List of Australian Football League pre-season and night series premiers
Pre-season cup winners 1988–present
Columns: Year | Premier | Runner Up | Scores | Venue | Crowd | Margin | Winner Season | Runner Up Season
1988 | Hawthorn | Geelong | 10.10 (70) – 9.13 (67) | Waverley Park | 35803 | 3 | Premier | 9th | 1989 | Melbourne | Geelong | 10.16 (76) – 9.13 (67) | Waverley Park | 48720 | 9 | Semi Finalist | Grand Finalist | 1990 | Essendon | North Melbourne | 17.10 (112) – 10.16 (76) | Waverley Park | 48559 | 36 | Grand Finalist | 6th | 1991 | Hawthorn | North Melbourne | 14.19 (103) – 7.12 (54) | Waverley Park | 46629 | 49 | Premier | 8th | 1992 | Hawthorn | Fitzroy | 19.14 (128) – 8.15 (63) | Waverley Park | 49453 | 65 | Elimination Finalist | 10th | 1993 | Essendon | Richmond | 14.18 (102) – 11.13 (79) | Waverley Park | 75533 | 23 | Premier | 14th | 1994 | Essendon | Adelaide | 15.12 (102) – 9.14 (68) | Waverley Park | 43925 | 34 | 10th | 11th | 1995 | North Melbourne | Adelaide | 14.9 (93) – 8.15 (63) | Waverley Park | 39393 | 30 | Preliminary Finalist | 11th | 1996 | St Kilda | Carlton | 20.10 (130) – 10.12 (72) | Waverley Park | 66888 | 58 | 10th | Semi Finalist | 1997 | Carlton | Geelong | 14.13 (97) – 5.10 (40) | MCG | 63898 | 57 | 11th | Semi Finalist | 1998 | North Melbourne | St Kilda | 14.13 (97) – 12.11 (83) | Waverley Park | 63760 | 14 | Grand Finalist | Semi Finalist | 1999 | Hawthorn | Port Adelaide | 12.11 (83) – 5.6 (36) | Waverley Park | 74786 | 47 | 9th | Elimination Finalist | 2000 | Essendon | North Melbourne | 16.21 (117) – 11.10 (76) | MCG | 56720 | 41 | Premier | Preliminary Finalist | 2001 | Port Adelaide | Brisbane Lions | 17.9 (111) – 3.8 (26) | Football Park | 35304 | 85 | Semi Finalist | Premier | 2002 | Port Adelaide | Richmond | 10.11 (71) – 9.8 (62) | Colonial Stadium | 36481 | 9 | Preliminary Finalist | 14th | 2003 | Adelaide | Collingwood | 2.13.8 (104) – 1.9.10 (73) | Telstra Dome | 43571 | 31 | Semi Finalist | Grand Finalist | 2004 | St Kilda | Geelong | 1.14.5 (98) – 1.10.7 (76) | Telstra Dome | 50533 | 22 | Preliminary Finalist | Preliminary Finalist | 2005 | Carlton | West Coast Eagles | 1.14.18 (111) – 1.11.9 (84) | Telstra Dome | 43391 | 27 | 16th (Wooden Spoon) | Grand Finalist | 2006 | Geelong | Adelaide | 3.10.5 (92) – 1.10.15 (84) | AAMI Stadium | 30707 | 8 | 9th | Preliminary Finalist | 2007 | Carlton | Brisbane Lions | 2.12.7 (97) – 0.10.12 (72) | Telstra Dome | 46094 | 25 | 15th | 10th | 2008 | St Kilda | Adelaide | 2.7.9 (69) – 0.9.10 (64) | AAMI Stadium | 26823 | 5 | Preliminary Finalist | Elimination Finalist | 2009 | Geelong | Collingwood | 0.18.19 (127) – 1.6.6 (51) | Etihad Stadium | 37277 | 76 | Premier | Preliminary Finalist | 2010 | Western Bulldogs | St Kilda | 2.13.8 (104) – 0.9.10 (64) | Etihad Stadium | 42381 | 40 | Preliminary Finalist | Grand Finalist | 2011 | Collingwood | Essendon | 1.15.9 (108) – 0.13.8 (86) | Etihad Stadium | 45304 | 22 | Grand Finalist | Elimination Finalist | 2012 | Adelaide | West Coast Eagles | 2.10.17 (95) – 2.5.13 (61) | AAMI Stadium | 27376 | 34 | Preliminary Finalist | Semi Finalist | 2013 | Brisbane Lions | Carlton | 0.16.13 (109) – 2.7.9 (69) | Etihad Stadium | 24884 | 40 | 12th | Semi Finalist