Western Football League

The Western Football League is the national football league of the Western Republic. Every season, the top 4 teams of each conference advance to the playoffs. There are three rounds of the playoffs; the quarterfinals, the semifinals (officially known as the Conference Finals), and the Western Finals. The Western Finals are held in a chosen venue across the country, and one single game is played. The winner of the Western Finals wins the Western Trophy, the greatest prize in North American football. As of 2017, the winner of the Western Trophy is the Honolulu Islanders, against the Calgary Stampeders. The 2017 Western Finals were held in Las Vegas. The team with the most Western Trophy's is the Edmonton Eskimos, with a total of 14 titles.

The Western Football League was founded in 1928. The first Western Finals were between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the San Diego Chargers. The game was played in the Memorial Coliseum, in Los Angeles. It resulted in San Diego beating Saskatchewan 30-0.

The original eight teams in the WFL were the Calgary Stampeders, the Edmonton Eskimos, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the San Diego Chargers, the Arizona Cardinals, the Los Angeles Rams, the BC Lions, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Teams
The WFL has 16 teams, 8 in each conference. There are two conferences; the Northern and the Southern.