2000 AFL season

2000 AFL premiership season
Teams	16
Premiers	Essendon (16th premiership)
Minor premiers	Essendon (16th minor premiership)
Pre-season cup	Essendon (4th pre-season cup win)
Matches played	185
Attendance	6,307,373 (34,094 per match)
Highest attendance	96,249 (Grand Final, Essendon v Melbourne)
Leading goalkicker	Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)
Brownlow Medallist	Shane Woewodin (Melbourne)
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The 2000 Australian Football League season was the 104th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

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

Win/Loss table

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	F1	F2	F3	GF	Ladder
Adelaide	WB -31	Coll -11	Geel -11	WCE -114	Bris -30	Haw 86	Port 7	StK 40	Kan -3	Ess -48	Melb 35	Syd 50	Rich 9	Freo 73	Carl -24	WB -61	Coll 38	Geel -7	WCE 17	Bris -37	Haw -30	Port -47	X	X	X	X	11
Brisbane Lions	Carl -40	WB	Haw	Port	Adel 30	StK	Freo	Ess	Coll	Melb	Syd	Rich	WCE	Kan	Geel	Carl	WB	Haw	Port	Adel 37	StK	Freo	WB	Carl	X	X	6
Carlton	Bris 40	Haw	Coll	WB	Ess	Port	Rich	Syd	Freo	StK	Kan	WCE	Melb	Geel	Adel 24	Bris	Haw	Coll	WB	Ess	Port	Rich	Melb	Bris	Ess	X	2
Collingwood	Haw 54	Adel 11	Carl	Syd	WB	Kan	Ess	Freo	Bris	Rich	WCE	Geel	Port	Melb	StK	Haw	Adel -38	Carl	Syd	WB	Kan	Ess	X	X	X	X	15

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.

2000 AFL Ladder
	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Essendon (P)	22	21	1	0	2816	1770	159.10	84
2	Carlton	22	16	6	0	2667	1979	134.77	64
3	Melbourne	22	14	8	0	2557	2159	118.43	56
4	Kangaroos	22	14	8	0	2447	2304	106.21	56
5	Geelong	22	12	9	1	2234	2306	96.88	50
6	Brisbane Lions	22	12	10	0	2602	2222	117.10	48
7	Western Bulldogs	22	12	10	0	2321	2241	103.57	48
8	Hawthorn	22	12	10	0	2198	2251	97.65	48
9	Richmond	22	11	11	0	2068	2221	93.11	44
10	Sydney	22	10	12	0	2254	2219	101.58	40
11	Adelaide	22	9	13	0	2255	2347	96.08	36
12	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	1886	2618	72.04	32
13	West Coast	22	7	14	1	2216	2399	92.37	30
14	Port Adelaide	22	7	14	1	1928	2295	84.01	30
15	Collingwood	22	7	15	0	2089	2431	85.93	28
16	St Kilda	22	2	19	1	1855	2631	70.51	10
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

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.

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1	Essendon	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	80	84
2	Carlton	4	8	8	8	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	60	60	60	64
3	Melbourne	0	4	4	8	12	12	16	20	20	24	24	24	24	28	32	36	36	40	44	48	52	56
4	Kangaroos	0	0	4	8	12	16	20	20	24	28	28	32	32	36	36	40	44	48	52	52	52	56
5	Geelong	4	8	12	12	16	20	24	24	24	26	26	30	34	34	34	38	38	42	42	46	46	50
6	Brisbane Lions	0	4	4	4	8	12	12	12	16	16	20	20	24	24	28	28	32	32	36	40	44	48
7	Western Bulldogs	4	4	8	12	12	12	12	12	16	20	24	28	28	28	32	36	36	36	40	44	48	48
8	Hawthorn	0	0	4	4	8	8	12	16	20	20	20	24	24	28	28	32	32	36	36	40	44	48
9	Richmond	4	4	4	4	8	12	12	16	20	24	28	32	32	36	36	36	36	36	40	44	44	44
10	Sydney	4	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	20	20	20	24	28	28	32	36	40	40
11	Adelaide	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	12	12	12	16	20	24	28	28	28	32	32	36	36	36	36
12	Fremantle	0	4	4	8	8	8	12	16	16	16	16	16	20	20	24	24	28	28	28	28	32	32
13	West Coast	4	4	6	10	10	14	14	18	18	22	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	30	30	30	30	30
14	Port Adelaide	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	10	14	18	18	18	22	22	22	26	30
15	Collingwood	4	8	12	16	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	24	24	24	24	24	24	28	28
16	St Kilda	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10

