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{{short description|National Australian rules football championships for players aged 18 years or younger}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title           = AFL Under-19 Championships
| current_season  = 2024 AFL National Championships
| last_season     = 
| upcoming_season = 
| logo            = 
| formerly        = Teal Cup (1953–1976), Australian Football National Championships (1977–1995)
| sport           = Australian rules football
| founded         = 
| folded          = 
| administrator   = [[Australian Football League]]
| ceo             = <!-- chief executive officer -->
| coo             = <!-- chief operating officer -->
| director        = 
| president       = 
| commissioner    = 
| inaugural       = 1953
| teams           = 8
| champion        = Vic Metro
| champ_season    = 2024
| most_champs     = 
| most successful club = <small>(D1)</small> Vic Metro (19)<br /><small>(D2)</small> Tasmania (8)
| tv              = [[Fox Footy]]
| sponsor         = [[National Australia Bank]]
| investor        = 
| related_comps   = [[AFL Women's Under 18 Championships]]
| founder         = 
| website         = 
| footnotes       = 
}}

The '''AFL National Championships''' is an annual Australian national underage representative [[Australian rules football]] tournament. Since taking over as national governing body in 1995, the AFL has gradually restructured the competition into a primary junior pathway for its fully professional [[Australian Football League|national club competition]].

The National Championships grew out of the '''Teal Cup''' which began in 1953 as a junior representative competition between the [[States and territories of Australia|Australian states]] of [[Queensland]] and [[New South Wales]]. It was rebranded in 1976 to reflect its expansion to include representative teams from each Australian state and mainland territory, rotated between host cities.

The current competition is contested as a hybrid representative format. The best players from the Academy competitions (AFL club feeder teams) combine to form an '[[The Allies (Australian rules football)|Allies]]' team in conjunction with [[South Australian state football team|South Australia]], [[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]] and two Victoria teams—Metro (Melbourne Metropolitan Area) and Country—to contest the division 1 tournament.

==History==
Originally known as the '''Teal Cup''', it began in 1953 as a junior representative competition between the [[States and territories of Australia|Australian states]] of [[Queensland]] and [[New South Wales]]. It was an annual match between the two states, the winners would possess a trophy donated by the Teal family of Queensland. Members of the [[Australian National Football Council]], most notably Victorian representative [[Bruce Andrew]], assisted in the establishment the competition in its early days.<ref>[https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/904708/bruce-andrews-remarkable-football-life Bruce Andrew’s remarkable football life] By Michael Roberts for collingwoodfc.com.au 15 April 2021</ref>

The [[Australian Capital Territory]] was the first other side to enter in 1973. With the addition of teams from each Australian state and mainland territory in 1976, the tournament was rebranded as the '''National Championships''' and rotated between host cities. The championships were split into two divisions with the strongest states including Victoria (later split into two sides: Vic Metro and Vic Country) comprising Division 1. [[Australian rules football in Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea]] was the first other country to field a team in 1979.[[File:Anthony Morabito WA.jpg|thumb|Under-18 All-Australian and WA's [[Most Valuable Player]] award winner [[Anthony Morabito]] from the [[2009 AFL Under 18 Championships|2009 championship]].]]In the absence of a national league, and less regular senior competition, it grew into one of the most important competitions in the country. Early on it was an Under-17 competition, however the age limit has been progressively increased and separate junior championships added for Under-15 level (commencing as the '''Shell Cup''', now the '''AFL National Development Championships''') from the 1970s onwards. It was a major talent pathway for underage players outside of Victoria to the VFL. As part of the AFL Commission's role as national governing body, the Victorian [[TAC Cup]] competition was restructured in 1992 to become the primary pathway to the AFL. As a result, representative development sides from NSW/ACT and Tasmania for a time have played in that competition instead. However, in recent years, the National Championships has regained its status as a primary AFL recruitment pathway as the growth of the sport outside Victoria has accelerated.

