The 2021–22 Scottish Women's Football Championship was the inaugural season of the
SWF Championship after its formation as the third tier of
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
...
in Scotland.
The previous two planned seasons in
2020
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and
2020–21 were both abandoned due to the
coronavirus pandemic
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The league was split into two divisions – Championship North and Championship South. Planned to have 'approximately 12 teams each',
the divisions in the inaugural season actually contained 9 and 17 teams respectively.
Montrose secured the Championship North title on 10 April, with a 4–1 win over their promotion rivals
East Fife. In the Championship South,
Gartcairn finished as the division winners on 24 April, ahead of 2nd-placed
Rossvale. East Fife won the third available promotion place to SWPL 2, by winning the single-match promotion play-off 3–1 against Rossvale on 8 May in
Alloa
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Teams
Championship North
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Championship South
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SWPL play-offs
For the first time, a system of promotion/relegation play-offs was introduced to the SWPL. The two runners-up from Championship North and Championship South were intended to take part in play-off semi-finals, with the winner playing the team finishing eighth in SWPL 2 in the play-off final to determine the last place in the
2022–23 SWPL 2.
Scottish Women's Football announces new league structure
SheKicks.net, 20 September 2019 Instead, East Fife won promotion in a single promotion play-off,
References
External links
Championship North at SWF
Championship South at SWF
Women's Championship North 2021/2022
Soccerway
Women's Championship South 2021/2022
Soccerway
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Scot
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Scottish Women's Football Championship seasons
Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this sys ...