B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls Win Salt Lake City Playoffs
September 28, 2014
With dominant performances all weekend, the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls of San Francisco, California, USA won the international 2014 WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs in Salt Lake City, Utah, held Sept. 26-28. Bay Area came out on top of a field of 10 of the world’s top-ranked teams in women’s roller derby and will advance to the international 2014 WFTDA Championships in Nashvile Oct. 31-Nov. 2 with a first round bye.
Photo by Donna Olmstead
Joining Bay Area in Nashville will be the Angel City Derby Girls of Los Angeles, California, USA, who placed second in Salt Lake City, and the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls of Denver, Colorado, who placed third.
Bay Area’s Bricktator was named tournament MVP.
The weekend saw plenty of edge-of-your seat action as game after game went down to the last jam, including the 9th Place game that ended in an overtime jam. Host league Wasatch Roller Derby, who was also competing in the tournament, had their fans going wild with their wins and close losses.
The tournament also brought the first ever all-Canadian team matchup in a WFTDA Playoffs, in a Saturday morning game between Montreal Roller Derby and Tri-City Roller Derby.
In the first two rounds of WFTDA D1 Playoffs, Gotham Girls Roller Derby, of New York, New York, USA; Denver Roller Dolls, of Denver, Colorado, USA; Minnesota RollerGirls, of St. Paul, Minnesota, USA; London Rollergirls of London, United Kingdom; Windy City Rollers, of Chicago, Illinois, USA; and Texas Rollergirls, of Austin, Texas, USA all punched their tickets to Nashville.
If you missed out on some of the action this weekend, check out photos and game recaps in our Salt Lake City tournament blog, and keep an eye out later this week for the WFTDA.tv game archives!
Final standings:
1st Place – B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls (1 seed)
2nd Place – Angel City Derby Girls (2 seed)
3rd Place – Rocky Mountain Rollergirls (3 seed)
4th Place – Charm City Roller Girls (4 seed)
5th Place – Montreal Roller Derby (5 seed)
6th Place – Arch Rival Roller Girls (7 seed)
7th Place – No Coast Derby Girls (9 seed)
8th Place – Wasatch Roller Derby (6 seed)
9th Place – Tri-City Roller Derby (10 seed)
10th Place – Oklahoma Victory Dolls (8 seed)
Congratulations to all the participating teams and thanks to all the officials, announcers, sponsors and volunteers who supported the event. Special thanks to tournament hosts Wasatch Roller Derby for welcoming the WFTDA community to Salt Lake City!
Real. Strong. Athletic. Revolutionary.