2015 AFL finals series

2015 premiership season
Date	11 September – 3 October 2015
Teams	8
Premiers	Hawthorn (13th premiership)
Matches played	9
Attendance	518,964 (57,663 per match)
Highest attendance	98,633 (Grand Final, Hawthorn v West Coast)
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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.

The top eight teams from the 2015 AFL Premiership 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.

Reigning premiers Hawthorn appeared in their sixth straight finals appearance. Sydney also qualified for their sixth straight finals appearance. Fremantle finished first, securing their first minor premiership and McClelland Trophy, as well as appearing in their fourth consecutive finals. Richmond appeared in their third consecutive finals series, a feat not achieved since 1973-1975, while North Melbourne also appeared in their second consecutive finals series and third in four years. The Western Bulldogs made their first finals appearance since 2010 while Adelaide returned to the finals after a three-year absence.

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