The Australian Football Harmony Cup (previously known as the Multicultural Cup) features teams drawn from Melbourne's migrant communities. It will take place in Melbourne on March 21, 2010.
The aim of the event is twofold:
1. to celebrate Melbourne's ethnic diversity and harmony, and 2. use the sport of Australian football, as Australia's only indigenous sport, to break down cultural and ethnic barriers. We may come from many different backgrounds but we are all Australians.
The Harmony Cup will be an official Harmony Day event. Eight teams from Melbourne’s multicultural communities will compete and emphasis will be on participation and fun.
Each team will play a minimum of three and maximum of four matches under the banner of their country of origin and in their national colours.
The two teams that are ranked first and second at the conclusion of the preliminary round of matches will play each other in the Grand Final. The winner will be awarded the Harmony Cup by AFL Legend Ron Barassi. Each team and/or the community they represent will also provide a cultural performance during the day (e.g. song, dance etc.)
The event has been put together by Aussie Rules International(ARI), which was formed in 1995 to promote and develop Australian football internationally.
