1966 Australia Cup

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1966 Australia Cup
Tournament details
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Teams16
Final positions
Champions APIA Leichhardt (1st title)
Runner-up Hakoah Eastern Suburbs
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
  1965
1967  

The 1966 Australia Cup was the fifth season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. [1] Sixteen clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition. [2]

Contents

Teams

Qualifying clubs
Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg ACT Croatia Deakin
Flag of New South Wales.svg NNSW Newcastle Austral Adamstown Rosebud
Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW APIA Leichhardt Hakoah Eastern Suburbs St George Budapest South Coast United
Flag of Queensland.svg QLD Latrobe-Western Suburbs
Flag of South Australia.svg SA West Adelaide Hellas Adelaide Juventus
Flag of Tasmania.svg TAS Olympia
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC South Melbourne Hellas Port Melbourne Slavia Melbourne Hungaria Melbourne Hakoah
Flag of Western Australia.svg WA Perth Azzurri

Bracket

Round One Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
        
APIA Leichhardt 4
Newcastle Austral 0
APIA Leichhardt 2
St George Budapest 1
St George Budapest 3
Croatia Deakin 1
APIA Leichhardt 3
Melbourne Hungaria 0
West Adelaide Hellas 0
Melbourne Hungaria 1
Melbourne Hungaria 4
Perth Azzurri 1
Perth Azzurri (p)1 (4)
Port Melbourne Slavia 1 (3)
APIA Leichhardt 2
Sydney Hakoah 0
South Melbourne Hellas 4
Adelaide Juventus 1
South Melbourne Hellas 2
Melbourne Hakoah 1
Melbourne Hakoah 6
Olympia 2
South Melbourne Hellas
Sydney Hakoah awd.
Sydney Hakoah 6
Latrobe-Western Suburbs 2
Sydney Hakoah 4
South Coast United 0
South Coast United 3
Adamstown Rosebud 2

Round 1

Sydney Hakoah 6–2 Latrobe-Western Suburbs
Sydney Showground, Sydney
Attendance: 1,200 [2]

St George Budapest 3–1 Croatia Deakin
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,500 (double header) [2]

APIA Leichhardt 4–0 Newcastle Austral
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,500 (double header) [2]

South Coast United 3–2 Adamstown Rosebud
Speers Point, Newcastle
Attendance: 3,000 [2]

South Melbourne Hellas 4–1 Adelaide Juventus
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 8,850 [2]

Perth Azzurri 1–1 (a.e.t.) Port Melbourne Slavia
Penalties
4–3
Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 4,000 [2]

West Adelaide Hellas 0–1 Melbourne Hungaria
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 6,000 [2]

Melbourne Hakoah 6–2 Olympia
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 2,300 [2]

Quarter-finals

Melbourne Hungaria 4–1 Perth Azzurri
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 3,126 [2]

Sydney Hakoah 4–0 South Coast United
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,563 (double header) [2]

APIA Leichhardt 2–1 St George Budapest
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,563 (double header) [2]

South Melbourne Hellas 2–1 Melbourne Hakoah
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 8,221 [2]

Semi-finals

APIA Leichhardt 3–0 Melbourne Hungaria
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,521 [2]

South Melbourne Hellas 1–3 Sydney Hakoah
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 11,500 [2]

The game was abandoned after 71 minutes due to a pitch invasion, and subsequently awarded to Sydney Hakoah. [2]

Final

APIA Leichhardt 2–0 Sydney Hakoah
Ricardo Campana Soccerball shade.svg32'
Bill Kerklaan Soccerball shade.svg61'
Report
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 10,200 [2]
Referee: Dave Maitland

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