Tourney Name: | AFC Night Series |
Year: | 1984 |
Other Titles: | AFC Sterling Cup |
Dates: | 6 March – 24 July 1984 |
Num Teams: | 17 |
Venues: | 3 |
Cities: | 3 |
Champion Other: | Essendon |
Count: | 2 |
Second Other: | Sydney |
Matches: | 16 |
Prevseason: | 1983 |
Nextseason: | 1985 |
The 1984 Australian Football Championships Night Series was the 6th edition of the AFC Night Series, a VFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the VFL, the SANFL, the WAFL and State Representative Teams.[1]
A total of 17 teams from across Australia played 16 matches over five months, with matches held during the pre-season and midweek throughout the premiership season.
1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia and NFL Night Series.
2 Replaced Swan Districts who was banned for two years by the AFC for fielding a Reserves-Colts side in their 1982 Quarter-final loss to Richmond.
Melbourne | Adelaide | Brisbane | |
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Waverley Park | Football Park | Keith Beavis Oval | |
Capacity: 72,000 | Capacity: 67,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | |