The Indian Women's League 2 (abbreviated as the IWL 2) is the women's second tier professional

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in the

Indian football league system The Indian football league system is the league structure of football club competitions in India. The highest level of men's club football competition is the Indian Super League. Indian Women's League, founded in 2016, is the highest level of ...

. The competition is established in 2023, with the first season starting from 2024. The league was launched as India's first national women's second tier professional football league below the

Indian Women's League The Indian Women's League (abbreviated as the IWL) is the women's top tier professional football league in India, founded in 2016. Currently, a total of 8 teams from across the country participate in the league. The competition was planned ...

History

The league was launched by

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as India's first national women's second tier professional football league. In January 2024, the League Committee confirmed the introduction of the system of promotion and relegation of the clubs involving the IWL and IWL 2, effective from the 2024–25 season.

Format

The inaugural season constituted of 24 clubs which qualified through state leagues as well as being nominated by the Member State Associations. The Group stage consisted of the clubs which will be divided into five groups of three each and each club playing their opponents in their respective group once in a round-robin format, with the winners of every group proceeding to the Final Round. The Final Round will constitute of a single-leg round-robin format, with the top two teams gaining promotion to the

Media coverage

The matches of the first season of the league were live streamed o
youtube.com/indianfootball

Clubs

Champions

Records

Top scorers by season

References

External links

IWL 2
at i-league.org {{Football in India Football leagues in India Indian Women's League 2 2023 establishments in India Second-level women's association football leagues in Asia