2002 VFL season

2002 VFL
Teams	16
Premiers	Geelong reserves (1st premiership)
Minor premiers	Geelong reserves (1st minor premiership)
← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Victorian Football League season was the 121st season of the Australian rules football competition.

The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club reserves team, after defeating Port Melbourne by 22 points in the Grand Final on 22 September.

Premiership season

Ladder

2002 VFL Ladder

TEAM

Pct

PTS

Geelong reserves (P)

2171

1377

157.66

Werribee

2233

1450

154.00

Coburg

2019

1466

137.72

Port Melbourne

2097

1780

117.81

Box Hill

2235

1758

127.13

Williamstown

1997

1821

109.67

Murray Kangaroos

2018

1949

103.54

Sandringham

1831

1768

103.56

Carlton reserves

1785

1807

98.78

Essendon reserves

2091

2144

97.53

Springvale

1654

1748

94.62

Tasmania

1730

1942

89.08

Northern Bullants

1824

2121

86.00

North Ballarat

1485

2024

73.37

Frankston

1530

2258

67.76

Bendigo

1266

2553

49.59

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points

Source

Finals Series

Qualifying / Elimination finals			Semi-finals		Preliminary finals		Grand final

	QF1: 31 August, North Port Oval
1	Geelong	16.14 (110)
4	Port Melbourne	18.9 (117)	SF1: September 8, North Port Oval
			Geelong	18.15 (123)
	EF1: August 31, Box Hill City Oval		Sandringham	4.9 (33)	PF1: September 14, North Port Oval
5	Box Hill	9.7 (61)			Port Melbourne	13.10 (88)
8	Sandringham	8.15 (63)			Coburg	12.13 (85)	GF: September 22, Princes Park
							Port Melbourne	12.11 (83)
	EF2: September 1, W.C.G.				PF2: September 15, North Port Oval		Geelong	15.15 (105)
6	Williamstown	14.14 (98)			Werribee	9.11 (65)
7	Murray Kangaroos	18.18 (126)	SF2: September 7, North Port Oval		Geelong	12.20 (92)
			Coburg	14.15 (99)
	QF2: September 1, North Port Oval		Murray Kangaroos	11.8 (74)
2	Werribee	13.13 (91)
3	Coburg	14.6 (90)

Grand Final


	2002 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 22 September (2:10 pm)	Port Melbourne	def. by	Geelong	Princes Park (Crowd: 11,500)
	2.3 (15) 7.5 (47) 12.8 (80) 12.11 (83)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 7.6 (48) 9.12 (66) 15.15 (105)	Norm Goss Memorial Medal: James Rahilly (Geelong)

References

VFA/VFL seasons

VFA seasons	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

VFL seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Victorian Football League clubs

Current clubs	Box Hill Casey Scorpions Coburg Collingwood reserves Essendon reserves Footscray reserves Frankston Geelong reserves North Ballarat Northern Blues Port Melbourne Richmond reserves Sandringham Werribee Williamstown

Former clubs	Albert Park Ballarat Ballarat Imperial Barwon Berwick Bendigo Brighton/Caulfield Brunswick Camberwell Carlton Carlton reserves Collingwood Dandenong East Melbourne Essendon Essendon 'A' Fitzroy Footscray Geelong Geelong 'A' Geelong West Gold Coast Hawthorn Hotham/North Melbourne Kilsyth Melbourne Melbourne City Moorabbin Mordialloc Murray Kangaroos Northcote Oakleigh Prahran Richmond St Kilda St Kilda reserves South Ballarat South Melbourne South Williamstown Sunshine Tasmanian Devils Traralgon University Waverley West Melbourne Yarraville

Australian rules football in Victoria

Representative side	Victoria

Governing bodies	AFL Victoria (metropolitan) AFL Victoria Country (country)

Professional clubs	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Western Bulldogs

Statewide leagues	Victorian Football League TAC Cup (under-18) List of Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Metropolitan leagues	Eastern Essendon District Northern Riddell District Southern VAFA Western Region

Regional leagues (major)	Ballarat Bellarine Bendigo Central Murray Geelong Gippsland Goulburn Valley Hampden Mornington Peninsula Nepean Murray North Central Ovens & Murray Sunraysia Wimmera Yarra Valley Mountain

Regional leagues (district)	Alberton Central Highlands Colac & District East Gippsland Ellinbank & District Geelong & District Golden Rivers Heathcote Horsham & District Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Kyabram & District Loddon Valley Mallee Maryborough Castlemaine Mid Gippsland Millewa Mininera North Gippsland Omeo & District Ovens & King Picola & District South East South West Tallangatta Upper Murray Warrnambool Western Border

Women's leagues	Victorian Women's Football League AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition

Defunct leagues	Benalla (1946-2009) Federal (1909-1981) Lexton Plains (1999-2010) Riviera (1986-2003) List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Principal venues	Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Princes Park Kardinia Park

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, January 26, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.