Australian rules football attendance records

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Australian rules football attendance records

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Contents 1 Australia 1.1 Single Matches 1.1.1 By Australian State and Territory 1.1.2 Regional 1.1.3 State of Origin Representative Matches 1.2 League Seasons 1.3 League Single Rounds 2 International 2.1 Exhibition matches 2.2 International Tests 2.3 Notable Crowds for Leagues Outside of Australia 3 References

[edit] Australia

Note: Since the 1970s in Australia, many grounds have been reconfigured without standing room, which reduces maximum capacity.

[edit] Single Matches

[edit] By Australian State and Territory

State	Attendance	Date	League	Event	Venue	Sold out ?
Victoria	121,696	1970	VFL/AFL	Grand Final - Carlton v Collingwood	MCG, Melbourne	Yes
New South Wales	72,393	2003	AFL	Round 22 - Sydney Swans v. Collingwood	Telstra Stadium, Sydney	No
South Australia	66,987	1976	SANFL	Grand Final - Sturt vs Port Adelaide	Football Park, Adelaide	Yes
Western Australia	52,781	1979	WAFL	Grand Final - East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Yes
Queensland	37,224	2005	AFL	Round 15 - Brisbane Lions vs Collingwood	Gabba, Brisbane	No
Tasmania	24,968	1979	Tasmanian Football League	Grand Final - Glenorchy v Clarence	North Hobart Oval, Hobart	Yes
Northern Territory	17,500	2002	AFL (pre-season practice)	Aboriginal All-Stars vs Carlton	Marrara Oval, Darwin	Yes
Australian Capital Territory	14,922	June 4, 2006	AFL	Round 10 - Kangaroos v Sydney Swans	Manuka Oval, Canberra	Yes

[edit] Regional

• Largest Crowd outside an Australian capital city - 49,109 (1952). VFL Geelong v Carlton (Kardinia Park, Geelong, Victoria)
• Largest Crowd outside a metropolitan city - 20,971 - (2006). AFL Hawthorn v Richmond (Aurora Stadium, Launceston, Tasmania)

[edit] State of Origin Representative Matches

• Victoria v. South Australia - 91,960 (1989). (MCG, Melbourne)

[edit] League Seasons

• VFL/AFL - 6,475,251. (2007). Number of Games - 176. Average attendance - 36,791. ^[1]
• SANFL - 1,088,424. (1967). Number of Games - ?. Average attendance - ? ^[2]
• WAFL - 960,169. (1967). Number of Games - ?. Average attendance - ? ^[3]
• VFA/VFL - 937,291. (1976). Number of Games - ?. Average Attendance - ? ^[4]
• TFL - 318,496. (1967). Number of Games - 58 Average attendance - 5,491 (Including finals) ^[5]

Note: almost all Australian leagues charge for admission, although the AFL admission prices significantly exceed lesser leagues. Most of these leagues exclude finals series in the home and away attendance figures, which typically have a higher average.

[edit] League Single Rounds

• VFL/AFL - 367,974. Round 22, 1998.^[6]

[edit] International

[edit] Exhibition matches

See also: Australian rules football exhibition matches

• AFL (VFL/AFL)
  • Canada - 32,789 (1987). Melbourne v. Sydney (B.C. Place, Vancouver)
  • Japan - 25,000 (1986). Carlton v. Hawthorn (Yokohama Stadium, Tokyo)
  • United Kingdom - 18,884 (2005). West Coast v. Fremantle (The Oval, London)
  • USA - 14,787 (1990). Melbourne v. West Coast (Civic Stadium, Portland)
  • New Zealand - 11,666 (2000). Bulldogs v. Hawthorn. (Westpac Stadium, Wellington)
  • South Africa - 10,123 (1998). Brisbane v. Fremantle. (Cape Town)
  • United Arab Emirates - 6,102 (2008). Collingwood v. Adelaide. (Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club, Abu Dhabi)

• Other
  • France - 700 (March, 11 2006). Reading Kangaroos v. France (Perpignan) ^[7]

[edit] International Tests

• Japan vs South Africa - 5,000 (2005 Australian Football International Cup). (Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia).*^[8]
• Canada vs United States - 2,500 (2007 49th Parallel Cup). Thunderbird Stadium. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).^[9]
• Finland vs Sweden - 150 (2007 European Australian Football Tri-nations Tournament). Halikko, Finland.^[10]

Notes

1. The International Cup carnival does not charge for admission, and crowd figures are estimates to the nearest 500 spectators based on total ground capacity. These figures do not include International Rules tests between Australia and Ireland or tests played as curtain raisers or with exhibition matches.

2. The 49th Parallel Cup charged admission for the first time in 2007.

[edit] Notable Crowds for Leagues Outside of Australia

• Papua New Guinea - Wests vs Koboni - 5,000 (1999). (AFL PNG Grand Final). Port Moresby ^[11]
• Nauru - Menaida vs Panzer (Meneng) - 3,000 (1999). Nauru Australian Football Association championship finale. Linkbelt Oval, Aiwo.^[12]
• United Kingdom - West London Wildcats vs Wandsworth Demons - 1,500 (1999). BARFL Grand Final. London^[13]
• United States of America - Nashville Kangaroos vs Chicago Swans - 1,000 (2004). (Mid American Australian Football League). Nashville, Tennessee.^[14]
• Indonesia - Pancawati Eages vs Pancawatti Scorpions - 500 (12 July, 2005). (West Java Australian Football League Grand Final)^[15]

Note: No international Australian Rules Football leagues currently charge for admission, and crowd figures are estimates to the nearest 500 spectators based on total ground capacity.

[edit] References