The division 2 competition was replaced by the Under-19 Academy Series in 2017, with teams from the 4 Queensland and NSW AFL clubs' academies in addition to Northern Territory and Tasmania state teams. The entire competition was changed to under-19s in 2021 (the competition has previously operated under-17s and under-18s competitions).

With the [[AFL Commission]] phasing out representative football at senior level since 1994, the National Championships are one of the few opportunities for players to play for their state or territory. Players typically share the senior team's guernsey (with the exception of Victorian teams, which play in variations of the [[Victoria Australian rules football team|state team]] guernsey—Vic Metro has a light blue [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Big V]] insignia, while Vic Country plays in a reverse white with navy Big V).

The best players from the academy competition then combine to form an 'Allies' team in conjunction with South Australia, Western Australia and two Victoria teams, Metro (Melbourne Metropolitan Area) and Country to contest the division 1 tournament.

The winner of the 2024 division 1 tournament was Vic Metro, defeating [[AFL Victoria Country|Vic Country]] 12.13.85 to 13.6.84. 

==Winners and awards==
===Individual awards===
The '''Larke Medal''' is awarded to the best player in Division 1 of the competition. It is named in honour of a junior footballer, Michael Larke, who was killed in a bus crash while attending a trial match for New South Wales. The '''Hunter Harrison Medal''' is awarded to the best player in Division 2 and is named in honour of a former president and life member of the [[Northern Territory Football League]], Hunter Harrison, who played a major role in the development of the AFL Youth Championships.<ref name="NTFL">{{cite book|last=Barfoot|first=Michael|title=History of NTFL|date=December 1995|page=107|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=110634}}</ref> Each tournament, an underage All-Australian team is named; an [[Most valuable player|MVP]] is also named for each team.

