Asia Pacific Youth Touch Cup 2023

The Asia Pacific Youth Touch Cup (APYTC) 2023 gets underway from 12-14 May 2023 in Brisbane, Australia and will feature a few Asian teams from Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore.

The Pacific Youth Touch Cup features 18s and 20s mixed, girls and boys divisions, and the tournament is open to all Southern Hemisphere and Pacific nations with touch sides. The matches will take place at the Brisbane Metropolitan Touch Association White’s Hill playing fields.

The organisers said: “The APYTC is a one-off event to reignite international youth competitions following the cancellation of the 2021 FIT Youth World Cup. Due to the cost and logistical challenges of attending one centralised World Cup so soon after the pandemic, two separate events have been created in both the Southern and Northern hemispheres to provide greater opportunities for nations to restart their youth programs.”

Asia Pacific Youth Touch Cup 2023 – Teams

In total, Twenty-five teams representing ten nations will compete at the APYTC across 18s and 20s mixed, girls and boys divisions.

The Touch Association Pilipinas announced that they have sent “one team for the tournament for the Mixed Under 20s division. The PH U20s team will be facing off against Australia, New Zealand, and Samoa on May 12-14. Good luck and we’ll be posting updates during the event.”

Touch Association Pilipinas – Mixed Under 20s – Asia Pacific Youth Touch Cup 2023

Malaysia Touch has entered a U20s Boys and U18 Girls team, while Singapore Touch has entered a U18 Girls team.

U20s Boys

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Fiji
• Malaysia
• Niue
• Papua New Guinea

U20 Girls

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Fiji
• Papua New Guinea

u20s Mixed

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Philippines
• Samoa

U18s Boys

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Cook Islands
• Fiji

U18s Girls

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Cook Islands
• Malaysia
• Singapore

U18s Mixed*

• Australia
• New Zealand

*Best of 3 Game Series.

Where to Watch the Asia Pacific Youth Touch Cup 2023?

Broadcasts are due to be on Kayo Sports (Australia), Sky (New Zealand), and on the Federation of International Touch for all other territories.

The full broadcast list and schedule can be seen here.

• Date: 12-14 May 2023
• Venue: White’s Hill playing fields, Brisbane, Australia

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