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About the AFL Grand Final 2012
Melbournians are sports enthusiasts and particularly passionate about Australian Rules football, a sport invented in Melbourne.
In fact the Australian Football League (AFL) is not so much a sport as a religion in Melbourne with 9 of the 10 Victorian teams being based in Melbourne. In fact, the entire national competition only has 16 teams, meaning over half the league is based in Melbourne alone.
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions.
The game has become significant to Australian culture, spawning a number of traditions and surrounding activities which have grown in popularity since the VFL/AFL went national in the 1980s.
In 2006, the Sweeney Sports Report concluded that the AFL Grand Final became Australia’s most important sporting event, with the largest attendance, metropolitan television audience and overall interest of any annual Australian sporting event.
With an official attendance of 99,251 at the 2009 AFL Grand Final, it is currently the best attended domestic club championship event in the world.
Location
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Brunton Ave
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Contact
- Phone: 03 9643 1999
- Fax: 03 9650 1485
- Email: general@afl.com.au
