| Type: | AFL pre-season competition |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Count: | 1st |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Attendance: | 296589 |
| Michael Tuck Medallist: | Craig Bradley |
The 1997 AFL Ansett Australia Cup was the Australian Football League Pre-season Cup competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 1997 Premiership Season began. It culminated in the final in March 1997.
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Crowd| Date| Time|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Adelaide| 17.14 (116)| Collingwood| 9.8 (62)| Football Park | 20,617| Friday 21 February 1997| 8:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Geelong| 9.10 (64)| West Coast| 5.4 (34)| Waverley Park| 7,752| Saturday, 22 February 1997| 8:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Hawthorn| 9.12 (66)| Richmond| 11.12 (78)| Waverley Park| 18,129| Sunday, 23 February 1997| 8:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| North Melbourne| 13.9 (87)| Western Bulldogs| 11.8 (74)| Waverley Park| 8,841| Monday, 24 February 1997| 8:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Melbourne| 9.10 (64)| Carlton| 13.9 (87)| Waverley Park| 14,043| Wednesday, 26 February 1997| 8:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Port Adelaide| 4.15 (39)| Fremantle| 11.9 (75)| Football Park | 21,770| Friday, 28 February 1997| 8:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Sydney| 10.7 (67)| St Kilda| 9.14 (68)| Bruce Stadium| 11,510| Saturday, 1 March 1997| 2:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Brisbane| 15. 13 (103)| Essendon| 8.7 (55)| The Gabba| 13,745| Monday, 3 March 1997| 7:00 pm
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Crowd| Date| Time|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Adelaide| 7.10 (52)| Geelong| 11.14 (80)| Football Park| 22,425| Sunday, 2 March 1997| 8:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Richmond| 9.9 (63)| North Melbourne| 22.10 (142)| Waverley Park| 20,747| Friday, 7 March 1997| 8:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Carlton| 15.13 (103)| Fremantle| 9.11 (65)| Waverley Park| 8,135| Saturday, 8 March 1997| 8:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| St Kilda| 11.10 (76)| Brisbane| 11.7 (73)| Waverley Park| 13,745| Sunday, 9 March 1997| 8:00 pm
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Crowd| Date| Time|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Geelong| 14.13 (97)| North Melbourne| 14.12 (96)| Waverley Park| 14,404| Friday, 14 March 1997 | 8:00 pm|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Carlton| 12.11 (83)| St Kilda | 10.13 (73)| Waverley Park| 25,940| Saturday, 15 March 1997| 8:00 pm
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Crowd| Date| Time|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Carlton| 14.13 (97)| Geelong| 5.10 (40)| Melbourne Cricket Ground| 74,786| Friday 21 March| 8:00 pm
1. Carlton
2. Geelong
3. North Melbourne
4. St Kilda
5. Brisbane
6. Adelaide
7. Fremantle
8. Richmond
9. Sydney
10. Western Bulldogs
11. Hawthorn
12. Melbourne
13. Collingwood
14. Essendon
15. West Coast
16. Port Adelaide