Minor premiership - Citizendia

In several sports, a minor premiership is the (often unofficial) award given to a team which finishes first overall in the standings after the regular season prior to commencement of the playoffs. In an organised Sports league, a season is the portion of one Year in which regulated Games of the sport are in session A playoff or final in Sports is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion or a similar accolade

The term is most often used in Australia where the National Rugby League gives an award, the J. J. Giltinan Shield, to each season's minor premiers. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The JJ Giltinan Shield is an Australian Rugby league trophy first introduced for the 1951 New South Wales Rugby Football League season. The Australian Ice Hockey League awards the V.I.P. Cup to the minor premiers after its regular season and the Australian Football League awards the Dr Wm. C. McClelland Trophy. The Australian Ice Hockey League ( AIHL) is Australia's top-level Ice hockey league The VIP Cup is a trophy awarded to the Minor premiers of each season in the Australian Ice Hockey League; that is the team that finishes first overall in the standings The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest The Dr Wm C McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football Trophy, instituted in 1951 that was given to a VFL Football Club on the basis of the combined performance The National Basketball League recognises the minor premiers but no official trophy or award is given. The National Basketball League is Australia 's top-level professional Basketball competition

In the United States, the Presidents' Trophy is given out by the National Hockey League to the team which finishes first in the standings at the end of the season, as is the Supporters' Shield in Major League Soccer; however, the term "minor premiership" is not used in the USA. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Presidents' Trophy is an award presented by the National Hockey League (NHL to the team which finishes with the most points in the league during the regular The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best Regular season record as determined by the Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U

Although often referred to as the minor premiers, the team on top of the table at the end of the A-League season is officially the A-League Premiers, receiving the Premiership Trophy and a berth in the AFC Champions League. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition The AFC Champions League is the current annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation (AFC

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The New South Wales Rugby League introduced the J. The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL is the governing body for the Sport of Rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby J. Giltinan Shield in 1951 to be awarded to the winners of that season's Grand Final. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January A Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sporting term used to describe a final that decides a league champion When the W. D. & H. O. Wills Cup was introduced in 1960 to reflect cigarette brand W. D. & H. O. Wills' sponsorship of the NSWRL, the J. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WD & HO Wills was a British Tobacco importer and Cigarette manufacturer formed in Bristol, England. J. Giltinan Shield became the award given to the minor premiers. This continued with the Winfield Cup, which replaced the W. Winfield Cup was an Australian Rugby league trophy awarded to the winner of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership 's (NSWRL Grand Final from 1982 D. & H. O. Wills Cup in 1982. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)

Teams who won both the minor premiership and the Grand Final (eg the Parramatta Eels in 1986) would parade both the Winfield Cup and the J. The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional Rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) J. Giltinan Shield around the field after the game.

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