Final Series

	Qualifying / Elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals				Grand final
		QF1:
	1	Essendon	31.12 (198)
	4	Kangaroos	11.7 (73)			SF1:
						Kangaroos	16.14 (110)
		EF1:				Hawthorn	15.10 (100)					PF1:
	5	Geelong	12.11 (83)									Essendon	18.17 (125)
	8	Hawthorn	14.8 (92)									Carlton	12.8 (80)			GF:
																Essendon	19.21 (135)
		EF2:										PF2:				Melbourne	11.9 (75)
	6	Brisbane Lions	15.20 (110)									Melbourne	23.18 (156)
	7	Western Bulldogs	10.16 (76)			SF2:						Kangaroos	17.4 (106)
						Carlton	23.13 (151)
		QF2:				Brisbane Lions	10.9 (69)
	2	Carlton	12.15 (87)
	3	Melbourne	15.6 (96)

Qualifying and elimination finals

Semi finals

Preliminary finals

Grand final

Match attendance

Team	Hosted	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total	Last Year	Up/Down
Essendon	11	48,353	67,172	34,567	531,879	57,309	– 8956
Collingwood	11	45,012	88,390	29,072	495,134	39,126	+ 5886
Richmond	11	44,012	73,465	23,578	484,132	40,533	+ 3479
Adelaide	11	38,470	42,659	30,350	423,171	39,393	– 923
Melbourne	11	37,559	75,033	16,120	413,153	31,955	+ 5604
Hawthorn	11	34,417	53,776	16,004	378,592	34,864	– 446
Carlton	11	34,414	91,571	16,415	378,551	35,037	– 623
West Coast Eagles	11	33,136	40,519	22,232	364,500	30,868	+ 2268
Western Bulldogs	11	30,572	45,527	18,134	336,293	24,023	+ 6549
Geelong	11	27,729	47,071	17,399	305,014	24,840	+ 2889
Brisbane Lions	11	27,406	34,743	21,956	301,470	21,890	+ 5516
Port Adelaide	11	26,377	41,101	19,511	290,149	31,269	– 4892
Sydney	11	25,563	34,687	19,789	281,190	30,539	– 4976
St Kilda	11	24,422	38,151	17,509	268,638	33,182	– 8760
Fremantle	11	22,357	37,710	10,826	245,928	23,972	– 1615
Kangaroos	11	22,092	36,514	7334	243,017	25,890	– 3798
Total	176	32,618	91,571	7334	5740,811	32,793	– 175

Venue	Hosted	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total	Last Year	Up/Down
MCG	42	46,141	91,571	12,400	1937,921	42,370	+ 3771
Football Park	22	32,424	42,659	19,511	713,320	35,331	– 2907
Colonial Stadium	48	30,524	47,071	16,004	1465,172	N/A	N/A
Subiaco Oval	16	30,326	40,519	19,777	485,208	28,506	+ 1820
GABBA	11	27,406	34,743	21,956	301,470	21,890	+ 5516
Optus Oval	9	24,656	31,988	16,415	221,902	21,586	+ 3070
SCG	15	22,390	34,687	7334	335,845	26,767	– 4377
Shell Stadium	7	22,108	26,761	17,399	154,753	21,922	+ 186
WACA	6	20,870	26,554	10,826	125,220	24,524	– 3654
Total	176	32,618	91,571	7334	5740,811	32,793	– 175

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, with the Grand Final taking place on the first Saturday in September, to avoid scheduling conflicts with the 2000 Summer Olympics which began in Sydney on 15 September.
• 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), and broke Collingwood’s 1929 record when it won its first twenty games; if the pre-season cup is included, Essendon won 30 games out of 31. All of these 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 McIntyre "Final Eight" system, which had operated from 1994 to 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.
• In Round 18, Carlton played against Collingwood at Princes Park (Optus Oval) for the first time since Round 13, 1982. Carlton recorded its highest score and greatest winning margin against Collingwood (eclipsing those records previously set at Victoria Park in Round 12, 1943).
• The WACA Ground hosted its 72nd and last game of AFL football when Richmond defeated Fremantle in Round 19.
• Essendon's qualifying final winning margin of 125 points and their score of 198 points was the greatest ever winning margin in a Qualifying Final and highest ever score in any final in AFL/VFL history, it was also Essendon's highest ever score and biggest ever win over the Kangaroos.

See also

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

References

• 2000 Season – AFL Tables