AFL Asia Cup Fixture Released
With less than 2 weeks remaining until Asia’s best take the field in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam the fixture has been released. Rivalry games all over the place and a breath-taking 3 days of action are now set for December 6, 7 and 8 at the Thanh Long Sports Complex. If you can’t get […]
Continue readingAsia Cup to Make History in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – October 20, 2024 The Australian Football League (AFL) is thrilled to announce the inaugural Asia Cup, a groundbreaking tournament exclusively for Asian citizens. This historic three-day event will take place on December 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2024, at the Thang Long Sports Complex in Ho Chi Minh City. The […]
Continue readingChina’s Chen back on deck with the Scorpions
Fantastic to see The Guangzhou Scorpions continuing to gain momentum as they focus on building the number of their male and female participants. Also brilliant to see former China Dragons AFL International Cup Captain & former Port Adelaide Football Club Academy International signing Chen Shaoliang fit and healthy. Originally a basketballer, Chen’s AFL journey started […]
Continue readingJapanese football royalty on the international stage back at IC05
As we flicked through the pages of AFL Asia’s history books we stumbled across the 2005 AFL International Cup and the opening Round 1 game of the ‘IC05’ tournament between the Japan Samurais and the Spain Bulls, which was played at the Murphy Reserve in Port Melbourne. The Japan Samurais easily accounted for the Spanish […]
Continue readingAsia’s footprints at the AFL International Cup
The AFL International Cup (AFL IC) is the pinnacle tournament for internationally-based countries that takes place every 3 years and was scheduled to commence over a 2 week block in the last week of July and the front-end of August on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Unfortunately the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible for […]
Continue readingAFL Asia’s Jam-packed calendar of events in 2020!
If you thought that the AFL Asia 2019 calendar of events was massive, well look out as the 2020 season is going to be an absolute monster year, with more football games, tours, tournaments, local leagues and events spread right throughout an extremely busy and jam-packed 12 months! Tournaments and games have already been played […]
Continue readingSimon Highfield – Asia Development Manager (ADM) Position Announced
Following the release of the job description in May, we received a huge amount of interest in the position, with over 100 applications received of exceptionally high standard. Following a rigorous process involving two rounds of interviews with a panel of AFL and AFL Asia representatives, we are pleased to announce the successful candidate is […]
Continue readingAFL Asia Lions breakthrough on big stage in Shanghai!
The 3rd AFL Asia Shanghai Curtain Closer match has seen the AFL Asia Lions have finally break through on the big stage with a comprehensive 21 point victory against the AFL Asia Dragons (Team AFL China Dragons) following the Port Adelaide Football Club and St. Kilda Football Game at Jiangwan Stadium (Adelaide Arena) on Sunday. […]
Continue readingAsia’s Best Talent on the Big Stage
The best 50 Asian-born footballers will relish the opportunity to play on the big stage during this weekend’s curtain closer clash following the Port Adelaide and St. Kilda game. The Team AFL China Dragons will be looking to build on their previous successes in the annual clash, having beaten the AFL Asia Lions during their […]
Continue readingVolcanoes Erupt on Asia’s Biggest Stage
The Indonesian Volcanoes have been crowned the 2018 Asian Champions after triumphantly winning the iflix Asian Championships on the weekend. In culmination with AFL Asia’s biggest ever ‘Asian Champs’, the Volcanoes took out Asia’s most coveted prize as they defeated a gallant Philippine Eagles by 16 points in the Grand Final at the picturesque Bukit […]
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