===Past winners===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!| Year || Division 1 Premiers || Larke Medal || Division 2 Premiers || Hunter Harrison Medal || Host/s 
|-
| 1953 ||{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1976-06-12-1976-Teale-Cup-Aust-National-Championship-@-Wagga.pdf |title=1976 Teal Cup Australian Football National Championship |publisher=[[City of Wagga Wagga]] |date=1976-06-12 |location=Wagga Wagga, NSW |pages=6 |language=en |chapter=History of the Teal Cup}}</ref>|| rowspan="14" | || colspan="2" rowspan="30" | || [[Brisbane, Queensland]] 
|-
| 1954–1962 || Not contested
|-
| 1963 ||{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" /> || 
|-
|1964
|{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
|1965
|{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
|1966
|{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
|1967
|{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
|1968
|{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
| 1969 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" />|| [[Brisbane, Queensland]]
|-
|1970
|{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
| 1971 ||{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 1972 ||{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 1973 ||{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland<ref name=":0" /> || [[Sydney, New South Wales]]
|-
| 1974 ||{{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales<ref name=":0" /> || [[Canberra, Australian Capital Territory]]
|-
| 1975 ||{{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales<ref name=":0" /> || || [[Brisbane, Queensland]]
|-
| 1976 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || Mick Woods (Vic) || [[Wagga Wagga, New South Wales]]
|-
| 1977 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || Rodney Watts (Vic) || [[Melbourne, Victoria]]
|-
| 1978 ||{{flagicon|South Australia}} South Australia || [[Mark Weideman]] (SA)  || [[Brisbane, Queensland]]
|-
| 1979 ||{{flagicon|South Australia}} South Australia || Grant Campbell (WA)  || [[Hobart, Tasmania]]
|-
| 1980 ||{{flagicon|South Australia}} South Australia || [[Darryl Murphy]] (ACT)  || [[Perth, Western Australia]]
|-
| 1981 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || [[Paul Salmon]] (Vic) || [[Melbourne, Victoria]]
|-
| 1982 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || [[Michael Phyland]] (NSW) || [[Brisbane, Queensland]]
|-
| 1983 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria|| [[Greg Anderson (footballer)|Greg Anderson]] (SA) || [[Darwin, Northern Territory]]
|-
| 1984 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria|| David Condon (NSW) ||  [[Sydney, New South Wales]]
|-
| 1985 ||{{flagicon|Western Australia}} Western Australia || Jason Kerr (NSW) || [[Perth, Western Australia]]
|-
| 1986 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria|| [[Stephen Lawrence (footballer)|Stephen Lawrence]] (Qld) ||  [[Adelaide, South Australia]]
|-
| 1987 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || [[Steven Kolyniuk]] (Vic) ||  [[Hobart, Tasmania]]
|-
| 1988 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria|| Robbie Wright (NSW) || [[Canberra, Australian Capital Territory]]
|-
| 1989 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Country || [[Ray Windsor]] (Qld) ||  [[Melbourne, Victoria]]
|-
| 1990 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro ||[[Paul Williams (Australian rules footballer)|Paul Williams]] (Tas) ||  [[Brisbane, Queensland]]
|-
| 1991 ||{{flagicon|South Australia}} South Australia  ||[[Robert Neill (Australian rules footballer)|Robert Neill]] (ACT) || || ||  [[Darwin, Northern Territory]]
|-
| 1992 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro ||[[Daniel Southern]] (WA)  || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Country || [[Michael Voss]] (Qld) || [[Melbourne, Victoria]]
|-
| 1993 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro ||[[Shaun McManus]] (WA)  || {{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales || Mark Ryan (NT) || [[Adelaide, South Australia]] 
|-
| 1994 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Daniel Harford]] ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}})  || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Country || [[Michael Martin (Australian footballer)|Michael Martin]] (Tas) || [[Perth, Western Australia]]
|-
| 1995 ||{{flagicon|South Australia}} South Australia  ||[[Luke Godden]] ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}}) <br />Ben Setchell ({{Tooltip|Vic C.|Vic Country}})  || {{flagicon|Western Australia}} Western Australia || [[Steven Koops]] (NT)
|-
| 1996 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro ||Pat Steinfort ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}}) ||{{flagicon|Tasmania}} Tasmania || Matthew Bernes (Tas) 
|-
| 1997 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro ||[[Tim Finocchiaro]] ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}})  || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland || [[Fred Campbell (Australian footballer)|Fred Campbell]] (NT) 
|-
| 1998 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro ||[[Garth Taylor]] (WA)  ||{{flagicon|New South Wales}}/{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} NSW/ACT || Shane Young (Qld) <br />[[Derek Murray (Australian footballer)|Derek Murray]] (NSW/ACT)
|-
| 1999 ||{{flagicon|Western Australia}} Western Australia  ||[[Paul Hasleby]] (WA)  ||{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland || [[Brad Green (footballer)|Brad Green]] (Tas) 
|-
| 2000 ||{{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Country  ||[[Kayne Pettifer]] ({{Tooltip|Vic C.|Vic Country}})  ||{{flagicon|New South Wales}}/{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} NSW/ACT || [[Ian Callinan (Australian footballer)|Ian Callinan]] (Tas) 
|-
| [[2001 AFL Under 18 Championships|2001]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Sam Power]] ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}}) <br />[[Steven Armstrong]] (WA) || {{flagicon|Tasmania}} Tasmania  || [[Tom Davidson]] (Tas) || Melbourne, Victoria 
|-
