2008 AFL premiership season | |
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Date | 5–27 September 2008 |
Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Hawthorn 10th premiership |
Runners-up | Geelong (16th grand final) |
Minor premiers | Geelong 9th minor premiership |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 9 |
Total attendance | 571,760 (63,529 per match) |
Highest | 100,012 (Grand Final, Geelong vs. Hawthorn) |
The Australian Football League's 2008 Finals Series determined the top eight final positions of the 2008 AFL season. It began on the weekend of 5 September 2008 and ended with the 112th AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 2008. The Hawthorn Football Club were crowned the 2008 AFL Premiers, beating the Geelong Football Club by 26 points in front of a crowd of 100,012.
The eight teams qualified for the finals series by finishing in the top eight positions of the premiership ladder at the completion of the home and away series.