The Queensland Australian Football League Women's (QAFLW) is the highest-ranked
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
women's league in
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
. It provides elite women footballers the opportunity to play in a semi-professional environment. Many players from this league have represented their State, earned All-Australian honours, and participated in
AFLW
AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 1 ...
.
There are five senior
women's AFL leagues in
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
governed by
AFL Queensland
AFL Queensland (AFLQ) is the governing body of Australian rules football in Queensland. AFL Queensland has over 216,000 participants (including Northern Rivers which is governed by AFLQ) playing at all levels of football from the introductory N ...
. The second-tier of women's football in South-East Queensland is the Queensland Football Association Women's (QFAW), which was introduced in 2017. This competition is designed to allow women who are new to the game to develop their football understanding and skills, and also provide new clubs with an entry point into women's football.
Clubs
QAFLW Clubs
QFAW Division 1 Clubs
QFAW Division 2 Clubs
North
South
Premiers
QAFLW Grand Finals
Premierships by Club
Premiership tallies for the premier women's competition in Queensland (AFLQ Womens League 2001-2011, SEQAFL Womens League 2012-2013, QWAFL 2014-2018, QAFLW 2019-present)
QFAW Division 1 Grand Finals
QFAW Division 2 Grand Finals
QFAW Northern Rivers Grand Finals
QAFLW Awards
Emma Zielke Medal
The medal is awarded to the
best and fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
player in the league, and was named after player
Emma Zielke
Emma Zielke (born 19 April 1988) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's competition. She was the club's inaugural AFLW team captain, leading the club in 2017–2018 and 2020–2021.
Early ...
in August 2021.
QAFLW Leading Goal Kicker
QAFLW Rising Star
See also
*
List of women's Australian rules football leagues
List of Women's Australian rules football leagues around the world.
Australia
National
*AFL Women's - semi-professional national competition beginning in 2017
Australian Capital Territory
* ACT Women's Australian Football League
New South W ...
References
External links
*
{{Aussie Rules in Queensland
Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...
Australian rules football competitions in Queensland
Sports leagues established in 2001
2001 establishments in Australia