- 2002 AFL season
Infobox AFL season
year = 2002
imagesize = 100px
caption = AFL logo
teams = 16
premiers = Brisbane
count = 2nd
minor premiers = AFL Por
mpcount = 1st
national cup winners = AFL Por
nccount = 2nd
matches =
attendance =
highest attendance =
top goal scorer =David Neitz (AFL Mel)
brownlow medallist =Simon Black (AFL Bri)Results and statistics for theAustralian Football League season of 2002."See
List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list."AFL Draft "See
2002 AFL Draft for more information."National Cup
Port Adelaide defeated Richmond 10.11 (71) to 9.8 (62) in the Final.
Premiership Season
Round 1 (
Easter & Season Launch)Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5 (
ANZAC Day )Round 6
Round 7 (
Mother's Day )Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
=Round 11 (Queen's Birthday)=Round 12 (Split Round)
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Finals series
Qualifying and Elimination Finals (
Father's Day )emi Finals
Preliminary Finals
Grand Final
This was the second consecutive Grand Final won by the Brisbane Lions during a three-year streak.
Ladder
All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series.
Match attendance
Total match attendance for all games was 5,643,908 people. Attendance at the Grand Final was 91,817 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 84,894 people for the Collingwood v Essendon game of Round 5.
Awards
* The
Brownlow Medal was awarded toSimon Black of theBrisbane Lions .
* TheLeigh Matthews Trophy was awarded toLuke Darcy of theWestern Bulldogs andMichael Voss of theBrisbane Lions .
** This was the first year for this award under this name. Previously, it was theAFL Players Association MVP Award.
* TheColeman Medal was awarded toDavid Neitz of Melbourne.
* TheNorm Smith Medal was awarded toNathan Buckley of Collingwood.
* TheAFL Rising Star award was awarded toNick Riewoldt of St Kilda.References
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/2002.html 2002 Season - AFL Tables]
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