Wikipedia - SAFA Women's League

The SAFA Women's League, known as Hollywoodbets Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top flight of women's association football in South Africa. The competition is run by the South African Football Association. The league comprises 16 (originally 12) teams which won promotion from their respective Sasol Women's Provincial League divisions. The champion now earns entry into the COSAFA Women's Champions League.

History

Prior to the formation of the SAFA Women's League in 2019, a series of predecessor competitions crowned an annual national women's champion club for South Africa.

Inter-Provincial Women’s Championship (1976–1990)

Women's football started in 1976 by founding an Inter-Provincial Championship until 1990. Natal United FC have a record of 9 championships.

SAFA Women's Championship (2001-2009)

From 2001 until 2009, a series of championships were organized by SAFA between the champion of each SAFA Region or province. In 2001-2002 this was known as the Sanlam National Women's Championship and involved champions of SAFA's then-25 regions. In 2005-06, the national playoffs were known as the Vodacom Women's League. In 2008-09, this event was replaced by the Absa Women's League, which later became SAFA's regional league (sub-provincial).

Sasol Women’s National League (2009–2019)

The Sasol Women's League is a provincial women's football league which was formed in 2009 when Sasol and the South African Football Association (SAFA) went into partnership for women's football in South Africa. The league runs separate leagues for each of the nine provinces, and brings their champions together to play the National Championship, and its winner is promoted to the SAFA Women's League. Following the formation of the SAFA Women's League, the Sasol League became its second-tier / feeder league and no longer crowned the national champion.

SAFA Women's League (2019–present)

Following rumors as early as 2017 of SAFA establishing a professional women's league, the association indeed announced the formation of the SAFA Women's National League in August 2019. The new league replaced the previous inter-regional play (which had been limited only to the national championship tournament) with a national double-round-robin league of the country's top clubs. The league's first season was played in 2019-20, and began with the previous season's respective provincial champions, plus two women's affiliates of PSL clubs and the university league champion, as the initial 12 members. The initial season's start date was pushed back to August 2019 in order to accommodate Banyana Banyana's participation at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. In the first two seasons, there was no relegation: 2 teams were promoted to make 14 in 2020, and another 2 were promoted to make 16 in 2021, with relegation then beginning in the 2022 season.

南非联赛女子足球赛(South African Women's National League)是南非女子足球联赛,是南非国内最高级别的女子足球联赛。该联赛成立于1997年,旨在为南非女子足球运动员提供一个专业、规范的比赛平台,同时也为南非女子足球队提供一个有组织、有规划的选拔平台。

参赛队伍:联赛共有16支队伍,分为两个赛区,每个赛区前4名进入季后赛。

赛制:常规赛阶段,每个队伍在各自的小区中进行单循环比赛,每场比赛赢者得3分,平局得1分,输球不得分。在季后赛阶段,进入季后赛的队伍将进行淘汰赛,直到决出冠军。

特点:南非联赛女子足球赛是南非国内最受欢迎的体育赛事之一,也是南非女子足球队的主要赛事之一。该联赛注重技术和战术的发挥,强调团队合作和拼搏精神,为南非女子足球运动员提供了展示自己的机会。同时,该联赛也为南非女子足球队提供了重要的选拔平台,为南非女子足球队在国际比赛中取得好成绩做出了重要贡献。