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Women's Flat Track Derby Association
Archivo:Wftda-logo.svg
Formación 2004
Ligas 397 ligas miembros
48 ligas aprendices
Paises Bandera de Argentina Argentina
Bandera de Australia Australia
Austria Austria
Bélgica Bélgica
BrasilBandera de Brasil Brasil
CanadáBandera de Canadá Canadá
ChileBandera de Chile Chile
ColombiaBandera de Colombia Colombia
DinamarcaBandera de Dinamarca Dinamarca
EspañaBandera de España España
Finlandia Finlandia
Bandera de Francia Francia
Alemania Alemania
Bandera de Irlanda Irlanda
JapónBandera de Japón Japón
México México
Países Bajos Países Bajos
Nueva ZelandaBandera de Nueva Zelanda Nueva Zelanda
Noruega Noruega
Suecia Suecia
Reino UnidoBandera del Reino Unido Reino Unido
Bandera de Estados Unidos Estados Unidos
Campeón Rose City Rollers (División 1)
Blue Ridge Rollergirls (División 2)
Mayor cantidad de títulos Gotham Girls Roller Derby (5)
Sitio Web WFTDA.com

La Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WTFDA) (Asociación Femenina de Roller Derby en Pista Plana, por sus siglas en ingles) es una asociación de ligas de Roller Derby femenino, que congrega equipos de todo el mundo. La organización fue fundada en Abril de 2004 como la United Leagues Coalition (ULC)[1]​ pero fue rebautizada en Noviembre de 2005.[1]​[2]​[3]​ Está registrada en Raleigh, North Carolina[4]​ como una organización de ligas tipo 501(c)(6) un tipo de organización sin fines de lucro.

La organización "promueve y alberga el deporte de roller derby femenino en pista plana, facilitando el desarrollo de las habilidades atléticas, deportivismo y buen trato entre ligas miembros." Asimismo, se rige por la filosofía de “hecho por patinadoras, para patinadoras.” Las mujeres patinadoras son generalmente las administradoras o dueñas de las ligas miembro.[5]​

Historia

La organización

En 2004, la United Leagues Coalition (ULC) era un foro de discusión electrónico informal, a través del cual las ligas se comunicaban para organizar partidos interliga. Luego, la ULC evolucionó cuando en julio de 2005, representantes de 20 ligas se reunieron en Chicago para debatir la formación de una organización que rigiera el deporte[3]​ En esta reunión se estableció un sistema de votación y una lista de objetivos y metas para facilitar los partidos interliga. Entre estos objetivos se encontraba la estandarización de un reglamento.

En noviembre de 2005, la ULC votó para cambiar su nombre a Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), con un plantel inicial de 22 miembros[6]​[7]​ En los primeros meses de 2006, 30 miembros conformaban el plantel y se publicó el primer reglamento, y lineamientos para la marcación de la pista.

En junio de 2008 el WFTDA Rules Committee (comité de reglas de WFTDA) creó el programa de certificación de referís.[8]​ Para abril de 2009 WFTDA publicó la cuarta versión de su reglamento, revisado y corregido. Este reglamento comenzó a tener vigencia el 1 de junio de 2009.[9]​En noviembre de 2015, WFTDA amplió sus políticas para la protección contra la discriminación por identidad de género, para incluir mujeres transgénero e intersexuales.[10]​[11]​

Miembros

In July 2005 the United Leagues Coalition (ULC) was a somewhat formal organization of 20-plus leagues. By early 2006, the organization had grown to 30 leagues,[12]​ a cap decided upon at the July 2005 meeting.[1]​[13]​ In February of that year, soon after the initial membership requirements were published (and following the fragmentation of several leagues), a "multi-league per city" clause was added. Although throughout early and mid-2006 the clause was listed as a requirement for membership, WFTDA's web site was later updated to state that the policy is "unofficial". WFTDA also claimed the policy was intended to uphold goodwill between members — by excluding leagues not likely to find favor with established members — as well as to prevent rival leagues in the same city from being privy to each other's "proprietary information."[14]​

Archivo:WFTDA MAP.jpg
2006 map showing the first 30 member leagues

Around this time, induction of new member leagues was put on hold until revised membership requirements could be discussed at the next face-to-face meeting, which was held in May 2006. Following that meeting, a press release was issued to promote the organization and publicize the meeting.[13]​ The June statement covered the following points:

  • Representatives of the "30 founding leagues" met to discuss rules, business structure, skill standards, rankings and future tournaments.
  • 30 more leagues were slated to be inducted in mid-2006, bringing the potential total membership to 60.
  • Version Two of the WFTDA Flat Track Derby Standardized Rules for Interleague Play was announced as forthcoming in mid-2006.
  • Changes to the member league divisions were announced.
  • A 2007 tournament schedule was announced.

