BOTH the 2019 Victorian Football League (VFL) and VFL Women’s Grand Finals will take place at Ikon Park on Sunday September 22, after the AFL announced the decision to return to the venue in 2019. Previously the game had been held at Marvel Stadium (known as Etihad prior to this year), but a return to a community atmosphere at the Carlton North venue was a deciding factor in the change. The NAB League Boys decider will be played at the same venue the day before.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s and women\u2019s finales will be played at Carlton\u2019s home base to welcome the VFL Grand Final for the first time since 2007. Marvel Stadium has hosted the last 11 VFL deciders, with the VFL\/VFL Women’s double-header Grand Final day having been played at the Docklands stadium over the last two years.<\/p>\n
AFL Head of Talent Pathways & State League Competitions Tristan Salter<\/strong> said the opportunity to play the final games of the VFL and VFL Women\u2019s Love the Game Finals Series at Ikon Park will be part of a festival of football at the venue on the weekend of September 21-22.<\/p>\n \u201cThe return to Ikon Park provides us with an opportunity to hold the Hard Yakka \/ Totally Workwear VFL and Swisse Wellness VFL Women\u2019s Love the Game Grand Finals at a venue that gives a familiar community feeling and atmosphere to our home-and-away games and lead-up finals for both VFL competitions,\u201d Mr Salter said. \u201cWe have the chance to make the weekend a celebration of state-league football, with the NAB League Boys decider to be played on the Saturday, followed by the VFL and VFL Women\u2019s finales on the Sunday. \u201cThe VFL \/ VFL Women\u2019s Grand Final double-header has averaged over 14,500 fans across the last two years, so we are hoping to attract an even bigger crowd this year as we create a festival atmosphere at Ikon Park and fill the venue full of football fans. \u201cThere will be no AFL games played in Melbourne on Sunday September 22, so we encourage all football supporters to come and enjoy a great day out, seeing a host of talented VFL and AFL players take to the field in both Grand Final games.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans across Australia will have the opportunity to watch both VFL matches, with the grand finals to be broadcast on Channel 7 throughout Victoria and on 7Plus interstate. Three rounds remain in both competitions, with the top eight in the VFL and top six in the VFL Women\u2019s yet to be finalised. Richmond and Essendon currently lead the race to host home finals in week one of the VFL Love the Game Finals Series, with Footscray and Williamstown still in the mix. Collingwood and Southern Saints are battling to host a home final in the expanded VFL Women\u2019s top six this season, with the competition\u2019s finals to be played over four weeks for the first time in 2019.<\/p>\n The VFL and VFL Women\u2019s Love the Game Finals Series \u2013 supported by the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation – begins on the weekend of Saturday August 31, with all lead-up finals \u2013 outside of the home finals in week one – to be played at Adcon Stadium (North Port Oval).<\/p>\n Hard Yakka \/ Totally Workwear VFL \/ Swisse Wellness VFL Women\u2019s Week 1:<\/strong> Saturday August 31 \/ Sunday September 1, Home Qualifying Finals (TBC) \/ Elimination Finals Adcon Stadium (Port Melbourne)<\/strong><\/p>\n VFL<\/strong> VFLW<\/strong> Week 2: Saturday September 7 \/ Sunday September 8, Adcon Stadium (Port Melbourne)<\/strong><\/p>\n VFL<\/strong> VFLW<\/strong> Week 3: Saturday September 14 \/ Sunday September 15, Adcon Stadium (Port Melbourne)<\/strong><\/p>\n VFL<\/strong> VFLW<\/strong> Week 4: Sunday September 22, Ikon Park (Carlton North)<\/strong><\/p>\n VFL<\/strong> VFLW<\/strong> BOTH the 2019 Victorian Football League (VFL) and VFL Women’s Grand Finals will take place at Ikon Park on Sunday September 22, after the AFL announced the decision to return to the venue in 2019. 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\nLove the Game Finals Series<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nQualifying Final 1: 1 vs 4
\nQualifying Final 2: 2 vs 3
\nElimination Final 1: 5 vs 8
\nElimination Final 2: 6 vs 7<\/p>\n
\nQualifying Final: 1 vs 2
\nElimination Final 1: 3 vs 4
\nElimination Final 2: 5 vs 6<\/p>\n
\nSemi Final 1: Loser Qualifying Final 1 vs Winner Elimination Final 1
\nSemi Final 2: Loser Qualifying Final 2 vs Winner Elimination Final 2<\/p>\n
\nSemi Final 1: Winner Qualifying Final vs Winner Elimination Final 1
\nSemi Final 2: Loser Qualifying Final vs Winner Elimination Final 2<\/p>\n
\nPreliminary Final 1: Winner Qualifying Final 1 vs Winner Semi Final 2
\nPreliminary Final 2: Winner Qualifying Final 2 vs Winner Semi Final 1<\/p>\n
\nPreliminary Final: Loser Semi Final 1 vs Winner Semi Final 2<\/p>\n
\nGrand Final: Winner Preliminary Final 1 vs Winner Preliminary Final 2<\/p>\n
\nGrand Final: Winner Semi Final 1 vs Winner Preliminary Final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"