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The 2014 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between Sydney Swans and the Hawthorn Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 2014. It was the 118th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League,〔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.〕 staged to determine the premiers for the 2014 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,460 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 63 points, marking the club's second consecutive premiership and twelfth VFL/AFL premiership victory overall. Hawthorn's Luke Hodge was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground. ==Background== Having finished the home and away season as minor premiers, Sydney advanced to the Grand Final with a hard fought victory over , followed by a 71-point victory over in their preliminary final. Defending premiers Hawthorn, which finished second behind Sydney on the ladder, advanced after defeating by 36 points in their qualifying final, after which followed a hard fought three-point victory over in the second preliminary final. The two teams met twice during the home-and-away season, with Sydney winning by 19 points at ANZ Stadium in Round 8 and Hawthorn winning by 10 points at the MCG in Round 18. Despite Sydney (1st) finishing the home and away season above Hawthorn (2nd) and winning both their finals, the match was played at Hawthorn’s home ground due to a contractual commitment between the AFL and the Melbourne Cricket Club to play the Grand Final at the MCG every year until 2037.〔http://www.worldofwookie.com/aflbusiness/?page_id=1318〕 This was Sydney’s fourth match at the MCG for the year, while Hawthorn had played 13 previous matches at the venue during 2014. It was the second time that Sydney and Hawthorn had met in a grand final, having faced each other two years earlier in the 2012 AFL Grand Final when Sydney won by 10 points. The match was Hawthorn's third grand final appearance in a row, having also appeared in the 2013 AFL Grand Final when it defeated by 15 points. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014 AFL Grand Final」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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