# 2000 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 2000 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 76th season in the Australian Football League and 99th overall.

## Fixture
### Premiership season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Monday, 13 March (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 13.8 (86) | 20.20 (140) | Lost by 54 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 53,776 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Sunday, 19 March (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 22.12 (154) | 18.4 (112) | Lost by 42 points | Optus Oval (A) | 21,161 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Saturday, 25 March (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 16.14 (110) | 15.13 (103) | Won by 7 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 20,374 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Saturday, 1 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 14.6 (90) | 20.17 (137) | Lost by 47 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 46,889 | 1–3 |
| 5 | Sunday, 9 April (8:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 10.14 (74) | 16.17 (113) | Won by 39 points | Football Park (A) | 22,086 | 2–3 |
| 6 | Sunday, 16 April (2:50 pm) | Adelaide | 22.11 (143) | 8.9 (57) | Lost by 86 points | Football Park (A) | 38,158 | 2–4 |
| 7 | Saturday, 22 April (2:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 19.9 (123) | 14.8 (92) | Won by 31 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 29,405 | 3–4 |
| 8 | Friday, 28 April (7:40 pm) | Kangaroos | 9.13 (67) | 18.20 (128) | Won by 61 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 36,514 | 4–4 |
| 9 | Saturday, 6 May (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 14.14 (98) | 10.13 (73) | Won by 25 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 39,116 | 5–4 |
| 10 | Friday, 12 May (6:40 pm) | West Coast | 17.16 (118) | 13.10 (88) | Lost by 30 points | Subiaco Oval (A) | 37,549 | 5–5 |
| 11 | Saturday, 20 May (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 11.11 (77) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 3 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 41,057 | 5–6 |
| 12 | Saturday, 27 May (7:40 pm) | Fremantle | 19.7 (121) | 8.14 (62) | Won by 59 points | Colonial Stadium (H) | 16,004 | 6–6 |
| 13 | Sunday, 4 June (2:40 pm) | Sydney | 16.13 (109) | 11.12 (78) | Lost by 31 points | Sydney Cricket Ground (A) | 21,353 | 6–7 |
| 14 | Sunday, 11 June (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 13.8 (86) | 27.9 (171) | Won by 85 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 21,744 | 7–7 |
| 15 | Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | 22.9 (141) | Lost by 69 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 39,215 | 7–8 |
| 16 | Friday, 23 June (7:40 pm) | Hawthorn | 10.8 (68) | 19.11 (125) | Won by 57 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 38,745 | 8–8 |
| 17 | Sunday, 2 July (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 9.9 (63) | 18.12 (120) | Lost by 57 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 48,268 | 8–9 |
| 18 | Sunday, 9 July (3:20 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 16.10 (106) | 18.16 (124) | Won by 18 points | The Gabba (A) | 26,782 | 9–9 |
| 19 | Saturday, 15 July (7:40 pm) | Essendon | 25.15 (165) | 13.4 (82) | Lost by 83 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 46,946 | 9–10 |
| 20 | Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 15.11 (101) | 12.8 (80) | Won by 21 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 18,976 | 10–10 |
| 21 | Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm) | Adelaide | 15.8 (98) | 9.13 (67) | Won by 31 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 25,512 | 11–10 |
| 22 | Friday, 4 August (7:40 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 9.12 (66) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 15 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 45,527 | 12–10 |

### Finals series

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| Elimination final | Friday, 11 August (7:45 pm) | Geelong | 12.11 (83) | 14.8 (92) | Won by 9 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 44,709 |
| Semi-final | Friday, 18 August (7:45 pm) | Kangaroos | 16.14 (110) | 15.10 (100) | Lost by 10 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 50,027 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Essendon (P) | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2816 | 1770 | 159.1 | 84 |
| 2 | Carlton | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2667 | 1979 | 134.8 | 64 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2557 | 2159 | 118.4 | 56 |
| 4 | Kangaroos | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2447 | 2304 | 106.2 | 56 |
| 5 | Geelong | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2234 | 2306 | 96.9 | 50 |
| 6 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2602 | 2222 | 117.1 | 48 |
| 7 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2321 | 2241 | 103.6 | 48 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2198 | 2251 | 97.6 | 48 |
| 9 | Richmond | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2068 | 2221 | 93.1 | 44 |
| 10 | Sydney | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2254 | 2219 | 101.6 | 40 |
| 11 | Adelaide | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2255 | 2347 | 96.1 | 36 |
| 12 | Fremantle | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1886 | 2618 | 72.0 | 32 |
| 13 | West Coast | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2216 | 2399 | 92.4 | 30 |
| 14 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1928 | 2295 | 84.0 | 30 |
| 15 | Collingwood | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2089 | 2431 | 85.9 | 28 |
| 16 | St Kilda | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1855 | 2631 | 70.5 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 103.4 Source: AFL Tables