122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
For the 2018 season of the AFL Women's competition, see 2018 AFL Women's season.
2018 AFL premiership season
Date
22 March – 29 September
Teams
18
Premiers
West Coast 4th premiership
Runners-up
Collingwood (27th runners-up)
Minor premiers
Richmond 9th minor premiership
Brownlow Medallist
Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn – 28 votes)
Coleman Medallist
Jack Riewoldt (Richmond – 65 goals)
Attendance
Matches played
207
Total attendance
7,595,165 (36,692 per match)
Highest (H&A)
91,440 (round 5, Collingwood v Essendon)
Highest (finals)
100,022 (Grand Final, West Coast vs. Collingwood)
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The 2018 AFL season was the 122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 22 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles for the fourth time, after it defeated Collingwood by five points in the AFL Grand Final.
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