2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

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2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds
Tournament details
CountryAustralia
Teams765, though only 635 played or were drawn to play
Final positions
ChampionsEvent Cancelled
  2019
2021  

The 2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds were the qualifying competition initially meant to decide 22 of the 32 teams to take part in the 2020 FFA Cup (now known as the Australia Cup). Some preliminary matches were held in February and March, prior to the competition being suspended in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. [1]

Contents

The competition was cancelled on 3 July. [2]

One of the member federation-based competitions resumed from July (for the Lakoseljac Cup in Tasmania). [3]

Schedule

The fixtures for the competition are as follows.

RoundNumber of fixtures ACT NSW NNSW NT [4] QLD SA [5] TAS [3] VIC [6] WA [7]
First qualifying round 31 + 3 byes8–16 Feb
Second qualifying round 1722–23 Feb
First round 32 + 1 bye28 Feb–2 Mar29 Feb–7 Mar
Second round 143 + 53 byes11–17 Mar22–23 Feb21 Feb–14 Mar6–9 Mar14–15 Mar
Third round partially played29 Feb–1 Mar28 Feb–21 Mar29 Feb13–16 Mar
Fourth round partially played14–15 Mar14 Mar11 Jul
Fifth round overall competition cancelled by this time5–30 Sep
Sixth round overall competition cancelled by this time31 Oct–1 Nov
Seventh round overall competition cancelled by this time7 Nov

Format

The preliminary rounds structures are as follows, and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian association football league system: [8] [9]

  • 65 Victorian clubs level 9 and below entered this stage.
  • 34 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 56 Victorian clubs (17 from the previous round and 39 level 8) entered this stage.
  • 9 Western Australian clubs (Regional areas) entered this stage.
  • 121 New South Wales clubs (level 6 and below) entered this stage. [10]
  • 48 Northern New South Wales clubs (level 4 and below) entered this stage. [11]
  • 90 Queensland clubs (level 4 and below) entered this stage. [12]
  • 62 Victorian clubs (28 from the previous round and 34 level 7) entered this stage.
  • 19 Western Australian clubs (5 from the previous round and 17 level 5 and below) entered this stage.
  • 12 ACT clubs (level 3 and below) entered this stage, although no games were played.
  • 88 New South Wales clubs (65 from the previous round and 23 level 4–5) entered this stage.
  • 45 Northern New South Wales clubs (8 from the previous round and 13 level 3) entered this stage.
  • 79 Queensland clubs (59 from the previous round and 20 level 4 and below) entered this stage.
  • 54 South Australian clubs (level 2 and below) entered this stage.
  • 10 Tasmanian clubs (level 3) entered this stage.
  • 101 Victorian clubs (31 from the previous round and 70 levels 3 to 6) entered this stage.
  • 8 ACT clubs (level 2) entered this stage, although no games were played.
  • 8 Northern New South Wales clubs (8 from the previous round – Northern Zone) participated in this stage before the competition was initially suspended and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
  • 9 Northern Territory clubs (level 2 and below) entered this stage.
  • 64 Queensland clubs (40 from the previous round and 24 level 2 and 3) entered this stage.
  • 16 Tasmanian clubs (8 from the previous round and 8 level 2) entered this stage, with the competition resuming on 11 July. [3]
  • 3 Queensland clubs (from Far North Queensland and North Queensland) reached this stage before the competition was abandoned.
  • 8 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage. Matches were held after the overall competition was cancelled.
  • 4 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.

Key to abbreviations

FederationZoneSub Zone
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
NSW = New South Wales
NNSW = Northern New South WalesNTH = North
STH = South
NT = Northern Territory
QLD = QueenslandCNQ = Central and North QueenslandFNQ = Far North Queensland
CQ = Central Queensland
MR = Mackay Region
NQ = North Queensland
SEQ = South East Queensland
SA = South Australia
TAS = Tasmania
VIC = Victoria
WA = Western Australia

First qualifying round

Notes:

Second qualifying round

Notes:

First round

Notes:

Second round

Notes:

Third round

In the ACT and South Australia, a draw was conducted [13] but no matches were played.

Notes:

Fourth round

In Tasmania, the Lakoseljac Cup recommenced in July, after the cancellation of the overall FFA Cup competition. [3] In the Northern Territory a draw was made, but no matches were played.

Fifth and subsequent rounds

The Lakoseljac Cup competition continued in Tasmania, which was the only member federation still running a cup competition that had been part of the FFA Cup preliminary rounds. The match between South Hobart and Kingborough Lions United (originally won 3–2 by South Hobart) had to be replayed after an administrative team-sheet breach. [14]

FedZoneSub ZoneTie noHome team (Tier)ScoreAway team (Tier)
Tasmania
TAS1 Hobart United (3)0–2 Launceston City (2)
TAS2 Taroona (3)0–3 Glenorchy Knights (2)
TAS3 Olympia (2)2–0 University of Tasmania (3)
TAS4 South Hobart (2)5–2 Kingborough Lions United (2)

Sixth round

FedZoneSub ZoneTie noHome team (Tier)ScoreAway team (Tier)
Tasmania
TAS1 Olympia (2)7–0 Launceston City (2)
TAS2 Glenorchy Knights (2)3–2 South Hobart (2)

Seventh round

The only match played in this round was the grand final of the Lakoseljac Cup competition in Tasmania.

FedZoneSub ZoneTie noHome team (Tier)ScoreAway team (Tier)
Tasmania
TAS1 Olympia (2)1–2 Glenorchy Knights (2)

References

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  2. "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game . SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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  8. FFA Cup Progression
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  10. "HUGE INTEREST GROWS AS FFA CUP ROUND'S 2 AND 3 ANNOUNCED". Football NSW. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  11. "Round-2-Fixtures-Draw-2019-FFA-Cup-Northern-Southern-Conference" (PDF). Football Northern NSW. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  12. "FFA Cup Queensland Preliminary draw fixtures revealed". FFA. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  13. "Opening FFA Cup matches in ACT locked in". Capital Football. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  14. Andrew Cooling (9 September 2020). "FT Rules South and Lions To Meet Again". Sliceofcheese.net . Retrieved 26 September 2020.