Australian Champions League

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The Australian Champions League, formerly the SA Champions League, is an annual Australian rules football tournament, held in March, between invited teams from metropolitan and country leagues. Invitations are targeted at the premiership teams from each competition.

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Competition Winners

YearChampionRunner-upNumber of teams
2016 [1] Reynella Paskeville 6
2017 [2] Waikerie Barossa District 7
2018 [3] Rostrevor Old Collegians Waikerie 6

2018 Australian Champions League

The 2018 edition of the Australian Champions League was held on 24 March 2018 at Denise Norton Park (Pardipardinyilla), Adelaide. It was won by the Rostrevor Old Collegians Football Club. [3]

Competing Teams

ClubLeagueHow qualifiedPosition
Barossa District BLGFA 2017 Premiers - BLGFAGroup Stage
Kadina YPFL 2017 Premiers - YPFLGroup Stage
Lucindale KNTFL 2017 Premiers - KNTFLGroup Stage
Old Ignatians AdelaideFL Wild Card (7th Adel. Footy League Div. 2)Group Stage
Rostrevor Old Collegians AdelaideFL 2017 Premiers - Adel. Footy League Div. 1Champions
Waikerie RFL 2017 Premiers - RFL/2017 Champions - SA Champions LeagueRunners-Up

Results

GameResult [4]
Game 1Rostrevor Old Collegians v Barossa District
Game 2Waikerie v Kadina
Game 3Barossa District v Old Ignatians
Game 4Kadina v Lucindale
Game 5Rostrevor Old Collegians v Old Ignatians
Game 6Waikerie v Lucindale
FinalRostrevor Old Collegians d Waikerie


2017 Australian Champions League

The re-branded 2017 edition of the Australian Champions League was held on 25 March 2017 at Thebarton Oval. It was won by the Waikerie Football Club. [4]

Competing Teams

ClubLeagueHow qualifiedPosition
Barossa District BLGFA 2016 Premiers - BLGFARunners-Up
Hahndorf HFL 2016 Premiers - HFL Division 1Group Stage
Moonta YPFL 2016 Premiers - YPFLGroup Stage
Prince Alfred Old Collegians AdelaideFL 2016 Premiers - C9AFL Division 1Group Stage
Reynella SFL 2016 Champions - SA Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Riverton-Saddleworth-Marrabel United (RSMU) NEFL 2016 Premiers - NEFLGroup Stage
Waikerie RFL 2016 Premiers - RFLChampions

Results

PoolResult [4]
Pool APrince Alfred Old Collegians 4.9 (33) d Reynella 4.3 (27)
Pool BBarossa District 4.4 (28) d Hahndorf 3.2 (20)
Pool AWaikerie 5.8 (38) d RSMU 0.0 (0)
Pool BPrince Alfred Old Collegians 6.4 (40) d Moonta 3.5 (23)
Pool ABarossa District 7.6 (48) d Reynella 0.1 (1)
Pool BHahndorf 5.2 (32) d RSMU 2.5 (17)
Pool AWaikerie 4.2 (26) d Moonta 3.6 (24)
FinalWaikerie 6.4 (40) d Barossa District 0.2 (2)

2016 SA Champions League

The inaugural SA Champions League was held on 12 March 2016 at Thebarton Oval, South Australia. [5] The competition was won by the Reynella Football Club. [6]

Competing Teams

ClubLeagueHow qualifiedPosition
Hahndorf HFL 2015 Premiers - HFL Division 1Group Stage
Nuriootpa Rover BLGFA 2015 Premiers - BLGFAGroup Stage
Padthaway KNTFL 2015 Premiers - KNTFLGroup Stage
Paskeville YPFL 2015 Premiers - YPFLRunners-Up
Reynella SFL 2015 Premiers - SFLChampions
St Peter's Old Collegians C9AFL Representative - C9AFL [lower-alpha 1] Group Stage
  1. C9AFL Division 1 Premiers Goodwood Saints, and Runners-Up Payneham Norwood Union declined the invitation [5]

Results

PoolResult [7]
Pool ASt Peter's Old Collegians 4.4 (28) d Nuriootpa Rover 1.2 (8)
Pool BReynella 4.4 (28) d Hahndorf 33.6 (24)
Pool APaskeville 5.2 (32) d St Peter's Old Collegians 2.5 (17)
Pool BPadthaway 3.8 (26) d Hahndorf 2.2 (14)
Pool ANuriootpa Rover 5.3 (33) d Paskeville 3.7 (25)
Pool BReynella 4.11 (35) d Padthaway 0.3 (3)
FinalReynella 9.4 (58) d Paskeville 4.3 (27)

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