Touch Football World Cup

The first Touch Football World Cup tournament was held in 1988.

World Cup Venues

The following outlines the World Cups held and planned for the future

While the number of participant teams is growing steadily, almost all finals to date have been contested between Australia and New Zealand.

World Cup Results

1988 - Australia (Gold Coast)

World Cup # : 1
Dates : November 14–16, 1988
Participants : 5 (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, USA)
Location : Carrara Oval, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Overall winner : Australia

DivisionWinnersRunners-UpTeams
Men's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand4
Women's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand4
Mixed OpenAustraliaNew Zealand4
Men's Masters (Over 35 years)AustraliaNew Zealand5

1991 - New Zealand (Auckland)

World Cup # : 2
Dates : December 3–7, 1991
Participants : 9 (Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tokelau)
Location : Avondale Racecourse, Auckland, New Zealand
Overall winner : Australia

DivisionWinnersRunners-UpTeams
Men's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand9
Women's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand6
Mixed OpenAustraliaNew Zealand6
Men's Seniors (Over 30 years)AustraliaNew Zealand7
Women's Seniors (Over 27 years)New ZealandAustralia5
Men's Masters (Over 35 years)AustraliaNew Zealand6

1995 - USA, Hawaii (Waikiki Beach)

World Cup # : 3
Dates : March 21–25, 1995
Participants : 11 (American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Japan, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, South Africa, Tonga, USA)
Location : Kapiolani Park, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, United States
Overall winner : Australia

DivisionWinnersRunners-UpTeams
Men's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand8
Women's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand6
Mixed OpenAustraliaNew Zealand8
Men's Over 30 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand7
Women's Over 30 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand5
Men's Over 35 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand5
Men's Over 40 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand3

1999 - Australia (Sydney)

World Cup # : 4
Dates : April 21–24, 1999
Participants : 19 (Australia, Cook Islands, England, Fiji, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tokelau, Tonga, USA, Wales)
Location : David Phillips Sports Fields, Daceyville, Sydney, Australia
Overall winner : Australia

DivisionWinnersRunners-UpTeams
Men's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand13
Women's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand8
Mixed OpenNew ZealandAustralia15
Men's Over 30 YearsAustraliaLebanon12
Women's Over 30 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand5
Mixed Over 30 YearsNew ZealandAustralia5
Men's Over 35 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand4
Men's Over 40 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand5

2003 - Japan (Kumagaya)

World Cup # : 5
Dates : May 24–28, 2003
Participants : 10 (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Niue, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, USA, Wales)
Location : Kumagaya Rugby Complex, Kumagaya, Japan
Overall winner : Australia

DivisionWinnersRunners-UpTeams
Men's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand6
Women's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand5
Mixed OpenAustraliaNew Zealand7
Men's Over 30 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand5
Men's Over 35 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand4

2007 - South Africa (Stellenbosch)

World Cup # : 6
Dates : January 17–21, 2007
Participants : 15 (Australia, England, Fiji, France, Japan, Jersey, Lebanon, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, USA, Wales)
Location : Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Overall winner : Australia

DivisionWinnersRunners-UpTeams
Men's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand8
Women's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand8
Mixed OpenNew ZealandAustralia6
Mixed 30sNew ZealandAustralia7
Men's Over 30 YearsAustraliaSamoa8
Men's Over 35 YearsAustraliaSouth Africa4

2011 - Scotland (Edinburgh)

World Cup # : 7
Dates : June 22–26, 2011
Participants : 26 (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Catalonia, Cook Islands, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United States and Wales)
Location : Peffermill Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
Overall winner : Australia

DivisionWinners[1][2]Runners-UpTeams
Men's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand15
Women's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand11
Mixed OpenAustraliaNew Zealand19
Senior MixedNew ZealandAustralia7
Men's Over 30 YearsAustraliaEngland10
Men's Over 35 YearsAustraliaSouth Africa11
Men's Over 40 YearsNew ZealandAustralia10

2015 - Australia (Coffs Harbour)

World Cup # : 8
Dates : April 29 - May 3, 2015
Participants : 25 (Australia, Chile, China, Cook Islands, England, France, Fiji, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East Touch, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, United States, Wales)
Location : Coffs Harbour International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia
Overall winner : Australia

DivisionWinners[3]Runners-UpTeams
Men's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand16
Women's OpenAustraliaNew Zealand14
Mixed OpenAustraliaNew Zealand22
Women's Over 27 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand5
Senior MixedAustraliaNew Zealand6
Men's Over 30 YearsAustraliaCook Islands7
Men's Over 35 YearsNew ZealandAustralia6
Men's Over 40 YearsAustraliaNew Zealand9
Men's Over 50 YearsAustraliaItaly5

Squads

The competition featured ninety teams from twenty five participating nations.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Open Category Standings" (PDF). 2011 Touch World Cup.
  2. ↑ "Senior category Standings" (PDF). 2011 Touch World Cup.
  3. ↑ "Draws and Results". Touch World Cup 2015.
  4. ↑ Tom Lowrey (30 April 2015). "World's best touch footballers descend on Coffs Harbour". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. ↑ NRL.com (24 April 2015). "Touch World Cup officially launched". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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