Some History of the Australian Women's Soccer Association National Championships

Thanks to Ian Syson passing on to me some items from the Betty Hoar Collection I have been able to scan and upload a heap of programmes for the Australian Women's Soccer Association National Championships.

The AWSA ran the women's game until it was absorbed into the FFA in the 2000's. It's Senior National Championships were first held in 1974, before Youth (changed between Under 16-19's over the years) and Junior (ranged from Under 15-16's at times) versions were late added.

The programmes range from small, typrewritten and photocopied efforts to glossy printed brochures. They are a great time capsule for the state of the game at the time, and showcase how the tournaments traveled to different host cities or towns each year. Most have the squad lists for each of the competing states and territories.

It's a shame the couldn't have a full wrap up of the previous year's tournament (scores, scorers, line-ups) as that information now appears to be gone forever. It's disappointing that in the latter years the stalwarts milestones were only able to measured in terms of number of tournaments they went to, rather than the number of games played (and goals scored).

The programmes can be found on the general Programmes page and scrolling down until the mid-1970's.

http://melbournesoccer.blogspot.com/p/programmes.html

I've tried completing a history of the tournaments by adding to the lists published in them and here's what I've been able to come up with. Still a little more to do, and it should probably be expanded to include stuff like player of the tournament where it was awarded etc but that will have to be another thing added to the backburner for now.

Australian Women's Soccer Association National Championships

Year         Venue Champions Runner's-Up

1974 Sydney New South Wales Northern New South Wales
1975 Brisbane         Western Australia South Queensland
1976 Melbourne New South Wales Victoria
1977 Perth New South Wales South Queensland
1978 Newcastle Western Australia New South Wales
1979 Darwin New South Wales Victoria
1980 Adelaide         New South Wales Northern New South Wales
1981 Sydney New South Wales South Queensland
1982 Brisbane         South Queensland Northern New South Wales
1983 Perth New South Wales South Queensland
1984 Canberra         South Queensland South Australia
1985 Melbourne New South Wales South Queensland
1986 Adelaide         New South Wales South Queensland
1987 Alice Springs Victoria Northern New South Wales
1988 Newcastle New South Wales South Queensland
1989 Canberra         Victoria South Queensland
1990 Sydney New South Wales &
          Northern New South Wales
1991 Canberra         South Queensland New South Wales
1992 Brisbane         Victoria Queensland
1993 Perth New South Wales Queensland
1994 Melbourne New South Wales Victoria
1995 Adelaide         New South Wales Queensland
1996 Darwin New South Wales South Australia
1997 Lake Macquarie  Northern New South Wales New South Wales
1998 Devonport Victoria Queensland
1999 Kuala Lumpur        Queensland
2005 Canberra         Queensland

Australian Women's Soccer Association National Youth Championships

Year Venue         Champions Runner's-Up

1985 Hobart New South Wales Western Australia

1986 Sydney New South Wales Northern New South Wales

1987 Brisbane Northern New South Wales Western Australia

1988 Perth New South Wales South Queensland

1989 Darwin South Queensland New South Wales

1990 Melbourne New South Wales South Queensland

1991 Woy Woy New South Wales South Queensland

1992 Hobart New South Wales &

                Queensland

1993 Sydney         Queensland New South Wales

1994 Canberra         New South Wales Queensland

1995 Southport New South Wales Queensland

1996 Perth New South Wales Queensland

1997 Melbourne A.C.T.                         Victoria

1998 Adelaide         South Australia         New South Wales

1999 Darwin Victoria Queensland

2000 Sunshine Coast       South Australia         Northern New South Wales

2001 Coffs Harbour New South Wales Northern New South Wales

2002 Coffs Harbour New South Wales New South Wales Country

National Talent Identification Championships Under 18's

2003 Sydney New South Wales Metro Queensland

National Talent Identification Championships Under 17's

2004 Sydney South Australia Victoria

Australian Women's Soccer Association National Junior Championships

Year Venue          Champions Runner's-Up

1982 Melbourne Northern New South Wales New South Wales

1983 Canberra         New South Wales Northern New South Wales

1984 Newcastle New South Wales Northern New South Wales

1985 Hobart New South Wales Northern New South Wales

1986 Sydney New South Wales South Queensland

1987 Brisbane         New South Wales Tasmania

1988 Melbourne New South Wales South Queensland

1989 Adelaide         New South Wales A.C.T.

1990 Brisbane         New South Wales South Queensland

1991 Woy Woy South Queensland New South Wales

1992 Renmark         New South Wales South Australia

1993 Bendigo New South Wales Queensland

1994 Swansea         New South Wales Queensland

1995 Hobart A.C.T.                      Victoria

1996 Southport

1997 Canberra

1998 Qld

1999 Perth New South Wales City Northern New South Wales

2000 Sunshine Coast New South Wales Queensland

2001 Coffs Harbour New South Wales Country  Queensland

2002 Coffs Harbour Queensland New South Wales

National Talent Identification Championships Under 16's

2003 Sydney Queensland New South Wales Metro

National Talent Identification Championships Under 15's

2004 Sydney New South Wales Metro Queensland