Which playing rules does the WWCFL use, and how many players are needed?
Rule- Canada
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- WWCFL
- Women's tackle football
- Ages 16+
- 2025
- Players
- WWCFL By-laws Oct 2025
- Games are governed by the current Canadian Amateur Rule Book for Tackle Football, except where the WWCFL by-laws say otherwise.
- The WWCFL plays 12-person football. A team cannot start a game with fewer than 18 active players.
- Games need at least 5 on-field officials and 1 timekeeper scheduled; a game cannot proceed with fewer than 4 on-field officials.
- Spectators must stay 3 yards back from the sideline.
- Only team members registered with the WWCFL and their provincial governing body are allowed on team benches.
- The only electronic device allowed to communicate with a player from the sideline is an in-helmet radio that does not alter the helmet's structure.
- The game ball is a leather, youth-sized ball. Visiting teams cannot substitute their own balls.
Source: WWCFL By-laws (October 2025), 8.04, 10.0, 10.03, 10.04, 13.04, 14.07 and 15.01.
Added 25 Oct 2026