Touch Football World Cup

Last updated
Touch Rugby World Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2019
Sport Touch football
Founded1988
First season1988
No. of teams28
CountriesAustralia, Belgium, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Cook Islands, England, Europe, France, Fiji, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United States, Wales
Most recent
champion(s)
Australia
(2024)
Tournament formatRound Robin and a Finals Series
Official website www.internationaltouch.org

The first Touch Football World Cup tournament was held in 1988. Touch football and the Touch Football World Cup are monitored by the international governing body for touch the Federation of International Touch (FIT). [1] The Touch World Cup has been hosted in five continents (Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America, Africa) but is yet to be played in South America. Australia has hosted the World Cup the most having hosted it thrice. While the number of participant teams is growing steadily, almost all finals to date have been contested between Australia and New Zealand. Australia has won the most finals.

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In accordance with the rules of Touch, all World Cup matches are played on a rectangular 70m x 50m pitch. [2] It is played six aside with eight substitutes. The match is played for 40 minutes in two twenty-minute halves. Touch, unlike many other football variants, always uses three referees. This is the same in the Touch Football World Cup. [3]

FIT Field Standards 5th Edition Rulebook FIT FIELD.jpg
FIT Field Standards 5th Edition Rulebook

Touch football and therefore the Touch World Cup are seen as competitors to its Rugby Union equivalent, Tag rugby and the Tag rugby world cup, which is held every three years, the Touch Rugby World Cup is instead held every four years much like the football and rugby (league and union) world cups.

World Cup Venues

Source: [4]

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

  1. 1988 - Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (Gold Coast) in 4 Divisions.
  2. 1991 - Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Auckland) in 6 Divisions.
  3. 1995 - Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States (Hawaii) in 7 Divisions.
  4. 1999 - Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (Sydney) in 8 Divisions.
  5. 2003 - Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Kumagaya) in 5 Divisions.
  6. 2007 - Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (Stellenbosch) in 6 Divisions.
  7. 2011 - Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Edinburgh) in 7 Divisions.
  8. 2015 - Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (Coffs Harbour) in 9 Divisions.
  9. 2019 - Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia (Putrajaya) in 11 Divisions.
  10. 2024 - Flag of England.svg  England (Nottingham) in 13 Divisions.

World Cup Results

1988 - Australia (Gold Coast)

World Cup # : 1
Dates : 14–16 November 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 : 3–7 December 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 : 21–25 March 1995
Participants : 11 (American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Japan, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, South Africa, Tonga, United States)
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 : 21–24 April 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 : 24–28 May 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 : 17–21 January 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 : 22–26 June 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 [5] [6] 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 : 29 April - 3 May 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)
Teams: 90 [7] [8]
Location : Coffs Harbour International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia
Overall winner : Australia

DivisionWinners [9] 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

2019 - Malaysia (Putrajaya)

World Cup # : 9
Dates : 29 April - 4 May 2019
Participants : 28 (Australia, Belgium, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Cook Islands, England, Europe, France, Fiji, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United States, Wales) [10]
Location : Taman Ekuestrian, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Overall winner : Australia

Overall Runners up : New Zealand

Overall Winners, Australia Flag of Australia (Brighter).svg
Overall Winners, Australia
Overall Runners Up, New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg
Overall Runners Up, New Zealand
DivisionWinners [9] Runners-up3rd PlaceTeams
Men's OpenAustraliaNew ZealandJapan16
Women's OpenAustraliaNew ZealandJapan17
Mixed OpenAustraliaNew ZealandScotland22
Women's Over 27 YearsNew ZealandAustraliaEngland7
Senior Mixed (over 30 years)AustraliaCook IslandsNew Zealand11
Men's Over 30 YearsAustraliaSouth AfricaFrance8
Men's Over 35 YearsAustraliaNew ZealandCook Islands6
Women's Over 35 YearsAustraliaNew ZealandEngland4
Men's Over 40 YearsNew ZealandAustraliaJapan13
Men's Over 45 YearsAustraliaNew ZealandSouth Africa6
Men's Over 50 YearsNew ZealandAustraliaSingapore6

The 2019 Touch Football World Cup is the latest edition of the Touch Football World Cup. All divisions consisted of a round robin of 1 or more groups, and a finals series. Some groups also consisted of a playoff series. [11]

2024 - England (Nottingham)

World Cup # : 10
Dates : 15 - 21 July 2024
Participants : 35 (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Cook Islands, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Guernsey, Hong Kong China, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Middle East Touch, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Portugal, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, United States, Wales)
Location : University of Nottingham
Overall winner : Australia

Overall Runners up : New Zealand

Overall Winners, Australia Flag of Australia (Brighter).svg
Overall Winners, Australia
Overall Runners Up, New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg
Overall Runners Up, New Zealand
DivisionWinnersRunners-up3rd PlaceTeams
Men's OpenAustraliaNew ZealandLebanon18
Women's OpenAustraliaNew ZealandEngland21
Mixed OpenAustraliaNew ZealandEngland29
Women's Over 27 YearsAustraliaEnglandSouth Africa10
Men's Over 30 YearsAustraliaNew ZealandEngland19
Mixed Over 30 YearsAustraliaNew ZealandEngland17
Men's Over 35 YearsAustraliaNew ZealandSouth Africa8
Women's Over 35 YearsAustraliaEnglandSouth Africa8
Men's Over 40 YearsNew ZealandAustraliaEngland17
Women's Over 40 YearsAustraliaNew ZealandEngland5
Men's Over 45 YearsAustraliaNew ZealandFrance14
Men's Over 50 YearsAustraliaNew ZealandEngland15
Men's Over 55 YearsAustraliaNew ZealandEngland5

Full results are available on the FIT website. [12]

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