The 2001
Ansett Australia Cup was contested by all sixteen clubs of the
Australian Football League
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prior to the beginning of the
2001 AFL season
The 2001 AFL season was the 105th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured six ...
. It ran for five weeks in February and March 2001. The competition took a
round-robin format to provide all teams with at least 3 practice games to prepare for the 2001 regular season, with all clubs divided into four groups of four, and the group winners qualifying for the knockout semi finals. Group A comprised the defending premiers , , and . Group B featured , , and . Group C featured , , and while finally Group D comprised , , and .
In the group stages, the , , and finished top of their respective groups and qualified for the semi-finals. won Group A with 3 wins out of 3, qualifying ahead of and . The win over that secured a place in the semi-finals was marred however by a serious broken leg suffered by key ruckman
Brendon Lade. In Group B, won their place in the semi-finals after a 28-point win in the final group game against . Group C was won by after they defeated by 13 points in the deciding game of the group. Group D was secured by after a 100-point thumping of meant they qualified ahead of on percentage.
In the knockout semi-finals, and beat and respectively to qualify for the Grand Final. trailed at three-quarter time but kicked the first 5 goals of the final term to secure a 16-point victory in front of their own fans at
Football Park. In the other semi-final at
Colonial Stadium, the kicked the final 4 goals of the game against to win by 15 points. The win by was significant. as it broke a finals hoodoo in Melbourne, and it set up the first grand final between two non-Victorian teams in VFL/AFL history.
Group stage
Group 1
Group 2
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, Home team, , Home team score, , Away team, , Away team score, , Ground, , Date, , Crowd
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, , , 12.14 (86) , , , , 10.8 (68) , ,
Colonial Stadium , , Friday, 16 February , , 30,072
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, , , 6.11 (47) , , , , 14.12 (96) , ,
Subiaco Oval , , Friday, 16 February , , 16,905
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, , , 14.12 (96) , , , , 12.9 (81) , ,
Manuka Oval , , Saturday, 24 February , , 8157
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, , , 12.6 (78) , , , , 12.8 (80) , ,
Subiaco Oval , , Saturday, 24 February , , 16,090
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, , , 19.9 (123) , , , , 15.7 (97) , ,
Colonial Stadium , , Friday, 2 March , , 8642
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, , , 18.12 (120) , , , , 14.8 (92) , ,
Colonial Stadium , , Saturday, 3 March , , 28,983
Group 3
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, Home team, , Home team score, , Away team, , Away team score, , Ground, , Date, , Crowd
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, , , 10.13 (73) , , , , 16.18 (114) , ,
Westpac Stadium , , Saturday, 17 February , , 8000
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, , , 14.8 (92) , , , , 16.10 (106) , ,
Colonial Stadium , , Saturday, 17 February , , 15,815
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, , , 10.12 (72) , , , , 9.12 (66) , ,
Optus Oval , , Saturday, 24 February , , 7291
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, , , 5.15 (45) , , , , 9.7 (61) , ,
Bundaberg Rum Stadium , , Saturday, 24 February , , 5800
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, , , 11.11 (77) , , , , 9.5 (59) , ,
Football Park , , Friday, 2 March , , 20,169
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, , , 10.14 (74) , , , , 9.7 (61) , ,
Gabba
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, , Saturday, 3 March , , 22,957
Group 4
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, Home team, , Home team score, , Away team, , Away team score, , Ground, , Date, , Crowd
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, , , 8.9 (57) , , , , 14.14 (98) , ,
Subiaco Oval , , Saturday, 17 February , , 11,392
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, , , 13.11 (89) , , , , 6.9 (45) , ,
York Park , , Sunday, 18 February , , 13,958
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, , , 14.13 (97) , , , , 9.11 (65) , ,
Optus Oval , , Sunday, 25 February , , 7875
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, , , 10.12 (72) , , , , 5.16 (46) , ,
Subiaco Oval , , Sunday, 25 February , , 9193
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, , , 22.13 (145) , , , , 7.9 (51) , ,
Optus Oval , , Sunday, 4 March , , 4391
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, , , 21.17 (143) , , , , 6.7 (43) , ,
Colonial Stadium , , Sunday, 4 March , , 9813
Knockout Phase
Semi-finals
Grand final
Knockout Chart
See also
*
List of VFL/AFL pre-season and night series premiers
This page is a complete chronological listing of the pre-season and night series premiers of the Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990. Although it spans three different competitions, the premie ...
*
2001 AFL season
The 2001 AFL season was the 105th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured six ...
References
External links
Footy news Report on the final round of Ansett Cup Group Matches
{{2001 AFL season
2001 Australian Football League season
NAB Cup
Australian Football League pre-season competition