2016 International Women’s Football Leagues Addendum Maritime Women’s Football League (MWFL) – 2016 Season The MWFL, the longest-running women’s football league in Canada, celebrated its 13th season in 2016. The Saint John Storm continued to build upon their women’s football dominance in Eastern Canada, winning their fourth straight MWFL league championship after completing a third straight undefeated campaign. Championship game: Saint John Storm 27, Capital Area Lady Gladiators 0 (in Moncton, NB) Friendship Bowl: Halifax Xplosion 19, Moncton Vipers 16 (in Moncton, NB) 2016 MWFL Standings Teams W L PR Saint John Storm (SJS) 7 0 LC Capital Area Lady Gladiators (CALG) 5 3 C Halifax Xplosion (HX) 2 5 -- Moncton Vipers (MV) 0 6 -- 2016 MWFL Scoreboard 5/7 CALG 36 HX 0 5/21 SJS 26 CALG 0 6/11 CALG 37 HX 0 5/7 SJS 38 MV 0 5/28 SJS 24 CALG 6 6/18 CALG 39 HX 0 5/14 CALG 1 MV 0 6/18 SJS 1 MV 0 5/14 SJS 45 HX 0 6/4 CALG 26 MV 16 6/4 SJS 41 HX 6 6/25 HX 19 MV 16 B 5/21 HX 19 MV 18 6/25 SJS 27 CALG 0 C Western Women’s Canadian Football League (WWCFL) – 2016 Season The 2016 WWCFL marked a return to the top by Western Canada’s top football team, the Saskatoon Valkyries. The four-time WWCFL champion from 2011-2014 was upended in 2015 by the Regina Riot, and the two teams split a pair of close contests in the 2016 WWCFL regular season. But in the playoffs, Saskatoon knocked off the Riot and dominated the Western Conference champion Edmonton Storm for their fifth WWCFL championship in six years. Championship game result: Saskatoon Valkries 81, Edmonton Storm 6 (in Lethbridge, ALB) 2016 WWCFL Standings Western Conference W L PR Edmonton Storm (ES) 6 2 C Calgary Rage (CR) 3 3 S Lethbridge Steel (LS) 2 4 CC Grand Prairie Northern Anarchy (NA) 0 5 S Prairie Conference Saskatoon Valkyries (SV) 7 1 LC Regina Riot (RR) 5 2 CC Manitoba Fearless (MF) 1 4 S Winnipeg Wolfpack (WW) 1 4 S 2016 WWCFL Scoreboard 4/30 RR 63 CR 3 E 5/21 LS 51 NA 8 6/11 LS 15 CR 8 S 4/30 SV 30 ES 17 E 5/21 ES 21 CR 7 6/11 ES 37 NA 0 S 5/22 WW 14 MF 0 6/12 SV 42 MF 2 S 5/7 RR 40 MF 6 5/22 SV 47 RR 21 6/12 RR 59 WW 7 S 5/7 ES 85 NA 13 5/7 CR 26 LS 14 5/28 ES 61 NA 15 6/18 ES 14 LS 4 CC 5/8 SV 51 WW 0 5/28 CR 57 LS 22 6/19 SV 29 RR 14 CC 5/28 RR 27 SV 26 5/14 ES 30 LS 17 5/29 MF 19 WW 7 6/25 SV 81 ES 6 C 5/14 CR 84 NA 18 5/15 SV 61 MF 1 5/15 RR 47 WW 0 Canadian Women’s Football National Championship (CWFNC) – 2016 Four provincial teams were assembled to compete in the first Canadian women’s football national championship in Regina, Saskatchewan. The event was used to help showcase players competing for a spot on the Team Canada roster for the 2017 IFAF Women’s World Championships. Loaded with several players from the WWCFL, the host club, Team Saskatchewan, took down Team Quebec – powered by members of the IWFL’s Montreal Blitz – in the championship match to conclude an exciting event. Championship game result: Team Saskatchewan 34, Team Quebec 22 2016 CWFNC Standings Teams W L Team Saskatchewan (SK) 2 0 Team Quebec (QC) 1 1 Team Alberta (AB) 1 1 Team New Brunswick (NB) 0 2 2016 CWFNC Scoreboard 7/28 QC 54 AB 31 7/28 SK 58 NB 0 7/31 AB 30 NB 12 7/31 SK 34 QC 22 Football Xtremo Femenil (FXF) Master Ladies – 2015 Season For years, FXF has featured a “primavera” eight-player league held in the spring. But in 2015, FXF launched a “Master Ladies” league, Mexico’s first 11-player women’s football league. Five teams took part in the league’s first season, with the Vaqueros (or Cowboys) making the championship game with an undefeated record. But in the 2015 FXF Master Ladies championship game, the Storms avenged a regular season loss and upset the Vaqueros to capture the first 11-player Mexican national championship. Championship game result: Storms 22, Vaqueros 7 2015 FXF Standings Teams W L