1987 VFL Night Series

The 1987 Victorian Football League Night Series (also known as the 1987 National Panasonic Cup) was the 19th edition of the VFL Night Series, a Victorian Football League (VFL)-organised Australian rules football tournament between the clubs from the VFL.

1987 VFL Night Series
VFL National Panasonic Cup
Tournament details
Dates17 February - 29 April 1987
Teams14
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsMelbourne (2nd title)
Runners-upEssendon

It was the first night series event that was run entirely under the control of the VFL since 1978 VFL Night Series, and the first series since the demise of VFL-owned Australian Football Championships (AFC) tournament that included teams from rival state league competitions such as the SANFL, WAFL and elsewhere. It was also the last night series to be partially staged during the home-and-away premiership season, with future tournaments held only during the pre-season.[1]

Teams

All 14 teams that participated in the 1987 VFL season, including the two non-Victorian expansion teams (West Coast and Brisbane) participated in the series.

Venues
Melbourne
VFL Park
Capacity: 72,000

Results

Round 1

Quarter finals
  • Note: Fitzroy qualified as a "lucky loser", given they lost their first round match by the lowest margin (11 points) of any losing team

Semi finals

Final

References
  1. "1987 VFL CUP / NATIONAL PANASONIC CUP". hardballget.net.
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