Australian Champions League

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.

Competition Winners
YearChampionRunner-UpNumber of teams
2016[1]ReynellaPaskeville6
2017[2]WaikerieBarossa District7
2018[3]Rostrevor Old CollegiansWaikerie6

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 DistrictBLGFA2017 Premiers - BLGFAGroup Stage
KadinaYPFL2017 Premiers - YPFLGroup Stage
LucindaleKNTFL2017 Premiers - KNTFLGroup Stage
Old IgnatiansAdelaideFLWild Card (7th Adel. Footy League Div. 2)Group Stage
Rostrevor Old CollegiansAdelaideFL2017 Premiers - Adel. Footy League Div. 1Champions
WaikerieRFL2017 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 DistrictBLGFA2016 Premiers - BLGFARunners-Up
HahndorfHFL2016 Premiers - HFL Division 1Group Stage
MoontaYPFL2016 Premiers - YPFLGroup Stage
Prince Alfred Old CollegiansAdelaideFL2016 Premiers - C9AFL Division 1Group Stage
ReynellaSFL2016 Champions - SA Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Riverton-Saddleworth-Marrabel United (RSMU)NEFL2016 Premiers - NEFLGroup Stage
WaikerieRFL2016 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
HahndorfHFL2015 Premiers - HFL Division 1Group Stage
Nuriootpa RoverBLGFA2015 Premiers - BLGFAGroup Stage
PadthawayKNTFL2015 Premiers - KNTFLGroup Stage
PaskevilleYPFL2015 Premiers - YPFLRunners-Up
ReynellaSFL2015 Premiers - SFLChampions
St Peter's Old CollegiansC9AFLRepresentative - 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)

References
  1. "2016". Australian Champions League. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. "2017". Australian Champions League. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. "2018". Australian Champions League. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. "Waikerie Football Club win the 2nd annual Australian Champions League". Little Heroes Foundation. Little Heroes Foundation. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  5. Turner, Matt (10 February 2016). "Top clubs to vie for title of champion" (10 February 2016). News Corporation. Northern Messenger. p. 53. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. "Wineflies buzz with lightning strike" (13 March 2016). News Corporation. Sunday Mail. 13 March 2016.
  7. "The 2016 Competition". Australian Champions League. Australian Champions League. Retrieved 4 March 2017.


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