Premier Peter Gutwein made the announcement on Friday afternoon following a three-month stint without team sport.

Gyms, indoor and outdoor sport facilities, pools and boot camps can host up to 80 attendees from June 17 with certain restrictions in place.

Competitive sport will be free to resume eight days later with social distancing and the 'one person per four square metres' rule the key guidelines.

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"Rather than setting a cap on the number of people that can be in a particular venue - indoors or at any particular facility - we'll be looking at introducing a density rule," Gutwein said.

"If you've got a 400-square metre venue you could have 100 people, if you've got a larger venue obviously you'll be able to have more people in it."

The early move to stage three could have implications for sporting bodies around the state, with several football leagues including the NTFA having called off their seasons in the past fortnight.

Basketball and State League football and netball have announced new season dates in the past two weeks while other major sports including soccer and hockey are yet to announce restart plans.

AFL Tasmania chief executive Trisha Squires said the announcement was "exciting news" for football.

"The planned return of community sport is obviously exciting news and we will work with state government to understand the specifics of this announcement and what it means for our sport," Squires said.

"It is really encouraging news for Tasmania but as the Premier said, we need to remain vigilant."

Friday's announcement has brought Tasmania's eight AFL matches back into the frame, although state borders will not open until at least next month.

Hawthorn and North Melbourne both remain keen to play out their four games apiece, although Gutwein has repeatedly questioned the worth of hosting games while crowd restrictions are in place.

Gutwein said UTAS Stadium and Bellerive Oval could be permitted to hold up to a quarter of their capacity in stage three restrictions.

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"If we do open our borders later in July, depending on rostering, it would have an implication [for AFL games]," he said.

"But again, I've made the point that I can see no benefit of playing AFL games in Tasmania in front of empty stadiums.

"As we move into stage three the aspiration is that crowds of up to 25 per cent could attend and watch the footy being played or go to other larger events.

"In Tasmania's case for example, with our stadiums being around the 20,000 to 25,000 mark, that would be around 4000 to 5000 people depending on the stadium itself.

"We'd need to understand whether or not that made economic sense as well as social sense but there is a possibility that AFL could be played in this state this season."

Meanwhile, Bowls Tasmania has been unveiled as one of 25 successful applicants to the government's $2 million COVID-19 sports assistance program.

Bowls Tasmania chief executive and three-time world champion Rebecca Van Asch said the $150,000 grant would help support 12 jobs.

"This has assisted a lot of our clubs during this difficult period and will help ensure their survival," Van Asch said.

Applications for the $10 million Improving the Playing Field program will be made available soon.