2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
The 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup competition was held in July and August in the lead-up to the start of the A-League 2007-08 season. The opening round started on 14 July 2007. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds, followed by a two-week finals playoff.
In previous years, the Pre-Season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres. In 2007 venues included Sunshine Coast, Launceston, Canberra, Port Macquarie, Darwin, Orange and Geelong.[1]
The group stage had a bonus point system. One point was awarded for 2 goals in a match, two points for 3 and three points for 4 or more goals in a match.
If two or more teams were level on points accumulated, the following criteria would be applied, in order, until one of the teams was determined as the higher ranked:
- highest goal difference;
- highest number of goals scored;
- result of the match played between the teams concerned;
- highest number of bonus points accumulated;
- lowest number of red cards accumulated;
- lowest number of yellow cards accumulated;
- toss of a coin.
The finals series was held over two weekends – 3 August to 5 August, and 10 August to 12 August.
Pre-Season Cup group stage fixtures and results
Round 1
| Template:ALeague NUJ | 0–1 | Template:ALeague PG |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Harnwell  48' |
Round 2
| Template:ALeague WP | 3–0 | Template:ALeague SFC |
|---|---|---|
| Smeltz 13', 89' Rudan 14' (own) |
(Report) |
Round 3
| Template:ALeague WP | 1–2 | Template:ALeague QR |
|---|---|---|
| Old 47' |
(Report) | Lynch 41' Ognenovski 50' |
| Template:ALeague AU | 4–1 | Template:ALeague NUJ |
|---|---|---|
| Burns 6' Djite 66'Sarkies 80' (pen)Alagich 86' |
(Report) | Bridge  69'  A. Griffiths 79' J. Griffiths 90+2' (pen) |
Playoffs
| Template:ALeague CCM | 2–3 | Template:ALeague PG |
|---|---|---|
| Mrdja 43' Petrovski 90' |
(Report) | Dragicevic 23' Bertos 55'Tarka 78' |
| Template:ALeague NUJ | 3–2 | Template:ALeague SFC |
|---|---|---|
| J. Griffiths 5', 76' Tunbridge 56' |
(Report) | Zadkovich 79' Talay 83' |
| Template:ALeague MV | 1–2 | Template:ALeague WP |
|---|---|---|
| Dodd 34' (own) |
(Report) | Smeltz 53' Daniel 87' |
| Template:ALeague AU | 3–2 | Template:ALeague QR |
|---|---|---|
| Djite 1' Petta 45'Cássio 64' |
(Report) | Lynch 16' Milicic 73' |
Finals
| Template:ALeague WP | 0–0 | Template:ALeague NUJ |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | ||
| Penalties | ||
Smeltz  Aloisi  Christie Johnson |
2–4 | J. Griffiths Bridge Thompson Elrich |
| Template:ALeague AU | 2–1 | Template:ALeague PG |
|---|---|---|
| Djite 66' Cássio 83' |
(Report) | Bertos 45' |
| Template:ALeague CCM | 1–3 | Template:ALeague QR |
|---|---|---|
| Simon 9' |
(Report) | Milicic 30' Nichols  33'Marcinho 48'Seo 76'Reinaldo 86' |
Group A table
Group B table
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Finals
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Scorers
As at 12 August 2007
- 3 goals
Cássio (Template:ALeague AU)
Bruce Djite (Template:ALeague AU)- Joel Griffiths (Template:ALeague NUJ)
Simon Lynch (Template:ALeague QR)
Shane Smeltz (Template:ALeague WP)
- 2 goals
- Leo Bertos (Template:ALeague PG)
- Jamie Harnwell (Template:ALeague PG)
- Adam Kwasnik (Template:ALeague CCM)
- Ante Milicic (Template:ALeague QR)
- Nikita Rukavytsya (Template:ALeague PG)
- 1 goal
- Own Goals
- Karl Dodd (Template:ALeague WP) for (Template:ALeague MV)
- Mark Rudan (Template:ALeague SFC) for (Template:ALeague WP)
References
- ^ "Regional Focus for Pre-Season Cup". 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
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