Independent Women's Football League

Sport	Women's American football
Founded	2000
No. of teams	28 total (22 regular, 6 Tier III)
Country(ies)	United States  Canada
Most recent champion(s)	World: Montreal Blitz North American: Carolina Phoenix
Most titles	Sacramento Sirens (3)

The Independent Women's Football League is a full-contact Women's American football league that was founded in 2000 and began play in 2001. It is one of three full-contact, 11-on-11 football leagues for women, along with the Women's Football Alliance and the Women's Spring Football League, and the oldest of the three. Laurie Frederick is the league's founder and CEO.

Teams [edit]

Eastern Conference [edit]

North Atlantic Division [edit]

North East Division [edit]

Mid Atlantic Division [edit]

South Atlantic Division [edit]

Western Conference [edit]

Mid West Division [edit]

South West Division [edit]

Pacific West Division [edit]

Pacific Southwest Division [edit]

Tier III [edit]

Teams that left the IWFL and are now playing elsewhere [edit]

• Austin Outlaws - played in the IWFL from 2001-2002, then left to join the National Women's Football Association; now in Women's Football Alliance
• Binghamton Tiger Cats - played in the IWFL in 2010, now in eight-player division of Women's Spring Football League
• Boston Militia - played in the IWFL from 2008-2010, now in Women's Football Alliance
• Cape Fear Thunder - played in the IWFL from 2007-2009, now in eight-player division of Women's Spring Football League
• Chicago Force - played in the IWFL from 2003-2010, now in Women's Football Alliance
• Dallas Diamonds - played in the IWFL from 2008-2010, now in Women's Football Alliance
• D.C. Divas - played in the IWFL from 2007-2010, now in Women's Football Alliance
• Kansas City Storm - played in the IWFL from 2005-2007, currently playing as independent team
• Kansas City Tribe - played in the IWFL from 2008-2010, now in Women's Football Alliance as the Kansas City Titans
• Las Vegas Showgirlz - played in the IWFL in 2008, now in Women's Football Alliance
• Los Angeles Amazons - played in the IWFL from 2009-2010, now in Women's Football Alliance
• Miami Fury - played in the IWFL from 2003-2010, now in Women's Football Alliance
• New York Sharks - played in the IWFL from 2002-2010, now in Women's Football Alliance
• Pittsburgh Passion - played in the IWFL from 2008-2010, now in Women's Football Alliance
• Portland Shockwave - played in the IWFL from 2003-2012, now in Women's Football Alliance
• Seattle Majestics - played in the IWFL from 2003-2012, now in Women's Football Alliance
• Sacramento Sirens - played in the IWFL from 2003-2012, now in Women's Football Alliance
• Tennessee Valley Tigers - played in the IWFL from 2009-2011, now in Women's Spring Football League as the Huntsville Tigers

Champions [edit]

Tier I [edit]

• 2001 — Austin Outlaws - Champion by record
• 2002 — New York Sharks 24, Austin Outlaws 4
• 2003 — Sacramento Sirens 41, New York Sharks 30
• 2004 — Sacramento Sirens 29, New York Sharks 27
• 2005 — Sacramento Sirens 9, Atlanta Xplosion 7
• 2006 — Atlanta Xplosion 21, Detroit Demolition 14
• 2007 — Detroit Demolition 17, Atlanta Xplosion 7
• 2008 — Dallas Diamonds 35, Chicago Force 29
• 2009 — Kansas City Tribe 21, D.C. Divas 18
• 2010 — Boston Militia 39, Sacramento Sirens 7
• 2011 — Atlanta Ravens 24, California Quake 22
• 2012 — Montreal Blitz 28, Sacramento Sirens 27^[1]

Tier II [edit]

• 2008 — Montreal Blitz 26, Clarksville Fox 6
• 2009 — Wisconsin Warriors 42, Montreal Blitz 14
• 2010 — Montreal Blitz 9, Bay Area Bandits 2
• 2011 — Seattle Majestics 20, New England Intensity 0
• 2012 — Carolina Phoenix 27, Portland Shockwave 0^[2]

Tier III [edit]

• 2012 — Carolina Queens 18, Colorado Sting 0

References [edit]

See also [edit]

• List of leagues of American football

External links [edit]

• Official website
• The Women's Pro Football Networking Group