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==History==
==History==


It was launched in 2009 in order to improve the South African women's national team's international performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/6813/absa-launch-womens-league|title=Absa launch Women's League|website=Kickoff.com|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cies.ch/fileadmin/documents/Education/University_Network/_WINNER__NMMU_womens_football_a_comparison_of_south_africa_and_germany.pdf|title=Competition and Player Development : A comparison between South America and Germany|website=Cies.ch|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.msu.edu/hst484-f14/files/2014/08/Pelak2010.pdf|title=Women and gender in South African soccer: a brief history|author=Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak|website=History.msu.edu|accessdate=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309174606/http://history.msu.edu/hst484-f14/files/2014/08/Pelak2010.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDK1Vn-QcLYC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=ABSA+Women's+League#q=ABSA+Women's+League|title=Gender, Sport and Development in Africa: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Patterns of Representations and Marginalization|first=Jimoh|last=Shehu|date=18 November 2017|publisher=African Books Collective|isbn=9782869783065|accessdate=18 November 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcndAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT206&lpg=PT206&dq=ABSA+Women's+League#q=ABSA+Women's+League|title=Sport Past and Present in South Africa: (Trans)forming the Nation|first1=Scarlett|last1=Cornelissen|first2=Albert|last2=Grundlingh|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317988588|accessdate=18 November 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NrW50yHkr0EC&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=ABSA+Women's+League#q=ABSA+Women's+League|title=African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game|first=Peter|last=Alegi|date=14 February 2010|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=9780896804722|accessdate=18 November 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-za/news/safa-planning-to-launch-national-womens-league/1n0xg5dbh4x2019dql357k018g|title=Safa planning to launch a national women's league|website=Goal.com|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref>
It was launched in 2009 in order to improve the South African women's national team's international performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/6813/absa-launch-womens-league|title=Absa launch Women's League|website=Kickoff.com|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cies.ch/fileadmin/documents/Education/University_Network/_WINNER__NMMU_womens_football_a_comparison_of_south_africa_and_germany.pdf|title=Competition and Player Development : A comparison between South America and Germany|website=Cies.ch|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.msu.edu/hst484-f14/files/2014/08/Pelak2010.pdf|title=Women and gender in South African soccer: a brief history|author=Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak|website=History.msu.edu|accessdate=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309174606/http://history.msu.edu/hst484-f14/files/2014/08/Pelak2010.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDK1Vn-QcLYC&dq=ABSA+Women%27s+League&pg=PA127|title=Gender, Sport and Development in Africa: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Patterns of Representations and Marginalization|first=Jimoh|last=Shehu|date=18 November 2017|publisher=African Books Collective|isbn=9782869783065|accessdate=18 November 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcndAAAAQBAJ&dq=ABSA+Women%27s+League&pg=PT206|title=Sport Past and Present in South Africa: (Trans)forming the Nation|first1=Scarlett|last1=Cornelissen|first2=Albert|last2=Grundlingh|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317988588|accessdate=18 November 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NrW50yHkr0EC&dq=ABSA+Women%27s+League&pg=PA123|title=African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game|first=Peter|last=Alegi|date=14 February 2010|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=9780896804722|accessdate=18 November 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-za/news/safa-planning-to-launch-national-womens-league/1n0xg5dbh4x2019dql357k018g|title=Safa planning to launch a national women's league|website=Goal.com|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:53, 27 November 2021

ABSA Women's League
FoundedSeptember 18, 2009
Country South Africa
ConfederationSAFA
Number of clubs16 (since 2017)
Level on pyramid1

ABSA Women's League is the top tier South African association football league.[1][2]

History

It was launched in 2009 in order to improve the South African women's national team's international performances.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Absa Women's League launched". SuperSport official website. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Women's football league kicks off - Brand South Africa". Brandsouthafrica.com. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Absa launch Women's League". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Competition and Player Development : A comparison between South America and Germany" (PDF). Cies.ch. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  5. ^ Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak. "Women and gender in South African soccer: a brief history" (PDF). History.msu.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  6. ^ Shehu, Jimoh (18 November 2017). Gender, Sport and Development in Africa: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Patterns of Representations and Marginalization. African Books Collective. ISBN 9782869783065. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Cornelissen, Scarlett; Grundlingh, Albert (13 September 2013). Sport Past and Present in South Africa: (Trans)forming the Nation. Routledge. ISBN 9781317988588. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Alegi, Peter (14 February 2010). African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780896804722. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Safa planning to launch a national women's league". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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