In addition, Eastern and Western Regions, delineated by the Mississippi River, were announced. In September 2006, new membership was reopened.[7]​

By late August 2007, WFTDA membership was up to forty-three leagues.[15]​[16]​

In February 2008, WFTDA announced that leagues from Canada would be eligible for membership.[17]​ By September 2008, WFTDA membership had grown to 60 leagues.

In January 2009, Montreal Roller Derby became the first Canadian league admitted as a member, the WFTDA's 66th member, and was placed in the East region.[18]​[19]​ Also in January, the WFTDA announced it would stop accepting applications for new membership from February until July, so that it could concentrate on internal restructuring in order to, among other things, "grow the scope" of the organization.[20]​ Later in the year, in May, the first officially sanctioned international WFTDA bout was played between Montreal Roller Derby and Harrisburg Area Roller Derby at the Olympic Skating Center in Enola, Pennsylvania.

In July 2009, the WFTDA announced the new WFTDA Apprentice Program for aspiring member leagues, replacing its traditional membership application process. The program is designed to act as a "WFTDA 101" tutorial, and will match new leagues with an established WFTDA mentor, who will guide the apprentice through the processes and requirements necessary to becoming a full member. Upon completion of the program, apprentice leagues will have the knowledge (and the recommendations) needed to apply for full WFTDA membership. In November, the WFTDA opened for worldwide membership and the London Rollergirls became the first league outside North America to join as apprentice members.[21]​

In June 2010, the WFTDA announced the first round of Apprentice league graduates, and the intention to form two new regions outside of the United States. (Leagues in those regions competed in the closest US region until they develop more fully.)[22]​

In March 2012, Bear City Roller Derby from Berlin, Germany became the WFTDA's first full member league in continental Europe.[23]​ In June 2013 the Rock n Roller Queens of Bogota, Colombia became the first full member South American league. The Tokyo Roller Girls and Kokeshi Roller Dolls became the first full member leagues in Asia.[24]​

Championship tournaments

Artículo principal: WFTDA Championships

Each year a series of playoffs are held, based on the June 30 rankings. 36 teams compete in three Division 1 Playoff Tournaments, and the top four finishers from each tournament go on to the WFTDA Championship Tournament.[25]​ The next 16 eligible teams compete in a single Division 2 Playoff Tournament, with the winner crowned the Division 2 champion.[25]​

WFTDA league divisions

Artículos principales: WFTDA Division 1, WFTDA Division 2 y WFTDA Division 3.

In 2013 WFTDA changed ranking systems from a regional, poll-based format released quarterly to a system based on the competitive ranking of teams using game results. When the organization did so, WFTDA introduced competitive divisions and expanded the playoff tournament structure.[26]​ After the November 30 rankings release of each year, each league was placed within a competitive division for the next 12 months based on their charter team's rank. The leagues remained in their division for 12 months, no matter what their rank was in subsequent rankings releases.[27]​

Through 2016, the top 40 leagues from the November 30 rankings were placed in Division 1, the leagues ranked 41-100 (from 2015, those ranked 41-60) were put in Division 2, and through 2014 all other member leagues were grouped in Division 3.[27]​

A league's division placement determined the game play minimums for their WFTDA charter team in the following year. A Division 1 team needed to play no less than four WFTDA Sanctioned games, with at least three of those games against other Division 1 opponents and the fourth against either a Division 1 or Division 2 opponent, before June 30 of the following year. A Division 2 team needed to play a minimum of three WFTDA Sanctioned bouts, two against Division 1 or 2 opponents and the third against an opponent in any division. A Division 3 team needed to play a minimum of two WFTDA Sanctioned games against any opponents in order to maintain rankings.[27]​ Division placement did not affect which playoffs a team qualified for, only minimum game play requirements. If a Division 2 or 3 team moved up the rankings into the top 40 at the time of tournament seeding that team would be invited to Division 1 Playoffs. Similarly, a Division 1 team moving down the rankings would receive an invitation befitting the team's rank at the time of seeding.[26]​

Beginning with the 2017, the WFTDA adjusted the Division system and reduced the number of Playoff tournaments. The top 36 eligible teams will qualify for one of three Division 1 Playoff tournaments, with 12 teams at each, and the top four at each event will qualify for WFTDA Championships. The next 16 teams (ostensibly teams ranked 37 through 52, if all meet eligibility requirements and accept their invitation) will compete at a single Division 2 Playoff, which will include the Division 2 championship.[25]​