PR Vaqueros (VAQ) 4 1 C Storms (STM) 4 1 LC Blacks (BLK) 2 2 -- Atomos (ATOM) 1 3 -- Jaguares (JAGS) 0 4 -- 2015 FXF Scoreboard 7/19 VAQ 35 BLK 0 8/2 VAQ 20 STM 0 8/16 VAQ 56 JAGS 0 7/19 STM 64 JAGS 0 8/2 ATOM 20 JAGS 6 8/16 BLK 6 ATOM 0 7/26 STM 62 ATOM 0 8/9 VAQ 56 ATOM 0 8/23 STM 22 VAQ 7 C 7/26 BLK 12 JAGS 8 8/9 STM 76 BLK 0 Guam Women’s Tackle Football League (GWTFL) – 2016 Season The GWTFL expanded back up to eight teams for the first time since 2013, but no matter how many opponents they had to face, Team Legacy remained the dominant force in Guam’s top women’s football league. Team Legacy turned in an undefeated season as they cruised to their fifth straight GWTFL title in five years of existence. Championship game result: Team Legacy 30, Steel Blazers 7 2016 GWTFL Standings Teams W L PR Team Legacy (TL) 9 0 LC Steel Blazers (SB) 7 2 C Lady Raiders (LR) 5 3 CC Lady Falcons (LF) 4 4 CC Island Stunnerz (IS) 3 4 -- Sindalu (SIN) 2 5 -- Lady Saints (LS) 1 6 -- Tough Chicks (TC) 0 7 -- 2016 GWTFL Scoreboard 4/2 TL 36 LR 0 4/23 LF 22 IS 0 5/14 TL 30 IS 0 4/2 LF 34 LS 6 4/23 LS 31 TC 0 5/14 SB 1 SIN 0 4/3 SB 30 TC 0 4/24 TL 26 SIN 6 5/15 LR 14 LS 0 4/3 IS 12 SIN 8 4/24 SB 19 LR 0 5/15 LF 42 TC 0 4/9 SIN 12 TC 0 4/30 TL 32 TC 0 5/21 TL 20 LF 6 CC 4/9 LR 30 IS 14 4/30 LR 20 SIN 6 5/21 SB 15 LR 12 CC 4/10 TL 14 LF 0 5/1 SB 20 LF 6 4/10 SB 14 LS 0 5/1 IS 22 LS 0 5/28 TL 30 SB 7 C 4/16 LR 8 LF 0 5/7 LF 20 SIN 8 4/16 TL 36 SB 6 5/7 TL 35 LS 6 4/17 IS 22 TC 0 5/8 SB 14 IS 8 4/17 SIN 14 LS 0 5/8 LR 24 TC 8 British American Football Association-Women (BAFA-W) – 2014 Diamond Series In addition to an “Opal Series” for flag football and a five-player full-contact “Sapphire Series”, BAFA started a “Diamond Series” in 2014 to familiarize Great Britain women with the 11-player game. Top players from the Sapphire Series were assembled onto two teams, patriotically named Team Blue and Team Red, and these two teams played a three-game exhibition series in 2014. Team Red won two of the three games to capture Great Britain’s first 11-player title. 2014 BAFA-W Diamond Series Standings Teams W L Team Red 2 1 Team Blue 1 2 2014 BAFA-W Diamond Series Scoreboard 6/28 BLUE 12 RED 0 7/12 RED 24 BLUE 6 7/26 RED 24 BLUE 10 British American Football Association-Women (BAFA-W) – 2015 Diamond Series The second Diamond Series again featured Team Blue against Team Red in a three-game exhibition of the 11-player format in Great Britain. This time Team Blue prevailed in the 2015 Series to even the score against Team Red. The best players from Team Blue and Team Red were then used as the foundation for the Great Britain national team that debuted at the IFAF Women’s European Championships in 2015. 2015 BAFA-W Diamond Series Standings Teams W L Team Blue 2 1 Team Red 1 2 2015 BAFA-W Diamond Series Scoreboard 5/16 BLUE 19 RED 12 5/30 RED 35 BLUE 14 6/13 BLUE 12 RED 0 British American Football Association-Women (BAFA-W) – 2016 Diamond Series For the 2016 Diamond Series, BAFA changed the two teams’ compositions to a North vs. South format. The Southern Counties Blaze, representing the best players from the south, triumphed in two games against the Northern Counties Blizzard to take the 2016 Diamond Series title. 2016 BAFA-W Diamond Series Standings Teams W L Southern Counties Blaze (SCB) 2 0 Northern Counties Blizzard (NCB) 0 2 2016 BAFA-W Diamond Series Scoreboard 7/2 SCB 26 NCB 8 7/16 SCB 26 NCB 6 American Football Verband Deutschland (AFVD) Ladies – 2016 Season The longest-running women’s football league in the world, Germany’s AFVD, celebrated a milestone this year with the 25th edition of their season-ending “Ladies Bowl”. In Ladies Bowl XXV, the Berlin Kobras captured their ninth German national championship with a hard-fought victory over the Mainz Golden Eagles.