2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

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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 is permitted entry in the competition.

Contents

Schedule

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

RoundNumber of fixturesClubs ACT [1] NSW NNSW NT QLD [2] SA TAS [3] VIC [4] WA [5]
Qualifying round 32 + 11 byes781 → 74910–17 Feb
First round 57 + 16 byes749 → 69224 Feb–14 Mar28 Feb–24 Mar23–25 Feb
Second round 171 + 80 byes692 → 5219–13 Mar23 Feb–15 Apr15 Feb–11 Apr22–28 Mar2–6 Mar11–18 Mar
Third round 189 + 4 byes521 → 33218 Mar–3 Apr14–28 Mar24 Mar–21 Apr27 Mar–17 Apr10 Mar–22 Apr9–14 Apr3 Mar8–11 Mar23–29 Mar
Fourth round 154 + 2 byes332 → 17818 Apr–1 May3–11 Apr1–12 May1–8 May17 Mar–25 Apr25 Apr2 Apr17 Mar–2 Apr2 Apr
Fifth round 83 + 1 bye178 → 9515–31 May2–9 May13–16 May9–22 May24 Mar–22 May5 May28–29 Apr11–24 Apr25 Apr
Sixth round 4295 → 535–7 Jun15–23 May9 Jun5 Jun5 May–5 Jun22–23 May19 May1–9 May19–20 May
Seventh round 2153 → 3216 Jun30 May13 Jun23 Jun9–10 Jun11 Jun11 Jun23–30 May4 Jun

Format

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

  • 9 Queensland clubs level 4 and below entered this stage.
  • 66 Victorian clubs level 7 and below entered this stage.
  • 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.
  • 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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

FederationZoneSub Zone
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
NSW = New South Wales
NNSW = Northern New South WalesNTH = NorthFNC = Far North Coast
MNC = Mid North Coast
NC = North Coast
NI = Northern Inland
STH = South
NT = Northern TerritoryASP = Alice Springs
DAR = Darwin
QLD = QueenslandBNE = Brisbane
NQL = North QueenslandCQ = Central Queensland
FNQ = Far North Queensland
MRF = Mackay Regional Football
NQ = North Queensland
WB = Wide Bay
SQL = South QueenslandGC = Gold Coast
SC = Sunshine Coast
SWQ = South West Queensland
SA = South Australia
TAS = Tasmania
VIC = Victoria
WA = Western Australia

Qualifying round

Notes

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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Seventh round

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