The 2000 AFL

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was the

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pre-season Cup competition played in its entirety before the

'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

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and Collingwood, most notable for the competition record 12 goals by

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. 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

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to be held in Sydney in late September.

Group stage

Group A

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Waverley Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL 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 ...

, , 16,512 , , Friday, 28 January , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 11.16 (82) , , , , 15.9 (99) , ,

North Hobart Oval North Hobart Oval is a Stadium, 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 Brickfields Hiring Depot, convi ...

, , 4,908 , , Saturday, 5 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 13.11 (89) , , , , 17.10 (112) , ,

Manuka Oval Manuka Oval is a sporting venue in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It is located in Griffith, in the area of that suburb known as Manuka. Manuka Oval has a seating capacity of 13,550 people and an overall capacity of 16,000 people, although ...

, , 9,854 , , Saturday, 5 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 11.8 (74) , , , , 10.8 (64) , ,

, , 6,518 , , Friday, 11 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 12.14 (86) , , , , 12.11 (83) , ,

, , 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. , , 16,678 , , Friday, 31 December 1999 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 13.12 (90) , , , , 12.9 (81) , ,

Football Park Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, South Australia, West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It was built in 197 ...

, , 10,454 , , Saturday, 29 January , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 22.14 (146) , , , , 9.8 (62) , ,

, , 5,692 , , Saturday, 29 January , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 10.18 (78) , , , , 10.9 (69) , ,

Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval (; nicknamed Subi) was a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia, located in the suburb of Subiaco. It was opened in 1908 and closed in 2017 after the completion of the new Perth Stadium in Burswood. Subiaco Oval was the high ...

, , 6,119 , , Saturday, 5 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 12.8 (80) , , , , 11.10 (76) , ,

, , 11,132 , , Saturday, 12 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 13.14 (92) , , , , 3.11 (29) , ,

, , 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) , ,

, , 12,239 , , Sunday, 30 January , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 10.14 (74) , , , , 11.12 (78) , ,

, , 7,394 , , Sunday, 30 January , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 9.12 (66) , , , , 13.14 (92) , ,

, , 10,533 , , Saturday, 5 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 19.10 (124) , , , , 15.12 (102) , ,

, , 11,326 , , Sunday, 6 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 14.11 (95) , , , , 15.12 (102) , ,

, , 13,086 , , Sunday, 13 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 17.12 (114) , , , , 11.16 (82) , ,

, , 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, currently branded TIO Stadium under a naming rights agreement (and previously also known as Football Park), is a sports ground in Darwin, the capital of Australia's Northern Territory. The ground primarily hosts Australian rules ...

, , 13,600 , , Friday, 28 January , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 4.14 (38) , , , , 13.7 (85) , ,

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, , 11,666 , , Saturday, 29 January , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 17.12 (114) , , , , 10.21 (81) , ,

, , 11,391 , , Friday, 4 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 17.14 (116) , , , , 5.10 (40) , ,

, , 6,872 , , Sunday, 6 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 19.15 (129) , , , , 12.10 (82) , ,

, , 9,285 , , Saturday, 12 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 10.16 (76) , , , , 19.11 (125) , ,

, , 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) , ,

, , 12,641 , , Friday, 18 February , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , , 16.9 (105) , , , , 19.17 (131) , ,

, , 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. , , 56,720 , , Saturday, 26 February , , 7:10 pm , , ,

References

{{2000 AFL season 2000 Australian Football League season Ansett Australia Cup, 2000 Australian Football League pre-season competition