Английская Википедия:Foxtel Cup

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The Leagues Championship Cup, officially branded under the sponsor's name as the Foxtel Cup, was an annual Australian rules football club knockout cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia. The tournament was organised by the Australian Football League (AFL), and was held annually between 2011 and 2014.

The competition was first held in 2011, featuring sixteen teams from around the country who qualified based on their finishing positions in their previous state league season. In 2011 and 2012, matches were played mostly as curtain-raisers to AFL Saturday night games, or occasionally as a stand-alone game in the same timeslot; in 2013 and 2014, matches were mostly played as stand-alone games on Tuesday nights. In both cases, matches were televised on subscription television provider and competition naming rights sponsor Foxtel; and clubs played matches on or adjacent to bye weeks in their respective state league fixtures. Total annual prize money for the competition was about $250,000, with $40,000 going to the winner.

Williamstown was the inaugural Foxtel Cup champions when it defeated Claremont by 21 points in the 2011 Grand Final. Claremont went one better the following year to become 2012 Foxtel Cup Champions defeating Werribee by 44 points. West Adelaide defeated East Fremantle by four points in the 2013 Grand Final. Williamstown won its second Foxtel Cup championship in 2014 by beating West Perth by 63 points.

Qualification

For the inaugural Foxtel Cup in 2011, the AFL invited the highest three ranked teams from the South Australian National Football League, the Victorian Football League and the West Australian Football League; the top two teams from the Queensland Australian Football League; and the top team from AFL Sydney and the Tasmanian Football League – based on those leagues' 2010 seasons. The Greater Western Sydney Giants (which was playing in the NEAFL in 2011 as preparation for entering the Australian Football League in 2012), and the Northern Territory Football Club received special invitations.

However, despite the SANFL signing on to be part of the Cup competition, its top three clubs – Central District, Norwood and Woodville-West Torrens – all rejected their invitations to compete, citing lack of prize money, sponsorship conflicts, salary cap implications, schedule concerns and removing the focus from their SANFL premiership ambitions. Eventually, the SANFL positions in the competition were taken up by West Adelaide, North Adelaide and Port Adelaide Magpies, none of whom even reached the SANFL finals in 2010. In 2013 it was announced that the SANFL's top three teams of the 2012 season, Norwood, West Adelaide and North Adelaide, had committed to play in the Foxtel Cup in 2014. At the time of the announcement midway through the 2013 SANFL season the three teams were again the top three on the SANFL premiership ladder, showing that among South Australian clubs, the Foxtel Cup was gaining recognition.

In 2013 and 2014, the scale of the competition was reduced from sixteen teams to nine or ten. In those seasons, the WAFL, SANFL and VFL each contributed two teams to the competition, who entered the competition at the quarter-final stage; and the remaining teams came from the NEAFL and TFL, who contested pre-qualifying rounds before entering the quarter-finals.

The AFL announced on 1 August 2011 that public interest and television audiences well-supported the inaugural year of the Foxtel Cup and as a result the competition would continue for the next five years. However, following the heavy burden of playing mid-week games on the competing clubs, the decision was made to cease the Foxtel Cup after its fourth season, 2014.

Coles Medal

The Coles Medal was awarded to the best player onfield in the Foxtel Cup Grand Final.

Year	Coles Medallist	Club
2011	Ben Jolley	Williamstown Football Club
2012	Thomas Lee	Claremont Football Club
2013	Chris Schmidt	West Adelaide Football Club
2014	Ben Davies	Williamstown Football Club