| [[2002 AFL Under 18 Championships|2002]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro ||[[Byron Schammer]] (SA)  ||{{flagicon|New South Wales}}/{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} NSW/ACT || [[Anthony Corrie]] (NT) || Melbourne, Victoria 
|-
| [[2003 AFL Under 18 Championships|2003]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Country || [[Kepler Bradley]] (WA) ||{{flagicon|New South Wales}}/{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} NSW/ACT || Jake Furfaro (Qld) || Melbourne, Victoria 
|-
| [[2004 AFL Under 18 Championships|2004]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Jesse W. Smith|Jesse Smith]] ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}}) || {{flagicon|Northern Territory}} Northern Territory  ||  [[Richard Tambling]] (NT) || Melbourne, Victoria 
|-
| [[2005 AFL Under 18 Championships|2005]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Marc Murphy (footballer)|Marc Murphy]] ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}}) ||  {{flagicon|Tasmania}} Tasmania ||  [[Grant Birchall]] (Tas) || Melbourne, Victoria 
|-
| [[2006 AFL Under 18 Championships|2006]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Tom Hawkins (footballer, born 1988)|Tom Hawkins]] ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}}) || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland || [[Ricky Petterd]] (Qld) || Melbourne, Victoria 
|-
| [[2007 AFL Under 18 Championships|2007]] || {{flagicon|Western Australia}} Western Australia || [[Cale Morton]] (WA) || {{flagicon|New South Wales}}/{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} NSW/ACT || [[Craig Bird]] (NSW/ACT) || VIC, WA, SA, NSW 
|-
| [[2008 AFL Under 18 Championships|2008]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Jack Watts (Australian footballer)|Jack Watts]] ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}}) || {{flagicon|Tasmania}} Tasmania || [[Mitch Robinson]] (Tas) || VIC, WA, SA, TAS 
|-
| [[2009 AFL Under 18 Championships|2009]] || {{flagicon|Western Australia}} Western Australia || [[David Swallow]] (WA)  <br />[[Andrew Hooper]] ({{Tooltip|Vic C.|Vic Country}}) || {{flagicon|New South Wales}}/{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} NSW/ACT || Dylan McNeil (NSW/ACT) || National (excluding ACT)
|-
| [[2010 AFL Under 18 Championships|2010]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Country || [[Harley Bennell]] (WA) || {{flagicon|Tasmania}} Tasmania || [[Sam Darley]] (Tas) || National (excluding ACT)
|-
| [[2011 AFL Under 18 Championships|2011]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Stephen Coniglio]] (WA) || {{flagicon|Tasmania}} Tasmania || John McKenzie (Tas) || National (excluding ACT)
|-
| [[2012 AFL Under 18 Championships|2012]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Lachie Whitfield]] ({{Tooltip|Vic C.|Vic Country}}) || {{flagicon|Northern Territory}} Northern Territory  ||  [[Jake Neade]] (NT) || National (excluding ACT)
|-
| [[2013 AFL Under 18 Championships|2013]] || {{flagicon|South Australia}} South Australia || [[Dom Sheed]] (WA) || {{flagicon|Tasmania}} Tasmania || [[Liam Dawson (footballer)|Liam Dawson]] (Qld)<br />[[Kade Kolodjashnij]] (Tas)<br />[[Toby Nankervis]] (Tas) || National (excluding ACT)
|-
| [[2014 AFL Under 18 Championships|2014]] || {{flagicon|South Australia}} South Australia || [[Christian Petracca]] ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}}) || {{flagicon|New South Wales}}/{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} NSW/ACT || [[Isaac Heeney]] (NSW/ACT) || VIC, WA, SA, NSW
|-
| [[2015 AFL Under 18 Championships|2015]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Country || [[Josh Schache]] ({{Tooltip|Vic C.|Vic Country}}) || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland || [[Ben Keays]] (Qld) || VIC, WA, SA, QLD
|-
| [[2016 AFL Under 18 Championships|2016]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Jack Graham (Australian footballer, born 1998)|Jack Graham]] (SA) || {{flagicon|New South Wales}}/{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} NSW/ACT || [[Jack Bowes]] (Qld) || National (excluding ACT) 
|-
| [[2017 AFL Under 18 Championships|2017]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Oscar Allen (footballer)|Oscar Allen]] (WA)|| rowspan="3" | (Replaced by Academy Series) || [[Nick Blakey]] ({{Tooltip|Syd A.|Sydney Swans Academy}}) || VIC, WA, SA, NSW
|-
| [[2018 AFL Under 18 Championships|2018]] ||{{flagicon|South Australia}} South Australia || [[Sam Walsh (footballer)|Sam Walsh]] ({{Tooltip|Vic C.|Vic Country}}) || [[Tarryn Thomas]] (Tas) || VIC, SA, QLD
|-
| [[2019 AFL Under 18 Championships|2019]] || {{flagicon|Western Australia}} Western Australia || [[Deven Robertson]] (WA)  || [[Connor Budarick]] ({{Tooltip|GC A.|Gold Coast Suns Academy}}) || VIC, NSW, SA 
|-
|2020
| colspan="5" |''Cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]<ref>[https://www.wafootball.com.au/news/19564/simply-energy-wa-u18s-squad-announced Simply Energy WA U18s squad announced] West Australian Football Commission 18 September 2020</ref>''
|-
|2021
| colspan="5" |''Cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]<ref>[https://www.afl.com.au/news/673493/update-second-wa-v-sa-u19-clash-looms-vic-season-cancelled UPDATE: Second WA v SA U19 clash looms, Vic season cancelled] By Callum Twomey 3 September 2021</ref>''
|-
| [[2022 AFL Under 18 Championships|2022]] || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro || [[Will Ashcroft]] ({{Tooltip|Vic M.|Vic Metro}}) || rowspan="3" | (Replaced by Academy Series) || [[Jaspa Fletcher]] ({{Tooltip|Bris A.|Brisbane Lions Academy}}) || National (excluding Tasmania)
|-
| [[2023 AFL Under 18 Championships|2023]] || [[File:SoO_-_Allies.png|15px]] Allies || [[Ryley Sanders]] (Allies) || [[Ethan Read]] ({{Tooltip|GC A.|Gold Coast Suns Academy}})<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-21 |title=2023 AFL National Championships U18 Boys All-Australian Team announced |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/982892/2023-afl-national-championships-u18-boys-all-australian-team-announced |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=[[AFL.com.au]] |language=en}}</ref>|| rowspan="2" | VIC, WA, SA, QLD
|-
| 2024
|| {{flagicon|Victoria}} Vic Metro
|| Harvey Langford (Vic Metro), [[Leo Lombard]] ([[The Allies (Australian rules football)|Allies]]) || Zeke Uwland (GC A.)
|}

