The 1987 Victorian Football League Night Series (also known as the 1987 National Panasonic Cup) was the 19th edition of the VFL Night Series, a Victorian Football League (VFL)-organised

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tournament between the clubs from the VFL. It was the first night series event that was run entirely under the control of the VFL since

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, and the first series since the demise of VFL-owned Australian Football Championships (AFC) tournament that included teams from rival state league competitions such as the SANFL, WAFL and elsewhere. It was also the last night series to be partially staged during the home-and-away premiership season, with future tournaments held only during the pre-season.

Teams

All 14 teams that participated in the

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, including the two non-Victorian expansion teams (

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and Brisbane) participated in the series. * Brisbane Bears *

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* Collingwood * Essendon * Fitzroy * Footscray *

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* Hawthorn * Melbourne * North Melbourne *

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* St Kilda *

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Venues

Results

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Round 1

Quarter finals

* Note: Fitzroy qualified as a "lucky loser", given they lost their first round match by the lowest margin (11 points) of any losing team

Semi finals

Final

References

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