Английская Википедия:1979 NFL Championship Series (Australia)

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The 1979 NFL Championship Series was the 4th edition of the NFL Night Series, an NFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the SANFL, the VFA and QAFL.

In June 1978 the VFL announced their plans to form a new company to oversee a night series that would be broadcast nationally and Australian Football Championships Pty. Ltd. was incorporated on July 28, 1978 to run a rival national night competition, in opposition to the NFL Night Series. By October 1978, The VFL were joined by the WAFL, TANFL, NSWAFL and ACTAFL in the joint venture and transferred from NFL Night Series to the AFC Night Series. However, the SANFL rejected the VFL's overtures, choosing to remain aligned with the NFL instead. They were joined by the VFA and QAFL in a greatly-reduced NFL Series.

But by May 1979, the NFL, the SANFL and the AFC/VFL held meetings to discuss the future of the series and agree that the SANFL would join the AFC Night Series in 1980 and that the NFL would ceased running their Night Series beyond this edition.

Qualified Teams

Team	Nickname	League	Qualification	Participation (bold indicates winners)1
Norwood	Redlegs	SANFL	Winners of the 1978 South Australian National Football League	7th Шаблон:Small
Sturt	Double Blues	SANFL	Runners-Up of the 1978 South Australian National Football League	7th Шаблон:Small
Port Adelaide	Magpies	SANFL	Third Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League	8th Шаблон:Small
Glenelg	Tigers	SANFL	Fourth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League	5th Шаблон:Small
West Torrens	Eagles	SANFL	Fifth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League	1st
Woodville	Woodpeckers	SANFL	Sixth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League	1st
South Adelaide	Panthers	SANFL	Seventh Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League	5th Шаблон:Small
Central District	Bulldogs	SANFL	Eighth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League	2nd Шаблон:Small
West Adelaide	Bloods	SANFL	Ninth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League	6th Шаблон:Small
North Adelaide	Roosters	SANFL	Tenth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League	4th Шаблон:Small
Prahran	Two Blues	VFA	Winners of the 1978 Victorian Football Association Premiership	1st
Preston	Bullants	VFA	Runners-Up in the 1978 Victorian Football Association Premiership	2nd Шаблон:Small
Western Districts	Bulldogs	QAFL	Winners of the 1978 Queensland Australian Football League	1st
Windsor-Zillmere	Eagles	QAFL	Runners-Up in the 1978 Queensland Australian Football League	1st

¹ Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia.

Venues

Adelaide	Melbourne	Brisbane
Norwood Oval	Preston City Oval	Brisbane Cricket Ground
Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 35,000
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