2000 Ansett Australia Cup
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The 2000 AFL Ansett Australia Cup was the Australian Football League
Pre-season Cup competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League
's 2000 Premiership Season began.
Unlike most pre-season cup competitions that start in February, the 2000 Cup started on 31 December 1999 with a one-off Match of the Millennium between Carlton
and Collingwood Football Club
, most notable for the competition record 12 goals by Brendan Fevola
. The competition culminated with the Grand Final in February 2000 between Essendon, the eventual 2000 AFL Premiers, and the Kangaroos, the reigning 1999 AFL Premiers. Essendon's undefeated run through the pre-season was a precursor to their dominance in the premiership season, in which they only lost one match. The final was held in February, rather than March as per most other pre-seasons, due to the season being played earlier in the year so that the finals would not clash with the 2000 Summer Olympics
to be held in Sydney in late September.
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.6 (84) || || 17.10 (112) || Bundaberg Rum Stadium
|| 8,818 || Friday, 28 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 10.16 (76) || || 9.11 (65) || Waverley Park
|| 16,512 || Friday, 28 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 11.16 (82) || || 15.9 (99) || North Hobart Oval
|| 4,908 || Saturday, 5 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.11 (89) || || 17.10 (112) || Manuka Oval
|| 9,854 || Saturday, 5 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 11.8 (74) || || 10.8 (64) || Waverley Park
|| 6,518 || Friday, 11 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 12.14 (86) || || 12.11 (83) || Manuka Oval
|| 8,714 || Saturday, 12 February
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 20.17 (137) || || 7.7 (49) || M.C.G.
|| 16,678 || Friday, 31 December 1999
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.12 (90) || || 12.9 (81) || Football Park || 10,454 || Saturday, 29 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 22.14 (146) || || 9.8 (62) || Waverley Park
|| 5,692 || Saturday, 29 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 10.18 (78) || || 10.9 (69) || Subiaco Oval
|| 6,119 || Saturday, 5 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 12.8 (80) || || 11.10 (76) || Football Park || 11,132 || Saturday, 12 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.14 (92) || || 3.11 (29) || Waverley Park
|| 7,752 || Saturday, 12 February
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.5 (107) || || 19.11 (125) || Football Park || 12,239 || Sunday, 30 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 10.14 (74) || || 11.12 (78) || Waverley Park
|| 7,394 || Sunday, 30 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 9.12 (66) || || 13.14 (92) || Waverley Park
|| 10,533 || Saturday, 5 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 19.10 (124) || || 15.12 (102) || Football Park || 11,326 || Sunday, 6 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 14.11 (95) || || 15.12 (102) || Football Park || 13,086 || Sunday, 13 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.12 (114) || || 11.16 (82) || Waverley Park
|| 4,952 || Monday, 14 February
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 8.10 (58) || || 11.12 (78) || Marrara Oval
|| 13,600 || Friday, 28 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 4.14 (38) || || 13.7 (85) || Westpac Stadium
, Wellington, New Zealand || 11,666 || Saturday, 29 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.12 (114) || || 10.21 (81) || Waverley Park
|| 11,391 || Friday, 4 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.14 (116) || || 5.10 (40) || Waverley Park
|| 6,872 || Sunday, 6 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 19.15 (129) || || 12.10 (82) || Subiaco Oval
|| 9,285 || Saturday, 12 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 10.16 (76) || || 19.11 (125) || Waverley Park
|| 15,081 || Sunday, 13 February
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.19 (97) || || 11.10 (76) || Waverley Park
|| 12,641 || Friday, 18 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 16.9 (105) || || 19.17 (131) || Waverley Park
|| 16,384 || Saturday, 19 February
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date||Time||
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 11.10 (76) || || 16.21 (117) || M.C.G.
|| 56,720 || Saturday, 26 February || 7:10 pm || |
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
Pre-season Cup competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
's 2000 Premiership Season began.
