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 Year Champion Runner-up Number of teams 2016 Reynella Paskeville 6 2017 Waikerie Barossa District 7 2018 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.
Competing Teams
Club League How qualified Position Barossa District BLGFA 2017 Premiers - BLGFA Group Stage Kadina YPFL 2017 Premiers - YPFL Group Stage Lucindale KNTFL 2017 Premiers - KNTFL Group Stage Old Ignatians AdelaideFL Wild Card (7th Adel. Footy League Div. 2) Group Stage Rostrevor Old Collegians AdelaideFL 2017 Premiers - Adel. Footy League Div. 1 Champions Waikerie RFL 2017 Premiers - RFL/2017 Champions - SA Champions League Runners-Up
Results Game Result Game 1 Rostrevor Old Collegians v Barossa District Game 2 Waikerie v Kadina Game 3 Barossa District v Old Ignatians Game 4 Kadina v Lucindale Game 5 Rostrevor Old Collegians v Old Ignatians Game 6 Waikerie v Lucindale Final Rostrevor 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.
Competing Teams
Club League How qualified Position Barossa District BLGFA 2016 Premiers - BLGFA Runners-Up Hahndorf HFL 2016 Premiers - HFL Division 1 Group Stage Moonta YPFL 2016 Premiers - YPFL Group Stage Prince Alfred Old Collegians AdelaideFL 2016 Premiers - C9AFL Division 1 Group Stage Reynella SFL 2016 Champions - SA Champions League Group Stage Riverton-Saddleworth-Marrabel United (RSMU) NEFL 2016 Premiers - NEFL Group Stage Waikerie RFL 2016 Premiers - RFL Champions
Results Pool Result Pool A Prince Alfred Old Collegians 4.9 (33) d Reynella 4.3 (27) Pool B Barossa District 4.4 (28) d Hahndorf 3.2 (20) Pool A Waikerie 5.8 (38) d RSMU 0.0 (0) Pool B Prince Alfred Old Collegians 6.4 (40) d Moonta 3.5 (23) Pool A Barossa District 7.6 (48) d Reynella 0.1 (1) Pool B Hahndorf 5.2 (32) d RSMU 2.5 (17) Pool A Waikerie 4.2 (26) d Moonta 3.6 (24) Final Waikerie 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. The competition was won by the Reynella Football Club.
Competing Teams
Club League How qualified Position Hahndorf HFL 2015 Premiers - HFL Division 1 Group Stage Nuriootpa Rover BLGFA 2015 Premiers - BLGFA Group Stage Padthaway KNTFL 2015 Premiers - KNTFL Group Stage Paskeville YPFL 2015 Premiers - YPFL Runners-Up Reynella SFL 2015 Premiers - SFL Champions St Peter's Old Collegians C9AFL Representative - C9AFL Group Stage
Results Pool Result Pool A St Peter's Old Collegians 4.4 (28) d Nuriootpa Rover 1.2 (8) Pool B Reynella 4.4 (28) d Hahndorf 33.6 (24) Pool A Paskeville 5.2 (32) d St Peter's Old Collegians 2.5 (17) Pool B Padthaway 3.8 (26) d Hahndorf 2.2 (14) Pool A Nuriootpa Rover 5.3 (33) d Paskeville 3.7 (25) Pool B Reynella 4.11 (35) d Padthaway 0.3 (3) Final Reynella 9.4 (58) d Paskeville 4.3 (27)
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