Adelaide and Victoria surge at WFTDA Oceania Regional Championships
Victoria’s 405-18 rout of Convict City and Adelaide’s two wins put the Oceania bracket on a fast track toward a clear upper tier.
Adelaide Ads and Victoria turned the opening day of the 2026 WFTDA Oceania Regional Championships into a scoreboard statement, with Victoria’s 405-18 demolition of Convict City the loudest result in Geelong. Adelaide opened with a 254-51 win over Volcanic City, then added a 160-145 edge over Brisbane City, while Brisbane also beat VRDL Thunder 163-86 to keep itself in the qualification mix.
The tournament opened June 27-28 at the Geelong Leisuretime Sports Precinct in Norlane, Victoria, Australia, with South Sea Roller Derby hosting a two-day seeded bracket. WFTDA says the event will send the final two teams to the 2026 WFTDA Championships in Malmö, Sweden, set for October 15-18 and billed by the governing body as its first four-day global championship and its first global championship in Europe.
Saturday’s middle games showed how narrow the gap is between the region’s top seeds and the rest of the field. Sun State pushed Perth the closest of any matchup in the session before winning 179-154, but the evening card quickly swung back to the heavyweights as Victoria poured on points against Convict City and then followed that with a 330-30 rout of Sun State. Adelaide, meanwhile, backed up its early blowout by surviving Brisbane City in the tightest game involving a top contender.
The bracket and current rankings had already framed the weekend around a small group of front-runners. WFTDA seeded VRDL All-Stars first, Brisbane Punk Blockers second, Adelaide Ads third, Sun State Swarm fourth, Perth Evils fifth, Volcanic City sixth, VRDL Thunder seventh and Convict City Rollers eighth. Before the event, WFTDA’s Oceania rankings also placed VRDL All-Stars first, Brisbane Punk Blockers second, Adelaide third, Sun State fourth, Perth fifth, Volcanic sixth and VRDL Thunder seventh.
South Sea Roller Derby says it has been rolling since 2009 and describes itself as community-based, skater-owned and operated, a useful reminder of the setting behind the numbers. With Sunday’s final rounds set to determine the qualifying teams, the opening margins already pushed Adelaide and Victoria toward the center of the conversation, while Brisbane City’s split day kept it close enough to matter.
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