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2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds
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The 2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds was the qualifying competition to decide 21 of the 32 teams which took part in the 2018 FFA Cup Round of 32, along with the 10 A-League clubs and reigning National Premier Leagues champion, Heidelberg United. The preliminary rounds operated within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition was staggered in each federation, with the winning clubs from Round 7 of the preliminary rounds in each member federation gaining entry into the Round of 32. All Australian clubs were eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective FFA member federation, however only one team per club was permitted entry in the competition.

Schedule

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The number of fixtures for each round, and the match dates for each Federation, were as follows.

Round Number of fixtures Clubs ACT[1] NSW NNSW NT QLD[2] SA TAS[3] VIC[4] WA[5]
Qualifying round 32 + 11 byes 781 → 749 – – – – – – – 10–17 Feb –
First round 57 + 16 byes 749 → 692 – – 24 Feb–14 Mar – 28 Feb–24 Mar – – 23–25 Feb –
Second round 171 + 80 byes 692 → 521 – 9–13 Mar 23 Feb–15 Apr – 15 Feb–11 Apr 22–28 Mar – 2–6 Mar 11–18 Mar
Third round 189 + 4 byes 521 → 332 18 Mar–3 Apr 14–28 Mar 24 Mar–21 Apr 27 Mar–17 Apr 10 Mar–22 Apr 9–14 Apr 3 Mar 8–11 Mar 23–29 Mar
Fourth round 154 + 2 byes 332 → 178 18 Apr–1 May 3–11 Apr 1–12 May 1–8 May 17 Mar–25 Apr 25 Apr 2 Apr 17 Mar–2 Apr 2 Apr
Fifth round 83 + 1 bye 178 → 95 15–31 May 2–9 May 13–16 May 9–22 May 24 Mar–22 May 5 May 28–29 Apr 11–24 Apr 25 Apr
Sixth round 42 95 → 53 5–7 Jun 15–23 May 9 Jun 5 Jun 5 May–5 Jun 22–23 May 19 May 1–9 May 19–20 May
Seventh round 21 53 → 32 16 Jun 30 May 13 Jun 23 Jun 9–10 Jun 11 Jun 11 Jun 23–30 May 4 Jun
  • Some round dates in respective Federations overlap due to separate scheduling of Zones/Sub-Zones.

Format

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The preliminary rounds structures were as follows,[4][6] and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian association football league system :

