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2011 NAB Cup
NAB Cup Logo
NAB Cup Logo
Season2011
Teams18
Matches played25
Michael Tuck MedallistTBC

The 2011 NAB Cup is an Australian Football League (AFL) pre-season competition played before the 2011 home and away season. The games are being played between 11 February and 11 March. The first match was between Adelaide and Melbourne in Adelaide at Football Park (AAMI Stadium).

This is the first time since 2003 that the competition format has changed. With the introduction of the Gold Coast Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Football Club (the latter required to make the competition feature a manageable 18 teams), the format for the 2011 NAB Cup is as follows:[1]

  • Weeks 1 and 2: The eighteen teams are split into six pools of three teams each. The three teams in each pool play each other in games of two 20 minute halves, with all three games being played over a three hour period at the one venue.
  • Week 3: The Number 1 ranked teams from each pool progress to the quarter-finals, with the two next best ranked teams joining them, allowing an eight team quarter-finals weekend.
  • Week 4: The winners from the quarter-finals progress to the semi-finals.
  • Week 5: NAB Cup Grand Final.

Games

The first round fixtures were announced by the AFL on 26 October 2010.[2][3]

First round

Pool 1
Friday, 11 February 7:15 pm Adelaide 0.3.6 (24) def. by Melbourne 0.5.4 (34) Football Park Report
Friday, 11 February 8:20 pm Melbourne 0.5.6 (36) def. Port Adelaide 1.2.6 (27) Football Park Report
Friday, 11 February 9:25 pm Adelaide 0.6.4 (40) def. Port Adelaide 0.1.2 (8) Football Park (crowd: 18,202) Report
Pool 2
Saturday, 12 February 7:15 pm Carlton 0.6.5 (41) def. Richmond 0.3.5 (23) Docklands Stadium Report
Saturday, 12 February 8:20 pm Richmond 0.1.1 (7) def. by Collingwood 0.7.8 (50) Docklands Stadium Report
Saturday, 12 February 9:25 pm Carlton 0.3.8 (26) def. by Collingwood 0.5.3 (33) Docklands Stadium (crowd: 40,300) Report
Pool 3
Sunday, 13 February 4:45 pm West Coast 0.5.1 (31) def. Hawthorn 0.4.5 (29) Subiaco Oval Report
Sunday, 13 February 5:50 pm Hawthorn 1.4.4 (37) def. Fremantle 0.3.5 (23) Subiaco Oval Report
Sunday, 13 February 6:55 pm West Coast 0.5.7 (37) def. Fremantle 0.4.1 (25) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 25,776) Report
Pool 4
Friday, 18 February 7:15 pm Essendon 1.11.1 (76) def. Brisbane Lions 0.2.2 (14) Docklands Stadium Report
Friday, 18 February 8:20 pm Brisbane Lions 0.2.3 (15) def. by St Kilda 1.5.5 (44) Docklands Stadium Report
Friday, 18 February 9:25 pm Essendon 0.5.8 (38) drew with St Kilda 0.6.2 (38) Docklands Stadium (crowd: 24,158) Report
Pool 5
Saturday, 19 February 7:15 pm Greater Western Sydney 0.0.4 (4) def. by Sydney 0.13.5 (83) Blacktown Olympic Park Report
Saturday, 19 February 8:20 pm Sydney 0.3.4 (22) def. by Gold Coast 0.4.1 (25) Blacktown Olympic Park Report
Saturday, 19 February 9:25 pm Greater Western Sydney 0.4.3 (27) def. by Gold Coast 0.8.4 (52) Blacktown Olympic Park (crowd: 9,447) Report
Pool 6
Sunday, 20 February 3:45 pm Geelong 0.4.8 (32) def. North Melbourne 0.2.2 (14) Kardinia Park Report
Sunday, 20 February 4:50 pm North Melbourne 1.2.2 (23) def. by Western Bulldogs 0.8.6 (54) Kardinia Park Report
Sunday, 20 February 5:55 pm Geelong 0.7.4 (46) def. Western Bulldogs 0.4.1 (25) Kardinia Park (crowd: 13,232) Report

Qualifying finals

Qualifying finals
Thursday, 24 February 7:10 pm Melbourne 1.11.7 (82) def. by Essendon 1.17.10 (121) Docklands Stadium (crowd: 13,863) Report
Friday, 25 February 7:40 pm Collingwood 1.12.12 (93) def. Sydney 1.10.10 (79) Docklands Stadium (crowd: 10,773) Report
Saturday, 26 February 7:10 pm Geelong v St Kilda Docklands Stadium
Sunday, 27 February 4:40 pm West Coast v Gold Coast Subiaco Oval

Semi-finals

Semi-finals
Friday, 4 March 7:40 pm Essendon v Geelong or St Kilda TBC
Saturday, 5 March 7:10 pm Collingwood v West Coast or Gold Coast TBC

Grand Final

2011 NAB Cup Grand Final
Friday, 11 March 7:40 pm TBC v TBC TBC



Q1
Q2
Q3
Final


Television broadcast: Seven Network

NAB Challenge

Teams that are eliminated from the NAB Cup are scheduled to play against each other, mostly at regional venues, to provide all teams warm-up games for the main season and expose regional audiences to AFL level football.

On 16 December 2010, the AFL announced the towns that will play host to the NAB Challenge competition. In week 1, the Adelaide suburb of Thebarton will host an AFL pre-season game for the first time at Thebarton Oval where SANFL team Woodville-West Torrens plays. Traeger Park in Alice Springs, Manuka Oval, Visy Park and Skilled Stadium will also host matches. Week 2 will see a match played in Lavington for the first time since 2006 as well as games in Southport, Bunbury and Shepparton, plus three Victorian venues that are yet to be decided. In the final week of the competiton, matches will be played in Coffs Harbour, North Ballarat, York Park, plus one NSW venue and two Victorian venues that are yet to be decided.[4]

Week 1
Friday 25 February 7:00 pm Port Adelaide 13.11 (89) v Richmond 14.8 (92) (crowd: Traeger Park)
Saturday 26 February 1:00 pm Hawthorn 15.9 (99) v North Melbourne 10.10 (70) (crowd: Skilled Stadium)
Saturday 26 February 1:00 pm Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions Visy Park
Saturday 26 February 3:30 pm Adelaide v Fremantle Thebarton Oval
Saturday 26 February 4:00 pm Greater Western Sydney v Carlton Manuka Oval

References

  1. ^ Pies' blockbuster pool
  2. ^ "Blockbuster start to NAB Cup". Herald Sun. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  3. ^ "2011 NAB Cup Fixture". AFL.com.au. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  4. ^ New regional venues to host NAB Challenge


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