WFTDA Western Regional Tournament
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The WFTDA Western Regional Tournament or WFTDA West Region Playoffs is one of four roller derby
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...

 qualifying tournaments for the WFTDA Championships
WFTDA Championships
The WFTDA Championships are the leading competition for roller derby leagues.The Championships are organised by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association . They originated in 2006 as the National WFTDA Championship...

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The Tournament is organised by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association
Women's Flat Track Derby Association
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association is an association of women's flat track roller derby leagues in the United States. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Coalition but was renamed in November 2005. It is registered in Raleigh, North Carolina as a 501 business...

 (WFTDA). Full WFTDA members in the Western Region members are eligible for ranking, and the top ten leagues qualify for the Western Regional Tournament. The top three leagues qualify for the Championships. Together, the four qualifying tournaments and Championships are termed the "Big 5".

Championships

YearDateNameVenueChampionSecondThird
2007 16-18 February Dust Devil Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

Rat City Rollergirls
Rat City Rollergirls
The Rat City Rollergirls are a flat-track roller derby league in Seattle, Washington. The league is composed of four member teams for intra-league play, an all-star travel team that competes with other leagues, and another travel team that plays in exhibition games with other leagues...

Tucson Roller Derby
Tucson Roller Derby
Tucson Roller Derby is a women's roller derby league located in Tucson, Arizona. TRD is a 501 nonprofit public charity organization. A member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association , Tucson Roller Derby is a skater-run non-profit organization formed in late 2003...

Texas Rollergirls
Texas Rollergirls
The Texas Rollergirls are a flat track roller derby league based in Austin, Texas, . The full trademarked name of the league is Texas Rollergirls Rock-n-Rollerderby...

2008 1-3 October Battle Royale Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

Texas Rollergirls B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls
B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls
The B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls, or B.A.D. Girls, is an all female flat-track roller derby league based in the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. B.A.D. Girls was founded in 2004 and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association . B.A.D. Girls is a skater owned and operated 501 ...

Rat City Rollergirls
2009 11-13 September Derby on the Rocks Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

Oly Rollers
Oly Rollers
The Oly Rollers are a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Olympia, Washington. The league was founded in February of 2006. The Oly Rollers are a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association .-Teams:...

Rocky Mountain Rollergirls
Rocky Mountain Rollergirls
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, or RMRG, are a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Denver, Colorado. The league was founded in 2004. The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls are a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association .-Teams:...

Denver Roller Dolls
Denver Roller Dolls
The Denver Roller Dolls is a flat-track roller derby league based in Denver, Colorado. The league was founded in December 2005. The DRD is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association ....

2010 24-26 September Rollin' on the River Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

Rocky Mountain Rollergirls Oly Rollers B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls
2011 16-18 September Bridgetown Brawl Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

Oly Rollers Rocky Mountain Rollergirls Rose City Rollers
Rose City Rollers
The Rose City Rollers are an all-female flat track roller derby league founded in Portland, Oregon, United States. Established in 2004, the Rose City Rollers comprises four local home teams and two all-star traveling teams that represent the league in competition with other leagues...


2007 Dust Devil

On February 16, 2007, the Rat City Rollergirls
Rat City Rollergirls
The Rat City Rollergirls are a flat-track roller derby league in Seattle, Washington. The league is composed of four member teams for intra-league play, an all-star travel team that competes with other leagues, and another travel team that plays in exhibition games with other leagues...

 beat Tucson Roller Derby
Tucson Roller Derby
Tucson Roller Derby is a women's roller derby league located in Tucson, Arizona. TRD is a 501 nonprofit public charity organization. A member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association , Tucson Roller Derby is a skater-run non-profit organization formed in late 2003...

 83–72 in the finals of the Western Regional Tournament, the Dust Devil, held in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

. The previous year, Tucson Roller Derby had hosted the first Dust Devil tournament, considered the first national roller derby tournament, placing second.

2008 Battle Royale

On October 3, 2008, the Texas Rollergirls
Texas Rollergirls
The Texas Rollergirls are a flat track roller derby league based in Austin, Texas, . The full trademarked name of the league is Texas Rollergirls Rock-n-Rollerderby...

 Texecutioners beat the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls
B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls
The B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls, or B.A.D. Girls, is an all female flat-track roller derby league based in the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. B.A.D. Girls was founded in 2004 and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association . B.A.D. Girls is a skater owned and operated 501 ...

 BAD Girls 135-59 in the championship bout. Rat City Rollergirls beat the Duke City Derby
Duke City Derby
Duke City Derby or DCD, is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 2005, the league played their fifth season in 2010...

 Muñecas Muertas 158-95 in the consolation bout
Third place playoff
The third place playoff is a single match that is included in many sporting knockout tournaments to decide which competitor or team will be credited with finishing third and fourth. The teams that compete in the third place playoffs are usually the two losing semi-finalists in a particular...

 to take third place.

2009 Derby On the Rocks Tournament

On October 4, 2009, the Oly Rollers
Oly Rollers
The Oly Rollers are a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Olympia, Washington. The league was founded in February of 2006. The Oly Rollers are a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association .-Teams:...

' Cosa Nostra Donnas defeated the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls
Rocky Mountain Rollergirls
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, or RMRG, are a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Denver, Colorado. The league was founded in 2004. The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls are a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association .-Teams:...

' 5280 Fight Club 119-64 in the West championship bout. The Denver Roller Dolls
Denver Roller Dolls
The Denver Roller Dolls is a flat-track roller derby league based in Denver, Colorado. The league was founded in December 2005. The DRD is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association ....

' Mile High Club beat the Rat City Rollergirls 172-94 to place third.
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