International Australian Football Council

Some individual members of the IAFC voted to continue under the IAFC banner as the "International Australian Football Confederation". Board members included Ron Barassi, Allen Aylett and Brian Dixon. This organisation was not recognised by the AFL. It instigated the Multicultural Cup competitions in 2004 and 2005, involving expatriate communities living in Australia, of which Israel won the first, while Greece won the second. It also played a role in organising the first EU Cup. This organisation eventually changed its name to Aussie Rules International (ARI) and later Australian Football International (AFI), which functions only as a development and promotional body. ==Predecessors==

The first Australasian Football Council was formed in Melbourne in 1883 to take control of all intercolonial representative matches (21 years before FIFA). However the right for the council to the laws of the game was challenged in 1894 by the Victorian Football Association, the premier league at the time, resulting in its dissolution. In 1905, an official Australasian Football Council was formed, after delegates from the North and South Islands of New Zealand became involved. Unlike its predecessor, this body maintained control of the game internationally until 1995 when its right to govern the code was similarly challenged by the premier competition, the Australian Football League. The AFC is in no way related to the International Australian Football Council, although the principle is the same. ==See also==