2000 AFL season

Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2000.

See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.

AFL Draft

See 2000 AFL Draft for more information.

National Cup

Essendon defeated Kangaroos 16.21 (117) to 11.10 (76) in the Final.

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional nine games were played during the finals series.

Ladder progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.

Final Series

Qualifying and elimination finals

Semi finals

Preliminary finals

Grand final

Match attendance

Awards

• The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Shane Woewodin of Melbourne.
• The Coleman Medal was awarded to Matthew Lloyd of Essendon.
• The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to James Hird of Essendon.
• The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Paul Hasleby of Fremantle.
• The wooden spoon was "awarded" to St Kilda.

Notable events

• The AFL season started and ended three weeks early to avoid scheduling conflicts with the 2000 Summer Olympics which were held in Sydney that year.
• Essendon won the most home-and-away games (21) and total games (24) in a single season in the history of the VFL/AFL, breaking the records set by Carlton in 1995 (20 and 23 respectively). If one includes its pre-season cup, it won 30 games. All records still stand. In 2008 Geelong won 21 of 22 in the home and away season to equal that record, but lost the Grand Final.
• Essendon's Grand Final win was the last by a Victorian side until Geelong won in 2007.
• The Brisbane Lions were the only non-Victorian side to make the finals.
• The McIntyre "Final Eight" system, which had operated from 1994 and 1999, was replaced by the AFL's Amended "Final Eight" system. The AFL's Amended "Final Eight" system has operated continuously from 2000 until today.
• Round 5 and 6 is recognised for the fact that every winner of both weeks had scored over 105 points in both weeks and 3 losing teams in the weeks still scored over 100 points (2 including Sydney, who lost both weeks).
• Round 3 currently stands as the highest-scoring round in VFL/AFL history, with the sixteen teams combining for 282.202 (1894). Furthermore, an enduring record 241 behinds were scored in Round 5.
• Essendon were the last team to win the pre-season cup and the Grand Final double until Geelong in 2009.
• The WACA ground hosted its 72nd and last game of AFL football when Richmond defeated Fremantle in Round 19.

See also

• AFL's Amended "Final Eight" system (2000)

References

• 2000 Season – AFL Tables