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((Short description|Standard Australian term for what the A-League calls the "premiership"))
((More citations needed|date=August 2016))

A '''minor premiership''' is the title given to the team which finishes a sporting competition first in the league standings after the [[Season (sports)#Regular season|regular season]] but prior to commencement of the [[playoffs|finals]] in several Australian sports leagues.

== Origins ==
The etymology of the term was based on terminology in Australia from the end of the 19th century, where the [[Season (sports)#Regular season|regular season]] was referred to as the "minor rounds", and the [[playoffs|playoffs or finals]] were referred to as the "major rounds" (this terminology is still used in South Australia, but has fallen into disuse in other parts of the country). Emerging from this terminology came the "minor premiership", for the top-ranked team in the minor rounds, and the "major premiership", often shortened simply to [[premiership (disambiguation)|premiership]], for the winner of the finals series.

The term was important in the [[AFL finals series#Systems|early finals systems]] of the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]], an [[Australian rules football]] league, where the minor premier had the right to a [[grand final|challenge match]] for the major premiership if it were eliminated at any stage during the finals.

== Modern usage ==
The term is used widely throughout Australian sports, and there is often a separate trophy presented for it. The [[National Rugby League]] awards the [[J. J. Giltinan Shield]],<ref name="ABC News - 1 September 2017 -Melbourne Storm's NRL minor premiership result of proven winning formula">((cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-01/hinds:-the-secret-to-melbourne-storms-consistent-success/8860566|title=Melbourne Storm's NRL minor premiership result of proven winning formula|last=Hinds|first=Richard|date=1 September 2017|work=[[ABC News (Australia)]]|access-date=3 September 2017))</ref> the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]] awards the H. Newman Reid Trophy and the [[Australian Football League]] from 1991 to 2022 awarded the [[McClelland Trophy|Dr Wm. C. McClelland Trophy]]. The [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]] recognises the minor premiers but no official trophy or award is given. Australia's premier [[association football]] competition, the [[A-League]], officially refers to the "minor premiership" as the "premiership", and the "major premiership" as the "championship", which is more common with other association football competitions, but "minor premiership" is still used colloquially in the sports media even though it is incorrect terminology with regard to the [[A-League]].

== Outside Australia ==
Although the concept of a minor premiership exists in [[North America]], and a separate award is often presented for the best record in the regular season, the term "minor premiership" is not used. The [[Presidents' Trophy]] is awarded by the [[National Hockey League]] to the team which finishes first in the standings at the end of the season, as are the [[Supporters' Shield]] in [[Major League Soccer]], the [[NWSL Shield]] in the [[National Women's Soccer League]], and the [[CPL Shield]] in the [[Canadian Premier League]].

In the British rugby league competition the [[Super League]] awards the [[League Leaders' Shield]] since 2003 to the team at the top of the standings, although the overall champions are decided after the playoffs in a [[Super League Grand Final|Grand Final]].<ref>((Cite news |date=2009-08-01 |title=Battle for Super League play-offs can pull in the fans ((!)) Andy Wilson ((!)) Sport ((!)) guardian.co.uk |newspaper=The Guardian |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/jul/16/andy-wilson-super-rugby-league |access-date=2023-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801165252/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/jul/16/andy-wilson-super-rugby-league |archive-date=2009-08-01 |last1=Wilson |first1=Andy ))</ref>

In motor racing [[NASCAR]] would introduce a Regular Season Championship trophy across its 3 main categories ([[NASCAR Cup Series |Cup Series]], [[NASCAR Xfinity Series|Xfinity Series]] and [[NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series|Truck Series]]) in 2017, awarded to the driver with the most championship points in before the commencement of the championship play-off rounds.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.users.on.net/~rogersresults/Rogers_Results/Myth_of_Minor_Premiers.htm The Myth of the "Minor Premiers" and the "Right to Challenge"]

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[[Category:Sports terminology]]
[[Category:Rugby league terminology]]
[[Category:Regular season trophies and awards]]


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