Laos
The Lao Elephants were formed in Vientiane in 2007, as the first Australian Rules Football club in Laos. The team played their first international fixture against the Vietnam Swans and Thailand Tigers in November 2007 in Hanoi. The Lao Elephants impressed many by defeating archrivals Vietnam and Thailand on debut at the Asian Australian Football Championships in Singapore in September 2008.
Later, the "Phants" were victorious in the Mekong Cup held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 22 November 2008, involving the Cambodian Kangaroos, Thailand Tigers, Vietnam Swans and Lao Elephants.
The first domestic match in Laos was held in May 2009, with the Northerners (squad members based in Vientiane and Luang Prabang) defeating the Southerners (mine workers from the Sepon area) in Savannakhet.
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