2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds
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The 2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds are the qualifying competition to decide 24 of the 32 teams to take part in the 2024 Australia Cup. The competition commenced in February.

Schedule

The fixtures for the competition are as follows.

Round Number of fixtures Clubs A-League ACT NSW[1] NNSW NT QLD[2] SA[3] TAS VIC[4] WA[5]
First round 58 + 21 byes 759 → 701 10 Feb 9–12 Feb
Second round 136 + 44 byes 701 → 565 9–10 Mar 17 Feb–17 Mar 9–27 Feb 23–26 Feb 24–25 Feb
Third round 205 + 6 byes 565 → 360 13–24 Mar 19–21 Mar 24 Feb–17 Apr 10 Feb–3 Apr 16–18 Feb 9–11 Mar 8–11 Mar 15–17 Mar
Fourth round 173 + 1 bye 360 → 187 9–18 Apr 9–24 Apr 2 Mar–15 May 19 Mar–16 Apr 6–17 Apr 15–17 Mar 29 Mar–1 Apr 27 Mar–10 Apr 25–28 Apr
Fifth round 87 + 1 bye 187 → 100 30 Apr–14 May 23 Apr–8 May 10 Mar–22 May 16–23 Apr 30 Apr–18 May 13 Apr 27 Apr 22 Apr–1 May 11–12 May
Sixth round 44 100 → 56 21–23 May 14–29 May 8 Jun 7–11 May 21 May–1 Jun 7–15 May 17–19 May 14–28 May 28 May
Seventh round 22 56 → 34 8 Jun 28 May–5 Jun 10–12 Jun 28 May 11–15 Jun 5–12 Jun 10 Jun 11–18 Jun 12 Jun
Play-off round 2 34 → 32 23–24 Jul

Format

The preliminary rounds structures are as follows, and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian soccer league system:

  • First round:
  • 2 Queensland clubs from Regional Queensland level 5 entered this stage.
  • 135 Victorian clubs from level 7 and below entered this stage.
  • Second round:
  • 117 New South Wales clubs level 5 and below entered this stage.
  • 49 Northern New South Wales clubs level 4 and below entered this stage.
  • 38 Queensland clubs (1 from the previous round and 37 teams from levels 5 and below) entered this stage.
  • 78 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 34 Western Australian clubs from level 5 and below entered this stage.
  • Third round:
  • 12 ACT clubs from level 3 and below entered this stage.
  • 102 New South Wales clubs (73 from the previous round and 29 teams from levels 3–4) entered this stage.
  • 40 Northern New South Wales clubs (31 from the previous round and 9 teams from level 3) entered this stage.
  • 84 Queensland clubs (19 from the previous round and 65 teams from levels 4 and below) entered this stage.
  • 41 South Australian clubs from level 3 and below entered this stage.
  • 10 Tasmanian clubs from level 3 and below entered this stage.
  • 86 Victorian clubs (39 from the previous round and 47 teams from levels 5 and 6) entered this stage.
  • 42 Western Australian clubs (18 from the previous round and 24 teams from levels 3 and 4) entered this stage.
  • Fourth round:
  • 16 ACT clubs (8 from the previous round and 8 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 64 New South Wales clubs (51 from the previous round and 13 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 32 Northern New South Wales clubs (20 from the previous round and 12 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 11 Northern Territory clubs from level 2 entered this stage.
  • 64 Queensland clubs (42 from the previous round and 22 teams from levels 2 and 3) entered this stage.
  • 32 South Australian clubs (21 from the previous round and 11 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 16 Tasmanian clubs (6 from the previous round, 2 league winners from level 3, and 8 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 80 Victorian clubs (43 from the previous round and 37 teams from levels 2–4) entered this stage.
  • 32 Western Australian clubs (21 from the previous round and 11 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • Fifth round:
  • 8 ACT clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 32 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 7 Northern Territory clubs (6 from the previous round and 1 team from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 32 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 40 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • Sixth round:
  • 4 ACT clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 4 Northern Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 4 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 20 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • Seventh round:
  • 2 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage, which doubled as the Final of the Federation Cup.
  • 8 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage. The 4 winners also qualified for the final rounds of the Waratah Cup.
  • 4 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage. The 2 winners also qualified for the Final of the NNSWF State Cup.
  • 2 Northern Territory clubs progressed to this stage, which doubled as the NT Australia Cup Final.
  • 8 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage; 2 from Central and North Queensland, and 14 from South East Queensland.
  • 4 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage. The 2 winners also qualified for the Final of the Federation Cup.
  • 2 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage, which doubled as the Grand Final of the Milan Lakoseljac Cup.
  • 10 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage. The 5 winners also qualified for the final rounds of the Dockerty Cup.
  • 4 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage. The 2 winners also qualified for the Final of the Football West State Cup.
  • Play-off round:

