The 2020 AFLW fixture was announced on Tuesday and it featured four new teams, extra games and an expanded conference system.
To help us all wrap our heads around the changes for 2020, AFL Media has broken the information down:
CONFERENCE SYSTEM
While the conference system is still in place for 2020, the way the AFL has determined the conferences has changed.
Conferences were arranged via a snaking pattern based on last season's results in an attempt to balance the competitive strength of each pool.
The number of wins recorded by each side in 2019 were added up within the two conferences, with the teams in pool A recording 18 and the teams in pool B winning 17.
CONFERENCE A
Adelaide (first in A in 2019, premiers)
North Melbourne (third in A in 2019)
Geelong (second in B in 2019)
Greater Western Sydney (third in B in 2019)
Brisbane (fourth in B in 2019)
Gold Coast (new team)
Richmond (new team)
CONFERENCE B
Fremantle (second in A in 2019)
Melbourne (fourth in A in 2019)
Western Bulldogs (fifth in A in 2019)
Carlton (first in B in 2019)
Collingwood (fifth in B in 2019)
St Kilda (new team)
West Coast (new team)
Teams will play every side in its conference once, as well as two "cross-over" matches with sides from the other pool.
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FINALS STRUCTURE
There will be three weeks of AFLW finals for the first time in 2020.
The top three sides in each conference will qualify for finals, with the teams who finished first in each pool given a bye in the first week of finals.
Week one, April 4-5
Semi-final one: A2 v B3
Semi-final two: B2 v A3
Byes: A1, B1
Week two, April 11-12
Preliminary final one: A1 v winner of B2/A3
Preliminary final two: B1 v winner of A2/B3
Grand Final, April 18
Winners of preliminary finals
