2001 VFL season
The 2001 Victorian Football League season was the 120th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Box Hill Football Club, after defeating Werribee by 37 points in the Grand Final on 23 September. It was the first top division premiership won by Box Hill in its 51 seasons in the VFA/VFL. League membership and affiliations In a continuation of the VFL's amalgamation with the AFL reserves, which had begun in 2000, there were several changes to the VFL-AFL reserves affiliations in 2001. affiliated with Coburg-Fitzroy. Under the affiliation, the team's nickname was changed from Lions to Tigers to match Richmond's nickname, and the partnership with Fitzroy came to an end, resulting in the team becoming known as the Coburg Tigers. The financial stability brought by the affiliation saved Coburg from extinction, as the club had been in administration since July 2000 and would have been wound up if it had not entered an AFL affiliation. , which had been jointly affiliated with Williamstown and Werribee, became fully affiliated with Werribee. affiliated with Williamstown affiliated with Springvale In addition to these changes, a new team from Tasmania was admitted to the VFL; the admission was