Australia national American football team

The Australia national team represent Australia in international American football (gridiron) competitions. The team is organised by Gridiron Australia, the national governing body for the sport.

Australia

Name	Australia
Founded	1996
Head Coach	John Leijten
First international
Australia 6–22  Sweden (Palermo, Italy; 25 June 1999)
Biggest win
Australia 47–6  South Korea (Canton, Ohio, United States; 9 July 2015)
Biggest defeat
Australia 0–65  Mexico (Innsbruck, Austria; 10 July 2011)

IFAF World Championship record

Year	Position	GP	W	L	PF	PA
1999	5th	3	1	2	16	83
2003	Did Not Participate
2007
2011	8th	4	0	4	30	204
2015	5th	4	3	1	108	81

The 2019 IFAF World Championship was to be held in Australia. It was first postponed to 2023 and moved to Germany, before being postponed again to 2025.

History

Organised gridiron football in Australia dates back to 1983. In 1996, its national governing body, Gridiron Australia, was formed. Australia is a charter member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and competed in the inaugural 1999 IFAF World Cup. They have since competed in the Oceania Bowl in 2005 and the Samoa Bowl in 2011, among other international competitions.^[1][2] Australia has been competing in the IFAF World Championship since 2011.