2015 AFL finals series
The 2015 Australian Football League finals series was the 119th annual edition of the VFL/AFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2015 AFL Premiership Season. The series ran over four weekends in September and October 2015, culminating with the 2015 AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 3 October 2015. Hawthorn won the match by 46 points against West Coast, recording their third consecutive premiership. The match was played in October, due to the season starting later than usual.
| 2015 premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11 September – 3 October 2015 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers | Hawthorn (13th premiership) |
| Runners-up | West Coast (6th grand final) |
| Minor premiers | Fremantle (1st minor premiership) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Total attendance | 518,964 (57,663 per match) |
| Highest | 98,633 (Grand Final, Hawthorn vs. West Coast) |
The top eight teams from the season qualified for the finals series. AFL final series have been played under the current format since 2000. Fremantle, West Coast, Hawthorn, Sydney, Richmond, Western Bulldogs, Adelaide and North Melbourne are the teams that qualified. Geelong missed the finals series for the first time since 2006.