| 2011 AFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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 The Melbourne Cricket Ground (pictured), where the 2011 AFL Grand Final was played. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 1 October 2011, 2.30pm | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 99,537 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | Geelong | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | C. Donlon, B. Rosebury, S. Ryan | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Geelong | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | Punt Road End | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Meat Loaf | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Vanessa Amorosi | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Chris Scott (Geelong) | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Network Ten | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Stephen Quartermain (Host) Anthony Hudson (Commentator) Matthew Lloyd (Expert Commentator) Luke Darcy (Expert Commentator) Andrew Maher (Boundary Rider) Mark Howard (Boundary Rider) | |||||||||||||||
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The 2011 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and the Geelong Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 October 2011. It was the 116th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),[1] staged to determine the premiers for the 2011 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,537 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 38 points, marking the club's ninth VFL/AFL premiership victory. Geelong's Jimmy Bartel was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.
As of 2023[update], this is the most recent AFL Grand Final to be contested between two Victorian clubs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.a[2][3]
- ^ In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. In 1948, 1977 and 2010, there were grand final replays after initial draws.
- ^ "How Blues-Pies GF dream turned into a nightmare – quickly". Herald Sun. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Schmook, Nathan (18 October 2020). "AFL's grandest prize beckons for Tigers, Cats in historic decider". Australian Football League.