2000 Ansett Australia Cup

2000 Ansett Australia Cup
AFL pre-season competition
Season	2000
Teams	16
Winners	Essendon (4th title)
Matches played	27
Attendance	325,736 (average 12,064 per match)
Michael Tuck Medallist	Mark Mercuri (Essendon)

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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3] 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.

Group stage

Group A

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Brisbane Lions	13.6 (84)	Sydney	17.10 (112)	Bundaberg Rum Stadium	8,818	Friday, 28 January
Kangaroos	10.16 (76)	Richmond	9.11 (65)	Waverley Park	16,512	Friday, 28 January
Richmond	11.16 (82)	Brisbane Lions	15.9 (99)	North Hobart Oval	4,908	Saturday, 5 February
Sydney	13.11 (89)	Kangaroos	17.10 (112)	Manuka Oval	9,854	Saturday, 5 February
Kangaroos	11.8 (74)	Brisbane Lions	10.8 (64)	Waverley Park	6,518	Friday, 11 February
Sydney	12.14 (86)	Richmond	12.11 (83)	Manuka Oval	8,714	Saturday, 12 February

Group B

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Carlton	20.17 (137)	Collingwood	7.7 (49)	M.C.G.	16,678	Friday, 31 December 1999
Port Adelaide	13.12 (90)	Collingwood	12.9 (81)	Football Park	10,454	Saturday, 29 January
Carlton	22.14 (146)	Fremantle	9.8 (62)	Waverley Park	5,692	Saturday, 29 January
Fremantle	10.18 (78)	Port Adelaide	10.9 (69)	Subiaco Oval	6,119	Saturday, 5 February
Port Adelaide	12.8 (80)	Carlton	11.10 (76)	Football Park	11,132	Saturday, 12 February
Collingwood	13.14 (92)	Fremantle	3.11 (29)	Waverley Park	7,752	Saturday, 12 February

Group C

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Adelaide	17.5 (107)	Melbourne	19.11 (125)	Football Park	12,239	Sunday, 30 January
Geelong	10.14 (74)	St Kilda	11.12 (78)	Waverley Park	7,394	Sunday, 30 January
St Kilda	9.12 (66)	Melbourne	13.14 (92)	Waverley Park	10,533	Saturday, 5 February
Adelaide	19.10 (124)	Geelong	15.12 (102)	Football Park	11,326	Sunday, 6 February
Adelaide	14.11 (95)	St Kilda	15.12 (102)	Football Park	13,086	Sunday, 13 February
Geelong	17.12 (114)	Melbourne	11.16 (82)	Waverley Park	4,952	Monday, 14 February

Group D

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
West Coast	8.10 (58)	Essendon	11.12 (78)	Marrara Oval	13,600	Friday, 28 January
Hawthorn	4.14 (38)	Western Bulldogs	13.7 (85)	Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand	11,666	Saturday, 29 January
Essendon	17.12 (114)	Western Bulldogs	10.21 (81)	Waverley Park	11,391	Friday, 4 February
Hawthorn	17.14 (116)	West Coast	5.10 (40)	Waverley Park	6,872	Sunday, 6 February
West Coast	19.15 (129)	Western Bulldogs	12.10 (82)	Subiaco Oval	9,285	Saturday, 12 February
Hawthorn	10.16 (76)	Essendon	19.11 (125)	Waverley Park	15,081	Sunday, 13 February

Semi finals

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Kangaroos	13.19 (97)	Carlton	11.10 (76)	Waverley Park	12,641	Friday, 18 February
Melbourne	16.9 (105)	Essendon	19.17 (131)	Waverley Park	16,384	Saturday, 19 February

Grand final

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time
Kangaroos	11.10 (76)	Essendon	16.21 (117)	M.C.G.	56,720	Saturday, 26 February	7:10 pm	^[4]

References

↑ New Year Moments
↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 195. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
↑ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL 2001: The official statistical history of the AFL. pp. 11, 16. ISBN 0-9585286-7-5.
↑ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL 2001: The official statistical history of the AFL. p. 16. ISBN 0-9585286-7-5.

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2000 AFL season

Events	Ansett Australia Cup Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series

Awards	AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Michael Tuck Medal Norm Smith Medal Rising Star

Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs

Player changes	Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts

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