Australian National Broomball Championships
- Australian National Broomball Championships
The Australian National Broomball Championships is an annual broomball tournament, held in various cities across Australia, to determine Australia's national champions. The tournament is organised by the national governing body for the sport, Broomball Australia.
The Championships have been held annually since 1990, and as of 2006 attract representative teams from New South Wales, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, and Victoria. Teams representing Gold Coast and Coffs Harbour have also participated in the past. In 2003 an invitational team composed of The X-Men and The Fantastic 4 took part but were ineligible for finals.
Five divisions are contested annually (starting year in brackets):
* Men's Elite (1990)
* Women's Elite (1999)
* Mixed Elite (1990)
* Men's Intermediate (2003)
* Mixed Intermediate (2003)
Men's Elite Division
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has been by far the most successful team in the Men's Elite division, winning thirteen of the seventeen events held to date.
Women's Elite Division
New South Wales and the ACT have dominated the Women's Elite division. Since the division was introduced in 1999 they have each won it four times.
Mixed Elite Division
In mixed play, each team has an equal number of male and female players on the ice. The ACT have also had a successful history in this division, winning in nine times.
Men's Intermediate Division
New South Wales have won two of the four Men's Intermediate titles since the division was introduced at the 2003 National Championships.
See also
* Broomball Australia - organising body
* Queensland Cyclones - representative team for Queensland
References
External links
* [http://www.actbroomball.org.au/nationals/natindex.htm National Championships Statistics from ACTBA] (accessed 20 December 2006)
* [http://nationals2006.basa.org.au/ 2006 National Championships website] (accessed 20 December 2006)
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