===Recent Placings (2002–Present)===

====Division 1====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season !! Winner !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| [[2002 AFL Under 18 Championships|2002]] || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}}
|-
| [[2003 AFL Under 18 Championships|2003]] || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}}
|-
| [[2004 AFL Under 18 Championships|2004]] || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}}
|-
| [[2005 AFL Under 18 Championships|2005]] || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}}
|-
| [[2006 AFL Under 18 Championships|2006]] || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}}
|-
| [[2007 AFL Under 18 Championships|2007]] || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season !! Winner !! Second !! Third !! Fourth !! Fifth !! Sixth !! Seventh !! Eighth
|-
| [[2008 AFL Under 18 Championships|2008]] || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South'''|Gold}} {{color box|blue|'''Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} 
|-
| [[2009 AFL Under 18 Championships|2009]] || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South'''|Gold}} {{color box|blue|'''Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}}  || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season !! Winner !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| [[2010 AFL Under 18 Championships|2010]] || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} 
|-
| [[2011 AFL Under 18 Championships|2011]] || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} 
|-
| [[2012 AFL Under 18 Championships|2012]] || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}}
|-
| [[2013 AFL Under 18 Championships|2013]] || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}}
|-
| [[2014 AFL Under 18 Championships|2014]] || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}}
|-
| [[2015 AFL Under 18 Championships|2015]] || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season !! Winner !! Second !! Third !! Fourth !! Fifth
|-
| [[2016 AFL Under 18 Championships|2016]] || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor=#1898cf div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|White|'''Allies'''|Black}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"| {{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}}
|-
| [[2017 AFL Under 18 Championships|2017]] || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"| {{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor=#1898cf div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|White|'''Allies'''|Black}} 
|-
| [[2018 AFL Under 18 Championships|2018]] || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor=#1898cf div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|White|'''Allies'''|Black}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"| {{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}}
|-
| [[2019 AFL Under 18 Championships|2019]] || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"| {{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor=#1898cf div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|White|'''Allies'''|Black}} || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} 
|-
| 2020 || align=left colspan="6" | ''Not contested due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-
| 2021 || align=left colspan="6" | ''Not contested due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-
| 2022 || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"| {{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor=#1898cf div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|White|'''Allies'''|Black}}
|-
| 2023 || bgcolor=#1898cf div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|White|'''Allies'''|Black}} || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"| {{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} ||  bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}}
|-
| 2024 || bgcolor="Navy" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#6aade2|'''Victoria Metro'''}} || bgcolor="White" div style="text-align: center;"| {{font color|Navy|'''Victoria Country'''}} || bgcolor="Gold" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Black|'''Western Australia'''}} || bgcolor=#1898cf div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|White|'''Allies'''|Black}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''South Australia'''|Gold}}
|}

