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The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby. [1] [2] It sets the international standards for rankings, rules, and competition in the sport, and provides guidance and resources to aid development of roller derby.
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 2 (WFTDA Division 2) was the second-highest level of play in women's flat track roller derby from 2013 through 2017. . Comprising different structures over that time, in early 2018 the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) announced it was replacing the Division 2 Playoffs with geographically-based Continental Cups, the structure and ...
West Texas was the eighth seed for the 2009 WFTDA South Central Regional Tournament. [4] West Texas lost their three games, 109–79 to No Coast Derby Girls, 212–49 to Nashville Rollergirls and 134–82 to Memphis Roller Derby and finished the weekend in tenth place.
The 2017 Division 1 member list was announced by the WFTDA on July 14. [4] Two teams that were in the top 36 on June 30 - #23 Adelaide Roller Derby of Adelaide, Australia, and #26 Team United Women's Roller Derby of Des Moines, Iowa - did not meet gameplay requirements to qualify for WFTDA Playoffs. [5]
Teams which graduated from the WFTDA Apprentice Program during the year were placed in Division 3. After the 2014 tournament season, the definition of the WFTDA competitive divisions changed, and Division 2 was contracted from 60 teams (places 41–100) to 20 (only those teams qualifying for the WFTDA Division 2 tournament, places 41–60). [2]
The Hydra Trophy is the trophy awarded to the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) team that wins the WFTDA Championship Tournament at the conclusion of every WFTDA roller derby season. [ 1 ] Named in honor of Hydra , founding member of the WFTDA and first president of the association, the Hydra Trophy was first presented to the 2008 ...
The 2017 WFTDA Championships winner, Victorian Roller Derby League from Melbourne, Australia, became the first non-American team to achieve the top rankings slot in WFTDA history. [5] Ranking scores are calculated by averaging the number of game points a team earns in the last twelve months by the number of games played in the same time period.
The WFTDA confirmed that in spite of the declines, Playoff participation was not a requirement of membership and Oly remained a WFTDA member league in good standing. [21] While Oly was ranked within Division 1 territory for the 2015 cycle, again they did not meet gameplay requirements and were not eligible for that year's Playoffs. [ 22 ]