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Adelaide and Salisbury Inter to progress to the grand final on 9 October 2020 against Adelaide City's WNPL side. On 9 October 2020, Metro United defeated Adelaide City to take out the Championship for 2020. In 2020, Metro United defeated Adelaide City 2–1 to take out the Championship for that year.
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