2001 VFL season

2001 VFL
Teams	16
Premiers	Box Hill (1st premiership)
Minor premiers	Werribee Tigers (3rd minor premiership)
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The 2001 Victorian Football League season was the 120th season of the Australian rules football competition.

The premiership was won by the Box Hill Football Club, after defeating Werribee by 37 points in the Grand Final on the 23rd of September.

Premiership season

Ladder

2001 VFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	Pct	PTS
1	Werribee	20	18	2	0	2357	1360	173.31	72
2	Box Hill (P)	20	15	5	0	2240	1521	147.27	60
3	Springvale	20	13	7	0	1921	1735	110.72	52
4	Murray Kangaroos	20	13	7	0	1997	1854	107.71	52
5	Carlton reserves	20	12	8	0	1844	1577	116.93	48
6	Frankston	20	12	8	0	1794	1730	103.70	48
7	Coburg	20	11	9	0	1857	1791	103.69	44
8	Essendon reserves	20	11	9	0	1797	1893	94.93	44
9	Williamstown	20	10	10	0	1908	1882	101.38	40
10	Port Melbourne	20	10	10	0	1866	1883	99.10	40
11	Sandringham	20	9	11	0	1770	1679	105.42	36
12	North Ballarat	20	8	12	0	1615	1920	84.11	32
13	Geelong reserves	20	7	13	0	1617	1718	94.12	28
14	Northern Bullants	20	6	14	0	1805	1816	99.39	24
15	Tasmania	20	5	15	0	1458	2180	66.88	20
16	Bendigo	20	0	20	0	1320	2627	50.25	0
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: September 1, Chirnside Park
	1	Werribee	17.21 (123)
	4	Murray Kangaroos	8.12 (60)			SF1: September 8, North Port Oval
						Springvale	16.12 108
		EF1: September 2, North Port Oval				Frankston	9.16 (70)					PF1: September 16, North Port Oval
	5	Carlton Reserves	12.16 (88)									Werribee	18.15 (123)
	8	Essendon Reserves	11.10 (76)									Springvale	14.17 (101)			GF: September 23, Princes Park
																Werribee	7.12 (54)
		EF2: September 2, Trevor Barker Oval										PF2: September 15, North Port Oval				Box Hill	13.13 (91)
	6	Frankston	12.12 (84)									Box Hill	14.12 (96)
	7	Coburg	10.12 (72)			SF2: September 9, North Port Oval						Murray Kangaroos	12.12 (84)
						Murray Kangaroos	16.12 (108)
		QF2: September 1, North Port Oval				Carlton Reserves	13.11 (89)
	2	Box Hill	10.11 (71)
	3	Springvale	8.9 (57)

Grand Final

	2001 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 23 September (2:10 pm)	Werribee	def. by	Box Hill	Princes Park (Crowd: 11,500)
	3.3 (21) 4.5 (29) 6.6 (42) 7.12 (54)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.4 (40) 10.7 (67) 11.10 (76) 13.13 (91)	Norm Goss Memorial Medal: John Baird (Box Hill)

See also

• List of VFA/VFL premiers
• Australian Rules Football
• Victorian Football League
• Australian Football League
• 2001 AFL season