Australian Champions League

The Australian Champions League, formerly the SA Champions League, is an annual Australian rules football tournament, held in March, between invited teams from metropolitan and country leagues. Invitations are targeted at the premiership teams from each competition.

Competition Winners

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Year Champion Runner-up Number of teams
2016[1] Reynella Paskeville 6
2017[2] Waikerie Barossa District 7
2018[3] Rostrevor Old Collegians Waikerie 6

2018 Australian Champions League

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The 2018 edition of the Australian Champions League was held on 24 March 2018 at Denise Norton Park (Pardipardinyilla), Adelaide. It was won by the Rostrevor Old Collegians Football Club.[3]

Competing Teams

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Club League How qualified Position
Barossa District BLGFA 2017 Premiers - BLGFA Group Stage
Kadina YPFL 2017 Premiers - YPFL Group Stage
Lucindale KNTFL 2017 Premiers - KNTFL Group Stage
Old Ignatians AdelaideFL Wild Card (7th Adel. Footy League Div. 2) Group Stage
Rostrevor Old Collegians AdelaideFL 2017 Premiers - Adel. Footy League Div. 1 Champions
Waikerie RFL 2017 Premiers - RFL/2017 Champions - SA Champions League Runners-Up

Results

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Game Result[4]
Game 1 Rostrevor Old Collegians v Barossa District
Game 2 Waikerie v Kadina
Game 3 Barossa District v Old Ignatians
Game 4 Kadina v Lucindale
Game 5 Rostrevor Old Collegians v Old Ignatians
Game 6 Waikerie v Lucindale
Final Rostrevor Old Collegians d Waikerie


2017 Australian Champions League

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The re-branded 2017 edition of the Australian Champions League was held on 25 March 2017 at Thebarton Oval. It was won by the Waikerie Football Club.[4]

Competing Teams

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Club League How qualified Position
Barossa District BLGFA 2016 Premiers - BLGFA Runners-Up
Hahndorf HFL 2016 Premiers - HFL Division 1 Group Stage
Moonta YPFL 2016 Premiers - YPFL Group Stage
Prince Alfred Old Collegians AdelaideFL 2016 Premiers - C9AFL Division 1 Group Stage
Reynella SFL 2016 Champions - SA Champions League Group Stage
Riverton-Saddleworth-Marrabel United (RSMU) NEFL 2016 Premiers - NEFL Group Stage
Waikerie RFL 2016 Premiers - RFL Champions

Results

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Pool Result[4]
Pool A Prince Alfred Old Collegians 4.9 (33) d Reynella 4.3 (27)
Pool B Barossa District 4.4 (28) d Hahndorf 3.2 (20)
Pool A Waikerie 5.8 (38) d RSMU 0.0 (0)
Pool B Prince Alfred Old Collegians 6.4 (40) d Moonta 3.5 (23)
Pool A Barossa District 7.6 (48) d Reynella 0.1 (1)
Pool B Hahndorf 5.2 (32) d RSMU 2.5 (17)
Pool A Waikerie 4.2 (26) d Moonta 3.6 (24)
Final Waikerie 6.4 (40) d Barossa District 0.2 (2)

2016 SA Champions League

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The inaugural SA Champions League was held on 12 March 2016 at Thebarton Oval, South Australia.[5] The competition was won by the Reynella Football Club.[6]

Competing Teams

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Club League How qualified Position
Hahndorf HFL 2015 Premiers - HFL Division 1 Group Stage
Nuriootpa Rover BLGFA 2015 Premiers - BLGFA Group Stage
Padthaway KNTFL 2015 Premiers - KNTFL Group Stage
Paskeville YPFL 2015 Premiers - YPFL Runners-Up
Reynella SFL 2015 Premiers - SFL Champions
St Peter's Old Collegians C9AFL Representative - C9AFL[a] Group Stage
  1. ^ C9AFL Division 1 Premiers Goodwood Saints, and Runners-Up Payneham Norwood Union declined the invitation [5]

Results

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Pool Result[7]
Pool A St Peter's Old Collegians 4.4 (28) d Nuriootpa Rover 1.2 (8)
Pool B Reynella 4.4 (28) d Hahndorf 33.6 (24)
Pool A Paskeville 5.2 (32) d St Peter's Old Collegians 2.5 (17)
Pool B Padthaway 3.8 (26) d Hahndorf 2.2 (14)
Pool A Nuriootpa Rover 5.3 (33) d Paskeville 3.7 (25)
Pool B Reynella 4.11 (35) d Padthaway 0.3 (3)
Final Reynella 9.4 (58) d Paskeville 4.3 (27)

References

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  1. ^ "2016". Australian Champions League. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. ^ "2017". Australian Champions League. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "2018". Australian Champions League. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Waikerie Football Club win the 2nd annual Australian Champions League". Little Heroes Foundation. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b Turner, Matt (10 February 2016). "Top clubs to vie for title of champion". No. 10 February 2016. News Corporation. Northern Messenger. p. 53. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Wineflies buzz with lightning strike". No. 13 March 2016. News Corporation. Sunday Mail. 13 March 2016.
  7. ^ "The 2016 Competition". Australian Champions League. Retrieved 4 March 2017.