AFL Queensland Schools Cup

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AFL Queensland Schools Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
AFL current event.svg 2025 AFL Queensland Schools Cup
Sport Australian rules football
Founded2016;9 years ago (2016) in Brisbane, Queensland
First season2016
No. of teams745
RegionFlag of Queensland.svg  Queensland
Venue(s) Maroochydore Multisports Complex
Confederation AFL Queensland
Official website https://play.afl/queensland/schools/aflq-schools-cup

The AFL Queensland Schools Cup is an Australian rules football competition organised by the AFL Queensland, contested by schools from all over Queensland.

Contents

Founded in 2016 it consists of a knockout tournament starting from several regional tournaments finalizing to a state championship series held at the Maroochydore Multisports Complex. Since its inception, it has continuously generated a great amount of participation, recently having 745 teams competing for the 2024 competition. [1]

Schools of Excellence

AFL Queensland runs the Schools of Excellence competition to identify the schools around South East Queensland that operates their AFL program to a high standard. These schools play against each other in a round robin competition throughout the year, with the higher placing schools earning an automatic entry into the State Quarter or Semi Finals for the Schools Cup. As of 2025 the program has 13 schools:

Bribie Island State High School (Moreton Bay)
Brisbane South SSC (Brisbane)
Helensvale SHS (Gold Coast)
Mountain Creek SHS (Sunshine Coast)
Narangba Valley SHS (Moreton Bay)
Pacific Pines SHS (Gold Coast)
Palm Beach Currumbin SHS (Gold Coast)
Park Ridge SHS (Logan)
Southport SHS (Gold Coast)
Springwood SHS (Logan)
Sunshine Beach SHS (Noosa)
Woodcrest SC (Ipswich)
Varsity College (Gold Coast)
[2]

Schools Cup Premiers

Senior Male

SeasonPremiersRunners-UpThird PlaceFourth Place
2016 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Helensvale SHS Mountain Creek SHS St Augustine's College
2017 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Helensvale SHS Narangba Valley SHS Ignatius Park College
2018 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Helensvale SHS Cairns SHS St Laurence's College
2019 Helensvale SHS Palm Beach Currumbin SHS St Augustine's College Mountain Creek SHS
2020 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Helensvale SHS Mountain Creek SHS Narangba Valley SHS
2021 Helensvale SHS Palm Beach Currumbin SHS St Laurence's College St Augustine's College
2022 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Helensvale SHS St Augustine's College Nudgee College
2023 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS St Laurence's College All Saints AS St Augustine's College
2024 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS St Laurence's College Padua College St Augustine's College

Senior Female

SeasonPremiersRunners-UpThird PlaceFourth Place
2016 Mountain Creek SHS The Cathedral College Kedron SHS Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar
2017 The Cathedral College Mountain Creek SHS Lourdes Hill College Narangba Valley SHS
2018 Miami SHS Fairholme College Southport SHS The Cathedral College
2019 Miami SHS Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Narangba Valley SHS The Cathedral College
2020 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Mountain Creek SHS Park Ridge SHS Narangba Valley SHS
2021 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Varsity College Kedron SHS St Andrews Catholic College
2022 Varsity College Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Mountain Creek SHS St Andrews Catholic College
2023 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Varsity College The Cathedral College Marymount College
2024 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Varsity College St Teresa's Catholic College The Cathedral College

Junior Male

SeasonPremiersRunners-UpThird PlaceFourth Place
2016 Helensvale SHS Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Cairns SHS Iona College
2017 Helensvale SHS Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Ignatius Park College St Laurence's College
2018 Helensvale SHS Narangba Valley SHS Mountain Creek SHS St Teresa's College Abergowrie
2019 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS St Augustine's College Helensvale SHS Mountain Creek SHS
2020 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Helensvale SHS Mountain Creek SHS Varsity College
2021 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Ambrose Treacy College Padua College St Augustine's College
2022 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS St Laurence's College Padua College St Brendan's College
2023 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS St Laurence's College Helensvale SHS St Augustine's College
2024 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Brisbane South SSC Padua College Trinity Bay SHS