Enlaces externos

  1. ↑ a b c «A Short History of the Sport of Roller Derby». Sin City Rollergirls. Archivado desde el original el 8 de diciembre de 2007. Consultado el 9 de julio de 2007. 
  2. ↑ Later histories recall the original name as United Leagues Committee.
  3. ↑ a b Parnavelas, Ellen (12 December 2012). The Roller Derby Athlete (en inglés). Bloomsbury Sport. p. 24. ISBN 1408182602. Consultado el 26 November 2016. 
  4. ↑ «North Carolina Secretary Of State». Consultado el 1 de marzo de 2008. 
  5. ↑ «WFTDA Mission Statement - Women’s Flat Track Derby Association». wftda.org. Consultado el 14 de febrero de 2017. 
  6. ↑ Cohen, Alex; Barbee, Jennifer (13 July 2010). Down and Derby: The Insider's Guide to Roller Derby (en inglés). Soft Skull Press. p. 62. ISBN 9781593762742. Consultado el 26 November 2016. 
  7. ↑ a b «About WFTDA». Archivado desde el original el 20 de agosto de 2007. Consultado el 24 de septiembre de 2007. 
  8. ↑ «WFTDA Referee Certification FAQ». Consultado el 27 de enero de 2009. 
  9. ↑ «Rules Central - Women's Flat Track Derby Association». Wftda.com. Consultado el 10 de octubre de 2013. 
  10. ↑ «WFTDA Broadens Protections for Athlete Gender Identity - LatestNews - Women’s Flat Track Derby Association». wftda.org. WFTDA. 10 November 2015. Consultado el 26 November 2016. 
  11. ↑ McManus, Jane (12 November 2015). «Transgender Athletes Find Community, Support In Roller Derby». ESPN W. ESPN. Consultado el 28 November 2015. 
  12. ↑ «Member Leagues». WFTDA. April 2006. Archivado desde el original el 9 April 2006. Consultado el 8 December 2016. 
  13. ↑ a b WFTDA press release: "Flat-Track Roller Derby Solidifies [sic] National Presence / Second Annual Flat Track Derby Conference meets in St. Paul, MN" (June 2006)
  14. ↑ «Multi-league per city clause». Women's Flat Track Derby Association. Archivado desde el original el 20 de junio de 2006. Consultado el 9 de julio de 2006. 
  15. ↑ «WFTDA Member Leagues». Consultado el 25 de septiembre de 2008. 
  16. ↑ Chris "Hurt Reynolds" Seale (22 de agosto de 2007). «Tampa Bay newest WFTDA member». Archivado desde el original el 2 de septiembre de 2007. Consultado el 25 de agosto de 2007. 
  17. ↑ «WFTDA opens membership to Canadian leagues». 20 de febrero de 2008. Consultado el 20 de febrero de 2008.  Uso incorrecto de la plantilla enlace roto (enlace roto disponible en Internet Archive; véase el historial, la primera versión y la última).
  18. ↑ «Women's Flat Track Derby Association - Members». Consultado el 8 de septiembre de 2012. 
  19. ↑ Chris "Hurt Reynolds" Seale (22 de enero de 2009). «WFTDA makes a run for the border». Consultado el 27 de enero de 2009.  Uso incorrecto de la plantilla enlace roto (enlace roto disponible en Internet Archive; véase el historial, la primera versión y la última).
  20. ↑ «WFTDA temporarily closes membership until July 1, 2009». 15 de enero de 2009. Consultado el 10 de marzo de 2009. 
  21. ↑ «WFTDA Announces International Expansion - Latest News - Women's Flat Track Derby Association». Wftda.com. Consultado el 10 de octubre de 2013. 
  22. ↑ «WFTDA adds 11 new members - Latest News - Women's Flat Track Derby Association». Wftda.com. 25 de junio de 2010. Consultado el 10 de octubre de 2013. 
  23. ↑ «WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Member Leagues - Latest News - Women's Flat Track Derby Association». Wftda.com. 1 de marzo de 2012. Archivado desde el original el 18 de mayo de 2016. Consultado el 10 de octubre de 2013. 
  24. ↑ «WFTDA Welcomes First Full Member Leagues in Asia and South America - Latest News - Women's Flat Track Derby Association». Wftda.com. 6 de junio de 2013. Consultado el 10 de octubre de 2013. 
  25. ↑ a b c «WFTDA Releases Tournament Locations and New Playoffs and Championships Structure – WFTDA». wftda.com. WFTDA. 30 January 2017. Consultado el 31 January 2017. 
  26. ↑ a b «WFTDA to Introduce New Playoff Structure in 2013». WFTDA Official Site. October 16, 2012. Consultado el December 5, 2014. 
  27. ↑ a b c «WFTDA Competitive Divisions System whitepaper». WFTDA Official Site. Consultado el December 5, 2014. 
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