Most recent season or competition: 2024 VFL Women's season | |
Sport | Australian rules football |
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Founded | 21 March 2016 Melbourne, Victoria |
First season | 2016 |
Administrator | AFL Victoria |
No. of teams | 12 |
Country | Australia |
Most recent champion(s) | North Melbourne (1st premiership) |
Most titles | Darebin (2 premierships) |
TV partner(s) | Seven Network (grand final only) |
Sponsor(s) | Rebel |
Related competitions | AFL Women's Victorian Football League SANFL Women's WAFL Women's |
Official website | afl.com.au/vfl |
VFL Women's (VFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria. The league initially comprised the six premier division clubs and the top four division 1 clubs from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL), and has since evolved into what is also the second primary competition for AFL Women's (AFLW) clubs in Victoria.
Following the 2017 season, the VFL Women's was reconfigured to affiliate teams more closely with AFL clubs. Since 2021, twelve teams have appeared in the competition; all ten Victorian AFL clubs either field their own women's team or have an affiliation of sorts with an existing club in the VFLW, with the other teams being VFL-affiliated Williamstown and independent club Darebin. The reigning premiers are Port Melbourne.
The competition was not held in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; the grand final was also cancelled in 2021 due to the pandemic, with no premiership being awarded.