Junior Female

SeasonPremiersRunners-UpThird PlaceFourth Place
2016 Miami SHS Narangba Valley SHS St Monica's College Hillbrook Anglican School
2017 Park Ridge SHS Narangba Valley SHS St. Teresa's Catholic College Mercy College
2018 Park Ridge SHS Cleveland District SHS Kedron SHS Mercy College
2019 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Varsity College Kedron SHS Ryan Catholic College
2020 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Varsity College Pacific Pines SHS Woodcrest SC
2021 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Varsity College Marymount College The Cathedral College
2022 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Hillcrest Christian College The Cathedral College Pacific Pines SHS
2023 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Varsity College Helensvale SHS St Andrews Catholic College
2024 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Varsity College Marymount College St Margaret Mary's College

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

North Queensland Championships

The North Queensland Championships are contested by the previous regional winners from Cairns, Capricornia, Mackay and Townsville for each division. The winners of these championships qualifies for the State Championships in Sunshine Coast.

North Queensland Champions

Season (Host)Senior MaleSenior FemaleJunior MaleJunior Female
2016 (Townsville) St Augustine's College The Cathedral College Cairns SHS St Monica's College
2017 (Mackay) Ignatius Park College The Cathedral College Ignatius Park College Mercy College
2018 (Townsville) Cairns SHS The Cathedral College St Teresa's College Abergowrie Mercy College
2019 (Mackay) St Augustine's College The Cathedral College St Augustine's College Ryan Catholic College
2020Season not contested due to COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland
2021 (Townsville) St Augustine's College St Andrews Catholic College St Augustine's College The Cathedral College
2022 (Townsville) St Augustine's College St Andrews Catholic College St Brendan's College The Cathedral College
2023 (Mackay) St Augustine's College The Cathedral College St Augustine's College St Andrews Catholic College
2024 (Townsville) St Augustine's College The Cathedral College Trinity Bay SHS St Margaret Mary's College
2025 (Townsville)

Former Competitions

Schools of Excellence Cup

The AFLQ Schools of Excellence (SoE) was the premier interschool competition for secondary schools in South East Queensland. It consisted of a home & away round robin as well as finals. With the introduction of the Schools Cup, while the SoE structure is still in place for game development, this series concludes with the succeeding participants qualifying for the larger state-wide competition. The Junior Premiers of each year will go onto the Northern States Cup to play against the winners of other state-wide interschool competitions. The Brisbane Lions Cup was the state competition for Youth Girls.

Premiers

SeasonSenior MaleJunior Male
2009 Helensvale SHS Helensvale SHS
2010 Helensvale SHS Palm Beach Currumbin SHS
2011 Helensvale SHS Palm Beach Currumbin SHS
2012 Helensvale SHS Palm Beach Currumbin SHS
2013 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Palm Beach Currumbin SHS
2014 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Helensvale SHS
2015 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS Helensvale SHS

Brisbane Lions Youth Girls Cup

The Brisbane Lions Cup was the premier state competition for Youth Girls. It was introduced in 2005 as a means of developing players that are new to the game. In 2015, a Schools of Excellence division was created, later being absorbed into the current AFLQ Schools Cup from 2016 onwards.

Premiers

SeasonSenior FemaleJunior Female
2005 Narangba Valley SHS Narangba Valley SHS
2006 Narangba Valley SHS Narangba Valley SHS
2007 Kedron SHS Narangba Valley SHS
2008 Kedron SHS Park Ridge SHS
2009 Kedron SHS Centenary SHS
2010 Mountain Creek SHS Mountain Creek SHS
2011 St Ursula's College Kedron SHS
2012 Mountain Creek SHS Mountain Creek SHS
2013 Mountain Creek SHS Park Ridge SHS
2014 Mountain Creek SHS Mountain Creek SHS
2015 Mountain Creek SHS

[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

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