Unlike most pre-season cup competitions that start in February, the 2000 Cup started on 31 December 1999 with a one-off Match of the Millennium between Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
and Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, most notable for the competition record 12 goals by Brendan Fevola
Brendan Fevola
Brendan Fevola is a professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League....
. The competition culminated with the Grand Final in February 2000 between Essendon, the eventual 2000 AFL Premiers, and the Kangaroos, the reigning 1999 AFL Premiers. Essendon's undefeated run through the pre-season was a precursor to their dominance in the premiership season, in which they only lost one match. The final was held in February, rather than March as per most other pre-seasons, due to the season being played earlier in the year so that the finals would not clash with the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
to be held in Sydney in late September.
Group A
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.6 (84) || || 17.10 (112) || Bundaberg Rum Stadium
Cazaly's Stadium
Cazaly's Stadium, also known by its sponsorship name as Bundaberg Rum Stadium, is a sports stadium in Cairns, Australia, that is named after former VFL legend Roy Cazaly....
|| 8,818 || Friday, 28 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 10.16 (76) || || 9.11 (65) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 16,512 || Friday, 28 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 11.16 (82) || || 15.9 (99) || North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval is a sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football.-History:North Hobart Oval started its existence as Hobart Town's brickfields in 1844 before becoming a convict women's housing site, an immigration depot and an invalid persons' depot before closing...
|| 4,908 || Saturday, 5 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.11 (89) || || 17.10 (112) || Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....
|| 9,854 || Saturday, 5 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 11.8 (74) || || 10.8 (64) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 6,518 || Friday, 11 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 12.14 (86) || || 12.11 (83) || Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....
|| 8,714 || Saturday, 12 February
Group B
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 20.17 (137) || || 7.7 (49) || M.C.G.
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
|| 16,678 || Friday, 31 December 1999
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.12 (90) || || 12.9 (81) || Football Park || 10,454 || Saturday, 29 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 22.14 (146) || || 9.8 (62) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 5,692 || Saturday, 29 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 10.18 (78) || || 10.9 (69) || Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
|| 6,119 || Saturday, 5 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 12.8 (80) || || 11.10 (76) || Football Park || 11,132 || Saturday, 12 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.14 (92) || || 3.11 (29) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 7,752 || Saturday, 12 February
Group C
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.5 (107) || || 19.11 (125) || Football Park || 12,239 || Sunday, 30 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 10.14 (74) || || 11.12 (78) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 7,394 || Sunday, 30 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 9.12 (66) || || 13.14 (92) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 10,533 || Saturday, 5 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 19.10 (124) || || 15.12 (102) || Football Park || 11,326 || Sunday, 6 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 14.11 (95) || || 15.12 (102) || Football Park || 13,086 || Sunday, 13 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.12 (114) || || 11.16 (82) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 4,952 || Monday, 14 February
Group D
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 8.10 (58) || || 11.12 (78) || Marrara Oval
Marrara Oval
Marrara Stadium is a sports ground in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The ground was built in 1991 and Australian rules football and Cricket are primarily played at the venue...
|| 13,600 || Friday, 28 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 4.14 (38) || || 13.7 (85) || Westpac Stadium
Westpac Stadium
Westpac Stadium, is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Due to its shape and silver coloured external walls, it is colloquially known as The Cake-Tin to the locals and other New Zealanders...
, Wellington, New Zealand || 11,666 || Saturday, 29 January
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.12 (114) || || 10.21 (81) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 11,391 || Friday, 4 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 17.14 (116) || || 5.10 (40) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 6,872 || Sunday, 6 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 19.15 (129) || || 12.10 (82) || Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
|| 9,285 || Saturday, 12 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 10.16 (76) || || 19.11 (125) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 15,081 || Sunday, 13 February
Semi finals
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 13.19 (97) || || 11.10 (76) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 12,641 || Friday, 18 February
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 16.9 (105) || || 19.17 (131) || Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
|| 16,384 || Saturday, 19 February
Grand final
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date||Time||
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| || 11.10 (76) || || 16.21 (117) || M.C.G.
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
|| 56,720 || Saturday, 26 February || 7:10 pm || |