AFL Grand Final
Australian rules football match to determine the season premiers
The AFL Grand Final is a football match (Australian Rules Football) held between the teams who won in the Preliminary Final the week before. This match normally takes place at the MCG on the last Saturday of September. The winner of this match is crowned as the best team of the season and gets the Premiership Cup.
 Panorama of the Melbourne Cricket Ground prior to the 2018 AFL Grand Final | |
| Other names | VFL Grand Final (historical), "the Granny", "The GF",[1] "The Big Dance",[2] "The Big Day", and "The One Day in September[3] |
|---|---|
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| First meeting | 24 September 1898 |
| Latest meeting | 30 September 2023 |
| Next meeting | 2024 |
| Broadcasters | Seven Network |
| Stadiums | Melbourne Cricket Ground (all but 11 occasions) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 128 |
| Most wins | Carlton, Template:AFL Col (16)[4] |
References change
- ↑ James McKern (14 September 2020). "Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews cops it in hilarious footy sign sledge". news.com.au. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ↑ "AFL Grand Final 2020: Who will host the big dance?". 21 August 2020.
- ↑ Main, Jim; Connolly, Rohan (2005). More Than a Century of AFL Grand Finals. ISBN 9781877029950.
- ↑ "Grand Finals". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2018-09-24.