List of AFL Women's premiers
This page is a complete chronological listing of AFL Women's premiers. The AFL Women's (AFLW) is the elite national competition in women's Australian rules football.
Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club which wins the AFL Women's Grand Final. The grand final has been an annual tradition in its current format since 2017. Under the competition's current format, each team plays each other once in the home-and-away season, and the top two teams meet in the Grand Final a week after the completion of the home-and-away season; the top-placed team hosts the grand final at either their home ground or the closest venue with a large enough capacity. This is unlike the Australian Football League (AFL), where the AFL Grand Final is the culmination of a finals series and is always played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Brisbane and Adelaide played in the inaugural AFL Women's Grand Final, which was won by Adelaide.
The AFL Women's began as an eight-team competition in 2017, with Geelong and North Melbourne to join in 2019, and Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast to join in 2020.[1]
List of premiers
The following is a list of premiers and the grand final results.
| Season | Premiers | Runners-up | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Adelaide | Brisbane | 4.11 (35) d. 4.5 (29) | Metricon Stadium | 15,610 | 25 March 2017 | [2] |
| 2018 | Western Bulldogs | Brisbane (2) | 4.3 (27) d. 3.3 (21) | Ikon Park | 7,083 | 24 March 2018 | [3] |
Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.
Premierships by team
This table summarises all premierships won by each team.
| Club | Premierships | Runners-up | Grand final matches | Premiership years | Runner-up years | Years since last premiership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2017 | 1 | |
| Western Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2018 | 0 | |
| Brisbane | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2017, 2018 | – | |
| Carlton | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Collingwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Fremantle | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Geelong | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Greater Western Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| North Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.
Premiership frequency
| Club | Years in competition | Seasons | Premierships | Runners-up | Percentage of premierships won | Average years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Based by seasons in comp | per premiership | per grand final | |||||
| Adelaide | 2017–present | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Western Bulldogs | 2017–present | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Brisbane | 2017–present | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | – | 1.00 |
| Carlton | 2017–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | – | – |
| Collingwood | 2017–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | – | – |
| Fremantle | 2017–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | – | – |
| Greater Western Sydney | 2017–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | – | – |
| Melbourne | 2017–present | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | – | – |
| Geelong | 2019–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | – | – |
| North Melbourne | 2019–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | – | – |
Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.
Premiership droughts
The duration of the drought is given as the number of full seasons contested between premierships; the season in which the drought is broken is considered to be part of the drought, and if the drought began from a club's entry to the league, the club's inaugural season is also considered to be part of the drought.
| + Drought began upon club's entry to league |
| — Current drought |
| Club | Seasons | Start | End | Grand final appearances during drought |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | 2 | 2017+ | — | 2017, 2018 |
| Carlton | 2 | 2017+ | — | |
| Collingwood | 2 | 2017+ | — | |
| Fremantle | 2 | 2017+ | — | |
| Greater Western Sydney | 2 | 2017+ | — | |
| Melbourne | 2 | 2017+ | — | |
| Western Bulldogs | 2 | 2017+ | 2018 | |
| Adelaide | 1 | 2018 | — |
Table correct to the end of the 2018 season.
See also
References
- ↑ Black, Sarah (27 September 2017). "North and Geelong win AFLW expansion race". afl.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ Matthews, Bruce (25 March 2017). "Match report: Crows soar to flag in thriller". afl.com.au. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ↑ Matthews, Bruce (24 March 2018). "AFLW match report: Dogs take out flag". afl.com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2018.