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1962 Australia Cup
Tournament details
Country Australia
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The 1962 Australia Cup was the first season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 16 teams from around Australia entered the competition.[1] The competition consisted of four clubs from Victoria and Sydney's competition, three from Queensland and South Australia and two from Northern New South Wales. The winner of the Australia Cup received £5,000.[1]

The inaugural season of the Cup was won by Yugal who defeated St George Budapest 8–1 at Wentworth Park in the final. The third place playoff, between Juventus and Juventus (from Melbourne and Adelaide respectively), was won by the South Australian team on penalty kicks.[2][3]

Teams

Qualifying clubs
New South Wales APIA Leichhardt New South Wales St George Budapest New South Wales Sydney Hakoah New South Wales Yugal
New South Wales Adamstown Rosebud New South Wales Toronto Awaba Queensland Brisbane Azzurri Queensland Brisbane Hellenic
Queensland Oxley United South Australia Adelaide Budapest South Australia Adelaide Croatia South Australia Adelaide Juventus
Victoria (state) Footscray JUST Victoria (state) Melbourne Juventus Victoria (state) South Melbourne Hellas Victoria (state) Wilhelmina

Round of 16

South Melbourne Hellas1–2Yugal
Attendance: 14,000[3]
Adelaide Juventus3–2Brisbane Azzurri
St George Budapest5–2Oxley United
Attendance: 2,125[3]
Melbourne Juventus3–1Adelaide Croatia
Attendance: 7,500[3]
Toronto Awaba1–7APIA Leichhardt
Brisbane Hellenic0–1Sydney Hakoah
Footscray JUST1–3Adelaide Budapest
Adamstown Rosebud0–2Wilhelmina

Quarter-finals

Sydney Hakoah2–6Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 4,545[3]
Yugal3–2APIA Leichhardt
Attendance: 9,308[3]
Wilhelmina0–2St George Budapest
Melbourne Juventus1–0Adelaide Budapest

Semi-finals

Melbourne Juventus1–2Yugal
Attendance: 7,000[3]
Adelaide Juventus0–3St George Budapest
Attendance: 5,000[3]

Third place playoff

Adelaide Juventus1–1 (a.e.t.)Melbourne Juventus
Penalties
4–3

Final

Yugal8–1St George Budapest
Jelisavcic 28', 34', ?', ?'
Nincevich 30'
Schwartz 47', 49'
Pacanin ?'		 Report Buchanan ?'
Attendance: 11,014[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Australia and its Cups: Then and Now". Roy Hay, The Leopold Method, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 2014, pp. 4–20. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ^ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".
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