  • Qualifying round:
  • 9 Queensland clubs level 4 and below entered this stage.
  • 66 Victorian clubs level 7 and below entered this stage.
  • First round:
  • 19 Northern NSW clubs level 4 and below entered this stage.
  • 16 Queensland clubs (7 from the previous round and 9 level 4–5) entered this stage.
  • 95 Victorian clubs (36 from the previous round and 59 level 6–7) entered this stage.
  • Second round:
  • 120 New South Wales clubs level 6 and below entered this stage.
  • 60 Northern NSW clubs (16 from the previous round and 34 level 4 and below) entered this stage.
  • 83 Queensland clubs (9 from the previous round and 74 level 4 and below) entered this stage.
  • 42 South Australian clubs level 3 and below entered this stage.
  • 84 Victorian clubs (48 from the previous round and 36 level 5–6) entered this stage.
  • 32 Western Australian clubs level 5 and below entered this stage. For matches where the scores were equal at full-time, they went straight to penalties.[7]
  • Third round:
  • 14 Australian Capital Territory clubs level 3 and below entered this stage.
  • 114 New South Wales clubs (88 from the previous round and 26 level 4–5) entered this stage.
  • 42 Northern NSW clubs (31 from the previous round and 11 level 3) entered this stage.
  • 8 Northern Territory clubs level 2 and below entered this stage.
  • 58 Queensland clubs (52 from the previous round and 6 level 4) entered this stage.
  • 32 South Australian clubs (21 from the previous round and 11 level 2) entered this stage.
  • 12 Tasmanian clubs level 3 entered this stage.
  • 66 Victorian clubs (42 from the previous round and 24 level 4) entered this stage.
  • 32 Western Australian clubs (16 from the previous round and 22 level 3–4) entered this stage.
  • Fourth round:
  • 16 Australian Capital Territory clubs (7 from the previous round and 9 level 2) entered this stage.
  • 80 New South Wales clubs (57 from the previous round and 23 level 2–3) entered this stage.
  • 31 Northern NSW clubs (21 from the previous round and 10 level 2) entered this stage.
  • 5 Northern Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 50 Queensland clubs (31 from the previous round and 19 level 2–3) entered this stage.
  • 16 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Tasmanian clubs (6 from the previous round and 10 level 2–3) entered this stage.
  • 64 Victorian clubs (33 from the previous round and 31 level 2–3) entered this stage.
  • 32 Western Australian clubs (19 from the previous round and 13 level 2) entered this stage.
  • Fifth round:
  • 8 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 40 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 7 Northern Territory clubs (3 from the previous round and 4 clubs from the Alice Springs zone) entered this stage.
  • 32 Queensland clubs (25 from the previous round and 7 level 2) entered this stage.
  • 8 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 32 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • Sixth round:
  • 4 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage, and also got a home fixture when they entered the 2019 FFA Cup preliminary rounds.[8]
  • 20 New South Wales 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.
  • 4 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 4 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 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.
  • 10 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage. The 5 winners also participated in the final rounds of the Waratah Cup.
  • 4 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 2 Northern Territory clubs progressed to this stage – the winners of the Darwin-based and Alice Springs-based knockout competitions – which doubled as the final of the Sport Minister's Cup.
  • 8 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 2 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage, which doubled as the Grand Final of the Federation Cup.
  • 2 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage, which doubled as the Grand Final of the Milan Lakoseljac Cup.
  • 8 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage. The 4 winners, plus Heidelberg United, also qualified to the final rounds of the Dockerty Cup.[9]
  • 4 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage. The 2 winners also played in the Final of the Football West State Cup.

Note: Heidelberg United did not participate in the Victorian qualifying rounds, as they already qualified into the FFA Cup as 2017 National Premier Leagues champions.

Note: A-League Youth teams playing in their respective federation leagues are specifically excluded from the preliminary rounds as their respective Senior A-League clubs are already part of the competition.[10]

Key to abbreviations

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Federation Zone Sub Zone
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
NSW = New South Wales
NNSW = Northern New South Wales NTH = North FNC = Far North Coast
MNC = Mid North Coast
NC = North Coast
NI = Northern Inland
STH = South
NT = Northern Territory ASP = Alice Springs
DAR = Darwin
QLD = Queensland BNE = Brisbane
NQL = North Queensland CQ = Central Queensland
FNQ = Far North Queensland
MRF = Mackay Regional Football
NQ = North Queensland
WB = Wide Bay
SQL = South Queensland GC = Gold Coast
SC = Sunshine Coast
SWQ = South West Queensland
SA = South Australia
TAS = Tasmania
VIC = Victoria
WA = Western Australia

Qualifying round

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First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Fifth round

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Sixth round

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  • w/o = Walkover
  • † = After Extra Time

Seventh round

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  • † = After Extra Time

References

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  1. ^ "2018 FFA CUP NOMINATIONS OPEN". capitalfootball.com.au. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ "SEASON 2018" (PDF). footballbrisbane.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Lakoseljac Cup". sportstg.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b "WESTFIELD FFA CUP 2018 PRELIMINARY ROUNDS PROGRESSION" (PDF). footballfedvic.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 Draft Season Calendar" (PDF). footballwest.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Lakoseljac Cup Preliminary Round Draw". Football Federation Tasmania. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Annexure 29; FFA Cup WA Preliminary Rounds" (PDF). footballwest.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  8. ^ "FFA Cup Capital Football Qualifying matches confirmed". Capital Football. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Dockerty Cup 2018 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Football Federation Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  10. ^ "2016 Westfield FFA Cup Memo" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. 27 November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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