====Division 2 (1992–2016)====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season !! Winner !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| [[2002 AFL Under 18 Championships|2002]] || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}}
|-
| [[2003 AFL Under 18 Championships|2003]] || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}}
|-
| [[2004 AFL Under 18 Championships|2004]] || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}}
|-
| [[2005 AFL Under 18 Championships|2005]] || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}}  || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|-
| [[2006 AFL Under 18 Championships|2006]] || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} 
|-
| [[2007 AFL Under 18 Championships|2007]] || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}}  || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}}
|-
| [[2008 AFL Under 18 Championships|2008]] || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}}
|-
| [[2009 AFL Under 18 Championships|2009]] || align=left colspan="4" | ''Teams moved to Division 1 for the 2009 Championships''
|-
| [[2010 AFL Under 18 Championships|2010]] || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}}
|-
| [[2011 AFL Under 18 Championships|2011]] || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|-
| [[2012 AFL Under 18 Championships|2012]] || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}}
|-
| [[2013 AFL Under 18 Championships|2013]] || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|-
| [[2014 AFL Under 18 Championships|2014]] || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|-
| [[2015 AFL Under 18 Championships|2015]] || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|-
| [[2016 AFL Under 18 Championships|2016]] || bgcolor="#CBEDFD" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|#002664|'''NSW/ACT'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor="Maroon" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|White|'''Queensland'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} 
|}

====Academy Series (2017–2018)====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season !! Winner !! Second !! Third !! Fourth !! Fifth !! Sixth
|-
| [[2017 AFL Under 18 Championships|2017]] || bgcolor="red" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|White|'''Sydney Swans'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Yellow|'''Gold Coast Suns'''}} || bgcolor="#444444" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|Orange|'''GWS Giants'''}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="#78184A" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''Brisbane'''|Gold}}{{color box|blue|'''Lions'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|-
| [[2018 AFL Under 18 Championships|2018]] || bgcolor="red" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|White|'''Sydney Swans'''}} || bgcolor="#78184A" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''Brisbane'''|Gold}}{{color box|blue|'''Lions'''|Gold}} || bgcolor=#005645 div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|#D8AE52|'''Tasmania'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Yellow|'''Gold Coast Suns'''}} || bgcolor="#444444" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|Orange|'''GWS Giants'''}} 
|}

