AFL finals series

The Australian Football League finals series, more generally known as the AFL finals, and known from 1897 until 1989 as the Victorian Football League finals series or VFL finals, is a playoff tournament held at the end of each AFL season to determine the premier. Based on the home-and-away season results, the top teams qualify for the finals which culminate in the AFL Grand Final. The finals series is traditionally held throughout September.

The finals have been conducted under the AFL final eight system since 2000 after using several different systems over the previous century. When the Victorian Football League was established in 1897 the league experimented with different systems before utilising the four-team Argus finals system from 1901 until 1930. Different variations of the McIntyre system were used from 1931 until 1999, beginning with four teams and expanding gradually to eight. These systems have typically been combinations of single- and double elimination tournaments designed to give higher ranked teams an easier path to the premiership.

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