2024 A-League Women finals series

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A-League Women finals series
Season2023–24
Dates13 April – 4 May 2024
Biggest away winWestern United 2–4 Newcastle Jets
(Elimination-finals, 13 April 2024)
Highest scoringWestern United 2–4 Newcastle Jets
(Elimination-finals, 13 April 2024)
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The 2024 A-League Women finals series will be the 16th annual edition of A-League Women finals series, the playoffs tournament staged to determine the champion of the 2023–24 A-League Women season. The series will be played over four weeks culminating in the 2024 A-League Women Grand Final.

Qualification[edit]

See also: 2023–24 A-League Women

Western United, Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets all confirmed their spots in the elimination-finals. Semi-finalists Melbourne City and Sydney FC were confirmed in finishing the top two spots.[1] Melbourne Victory qualified for the elimination-finals through a 4–0 win over Premiership seeking Sydney FC,[2] as Melbourne City claimed the premiership in a 2–1 win over Perth Glory to finish two points clear ahead of second-placed Sydney FC.[3]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City 22 12 5 5 40 29 +11 41 Qualification to Finals series and 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League
2 Sydney FC 22 11 6 5 31 20 +11 39 Qualification to Finals series
3 Western United 22 11 3 8 37 34 +3 36
4 Melbourne Victory 22 10 6 6 44 29 +15 36
5 Central Coast Mariners 22 10 5 7 31 24 +7 35
6 Newcastle Jets 22 10 3 9 43 36 +7 33
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 22 10 3 9 30 30 0 33
8 Wellington Phoenix[a] 22 9 1 12 36 33 +3 28
9 Brisbane Roar 22 7 5 10 28 35 −7 26
10 Perth Glory 22 6 6 10 25 32 −7 24
11 Canberra United 22 6 6 10 39 47 −8 24
12 Adelaide United 22 4 3 15 21 56 −35 15
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away head-to-head results; 8) home head-to-head results; 9) toss of a coin[4]
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

Venues[edit]

Melbourne
Sydney
AAMI Park Ironbark Fields Leichhardt Oval
Capacity: 30,050 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 20,000
Maitland
The Home of the Matildas Maitland Sportsground
Capacity: 2,500 Capacity: 8,000

Matches[edit]

The system used for the 2024 A-League Women finals series is the modified top-six play-offs by the A-Leagues. The top two teams enter the two-legged semi-finals receiving the bye for the elimination-finals in which the teams from third placed to sixth place enter the elimination-finals with "third against sixth" and "fourth against fifth". Losers for the elimination-finals are eliminated, and winners qualify for the two-legged semi-finals.[5]

First placed team in the semi-finals plays the lowest ranked elimination-final winning team and second placed team in the semi-finals plays the highest ranked elimination-final winner. Home-state advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position.

Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
6 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0
3 Western United 2 1 Melbourne City 3 3 6
6 Newcastle Jets 4 1 Melbourne City
2 Sydney FC
5 Central Coast Mariners 0 1 1
4 Melbourne Victory 0(2) 2 Sydney FC 1 1 2
5 Central Coast Mariners (p) 0(4)

Elimination-finals[edit]

Third-placed Western United who qualified for successive finals series played their first home finals match, which was against sixth-placed Newcastle Jets appearing in their first finals series since 2018. Newcastle took the lead 11 minutes in through Sarina Bolden until Western equalised by Alana Cerne. Bolden scored a penalty for Newcastle to take the lead into half-time, as Catherine Zimmerman score a penalty for Western to equalize again. In extra-time, Newcastle scored two further goals through Melina Ayres and Sophie Haban to win the match 4–2 and qualify for the semi-finals against Melbourne City.

Western United2–4 (a.e.t.)Newcastle Jets
 Report
Attendance: 3,370
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Fourth-placed Melbourne Victory will host a finals match for the first time since 2020, against fifth-placed Central Coast Mariners who in their return season qualified for back-to-back finals series since 2009.

Melbourne Victory0–0 (a.e.t.)Central Coast Mariners
Report
Penalties
 2–4
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Melbourne City 6–0 Newcastle Jets 3–0 3–0
Sydney FC 2–1 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 1–1
Newcastle Jets0–3Melbourne City
Report
Maitland No.1 Sportsground, Newcastle
Attendance: 6,836
Referee: Bec Mackie
Melbourne City3–0Newcastle Jets
 Report
Attendance: 2,041
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Melbourne City won 6–0 on aggregate.

Central Coast Mariners0–1Sydney FC
Report
Referee: Isabella Mossin
Sydney FC1–1Central Coast Mariners
 Report
Attendance: 7,063
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Sydney FC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Grand Final[edit]

Main article: 2024 A-League Women Grand Final
Melbourne CityvSydney FC
Report

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pisani, Sacha (27 March 2024). "Liberty A-League Premiership & finals race comes down to LAST ROUND: Every situation explained".
  2. ^ "Melbourne Victory spoil Sydney FC's party in extraordinary final day boilover". A-Leagues. 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ Rosengarten, Jake (31 March 2024). "PREMIERS! Melbourne City pull off final day heist after skipper's moment of 'absolute class'". A-Leagues.
  4. ^ "Competitions Rules". A-Leagues. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  5. ^ Comito, Matt (8 April 2024). "Complete guide to the Liberty A-League Finals series: Everything you need to know". A-Leagues.

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