Welcome to the Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Football Association

Bringing Women Together Through Football in College and University

VIDEO COURTESY OF MARISA SETTIMI

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Our upcoming events.

2024 5V5 Qualifier #1

With over 20 TEAMS competing this 5v5 season, we’ve organized teams into a 2-tier system!

Tier A holds our top ranked teams from Football Ontario’s 2024 Collegiate Provincial Championship and Tier B is full of fresh talent ready to battle for their spot. Come playoffs, the TOP TIER B teams will have their chance to play-in for an opportunity to win the championship.

This means higher stakes, more competition, and more football!

📍Young Sportsplex (Welland)
📅 Sunday, October 20th
⏰ Games start at 9:30AM

2024 5V5 Qualifier #2

With over 20 TEAMS competing this 5v5 season, we’ve organized teams into a 2-tier system!

Tier A holds our top ranked teams from Football Ontario’s 2024 Collegiate Provincial Championship and Tier B is full of fresh talent ready to battle for their spot. Come playoffs, the TOP TIER B teams will have their chance to play-in for an opportunity to win the championship.

This means higher stakes, more competition, and more football!

A woman athlete with fair skin and dark brown hair running with a football in the palm of their hands between two athletes wearing all grey. The ground is green with a backdrop of pylons and a house skyline.

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF LAUREL JARVIS

Experience the Thrill of Women's Contact & Non-Contact Flag Football With OWIFA

The Ontario Women’s Intercollegiate Football Association (OWIFA) is a league organized and run by women’s flag football programs from colleges and universities across Ontario, Canada. We bring together university and college athletes who share a passion for football and provide them with an opportunity to compete and grow.

Our aims are to provide a competitive flag football experience for post-secondary/collegiate women athletes, increase football knowledge, expertise and strategy of women, foster a supportive community that encourages leadership development, companionship, and positive physical and mental health through football, and offer a diverse and inclusive sporting experience for women collegiate athletes.

We are working towards creating equal opportunities for women in collegiate football. Join us and experience the thrill of football with OWIFA.

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Football Is for Everyone

Football is a sport that brings people together regardless of their background, ethnicity, or gender. At OWIFA, we believe that flag football is for everyone. Our league consists of over 500 athletes and 80+ coaches that participate in women’s flag football programs at 14 institutions across Ontario.

We play two inclusive styles of football: