| Tourney Name: | AFC Night Series |
| Year: | 1986 |
| Other Titles: | AFC Foster's Football Cup |
| Dates: | 1 March – 1 July 1986 |
| Num Teams: | 14 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champion Other: | Hawthorn |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second Other: | Carlton |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Prevseason: | 1985 |
The 1986 Australian Football Championships Night Series was the 8th edition of the AFC Night Series, a VFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the VFL and the SANFL.[1]
The 1986 Series would be the last to be played under the AFC banner as the VFL began its transformation from a state league to a national competition with the introduction of two interstate expansion clubs, the Brisbane Bears and the West Coast Eagles. As a result, the AFC Board was disbanded and the following year's Night Series was reverted to a VFL-run competition featuring only the VFL teams.[2]
1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia and NFL Night Series.
| Melbourne | Adelaide | |
|---|---|---|
| Waverley Park | Football Park | |
| Capacity: 72,000 | Capacity: 67,000 | |