World Cup

The inaugural Touch World Cup was held on the Gold Coast, Australia in 1988. Since then, the event has been hosted in Auckland (New Zealand)(1991), Waikiki Beach (Hawaii)(1995), Sydney (Australia)(1999), Kamagaya (Japan)(2003), Stellenbosch (South Africa) (2007) and Edinburgh (Scotland) (2011).

Trans-Tasman Tests

There is a regular program of Test matches between Australia and New Zealand known as Trans-Tasman Tests.^[9] Tests are divided into separate events for each age category, being:

• Open (Unrestricted) – Womens and Mens
• Youth (Under 21)
• Senior (Over 30)

See detail page : Australia v NZ

World All Schools

The World All Schools event attracts hundreds of teams from schools around the world. It is held every 2 years. In 2006 the event was held in Singapore, prior to that it was held in Brisbane. The 2008 event (held in Brisbane after the event was cancelled in New Zealand) was by far the largest, hosting over 250 teams.

European Championships

The Federation of International Touch (FIT) conducts the European Touch Championships, affectionately known as “The Euro’s”, biannually.

The 2010 Euro’s in Bristol, UK attracted 54 teams and over 900 players to the event. The 2012 Euro’s were held in Treviso, Italy from 8–12 September 2012

Masters Games

Touch is a very popular sport at various Masters Games events.

1994 – Brisbane Metropolitan Touch Association hosted, as it was then, the largest Touch Football competition in the world at Whites Hill.