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Australian rules football attendance records

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Australia

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

By Australian State and Territory

The table gives official crowd figures only. In the case of the 1976 SANFL Grand Final, the official crowd of 66,987 was the number of tickets sold, but when the SANFL ran out they opened Football Park's gates for free and the crowd grew by an estimated 15,000.

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)

    • State of Origin Representative Matches

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

    • League Seasons

  • AFL - 7,146,604. (2010). Number of Games - 186. Average attendance - 38,423
  • VFL - 2,720,119. (1976). Number of Games - 113. Average attendance - 28,173
  • SANFL - 1,090,164. (1967). Number of Games - 104. Average attendance - 10,482
  • WAFL - 960,169. (1967). Number of Games - 88. Average attendance - 10,911
  • VFA - 937,291. (1976). Number of Games - 94. Average Attendance - 9,971
  • TFL - 318,496. (1967). Number of Games - 58 Average attendance - 5,491

    • League Single Round

  • AFL - 371,212. Round 15, 2013.

    • 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)
  • China - 7,100 (2010). Melbourne v. Brisbane Lions. (Jiangwan Stadium, Shanghai)
  • Other
  • France - 700 (11 March 2006). Reading Kangaroos v. France (Perpignan)

    • International Tests

    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 to AFL matches.

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

    Domestic Representative Matches

  • Ontario vs Quebec - 500

    • Notable Crowds for Leagues Outside of Australia

    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.

    References

    Australian rules football attendance records Wikipedia
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