Английская Википедия:AFL National Championships
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox sports league
The AFL National Championships is an annual Australian national underage representative Australian rules football tournament. It is seen as one of the main pathways towards being drafted into a team in the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL).
The National Championships grew out of the Teal Cup which began in 1953 as a junior representative competition between the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales. It was rebranded in 1976 to reflect its expansion to include teams from each Australian state and mainland territory, rotated between host cities.
The current competition is contested as a hybrid representative format. The best players from the Academy competitions (AFL club feeder teams) combine to form an 'Allies' team in conjunction with South Australia, Western Australia and two Victoria teams—Metro (Melbourne Metropolitan Area) and Country—to contest the division 1 tournament.
History
Originally known as the Teal Cup, it began in 1953 as a junior representative competition between the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales. It was an annual match between the two states, the winners would possess a trophy donated by the Teal family of Queensland. The Australian Capital Territory was the first other side to enter in 1973. With the addition of teams from each Australian state and mainland territory in 1976, the tournament was rebranded as the National Championships and rotated between host cities. The championships were split into two divisions with the strongest states including Victoria (later split into two sides: Vic Metro and Vic Country) comprising Division 1. Papua New Guinea was the first other country to field a team in 1979.
In the absence of a national league, and less regular senior competition, it grew into one of the most important competitions in the country. Early on it was an Under-17 competition, however the age limit has been progressively increased and separate junior championships added for Under-15 level (commencing as the Shell Cup, now the AFL National Development Championships) from the 1970s onwards. It was a major talent pathway for underage players outside of Victoria to the VFL. As part of the AFL Commission's role as national governing body, the Victorian TAC Cup competition was restructured in 1992 to become the primary pathway to the AFL. As a result, representative development sides from NSW/ACT and Tasmania for a time have played in that competition instead. However, in recent years, the National Championships has regained its status as a primary AFL recruitment pathway as the growth of the sport outside Victoria has accelerated.
The division 2 competition was replaced by the Under-19 Academy Series in 2017, with teams from the 4 Queensland and NSW AFL clubs' academies in addition to Northern Territory and Tasmania state teams. The entire competition was changed to under-19s in 2021 (the competition has previously operated under-17s and under-18s competitions).
With the AFL Commission phasing out representative football at senior level since 1994, the National Championships are one of the few opportunities for players to play for their state or territory. Players typically share the senior team's guernsey (with the exception of Victorian teams, which play in variations of the state team guernsey—Vic Metro has a light blue Big V insignia, while Vic Country plays in a reverse white with navy Big V).
The best players from the academy competition then combine to form an 'Allies' team in conjunction with South Australia, Western Australia and two Victoria teams, Metro (Melbourne Metropolitan Area) and Country to contest the division 1 tournament.
The winner of the 2023 division 1 tournament was the Allies.
Winners and awards
Individual awards
The Larke Medal is awarded to the best player in Division 1 of the competition. It is named in honour of a junior footballer, Michael Larke, who was killed in a bus crash while attending a trial match for New South Wales. The Hunter Harrison Medal is awarded to the best player in Division 2 and is named in honour of a former president and life member of the Northern Territory Football League, Hunter Harrison, who played a major role in the development of the AFL Youth Championships.[1] Each tournament, an underage All-Australian team is named; an MVP is also named for each team.
Past winners
Total premierships
| Team | Premierships | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria Metro | 18 | Division I: 1990, 1992-94, 1996-98, 2001-02, 2004-06, 2008, 2011-12, 2016-17, 2022 |
| Queensland | 16 | Division I: 1953, 1963-73 (12) Division II: 1997, 1999, 2006, 2015 (4) |
| New South Wales | 11 | Division I: 1974-75 (2) Division II: 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002-03, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016 (9) |
| Victoria | 9 | Division I: 1976-77, 1981-84, 1986-88 |
| South Australia | 8 | Division I: 1978-80, 1991, 1995, 2013-14, 2018 |
| Tasmania | 8 | Division II: 1996, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010-11, 2013, 2018 |
| Victoria Country | 5 | Division I: 1989, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2015 |
| Western Australia | 5 | Division I: 1985, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2019 |
| Northern Territory | 2 | Division II: 2004, 2012 |
| Allies | 1 | Division I: 2023 |
Participating teams
Current
Division 1
- Шаблон:Flagicon The Allies (Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania) (2016–)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Victoria Country (Victoria) & Victoria Metro (Victoria)
- Шаблон:Flagicon South Australia (South Australia)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Western Australia (Western Australia)
Division 2
(Note: Since 2017, the AFL has replaced state and territory representative teams with an Academy division consisting of its QLD and NSW AFL Club sides: GWS Giants, Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns and Sydney Swans)
- Шаблон:Flagicon/Шаблон:Flagicon New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Queensland (Queensland)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Northern Territory (Northern Territory)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Tasmania (Tasmania)
Past
- Шаблон:Flagicon Australian Capital Territory (1973–199?)[6][7] (later combined within NSW/ACT)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Papua New Guinea (1979)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Victoria (1976–1988) (Split into two sides: Vic Metro & Vic Country)
Sponsors
The tournament is currently sponsored by the National Australia Bank, having previously been sponsored by Caltex and the Commonwealth Bank.[8]
See also
Notes
References
Шаблон:AFL Under 18 Championships Шаблон:Interstate matches in Australian rules football
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 2,00 2,01 2,02 2,03 2,04 2,05 2,06 2,07 2,08 2,09 2,10 2,11 2,12 2,13 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Simply Energy WA U18s squad announced West Australian Football Commission 18 September 2020
- ↑ UPDATE: Second WA v SA U19 clash looms, Vic season cancelled By Callum Twomey 3 September 2021
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Taylor, Kevin. The Story of the Teal Cup and AFL National Under 18 Championships Шаблон:Cbignore– Full Points Footy. Retrieved 4 July 2013, from the Pandora Archive.
- Английская Википедия
- Страницы с неработающими файловыми ссылками
- 1953 establishments in Australia
- Sports leagues established in 1953
- Australian rules football competitions
- Australian rules interstate football
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
