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The 2015 Touch Football World Cup was the eighth Touch Football World Cup. The competition featured ninety teams from twenty five participating nations. [1] [2] There were eight divisions with the following number of teams:
Divisions | No. of Teams |
---|---|
Men's Open | 16 |
Women's Open | 14 |
Mixed Open | 22 |
Women's Over 27 Years | 5 |
Senior Mixed | 6 |
Men's Over 30 Years | 7 |
Men's Over 35 Years | 6 |
Men's Over 40 Years | 9 |
Men's Over 50 Years | 5 |
Australia[3] Coach: Tony Trad
| France
| MalaysiaCoach: Julian Jennings
| WalesSquad to 2015 TFWC [4]
|
EnglandCoach: Benjamin Smith
| New ZealandSquad to 2015 TFWC [5]
| Papua New GuineaCoach: Peter Topp
| United StatesCoach: Ottley Jay Hawea
|
IrelandSquad to 2015 TFWC [6]
| SamoaCoach: Tyronmoore Lam
| ScotlandCoach: Monica Wallace
| South AfricaCoach: Labeeb Levy
|
Cook IslandsCook Islands squad to 2015 TFWC: [7]
| Fiji
| Japan
| SingaporeCoach: Aloise Price
|
AustraliaCoach: Peter Bell
| EnglandCoach: Timothy Osborne
| FijiCoach: Maleli Uluimoala
| FranceCoach: Gareth Whomsley
|
JapanCoach: Jun Uchikawa
| New ZealandSquad to 2015 TFWC [8]
| Papua New GuineaCoach: Suzanne Salter
| PhilippinesCoaches: Steven Dodd, Craig Wislang
|
Samoa
| ScotlandCoach: Michael Short
| SingaporeCoach: Chris Wall
| South AfricaCoach: Jan Christoffel Greyling
|
United StatesCoach: Ivan Pomare
| WalesSquad to 2015 TFWC [9]
|
AustraliaCoach: Mick Lovett
| ChileCoach: Delgado Morillo Jose
| ChinaCoach: Paul Fewtrell
| England
|
FijiCoach: Tevita Mau
| FranceCoach: Serge Peronnard Perrot
| Germany
| Hong KongCoaches: Chi Fung Yong, Benjamin Worthington
|
Italy
| Japan
| NetherlandsCoach: Leroy Gordon
| New ZealandSquad to 2015 TFWC [11]
|
NiueCoach: Jack Pahiva
| Papua New GuineaCoach: Augustine Aisi
| PhilippinesCoach: Kim Solman
| SamoaCoach: Raymond Reupena
|
ScotlandCoach: Robbie McKenzie
| Singapore
| South AfricaCoach: Gavin Griffiths
| United Arab Emirates
|
United StatesCoach: Karina McLauchlan
| WalesSquad to 2015 TFWC [12]
|
AustraliaCoach: Danny Goodwin
| England
| FranceCoach: Acker Linda
|
New ZealandCoach: Kevin Toto
| ScotlandCoach: Cameron Day
|
Australia
| England
| NetherlandsCoach: Patrick Blackwell
|
New ZealandCoach: Hika Pene
| NiueCoach: Ella Kalauni
| Singapore
|
AustraliaCoach: John Singh
| Cook Islands
| England
|
Fiji
| Japan
| Papua New Guinea
|
AustraliaCoach: Wade Jenkins
| Fiji
| FranceCoach: Philippe Platel
|
Japan
| New ZealandCoach: Brian Archer
| Papua New Guinea
|
AustraliaCoach: Peter Vincent
| England
| FijiCoach: Josua Volau
|
Japan
| New Zealand
| NiueCoach: Leith Faumuina
|
SingaporeCoach: Todd Mills
| United States
| WalesSquad to 2015 TFWC [13]
|
AustraliaCoach: Michael McCall
| IrelandSquad to 2015 TFWC [14]
| ItalyCoach: Ross Pugliese
|
Japan
| NiueCoach: Graeme Wallace
|
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