2022 Season Update

The Crad Evans Shield will now be played on October 1 as per the updated calendar. 

View the calendar for the remainder of the 2022 season for Far North & Gulf competitions here. 

The 2022 season will not be extended for Gulf competitions at this stage.

View the current calendar for Gulf competitions here. 

The current Northern calendar is up to date, with Senior competitions concluding on September 24. 

The Crad Evans Shield will now be played on October 1 and the Filippo Mele Carnival will be held from October 1 – October 3. 

View the calendar for the remainder of the 2022 season for Northern competitions here.

Mid-week catch up games will instead be scheduled for outstanding fixtures. 

View the current calendar for Whitsunday Coast competitions here. 

The 2022 season will not be extended for Central Coast competitions at this stage. Mid-week catch up games will instead be scheduled for outstanding fixtures. 

View the current calendar for Central Coast competitions here.

View the current calendar for Wide Bay competitions here. 

View the updated calendar for the remainder of the 2022 season for Sunshine Coast competitions here. 

The following outcomes have been determined for the remainder of the 2022 season based on club feedback. 

• Presidents Cup will be held on July 24 
• All MiniRoos/Junior Competitive/Senior competitions will be extended to conclude on the weekend of September 16 and 17 
• Junior Competitive/Senior competitions will then have a two-week break over the September school holidays, before the top four in each division return to play Semi Finals on the weekend of October 7 and 8 
• Semi Finals will be played in a 1v4 and 2v3 format, with winners of each game progressing straight to Grand Finals to be held the following weekend 

View the updated calendar for the remainder of the 2022 season for Darling Downs competitions here. 

Football Queensland provided all clubs in the Metro region with the opportunity to submit feedback regarding plans for the remainder of the 2022 season, with the below steps taken: 

1. FQ contacted clubs and asked them to complete a survey regarding the remainder of the 2022 season 
2. Survey responses (outlined below) collated and communicated to clubs 
3. Plans for remainder of 2022 season proposed based on survey feedback and communicated to clubs
4. Clubs provided an opportunity to submit further feedback on proposed plans for 2022 season before final decisions were made 

83 clubs submitted feedback via the survey form. These survey responses are outlined below. 

Would you consider extending the season for Senior FQPL2-FQPL6 Men and Women? 

Yes – 66
No – 17 

80% in favour 

Would you consider extending the season for Senior Community Men and Women? (Bear in mind that this would mean returning after September School Holidays) 

Yes – 63
No – 20 

76% in favour 

Would you consider extending the season for Juniors competitions? (Bear in mind that this would mean returning after September School Holidays) 

Yes – 52
No – 31 

63% in favour 

Would your Club be happy to play through school holidays for Junior competitions? 

Yes – 43
No – 40 

52% in favour 

Would your Club be happy to play through school holidays for Senior Community competitions? 

Yes – 65
No – 18 

78% in favour 

Would you consider 0-0 draws if an entire round has been lost? 

Yes – 14
No – 69 

83% not in favour 

Would you consider removing Finals Series 

Yes, across the board – 17
Yes, but Juniors and Community Seniors only – 14
Yes, but Seniors only – 2
No – 50 

50% not in favour 

Would you like MiniRoos to have extra rounds added to the end of the season? (Bear in mind that this would mean returning after September School Holidays) 

Yes – 43
No – 40 

52% in favour 

As an alternative, would you like MiniRoos games to have rounds added at the first and last Saturday of the June/July school holidays? 

Yes – 55
No – 28 

66% in favour 

If you don’t wish to extend the season, do you accept that any outstanding games will be scheduled for midweek? 

Yes – 69
No – 14 

83% in favour 

Following consultation with clubs and consideration of their formal responses, the following outcomes have been determined for the remainder of the 2022 season based on club positions. 

• Outstanding fixtures in the FQPL 2 Women’s and FQPL 3-6 Men’s competitions will move to remaining catch up rounds and a small number of games will be scheduled for mid-week. If more fixtures are lost due to poor weather, extending the season by two weeks will be implemented (factoring in play-off matches for promotion into the FQPL 2) 
• No rounds will be recorded as 0-0 draws 
• Finals Series will remain across all competitions as per feedback provided by clubs 
• Community Senior competitions have been extended by two weeks and the Finals Series will be played during the September school holidays 
• Community Junior competitions have been extended by two weeks and the Finals Series will be played after the September school holidays 
• Due to the closeness in number of responses regarding MiniRoos playing after the September school holidays, the decision has been made to add two rounds to the first and last weekends of the school holidays. FQ understands that there are teams who will not be able to participate, however will work with clubs to ensure that participating teams do not miss out (which may involve opposition teams lending players to allow these children to play) 
• FQ Academy competitions will have two rounds added on the weekends of July 15 and August 19 
• The majority of clubs have acknowledged that mid-week catch up fixtures may be necessary in order to deliver the season as best as possible for all participants 
• Extending the season marginally by two weeks will mean that there will be less impact on player loading from playing continuous fixtures. Training will also be less impacted with less mid-week catch up rounds, easing the pressure on clubs to juggle both training sessions and games 

View the updated calendar for the remainder of the 2022 season for Metro & NPL competitions here.

For Junior competitions, an extension was requested with City of Gold Coast for FQ’s Right of Use for fields until October 16, however field use was only permitted by council until October 4. 

Due to the timing of school holidays and the scheduled Champions Cup and Premier Invitational tournaments, FQ determined that it was not feasible to schedule Finals matches during this holiday period. 

Based on feedback and responses from clubs and discussions with council, the following outcomes have been determined for the remainder of the 2022 season. 

• Mid-week and Sunday fixtures will be scheduled to accommodate the remainder of the season, as originally promoted 
• FQPL 3 Women’s, FQPL 4 Men’s (including U23s) and all Metro Men’s and Women’s competitions have been extended by two weeks, with the last games to be played on September 16
• FQPL 3 Men’s fixtures remain as originally scheduled 

View the updated calendar for the remainder of the 2022 season for South Coast competitions here.