West Division (CFL)
Regional division of the Canadian Football League / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), its counterpart being the East Division.
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Sport | Canadian football |
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No. of teams | 5 |
Most recent champion(s) | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (21st title) |
Most titles | Edmonton Elks (23 titles) |
With a few exceptions, a senior men's football championship has been contested in Western Canada since 1911, and with a few additional exceptions the Western champion has played the Eastern champion for the Grey Cup. Although its teams have been members of the CFL since 1958, the then-Western Football Conference remained a distinct legal entity until 1981.
The five teams in the West Division are the BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Elks, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. There were also two now-defunct teams from the mid 1990s United States expansion of the CFL who played in the West Division. Additionally, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have played three separate stints in the East Division, during seasons in which the divisions needed to be rebalanced due league expansion, contraction, or reorganization.