The 2024 Euro Cup of Australian rules football was a Nine-a-side footy tournament held in Kiel, Germany on 5 October 2024. The tournament featured 14 Men's teams and 8 Women's teams. Ireland won both the Men's and Women's competitions, defeating Northern Ireland in the Men's final and England in the Women's Final. It was the Irish men's fourth and the Irish women's seventh Euro Cup Championship.
Two pitches from the tournament were streamed via AFL Europe's YouTube Channel, while other national teams ran live streams for followers via their social media platforms.
Teams
Men's
Austria Croatia Denmark France Germany Ireland Israel Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Scotland Sweden Switzerland Wales
Women's
Croatia England Germany Ireland Northern Ireland Poland Scotland Sweden Scotland Sweden
Group Stages In the first stage of the tournament, all the teams were split into groups. The mens teams were split into four groups, which included 2 groups of 4 and 2 groups of 3. While each of the teams in the groups played off against each other once, teams in groups with only three teams played an additional crossover game. On the women's side of the draw, the teams were split into 2 groups of 4.
Men's Group A +TeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesPtsPFPA%Croatia3300129929341France320189547202Netherlands31024628970Austria300301410513 TeamsTotalFrance35Netherlands21 TeamsTotalCroatia27Austria6 TeamsTotalNetherlands8Croatia46 TeamsTotalAustria0France45 TeamsTotalCroatia26France15 TeamsTotalAustria8Netherlands33
Men's Group B TeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesPtsPFPA%Ireland33001214533439Israel3201811257196Scotland3102410268150Switzerland3003042052 TeamsTotalIsrael18Ireland28 TeamsTotalScotland60Switzerland2 TeamsTotalSwitzerland2Israel62 TeamsTotalIreland34Scotland15 TeamsTotalIreland83Switzerland0 TeamsTotalIsrael32Scotland27
Men's Group C TeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesPtsPFPA%Northern Ireland220086129210Denmark21014576095Germany2002034635 TeamsTotalGermany7Northern Ireland28 TeamsTotalNorthern Ireland33Denmark22 TeamsTotalDenmark35Germany27
Men's Group D TeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesPtsPFPA%Wales220088214596Sweden210145252100Poland20020269428 TeamsTotalPoland18Sweden46 TeamsTotalWales48Poland8 TeamsTotalSweden6Wales34
Cross Group Games +TeamsTotalSweden8Germany43 TeamsTotalDenmark22Wales35 TeamsTotalNorthern Ireland45Poland10
Women's Group A TeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesPtsPFPA%England3300121910Germany32018477761Poland31024297439Northern Ireland300301813413 TeamsTotalEngland85Northern Ireland 0 TeamsTotalPoland6Germany21 TeamsTotalGermany26Northern Ireland0 TeamsTotalEngland35Poland0 TeamsTotalGermany0England71 TeamsTotalNorthern Ireland18Poland23
Women's Group B TeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesPtsPFPA%Ireland33001219525780Scotland3201817228614Sweden310244211138Croatia3003012460 TeamsTotalScotland49Sweden2 TeamsTotalIreland107Croatia1 TeamsTotalIreland26Scotland18 TeamsTotalCroatia0Sweden34 TeamsTotalSweden6Ireland62 TeamsTotalCroatia0Scotland105
Finals
Men's Final The Mens draw was then divided into four groups. The top placed teams from all four groups, Croatia, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, would play off in the semi-finals. All the second placed teams, France, Israel, Denmark, and Sweden, would play off for spots 5 to 8. Scotland, Germany, and the Netherlands played off in against each other for spots 9 to 11, while Poland, Austria, and Switzerland, played off for spots 12 to 14.
Women's Final The Women's final was drawn evenly between the top two teams of both groups progressing to the semi-finals. This included England, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany. While the remaining teams competed against each other for placements 5 to 8, including Poland, Sweden, Croatia, and Northern Ireland.
Final standings
Men's standings
Ireland Northern Ireland Croatia Wales France Israel Denmark Sweden Scotland Germany Netherlands Poland Austria Switzerland
Women's standings
Ireland England Scotland Germany Sweden Poland Croatia Northern Ireland
References