AFL Grand Final

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Australian rules football match sports championship game

The AFL Grand Final is the championship decider of Australian rules football’s premier competition, traditionally played each year at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
1997 AFL Premiership 1
2005 AFL Premiership 1
AFL GF 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian rules football match ⓘ
sports championship game ⓘ
associatedEvent Grand Final parade ⓘ
attendanceType large crowd event ⓘ
broadcastCountry Australia ⓘ
broadcastMedium radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
competition AFL ⓘ
surface form: Australian Football League
country Australia ⓘ
decides AFL champion team of the season ⓘ
AFL Grand Final self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AFL premiership
firstHeld 1898 ⓘ
formerOvertimeRule replay if scores were tied ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genderCategory men’s competition (AFL) ⓘ
governingBody Australian Football League Commission ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance major event on Australian sporting calendar ⓘ
hasFeature half‑time entertainment ⓘ
post‑match presentation ⓘ
pre‑match entertainment ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leagueOrigin AFL ⓘ
surface form: Victorian Football League
leagueRenamedAs AFL ⓘ
surface form: Australian Football League
location Melbourne ⓘ
mainCityAssociation Melbourne ⓘ
matchType championship decider ⓘ
final ⓘ
organisedBy AFL ⓘ
surface form: Australian Football League
overtimeRule extra time if scores are tied (modern era) ⓘ
predecessor AFL Grand Final self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: VFL Grand Final
primaryAudience Australian sports fans ⓘ
regionPopularity Australia-wide ⓘ
requiresQualification AFL finals series performance ⓘ
seasonStage end of AFL season ⓘ
shortName AFL Grand Final self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AFL GF
sport Australian rules football ⓘ
stadiumCapacityContext one of the highest attended club football games in the world ⓘ
state Victoria ⓘ
surface grass ⓘ
teamCount 2 ⓘ
ticketDemand high ⓘ
trophy AFL premiership cup ⓘ
typicalDate early October ⓘ
late September ⓘ
typicalStartTime afternoon ⓘ
venue Melbourne Cricket Ground ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sydney Swans → competition → AFL Grand Final ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFL Premiership
AFL Grand Final → decides → AFL Grand Final self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFL premiership
AFL → flagshipEvent → AFL Grand Final ⓘ
Melbourne → hasMajorEvent → AFL Grand Final ⓘ
Melbourne Cricket Ground → hosts → AFL Grand Final ⓘ
AFL Grand Final → predecessor → AFL Grand Final self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: VFL Grand Final
Adelaide Crows → premierships → AFL Grand Final ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1997 AFL Premiership
this entity surface form: AFL home-and-away season and finals series
AFL Grand Final → shortName → AFL Grand Final self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFL GF
Sydney Swans → wonPremiership → AFL Grand Final ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2005 AFL Premiership