1984 AFC Night Series explained

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.

Qualified Teams

TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)1
Enter in Round 1
HawthornHawksVFLWinners of the 1983 Victorian Football League8th
EssendonBombersVFLRunners-Up in the 1983 Victorian Football League8th
North MelbourneKangaroosVFLThird Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League8th
FitzroyLionsVFLFourth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League7th
CarltonBluesVFLFifth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League13th
CollingwoodMagpiesVFLSixth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League8th
FootscrayBulldogsVFLSeventh Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League7th
MelbourneDemonsVFLEighth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League6th
GeelongCatsVFLNinth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League6th
RichmondTigersVFLTenth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League10th
SydneySwansVFLEleventh Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League9th
West AdelaideBloodsSANFLWinners of the 1983 South Australian National Football League9th
SturtDouble BluesSANFLRunners-Up in the 1983 South Australian National Football League10th
ClaremontTigersWAFLRunners-Up in the 1983 West Australian Football League7th
South FremantleBulldogsWAFLThird Place in the 1983 West Australian Football League27th
Enter in Qualifying Playoff
St KildaSaintsVFLTwelfth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League6th
QueenslandMaroonsQAFLWinners of the 1983 Escort Shield5th

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.

Venues

MelbourneAdelaideBrisbane
Waverley ParkFootball ParkKeith Beavis Oval
Capacity: 72,000Capacity: 67,000Capacity: 10,000

Knockout stage

Australian Football Championships Night Series final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1984 AFC Sterling Cup. David Eastman.