1999 AFL season
103rd season of the Australian Football League (AFL) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1999 AFL season was the 103rd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 25 March until 25 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
For the 1999 season of the Arena Football League, see 1999 Arena Football League season.
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1999 AFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 16 |
Premiers | Kangaroos 4th premiership |
Minor premiers | Essendon 15th minor premiership |
Pre-season cup | Hawthorn 3rd pre-season cup win |
Brownlow Medallist | Shane Crawford (Hawthorn) |
Coleman Medallist | Scott Cummings (West Coast) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 185 |
Total attendance | 6,243,586 (33,749 per match) |
Highest | 94,228 (Grand Final, Kangaroos vs. Carlton) |
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The premiership was won by the Kangaroos (North Melbourne) for the fourth time, after it defeated Carlton by 35 points in the 1999 AFL Grand Final.[1]