====Northern Academy Series (2019–present)====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season !! Winner !! Second !! Third !! Fourth !! Fifth
|-
| [[Talent League|2019]] || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Yellow|'''Gold Coast Suns'''}} || bgcolor="red" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|White|'''Sydney Swans'''}} || bgcolor="#444444" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|Orange|'''GWS Giants'''}} || bgcolor="#78184A" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''Brisbane'''|Gold}}{{color box|blue|'''Lions'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|-
| [[Talent League|2020]] || align=left colspan="6" | ''Not contested due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-
| [[Talent League|2021]] || align=left colspan="6" | ''Not contested due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|-
| [[Talent League|2022]] || bgcolor="#444444" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|Orange|'''GWS Giants'''}} || bgcolor="#78184A" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''Brisbane'''|Gold}}{{color box|blue|'''Lions'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Yellow|'''Gold Coast Suns'''}} || bgcolor="red" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|White|'''Sydney Swans'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|-
| [[Talent League|2023]] || bgcolor="red" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|White|'''Sydney Swans'''}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Yellow|'''Gold Coast Suns'''}} || bgcolor="#78184A" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''Brisbane'''|Gold}}{{color box|blue|'''Lions'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="#444444" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|Orange|'''GWS Giants'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|-
| [[Talent League|2024]] || bgcolor="red" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|White|'''Sydney Swans'''}} || bgcolor="#78184A" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''Brisbane'''|Gold}}{{color box|blue|'''Lions'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Yellow|'''Gold Coast Suns'''}} || bgcolor="#444444" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|Orange|'''GWS Giants'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|-
| [[Talent League|2025]] || bgcolor="Red" div style="text-align: center;"|{{font color|Yellow|'''Gold Coast Suns'''}} || bgcolor="#78184A" div style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|blue|'''Brisbane'''|Gold}}{{color box|blue|'''Lions'''|Gold}} || bgcolor="#444444" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|Orange|'''GWS Giants'''}} || bgcolor="red" style="text-align: center;" div |{{font color|White|'''Sydney Swans'''}} || bgcolor="Black" div style="text-align: center;"| {{font color|Orange|'''Northern Territory'''}}
|}

== Participating teams ==

=== Current ===

==== Division 1 ====
* {{flagicon|Australia}}/{{flagicon|Australia}} [[The Allies (Australian rules football)|Allies]] (Australian Capital Territory,<br />New South Wales,<br />Northern Territory,<br />Queensland,<br />Tasmania) (2016–)
* {{flagicon|Victoria}}/{{flagicon|Victoria}} [[AFL Victoria Country|Victoria Country]] (Victoria) & Victoria Metro (Victoria)
* {{flagicon|South Australia}}/{{flagicon|South Australia}} [[South Australian state football team|South Australia]] (South Australia)
* {{flagicon|Western Australia}}/{{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]] (Western Australia)

==== Division 2 (Defunct in 2017 now Academy Division) ====
Since 2017, the AFL has replaced state and territory representative teams with an Academy division consisting of its QLD and NSW AFL Club sides: [[GWS Giants]], [[Brisbane Lions]], [[Gold Coast Suns]] and [[Sydney Swans]]. The following sides still contest the U16 championships but not the U18 championships:
* {{flagicon|New South Wales}}/{{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory)
* {{flagicon|Queensland}}/{{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland (Queensland)
* {{flagicon|Northern Territory}}/{{flagicon|Northern Territory}} Northern Territory (Northern Territory)
* {{flagicon|Tasmania}}/{{flagicon|Tasmania}} Tasmania (Tasmania)

