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Sport | Australian rules football |
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Founded | 2016Brisbane, Queensland | in
First season | 2016 |
No. of teams | 745 |
Region | ![]() |
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.
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]
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)
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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.
Season (Host) | Senior Male | Senior Female | Junior Male | Junior Female |
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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 |
2020 | Season 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) |
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.
Season | Senior Male | Junior Male |
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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 |
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.
Season | Senior Female | Junior Female |
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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 |
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