List of participants

Guernsey	Club	Nickname	Location	State League	Cup championships	Cup appearances
Файл:Ainslie Jumper.png	Ainslie Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory	Шаблон:Center	0	2011–2012
Файл:Aspley Hornets Jumper.svg	Aspley Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Carseldine, Queensland	Шаблон:Center	0	2014
Файл:Belconnen Magpies Jumper nologo.jpg	Belconnen Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory	Шаблон:Center	0	2014
Файл:Hawthorn Jumper.png	Box Hill Hawks Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Box Hill, Victoria	Шаблон:Center	0	2014
Файл:Fremantledocks.png	Burnie Dockers Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Burnie, Tasmania	Шаблон:Center	0	2012–2013
Файл:Claremont Tigers Jumper.svg	Claremont Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Claremont, Western Australia	Шаблон:Center	1	2011–2013
Файл:Clarence Roos Jumper.svg	Clarence Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Clarence, Tasmania	Шаблон:Center	0	2011
Файл:East Fremantle Sharks Jumper nologo.jpg	East Fremantle Football Club	Шаблон:Center	East Fremantle, Western Australia	Шаблон:Center	0	2013
Файл:East Perth Royals Jumper.svg	East Perth Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Leederville, Western Australia	Шаблон:Center	0	2011, 2014
	Greater Western Sydney Giants	Шаблон:Center	Blacktown, New South Wales	Шаблон:Center	0	2011
Файл:Glenelg Tigers Jumper.svg	Labrador Australian Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Labrador, Queensland	Шаблон:Center	0	2011
	Launceston Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Launceston, Tasmania	Шаблон:Center	0	2012
Файл:Ainslie Jumper.png	Morningside Australian Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Hawthorne, Queensland	Шаблон:Center	0	2011–2012
Файл:Kangaroos Jumper.png	Mount Gravatt Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Mount Gravatt, Queensland	Шаблон:Center	0	2012
Файл:North Adelaide Roosters Jumper.svg	North Adelaide Football Club	Шаблон:Center	North Adelaide, South Australia	Шаблон:Center	0	2011
Файл:North Ballarat Roosters Jumper.svg	North Ballarat Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Ballarat, Victoria	Шаблон:Center	0	2011
Файл:North Bullants Jumper nologo.jpg	Northern Bullants Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Preston, Victoria	Шаблон:Center	0	2011
	Northern Territory Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Darwin, Northern Territory	Шаблон:Center	0	2011–2013
Файл:Norwood Redlegs Jumper.svg	Norwood Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Norwood, South Australia	Шаблон:Center	0	2013–2014
Файл:Port Adelaide Magpies Jumper.svg	Port Adelaide Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Alberton, South Australia	Шаблон:Center	0	2011–2012
Файл:Port Melbourne Borough Jumper.svg	Port Melbourne Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Port Melbourne, Victoria	Шаблон:Center	0	2012–2013
Файл:Glenelg Tigers Jumper.svg	Queanbeyan Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Queanbeyan, New South Wales	Шаблон:Center	0	2013
Файл:South Adelaide Panthers Jumper.svg	South Adelaide Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Noarlunga Downs, South Australia	Шаблон:Center	0	2012
Файл:Southport Sharks Jumper.svg	Southport Australian Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Southport, Queensland	Шаблон:Center	0	2013
	Subiaco Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Subiaco, Western Australia	Шаблон:Center	0	2012
Файл:Swan Districts Jumper.svg	Swan Districts Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Bassendean, Western Australia	Шаблон:Center	0	2011
Файл:East Coast Eagles jumper nologo.jpg	Sydney Hills Eagles Australian Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Rouse Hill, New South Wales	Шаблон:Center	0	2011–2012
Файл:Werribee Tigers Jumper nologo.jpg	Werribee Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Werribee, Victoria	Шаблон:Center	0	2012–2013
Файл:West Adelaide Bloods Jumper.svg	West Adelaide Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Richmond, South Australia	Шаблон:Center	1	2011–2014
Файл:West Perth Falcons Jumper.svg	West Perth Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Joondalup, Western Australia	Шаблон:Center	0	2012, 2014
Файл:Western Storm Jumper.png	Western Storm Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Prospect, Tasmania	Шаблон:Center	0	2014
Файл:Williamstown Seagulls Jumper.svg	Williamstown Football Club	Шаблон:Center	Williamstown, Victoria	Шаблон:Center	2	2011 - 2012, 2014

Stadiums

Adelaide	Adelaide	Blacktown	Darwin
Football Park Capacity: 51,224	Adelaide Oval Capacity: 53,000	Blacktown ISP Oval Capacity: 10,000	Marrara Oval Capacity: 15,000
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Geelong	Gold Coast	Hobart	Launceston
Kardinia Park Capacity: 33,500	Carrara Stadium Capacity: 25,000	Bellerive Oval Capacity: 16,200	York Park Capacity: 20,000
Файл:Skilled-stadium-geelong.jpg	Файл:Adelaide v Gold Coast - Carrara crowd.jpg	Файл:Bellerive oval hobart.jpg	Файл:Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs - 31st May 2008 181.jpg
Melbourne	Melbourne	Perth	Sydney
Docklands Stadium Capacity: 56,347	Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,018	Subiaco Oval Capacity: 43,500	Sydney Cricket Ground Capacity: 46,000
Файл:Telstra Dome Panoramic.jpg	Файл:Mcg melb.JPG	Файл:SubiOval2.JPG	Файл:Sydney Cricket Ground, Warne final balls, 2007.jpg

See also

• NFL Night Series and AFC Night Series, similar interstate Australian rules football club competitions which operated from 1976–1979 and from 1977–1987 respectively.

External links

• Official Foxtel Cup website
• Official AFL Canberra website
• AFL Northern Territory
• AFL Queensland State Site
• North East Australian Football League - official website
• South Australian National Football League – official website
• Official Sydney AFL Site
• Tasmanian Football League Website
• Victorian Football League – official website
• Western Australian Football League – official website