The 1984 Australian Football Championships Night Series was the 6th edition of the AFC Night Series, a VFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the VFL, the SANFL, the WAFL and State Representative Teams.
A total of 17 teams from across Australia played 16 matches over five months, with matches held during the pre-season and midweek throughout the premiership season.
Qualified Teams TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)1Enter in Round 1HawthornHawksVFLWinners of the 1983 Victorian Football League8th EssendonBombersVFLRunners-Up in the 1983 Victorian Football League8th North MelbourneKangaroosVFLThird Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League8th FitzroyLionsVFLFourth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League7th CarltonBluesVFLFifth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League13th CollingwoodMagpiesVFLSixth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League8th FootscrayBulldogsVFLSeventh Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League7th MelbourneDemonsVFLEighth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League6th GeelongCatsVFLNinth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League6th RichmondTigersVFLTenth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League10th SydneySwansVFLEleventh Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League9th West AdelaideBloodsSANFLWinners of the 1983 South Australian National Football League9th SturtDouble BluesSANFLRunners-Up in the 1983 South Australian National Football League10th ClaremontTigersWAFLRunners-Up in the 1983 West Australian Football League7th South FremantleBulldogsWAFLThird Place in the 1983 West Australian Football League27th Enter in Qualifying PlayoffSt KildaSaintsVFLTwelfth Place in the 1983 Victorian Football League6th QueenslandMaroonsQAFLWinners of the 1983 Escort Shield5th 1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia and NFL Night Series. 2 Replaced Swan Districts who was banned for two years by the AFC for fielding a Reserves-Colts side in their 1982 Quarter-final loss to Richmond.
Venues MelbourneAdelaideBrisbane Waverley Park Football Park Keith Beavis Oval Capacity: 72,000 Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 10,000
Knockout stage
Qualifying Playoff
Round 1
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Australian Football Championships Night Series final
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