Key to abbreviations

Federation Zone Sub Zone
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
NSW = New South Wales
NNSW = Northern New South Wales NTH = North
STH = South
NT = Northern Territory ASP = Alice Springs
DAR = Darwin
QLD = Queensland REG = Regional Queensland CC = Central Coast
FNG = Far North and Gulf
NTH = Northern
WB = Wide Bay
WC = Whitsunday Coast
SEQ = South East Queensland
SA = South Australia
TAS = Tasmania
VIC = Victoria
WA = Western Australia

First round

Notes:
  • w/o = Walkover
  • † = After Extra Time
  • VIC Byes: Ashburton United (7), Balmoral (8), Barnstoneworth United (8), Barwon (8), Bundoora United (7), Darebin United (8), Deakin University (9), Frankston Pines (7), Glenroy Lions (8), Heidelberg Stars (9), Kings Domain (8), La Trobe University (9), Monash City Villarreal (8), Monbulk Rangers (8), Old Melburnians (9), Point Cook (7), Sandown Lions (8), Shepparton United (10), Somerville Eagles (8), St Kevin's Old Boys (9), West Point (8).

Second round

Notes:
  • w/o = Walkover
  • † = After Extra Time
  • NSW Byes: Austral (-), Belmore Eagles (-), Berkeley Vale (-), Blacktown Workers (-), Blue Mountains (-), Bonnet Bay (-), Bowral (-), Castle Hill RSL Rockets (-), Coledale Waves (-), Cooks River Tigers (-), Cringila Lions (-), Doonside Hawks (-), Eastern Creek Pioneers (-), Emu Plains (-), Fernhill (-), Forest Rangers (-), Goulburn Strikers (-), Gymea United (-), Hazelbrook (-), Hurlstone Park Wanderers (-), Lugarno (-), Manly Vale (-), Marayong (-), Marrickville (-), Moorebank Sports (-), Picton Rangers (-), Quakers Hill Junior (-), Wollongong United (-), Yagoona Lions (-).
  • NNSW Byes: Coffs Coast Tigers (-), Demon Knights (-), East Armidale (-), Goonellabah (-), Inverell (-), Kempsey Saints (-), Kurri Kurri (6), Lambton Jaffas Junior (6), Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley (-), Nelson Bay (6), Oxley Vale Attunga (-), Port Saints (-), Urunga (-).
  • WA Byes : Gortankaku (-), Joondanna Blues (7).

Third round

Notes:
  • w/o = Walkover
  • † = After Extra Time
  • ACT Byes: Burns (6), Canberra Juventus (3), Majura (6)
  • SA Byes: Pitbulls (-).
  • TAS Byes: Hobart United (3), Hobart City Beachside (3).

Fourth round

Notes:
  • w/o = Walkover
  • † = After Extra Time
  • NT Byes: Casuarina (2)

Fifth round

Notes:

Sixth round

Notes:
  • † = After Extra Time

Seventh round

Notes:
  • † = After Extra Time

A-League Men play-offs

23 July 2024 Brisbane Roar 2–4 Perth Glory Darwin
19:00 ACST
Report
Stadium: Larrakia Park
Referee: Ben Abraham
24 July 2024 Newcastle Jets 4–1 Western United Darwin
17:30 ACST
Report
Stadium: Larrakia Park
Referee: Tim Danaskos

See also

References

  1. ^ "Australia Cup". Football NSW. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Season Calendar" (PDF). Football Queensland. 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Last chance to enter the 2024 Australia Cup South Australian Preliminary Rounds". Football South Australia. 15 January 2024.
  4. ^ "FV Calendar 2024" (PDF). Football Victoria. December 2023.
  5. ^ "Football West Live Calendar". Teamup. Football West.