List Of AFL Women's Minor Premiers
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This page is a complete chronological listing of AFL Women's minor premiers. The
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(AFLW) is the elite national competition in
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. The team that finishes the home-and-away season on top of the premiership ladder is known as the " minor premier". In the inaugural two AFL Women's seasons, the minor premier hosted the AFL Women's Grand Final, as there was no finals series. This was unlike the
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(AFL), where the
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is the culmination of a
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, and finishing on top of the ladder provides only minor benefits. No award has yet been given to the AFL Women's minor premier, and the main league award is the AFL Women's premiership, which is awarded to the winner of the AFL Women's Grand Final. There were no officially recognised minor premiers in 2019 and 2020 due to the use of a conference system in those seasons. The league reverted to a single ladder in 2021, thus making the recognition of minor premiers an obvious process.


List of minor premiers

The following is a list of minor premiers, ladder details and results.


Minor premiership wins


See also

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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 that wins the AFL Women's Gra ...
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List of VFL/AFL minor premiers This page is a complete chronological listing of VFL/AFL minor premiers. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football. The te ...


Notes


References


External links


Official AFL Women's website
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