Tournament details | |
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Country | Australia |
Teams | 736 |
The 2019 FFA Cup preliminary rounds were the qualifying competition to decide 21 of the 32 teams to take part in the 2019 FFA Cup Round of 32, along with the 10 A-League clubs and reigning National Premier Leagues champion, Campbelltown City. 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.
The number of fixtures for each round, and the match dates for each Federation, [1] were as follows.
Round | Number of fixtures | Clubs | ACT | NSW [2] | NNSW | NT [3] | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC [4] | WA [5] |
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First qualifying round | 6 + 3 byes | 736 → 730 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9–10 Feb | – |
Second qualifying round | 28 | 730 → 702 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16–17 Feb | – |
First round | 51 + 1 bye | 702 → 651 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23–25 Feb | 9–10 Mar |
Second round | 118 + 148 byes | 651 → 533 | – | 12–19 Mar | 23 Feb–20 Mar | – | 1–16 Mar | 29–31 Mar | – | 28 Feb–4 Mar | 23–24 Mar |
Third round | 190 + 10 byes | 533 → 344 | 12–17 Mar | 16 Mar–10 Apr | 9 Mar–9 Apr | – | 9 Mar–27 Apr | 18–22 Apr | 11 Mar | 7–11 Mar | 6–7 Apr |
Fourth round | 166 + 1 bye | 344 → 178 | 30 Mar–10 Apr | 9 Apr–1 May | 30 Mar–9 May | 27 Mar–17 Apr | 16 Mar–16 May | 3–5 May | 9–20 Apr | 17–20 Apr | 22 Apr |
Fifth round | 83 + 1 bye | 178 → 95 | 8 May | 24 Apr–8 May | 2–22 May | 7–21 May | 17 Apr–20 May | 21–22 May | 11–12 May | 30 Apr–8 May | 18–30 May |
Sixth round | 42 | 95 → 53 | 29 May | 15–22 May | 8 Jun | 4–15 Jun | 14–28 May | 4–5 Jun | 25–26 May | 22–29 May | 3 Jun |
Seventh round | 21 | 53 → 32 | 15 Jun | 5 Jun | 11–12 Jun | 25 Jun | 7–8 Jun | 22 Jun | 10 Jun | 11–19 Jun | 15–16 Jun |
The preliminary rounds structures were as follows, and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian soccer league system:
Federation | Zone |
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ACT = Australian Capital Territory | |
NSW = New South Wales | |
NNSW = Northern New South Wales | NTH = North STH = South |
NT = Northern Territory | ASP = Alice Springs DAR = Darwin |
QLD = Queensland | CQ = Central Queensland FNQ = Far North Queensland MRF = Mackay Region NQ = North Queensland SEQ = South East Queensland WB = Wide Bay |
SA = South Australia | |
TAS = Tasmania | |
VIC = Victoria | |
WA = Western Australia |
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