=== Full List ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCFF99"
| Currently participating
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Years participating
! Region/s represented
! Div 1 Premierships
! Div 1 Premiership Year/s
! Div 2 Premierships 
! Div 2 Premiership Year/s
! Notes
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| Allies
| 2016–
| [[Australian Capital Territory]], [[New South Wales]], [[Northern Territory]], [[Queensland]], [[Tasmania]]
| 1
| 2023
|
|
| See also [[Allies (Australian rules football)|Allies team]]
|-
| Australian Capital Territory
| 1973–1995
| {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} [[Australian Capital Territory]]
|
|
|
|
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110713620 |title=Last chance for bottom teams |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=47 |issue=((13,456)) |date=8 June 1973 |access-date=21 December 2021 |page=19 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107909050 |title=Qld seeks junior rules game |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=44 |issue=((12,494)) |date=16 December 1969 |access-date=21 December 2021 |page=23 |via=Trove}}</ref> (later combined within New South Wales)
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| Brisbane Lions
| 2017–
| (club)
|
|
|
|
| See [[Brisbane Lions Academy]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| Gold Coast Suns
| 2017–
| (club)
|
|
|
|
| See [[Gold Coast Suns Academy]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| GWS Giants
| 2017–
| (club)
|
|
|
|
| See [[GWS Giants Academy]]
|-
| New South Wales
| 1953–1995
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[New South Wales, Australia|New South Wales]]
| 2
| 1974–75
| 1
| 1993 
| Previously governed by [[NSWAFL]]. Combined with ACT in 1996 by AFL NSW/ACT.
|-
| New South Wales-Australian Capital Territory
| 1996–2016
| {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[New South Wales, Australia|New South Wales]] and {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} [[Australian Capital Territory]]
|
|
| 8
| 1998, 2000, 2002–03, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016 
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127278521 |title=AFL agrees to expand under-18 horizons |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=71 |issue=22,054 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=4 September 1995 |accessdate=10 April 2024 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Governed by [[AFL NSW/ACT]]
|-
| Northern Territory
| 1979–2016
| {{flagicon|Northern Territory}} [[Northern Territory, Australia|Northern Territory]] 
|
|
| 2
| 2004, 2012
| Governed by [[AFL Northern Territory]]
|-
| Papua New Guinea
| 1979
| {{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} [[Papua New Guinea]]
|
|
|
|
| See also [[Australian rules football in Papua New Guinea#National Teams|Papua New Guinea underage national team]]
|-
| Queensland
| 1953–2016
| {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Queensland, Australia|Queensland]]
| 12
| 1953, 1963–73
| 4
| 1997, 1999, 2006, 2015 
| Governed by [[AFL Queensland]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| South Australia
| 1976–
| {{flagicon|South Australia}} [[South Australia]]
| 8
| 1978–80, 1991, 1995, 2013–14, 2018
|
|
| See also [[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australian state team]]. Governed by the [[South Australian National Football League]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| Sydney Swans
| 2017–
| (club)
|
|
|
|
| See [[Sydney Swans Academy]]
|-
| Tasmania
| 1976–2016
| {{flagicon|Tasmania}} [[Tasmania]]
|
|
| 8
| 1996, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010–11, 2013, 2018
| Governed by [[AFL Tasmania]]
|-
| Victoria
| 1975–1988
| {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]]
| 9
| 1976–77, 1981–84, 1986–88
|
|
| See also [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victorian state football team]]. Split into Vic Metro and Vic Country in 1989
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| Victoria Metro
| 1989–
| {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Melbourne]] ([[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]])
| 19
| 1990, 1992–94, 1996–98, 2001–02, 2004–06, 2008, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2022, 2024
|
|
| Governed by [[AFL Victoria]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| Victoria Country
| 1989–
| {{flagicon|Victoria}} All areas of Victoria outside of Melbourne
| 5
| 1989, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2015
| 2
| 1992, 1994
| Governed by [[AFL Victoria Country]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| Western Australia
| 1978–
| {{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Western Australia]]
| 5
| 1985, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2019
| 1
| 1995
| See also [[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australian state team]]. Governed by the [[West Australian Football Commission]]
|}

==Sponsors==
The tournament is currently sponsored by the [[National Australia Bank]], having previously been sponsored by [[Caltex]] and the [[Commonwealth Bank]].<ref>Taylor, Kevin. [https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080820235200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/87904/20080821-0952/www.fullpointsfooty.net/the_history_of_the_teal_cup_and__afl_under_18_championships.html The Story of the Teal Cup and AFL National Under 18 Championships] {{cbignore|bot=medic}}– Full Points Footy. Retrieved 4 July 2013, from the Pandora Archive.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports|Australia}}
*[[AFL Women's Under 18 Championships]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==References==
*{{cite book|title=AFL Record Guide to Season 2005|editor=Lovett, Michael|year=2005|page=764|publisher=Australian Football League Publishing/Geoff Slattery Publishing Pty Limited |isbn=0-9580300-6-5}}

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