The Women’s Premier League (WPL) national championship begins Friday, Nov. 10 at the Kino Sports Complex in Tucson, Ariz. Finals will occur on Sunday, Nov. 12. All 10 teams will contest two games, but with the expanded field, a creative playoff structure was needed.
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The championship final four is the same with the top two teams from the Blue and Red conferences facing each other. In the lead image, the championship semifinals are matches #4 (Glendale vs. Beantown) and #5 (New York vs. San Diego). Third place is match #9 and the final is match #10.
The remaining six teams are filtered into a 5th-place bracket, with Friday’s point differentials affecting Sunday’s match-ups. Twin Cities and Berkeley finished third in their conferences and will play each other on Friday (match #3). The victor advances to the 5th-place match and the loser to the 7th-place match.
The aforementioned will play the winners of ORSU vs. D.C. Furies (match #1) and Atlanta vs. North Shore (match #2) – the teams that finished fourth and fifth in their conferences. Of those two matches, the winner with the largest point differential will play in the 5th-place match, and the winner with the smaller point differential will play in the 7th-place match. The 9th-place match will occur between Friday’s losers.
Below is a schedule with more information:
All games will be live-streamed via The Rugby Channel. The Rugby Breakdown will be covering the event for USA Rugby.