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| website = http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/nationalpremierleagues |
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| divisions = [[FFSA Premier League]]<br />[[Australian Premier League Queensland Conference|Queensland Conference]]<br />[[NSW Premier League]]<br />[[T-League]]<br />[[ACT Premier League]] |
| divisions = [[FFSA Premier League]]<br />[[Australian Premier League Queensland Conference|Queensland Conference]]<br />[[NSW Premier League]]<br />[[T-League]]<br />[[ACT Premier League]] |
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| Founded | 2012 |
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| Country |  Australia |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Divisions | FFSA Premier League Queensland Conference NSW Premier League T-League ACT Premier League |
| Number of clubs | TBC |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Website | Home page |
The National Premier Leagues, or simply the NPL (formerly known by the working title of Australian Premier League) is the combined name for several Australian football leagues, currently representing part of the second level on the Australian Football pyramid. The inaugural season of the NPL, to begin in March 2013, will include teams from five different State and Regional federations: Football Queensland, Football NSW, Football Federation South Australia, Football Federation Tasmania, and Capital Football.[1]
Competition format and naming
Competition
On 3 October 2012, the first division of the League, the APL Queensland Conference was officially launched.[2] Each division, or 'conference' will contain various numbers of teams, and will play a full season with no inter-conference matches (an identical format to the individual State Leagues that preceded the NPL). The champions of each conference involved will enter a Play-off Tournament at season's end, with the Winners named NPL Champions.
Depending on the State Federation in charge, teams may be relegated from the NPL to a third-tier league in the same state (and vice versa), but there is currently no way for a team to be promoted to the first tier of Australian Football, the A-League.
All bar four of the FFA's member federations will introduce APL 'conferences' in 2013 - Football West, Football Federation Victoria and Northern New South Wales Football Football are to follow the year after,[3] and Football Federation Northern Territory is expected to "adopt a partial model" at some time in the future.
Naming
Originally named Australian Premier League but due to a violation of naming rights held by Lawn Bowls Australia the original name was scrapped and replaced with National Premier Leagues.[4]
- 2012-2013 (working title): Australian Premier League
- 2013-present: National Premier Leagues[5]
Clubs
Current (2013)
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Tasmania
- See
T-League
Australian Capital Territory
See also
References
- ^ http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/ffa-launches-national-premier-leagues/60728
- ^ http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/north/brisbane-city-mitchelton-north-star-albany-creek-brisbane-strikers-confident-ahead-of-apl-announcement/story-fn8odvfn-1226486753394
- ^ http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/252498,second-division-by-2022.aspx
- ^ http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/1296664/wolves-could-move-into-a-league-under-new-changes/?cs=12
- ^ "FFA unveils National Premier Leagues". FourFourTwo Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
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