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Founded in 2004, the WFTDA promotes and fosters the sport of women's flat track derby by facilitating the development of athletic ability, sportswomanship, and goodwill among member leagues. The governing philosophy is "by the skaters, for the skaters." Women skaters are primary owners, managers, and operators of each member league and of the association. Operational tasks include setting standards for rules, seasons, and safety, and determining guidelines for the national and international athletic competitions of member leagues. All member leagues have a voice in the decision-making process, and agree to comply with the governing body's policies. =Member Leagues=
=WFTDA National Championship Tournament= 2006 "Dust Devil" National WFTDA Championship Tournament February 24-26, 2006 in Tucson, AZ. Tucson Roller Derby hosted 20 WFTDA leagues from around the country in a ground-breaking tournament to determine the nation's first-ever WFTDA national champion team.
Friday February 24th, 2006 - Round Robin Bouts Round robin bouts were instituted to determine seeding for a single elimination tournament. Four pools were created (Scorpion, Tarantula, Black Widow and Rattlesnake) with each pool including 5 teams. 10 minute bouts were played with each team playing four bouts in each pool. Point differencial was used to determine the ranking and placement of each team in their pools. With this information in hand, tournament officials selected the top three teams of each pool and seeded them according to the point differencial of each team for the Single Elimination Tournament. Saturday February 25th, 2006 - Single Elimination Tournament The single elimination tournament started with 12 of the previous days 20 teams. Scheduling of the bouts allowed for the top four seeded teams to receive a bye in the first round of play. Teams seeded 5 through 12 played in the first round. The winners of the first round of the single elimination tournament played the top four seeds in the second round. Bout winnners advanced to the Semi-Finals and bout losers were eliminated. Sunday February 26th, 2006 - Semi-Finals and Finals Four teams (TXRG - Texecutioners, Tucson Saddletramps, Minnesota Rollergirls and Arizona Roller Derby - Tent City Terrors) played in the semi-final bouts. In the first bout of the Semi-Finals the Texas Roller Girls defeated the Arizona Rollergirls in a full three period bout 114 to 81. Sending the Texas Rollergirls to the Championship bout and Arizona Roller Derby to the 3rd place bout. A second full three period semi-final bout was played between the Tucson Saddletramps and the Minnesota Roller Derby. Tucson defeated Minnesota 136 to 75. This pitted the AZRD Tent City Terrors against the Minnesota Roller Derby for the 3rd place bout and set the WFTDA National Championship Bout between Texas and Tucson. The 3rd place bout was played out with the Tent City Terrors upsetting 3rd seeded Minnesota 115 to 88. The Championship bout was finalized later in the evening with the Texecutioners defeating the Saddletramps 129 to 96. =National Ranking= 2006
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