1998 AFL finals series
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{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
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| year = 1998
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| teams = 8
| premiers = Adelaide Football Club
| count = 2
| minor premiers = North Melbourne Football Club
| mpcount = 10
| pre-season cup =
| pscount =
| matches = 9
| attendance =
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The Australian Football League's 1998 finals series began on Friday, 4 September 1998 and culminated with the 102nd AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, 26 September 1998. Eight of the league's sixteen teams qualified for the finals based on the home-and-away season, and the finals were played under the McIntyre final eight system.
The series concluded with the grand final, which saw the Adelaide Crows (5th placed after the home-and-away season, 13–9) win its second consecutive premiership, defeating minor premiers North Melbourne (16–6) by 35 points. Adelaide was the lowest placed team after the home-and-away season to win the premiership since 1900.
Final Ladder
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Week One
=Qualifying Finals=
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|- style="background:#ccf;"
| Home team
| Score
| Away team
| Score
| Venue
| Attendance
| Date
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 11.16 (82)
| Essendon
| 8.12 (60)
| MCG
| 71,154
| Friday, 4 September
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 17.13 (115)
| Adelaide
| 9.13 (67)
| MCG
| 60,817
| Saturday, 5 September
|- style="background:#fff;"
| Sydney
| 12.17 (89)
| St Kilda
| 13.9 (87)
| SCG
| 36,076
| Saturday, 5 September
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 18.13 (121)
| 7.9 (51)
| MCG
| 43,025
| Sunday, 6 September
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Week Two
=Semi finals=
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|- style="background:#ccf;"
| Home team
| Score
| Away team
| Score
| Venue
| Attendance
| Date
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 15.17 (107)
| St Kilda
| 7.14 (56)
| MCG
| 88,456
| Saturday, 12 September
|- style="background:#fff;"
| Sydney
| 10.7 (67)
| Adelaide
| 14.10 (94)
| SCG
| 37,498
| Saturday, 12 September
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Week Three
=Preliminary Finals=
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|- style="background:#ccf;"
| Home team
| Score
| Away team
| Score
| Venue
| Attendance
| Date
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 17.12 (114)
| 12.12 (84)
| MCG
| 73,719
| Friday, 18 September
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 13.15 (93)
| Adelaide
| 24.17 (161)
| MCG
| 67,557
| Saturday, 19 September
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North Melbourne won its eleventh consecutive match. Adelaide defeated the Western Bulldogs in a preliminary final for the second consecutive year.
Grand final
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| style="background:#f03;"
! Team !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! Final | ||||
| Adelaide | 3.2 | 4.3 | 9.11 | 15.15 (105) |
| North Melbourne | 4.4 | 6.15 | 8.15 | 8.22 (70) |
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
| Saturday, 26 September 1998, 2:30pm AEST |
|---|
| Coin Toss Winner
| North Melbourne, chose Punt Road end. |
| Goals (Adel)
| 5: Jarman |
| Goals (North)
|1: Blakey, Pike, Abraham, Carey, Roberts, Bell, Allison, Simpson |
| Best
| |
| Norm Smith Medal |
| Injuries
| |
| Reports
| None |
| Venue |
| Attendance
| 94,431 |
| Umpires |
| Metropolitan Free To Air TV audience
| 2,524,000 (Nationally) |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.afl.com.au AFL official website]
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