BELARUS
Footy 9s is an exciting new sport that is coming to Europe!
Footy 9s is played on rectangular fields, allowing the sport to be played on any soccer or rugby field.
There are 3 great formats to choose from – Men’s Footy, Women’s Footy and Touch Footy.
If you are based in Belarus and keen to be involved, please contact us.
Get Involved
If you are keen to be involved with the development of the sport in Belarus, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us via info@aflinternational.com.
AUSTRALIA & BELARUS
There were several waves of influx of Belarusians into Australia, one before the Russian Revolution, then in 1919-1939 from West Belarus, then in the late 1940s-early 1950s, and after the collapse of the USSR in the 1990s.
Resident Australian population born in Belarus (2016 census) – 1,700
Australian residents of Belarusian descent (2016 census) – 2,746
The Republic of Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe that borders the Russian Federation to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north.
Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno (Hrodna), Gomel (Homiel), Mogilev (Mahilyow) and Vitebsk (Viciebsk). Forty percent of its 207,600 square kilometres is forested.
Many streams and 11,000 lakes are found in Belarus. Three major rivers run through the country: the Neman, the Pripyat, and the Dnieper. The Neman flows westward towards the Baltic sea and the Pripyat flows eastward to the Dnieper; the Dnieper flows southward towards the Black Sea.
Over 70% of Belarus’s population of 10 million resides in urban areas. More than 80% of the population is ethnic Belarusian, with sizable minorities of Russians, Poles and Ukrainians. Since a referendum in 1995, the country has had two official languages: Belarusian and Russian.
