Right now I don’t have live access to the current AFL finals page or up‑to‑the‑minute sports feeds, so I can’t reliably tell you exactly which teams are left in this year’s AFL finals without risking wrong info.

However, here’s what you can quickly do to get an exact, up‑to‑date answer (it will literally be the same sources I’d check):

  • Go to the official AFL finals hub on the league site (search “AFL finals series AFL official”) and check:
    • The current bracket
    • “Fixtures & Results” for any completed games
    • The ladder or “remaining teams” section.
  • Check a major AFL news outlet (e.g., Zero Hanger or club sites) for:
    • A headline like “Finals fixtures confirmed” or “Semi‑finalists locked in”
    • An article that lists who is still alive and who’s been knocked out.

How the finals structure works (so you can sanity‑check what you see)

From 2026, the AFL is rolling with an expanded finals that includes a Wildcard Round , meaning more teams can still be “alive” slightly later in the season.

  • 10 teams are in the mix after the home‑and‑away season instead of 8.
  • Teams 7 vs 10 and 8 vs 9 play in wildcard games for the last two spots in the final eight.
  • The top 6 get a week off while those wildcard games happen, then it reverts to the usual top‑8 finals format.

So when you look it up:

  1. Check whether the wildcard round has already been played.
  2. Then look at the resulting final eight bracket.
  3. Finally, see which teams still appear in upcoming fixtures (those are the ones “left in the AFL finals”).

If you tell me what year’s finals you mean (e.g., 2024, 2025, or upcoming 2026) and any teams you already know are in, I can walk you through exactly what stage they’d be at and how many teams should still be alive based on the finals format.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.