2000_AFL_season

2000 AFL season

2000 AFL season

104th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)


The 2000 AFL season was the 104th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.

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The season featured sixteen clubs. It ran from 8 March until 2 September, scheduled as the earliest season in history to avoid a clash with the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The season comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the 16th time, after it defeated Melbourne by 60 points in the AFL Grand Final. Essendon lost only one match for the season, its 24–1 season win-loss record standing as the best in the league's history.

Ansett Australia Cup

The 2000 pre-season began with the 2000 Ansett Australia Cup. Unlike most pre-season competitions which start in February, the 2000 series started on 31 December 1999 with a one-off "Match of the Millennium" between Carlton and Collingwood, which was notable for Brendan Fevola kicking twelve goals, a pre-season record.[1][2] Essendon defeated the Kangaroos by 41 points in the grand final.[3]

2000 Ansett Australia Cup Grand Final
Saturday, 26 February (7:10 pm) Kangaroos 11.10 (76) def. by Essendon 16.21 (117) Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 56,720)

Home-and-away season

All starting times are local time. Source: AFL Tables

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualififed for finals
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Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 103.4
Source: AFL Tables

Progression by round

4Finished the round in first place0Finished the round in last place
4Won the minor premiership0Won the wooden spoon
4Finished the round inside the top eight
41Subscript indicates the ladder position at the end of the round
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Source: AFL Tables

Home matches and membership

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Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
12 August, Melbourne Cricket Ground
1Essendon31.12 (198)
4Kangaroos11.7 (73)18 August, Melbourne Cricket Ground
Kangaroos16.14 (110)
11 August, Colonial StadiumHawthorn15.10 (100)26 August, Melbourne Cricket Ground
5Geelong12.11 (83)Essendon18.17 (125)
8Hawthorn14.8 (92)Carlton12.8 (80)2 September, Melbourne Cricket Ground
Essendon19.21 (135)
12 August, The Gabba25 August, Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne11.9 (75)
6Brisbane Lions15.20 (110)Melbourne23.18 (156)
7Western Bulldogs10.16 (76)19 August, Melbourne Cricket GroundKangaroos17.4 (106)
Carlton23.13 (151)
13 August, Melbourne Cricket GroundBrisbane Lions10.9 (69)
2Carlton12.15 (87)
3Melbourne15.6 (96)

All starting times are local time. Source: AFL Tables

Finals week 1

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Finals week 2

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Finals week 3

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Grand final

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Win/loss table

The following table can be sorted from biggest winning margin to biggest losing margin for each round. If two or more matches in a round are decided by the same margin, these margins are sorted by percentage (i.e. the lowest-scoring winning team is ranked highest and the lowest-scoring losing team is ranked lowest). Opponents are listed above the margins and home matches are in bold.

+WinQualified for finals
-LossXBye
DrawEliminated
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Source: AFL Tables

Season notes

  • Essendon became the first team in VFL/AFL history to win 21 matches in a home-and-away season.[21]
  • By winning the grand final, Essendon set a new record for the most wins in a season (24); the club also set a new record for the highest average winning margin in a season (51 points).[22]

Awards

Major awards

Leading goalkickers

1Led the goalkicking at the end of the round
1Led the goalkicking at the end of the home-and-away season
11Subscript indicates the player's goal tally to that point of the season
Did not play during that round
XHad a bye during that round
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Source: AFL Tables


References

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  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 195. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
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