2001 AFL season

Infobox AFL season
year = 2001


imagesize = 100px
caption = AFL logo
teams = 16
premiers = Brisbane
count = 1st
minor premiers = AFL Ess
mpcount =
national cup winners = AFL Por
nccount = 1st
matches =
attendance =
highest attendance =
top goal scorer = Matthew Lloyd (AFL Ess)
brownlow medallist = Jason Akermanis (AFL Bri)Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2001.

"See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list."

AFL Draft

"See 2001 AFL Draft for more information."

National Cup

Port Adelaide defeated Brisbane Lions 17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26) in the Final.

Premiership Season

Round 1 (Season Launch)

Round 2

Round 3 (Easter)

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

Final series

Qualifying and Elimination Finals (Father's Day)

emi Finals

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

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 5,919,026 people. Attendance at the Grand Final was 91,482 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 83,905 people for the Collingwood v Essendon game of Round 5.

Awards

* The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Jason Akermanis of the Brisbane Lions.
* The AFL Players Association MVP Award went to Andrew McLeod of Adelaide.
** This was the last year for the award under this name; starting with the 2002 season, it would be renamed the "Leigh Matthews Trophy".
* The Coleman Medal was awarded to Matthew Lloyd of Essendon.
* The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Shaun Hart of the Brisbane Lions.
* The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Justin Koschitzke of St Kilda.

References

* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/2001.html 2001 Season - AFL Tables]