Location, Date, and Schedule of AFL Grand League 2025

2025 AFL Grand Final – Date & Time
Date: Saturday, 27 September 2025
Start Time (local)

  • AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) – 2:30 pm
  • ACST (Australian Central Standard Time) – 2:00 pm
  • AWST (Australian Western Standard Time) – 12:30 pm

2025 AFL Grand Final Location

All the matches of the AFL Grand Final have been taking place in the Melbourne Cricket Ground(MCG) in Australia. This is, as always, the main menu of AFL Grand. There are some other stadiums or venues in which different matches are played.

  • Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, VIC
  • Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, SA
  • Optus Stadium, Perth, WA
  • Gabba (Brisbane Cricket Ground), Brisbane, QLD
  • Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney, NSW
  • Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney, NSW
  • Blundstone Arena, Hobart, TAS
  • York Park (UTAS Stadium), Launceston, TAS
  • TIO StadCazalys Stadium, Cairns, QLD
  • Ium, Darwin, NT

There were only a few casualties when the AFL Grand did not take place in MCG, like World War II and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to its wide popularity, this event is also known as the Domestic Sport Championship Event.

2025 AFL Grand Final Schedule

Here is the complete schedule of the AFL Grand Final League 2025, with the starting time mentioned in the list:

Stage

Date

Match

Venue

Time (Local)

Qualifying Final #1

Thu, 4 Sep

Adelaide vs Collingwood

Adelaide Oval

7:10 pm ACST

Qualifying Final #2

Fri, 5 Sep

Geelong vs Brisbane

MCG

7:40 pm AEST

Elimination Final #1

Sat, 6 Sep

GWS vs Hawthorn

Engie Stadium

3:15 pm AEST

Elimination Final #2

Sat, 6 Sep

Fremantle vs Gold Coast

Optus Stadium

7:35 pm AEST / 5:35 pm AWST

Semi-Finals

Fri–Sat, 12–13 Sep

TBD (depends on earlier results)

TBD

TBD

Preliminary Finals

Sat, 20 Sep

TBD

TBD

TBD

Grand Final

Sat, 27 Sep

Winners of Prelim Finals

MCG

2:30 pm AEST