The Australian Football League (AFL) season consists of two main parts: a home-and-away season and a finals series. The home-and-away season lasts 24 rounds, during which each team plays 23 matches (with one bye round). After this, the top eight teams play a four-round finals series. Thus, there are 24 rounds in the regular season plus an additional 4 rounds in the finals, totaling 28 rounds of competition including finals.