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A new variation of American football is Women's American football. Played during the summer, the female version of American football has four professional leagues: the NWFA[?], the IWFL[?], the WFA[?] and the AFWL[?].

The NWFA, one of the largest leagues based on number of teams, was also one of the first leagues to be formed, when founder Catherine Masters[?] started it in 2000. The AFWL was also one of the first leagues formed, using the name WAFL, or Women's American football league. Most of the leagues that are currently active have placed teams in large market cities and smaller market cities as well. Out of the WFA's seven participating teams, three are from Florida, while five of the six teams in the AFWL are based in California.

Table of contents 1 AFWL teams 2 IWFL teams 3 NWFA Teams 4 WFA teams

AFWL teams

• Arizona Titans[?]
• Long Beach Aftershock[?]
• Los Angeles Lasers[?]
• Sacramento Gold Rush[?]
• San Diego Sunfire[?]
• San Francisco Tsunami[?]

IWFL teams

• Albany Night-Mares[?]
• Atlanta Explosion[?] (exhibition team)
• Bay State Warriors[?]
• Boise Extreme[?]
• California Quakes[?]
• Chicago Fire
• Corvalls Pride[?]
• Dallas Revolution[?]
• Detroit Blaze[?] (exhibition team)
• Eugene Edge[?]
• Memphis Maulers[?]
• Miami Fures[?]
• Montreal Blitz[?]
• New Hampshire Free[?]
• New York Sharks[?]
• Oklahoma City Avengers[?]
• Orlando Starz[?]
• Oakland Banshees[?]
• Philadelphia Liberty Belles[?]
• Portland Shockwaves[?]
• Sacramento Sirens[?]
• San Francisco Sting Rays[?] (exhibition team)
• South California Blades[?] (exhibition team)
• Tampa Bay Terminators[?]

NWFA Teams

• Alabama Renegades[?]
• Asheville Assault[?]
• Atlanta Leopards[?]
• Baltimore Burn[?]
• Biloxi Hurricanes[?]
• Chattanogga Locomotion[?]
• Cleveland Fusion[?]
• Columbus Flames[?]
• DC Divas[?]
• Detroit Demolition[?]
• Erie Illusion[?]
• Indiana Thunder[?]
• Kansas City Krunch[?]
• Knoxville Summit[?]
• Maine Freeze[?]
• Massachussets Mutiny[?]
• Nashville Dream[?]
• New Orleans Spice[?]
• Oklahoma City Lightning[?]
• Panama City Beach Rumble[?]
• Pensacola Power[?]
• Pittsburg Passion[?]
• Rochester Raptors[?]
• St. Louis Slam[?]
• Southwest Michigan Jays[?]
• Tennessee Venom[?]
• Toledo Spitfire[?]

WFA teams

• Birmingham Steel Magnolias[?]
• Carolina Crusaders[?]
• Georgia Enforcers[?]
• Indianapolis Vipers[?]
• Jacksonville Dixie Blues[?]
• Orlando Fire[?]
• Tampa Bay Force[?]

In addition to these leagues and teams, thee is now also a Women's American Football World Cup, which has been incorporated to a similar men's tournament. The tournament is played every year, with teams from the United States, Mexico and a large number of other countries. 2003's world cup will be held in The Bahamas.