]

Not really much further along than where things may have been about 12 years ago.
I think we've reached a point where just staying on the spot requires furious running.

 

[RedV3x]

Not really much further along than where things may have been about 12 years ago.
I think we've reached a point where just staying on the spot requires furious running.

Disagree. Moved from fledgling sport to solid amateur sport.
Umpiring and coaching has seen the benefit of AFL Europe development officers.
Now we have the development of women's football in Europe which has more potential.
Some very good international events in Europe.
You are right in that the rate of increase of football in Europe is not going broach the next level soon.

 

[RedV3x]

Germany (10) - Slow growth but now expanding.
Italy (3) - Surprise - Thought our game was done there after earlier efforts.

Germany has expanded into metro leagues in a few cities thus the depth is increasing.
Italy has revived in the North due to the creation of 3 Swiss teams.

 

[TWLS]

Not really much further along than where things may have been about 12 years ago.
I think we've reached a point where just staying on the spot requires furious running.

One point on your comments.
England did not have 28 active teams 12 years ago. For sure there was growth there in the early 2000`s but it died away. The current situation looks more solid.
The only country I watch closely now is India because they are doing Seniors AND Juniors AND are pushing the girls/women as well. Because of COVID they had a national hook up on Zoom ? recently with all the various States involved that have participants, which indicates the Virus is not going to bring the game to an end up there.

 

[RedV3x]

England did not have 28 active teams 12 years ago. For sure there was growth there in the early 2000`s but it died away. The current situation looks more solid.

The change came when they restructured allowing 9-a-side along side the 18-a-side.
18-a-side was yo-yoing with the comings and goings of Aussies.
9-a-side attracts and keeps newcomers whilst retaining 18-a-side for representative competition.

 

[Gigantor]

One point on your comments.
England did not have 28 active teams 12 years ago. For sure there was growth there in the early 2000`s but it died away. The current situation looks more solid.
The only country I watch closely now is India because they are doing Seniors AND Juniors AND are pushing the girls/women as well. Because of COVID they had a national hook up on Zoom ? recently with all the various States involved that have participants, which indicates the Virus is not going to bring the game to an end up there.

For every "success" story, there are 2 or 3 who, at the very best, are standing still.
Plenty have gone backwards.
And that's understandable, even being able to stay in the same spot requires stacks of work.

 

[RedV3x]

For every "success" story, there are 2 or 3 who, at the very best, are standing still. Plenty have gone backwards.

How about giving examples or are just giving your opinion ?
The number of countries playing Australian Football in regular competition is about 55 now.
Most of those countries have indeed progressed.

*Countries playing Australian Football in regular competition.*

O1.Abu Dhabi, AFLME

02.Argentina, AFLArgentina

03.Australia, AFL

04.Austria, EU

05.Bahrain, AFLME

06.Brunei, BAFL/AFLAsia

07.Cambodia, AFLAsia

08.Canada, AFLC, IC, ECP(AC), 49thP

09.China, AFLAsia IC

10.Colombia, CAFL

11.Croatia, CAAF, ECP, IC, EU

12.Czech Rebublic, CAFL, EU

13.Denmark, DAFL, ECP, IC

14.Dubai, AFLME

15.East Timor, AFLTimorLeste, IC

16.England, AFLEngland, IC, ECP, EU

17.Fiji, AFLFiji, IC

18.Finland, FAFL, IC, ECP, EU

19.France, CNFA, IC, EU

20.Germany, AFLGermany, ECP, EU

21.Hong Kong, AFLAsia

22.Iceland, AFLIceland, ECP, EU

23.India, AFLIndia, IC

24.Indonesia, AFLIndonesia, IC

25.Ireland, AFLIreland, IC, ECP

26.Italy, AFLItaly

27.Japan, JAFL, IC

28.Kuwait, AFLME

29.Laos, AFLAsia

30.Macau, AFLAsia

31.Malaysia, AFLAsia

32.Myanmar, AFLAsia

33.Nauru, NAFA, IC

34.Netherlands, DAFA, EU

35.New Zealand, AFLNZ, IC

36.Norway, NAFL, EU

37.Oman, AFLME

38.Pakistan, PAFL, IC

39.Papua New Guinea, AFLPNG, IC

40.Philippines, PAFL

41.Qatar, AFLME

42.Russia, AFLRussia, EU

43.Samoa, SAFA, IC

44.Scotland, AFLScotland, EU

45.Singapore, AFLAsia

46.Solomon Islands, SIAFL

47.South Africa, AFLSA, IC

48.Sri Lanka, AFSL, AFLSia, IC

49.Sweden, SAFL, IC, ECP

50.Switzerland, AFLSwitzerland, EU

51.Thailand, AFLAsia

52.Tonga, AFLTonga, IC

53.United States America, USAFL, IC, ECP(AC), 49thP

54.Vanuatu, AFLVanuatu

55.Vietnam, AFLAsia

56.Wales, WARFL

*Countries playing Australian Football in irregular Competition*

01.Andorra, Andorra Crows, CAFL

02.Belgium, AFLBelgium, EU

03.Catalonia, LFAC, IC, EU

04.Chile, Santiago Saints, internationls

05.Mongolia, AFLMongolia, internationals

06.Portugal, AFLPortugal, EU

07.Poland, AFLPoland, EU, internationals

08.Spain, AFLSpain, IC

09.Israel, IC, EU

10.Palestine, IC. EU

*Countries playing Australian Football in informal Competition*

01.Bermuda, Bermuda Lions

02.Botswana, FootyWild Brazil,

03.Brazil Carnaval Georgia, EU

04.Ghana, FootyWild

05.Kenya, FootyWild, internationals

06.Lebanon, Lebanon Falcons

07.Malta, Auskick

08.Montenegro, IC

09.Rwanda, FootyWild

10.Senegal, IAFC

11.South Sudan, Footywild

12.Tanzania, FootyWild, internationals

13.Uganda, FootyWild, internationals

14.Zimbabwe, FootyWild, internationals

Recently

01.Bulgaria, AFLBulgaria, internationals

02.Estonia, AFLEstonia

03.Hungary, Budapest Bats

04.Nepal, AFLAsia

05.Malawi, Auskick

 

[Gigantor]

The list doesn't mean diddly squat.
You only have to look at countries who have previously competed in the International Cup, often to a really good standard, and who have gone on to fall off a cliff.

 

[RedV3x]

You only have to look at countries who have previously competed in the International Cup, often to a really good standard, and who have gone on to fall off a cliff.

Your statement doesn't mean diddly squat if you continue not to give examples.
I have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[RedV3x]

United States Australian Football League



Today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day!
.
With more than female 600 participants, the USAFL is one of the largest programs for Aussie Rules football in the world! Our growth over two decades has yielded nearly 30 women’s teams from coast to coast, a successful @usaflfreedom national team, and a successful pathway to play at the highest levels in Australia!
.
The USAFL community also boasts growing numbers among women within the USAFL Umpires and Coaching Associations, as w…
See more











+4

Some good growth in women's football, but we all knew that.

 

[RedV3x]

Again from the USAFL

Our team map is up to date and it’s gorgeous.

We have 48 member clubs representing fifty cities across the USA, from the rocky coast of Maine to the sandy beaches of Diamond Head. Find your closest club here: http://usafl.com/clublist