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tournament staged to determine the AFL Premiership, winner of the 2023 AFL season, 2023 AFL premiership season. The series is scheduled to be played over 4 weeks in September, culminating in the 2023 AFL Grand Final. The top eight teams from the 2023 AFL season, 2023 AFL Premiership season qualify for the finals series. AFL finals series have been played under the AFL final eight system, current format since 2000.

Qualification

In round 23 of the 2023 AFL season, 's win over confirmed , , and as the top 4, while sealed a finals appearance with a win over . The ' shock loss to last-placed confirmed finals for and .

Ladder

Season notes

*After winning the premiership the 2022 AFL Grand Final, previous season, missed finals for only the second time since 2006 AFL season, 2006. * reached the finals for the first time since 2013 AFL season, 2013.

Venues

The venues of the 2023 AFL finals series are yet to be confirmed by the Australian Football League, AFL.

Matches

The system used for the 2023 AFL finals series is a AFL final eight system, final eight system. The top four teams in the eight receive the "double chance" when they play in week-one qualifying finals, such that if a top-four team loses in the first week it still remains in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight play knock-out games – only the winners survive and move on to the next week. Home-state advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position in the first two weeks, and to the qualifying final winners in the third week. In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. The losers of the qualifying final plays the elimination finals winners in a semi-final. In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. The winners of those matches move on to the AFL Grand Final, Grand Final.

Week one (qualifying and elimination finals)

First qualifying final (Collingwood vs TBD)

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Second qualifying final (TBD vs TBD)

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First elimination final (TBD vs TBD)

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Second elimination final (TBD vs TBD)

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Week two (semi-finals)

First semi-final (TBD vs TBD)

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Second semi-final (TBD vs TBD)

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Week three (preliminary finals)

First preliminary final (TBD vs TBD)

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Second preliminary final (TBD vs TBD)

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Week four (Grand Final)

References

External links

AFL finals series official website
{{2023 AFL season 2023 Australian Football League season, Finals Series, 2023