1989 Panasonic Cup (Australian rules football)

1989 Panasonic Cup
AFL pre-season competition
Season	1989
Teams	14
Winners	Melbourne (1st title)
Matches played	13
Attendance	195,090 (average 15,007 per match)

The 1989 VFL Panasonic Cup was the Victorian Football League Pre-season Cup competition played in its entirety before the Victorian Football League's 1989 Premiership Season began. It culminated the final in March 1989.

Games

1st Round

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
St Kilda	10.8 (68)	West Coast	14.10 (94)	VFL Park	10,085	Wednesday 8 February
Melbourne	8.15 (63)	Sydney	6.11 (47)	VFL Park	11,554	Saturday 11 February
Fitzroy	17.18 (120)	Richmond	12.8 (80)	VFL Park	8,670	Sunday 12 February
Carlton	12.7 (79)	North Melbourne	10.14 (74)	VFL Park	9,494	Wednesday 15 February
Collingwood	9.12 (66)	Footscray	9.13 (67)	VFL Park	21,158	Saturday 18 February
Essendon	15.14 (104)	Brisbane	10.3 (63)	VFL Park	8,496	Wednesday 22 February

Quarter-finals

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	13.10 (88)	West Coast	14.5 (89) [a]	VFL Park	9,605	Saturday 25 February
Fitzroy	9.16 (70)	Melbourne	10.13 (73)	VFL Park	6,695	Sunday 26 February
Carlton	14.11 (95)	Footscray	8.14 (62)	VFL Park	9,801	Wednesday 1 March
Essendon	6.8 (44)	Geelong	16.14 (110)	VFL Park	20,105	Saturday 4 March

Semi-finals

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Melbourne	7.13 (55)	West Coast	6.18 (54)	VFL Park	7,185	Wednesday 8 March
Carlton	5.9 (39)	Geelong	16.16 (112)	VFL Park	23,522	Saturday 11 March

Final

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Geelong	9.13 (67)	Melbourne	10.16 (76)	VFL Park	48,729	Saturday 18 March

See also

• List of Australian Football League night premiers
• 1989 VFL season

Notes

1. The match was decided after extra time; scores were level at 13.10 (88) to 14.4 (88) after the conclusion of regular time. ^[1]

References

1. "Breaking football's deadlocks". The Age . 22 February 1994. p. 44.