2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

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2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds
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The 2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds were the qualifying competition to decide 24 of the 32 teams to take part in the 2022 Australia Cup. The competition commenced in February and was completed in October.

Contents

Initially known during the planning of the preliminary rounds as the FFA Cup, [1] the renaming of the competition was announced during the 2021 FFA Cup Final. [2]

Schedule

The fixtures for the competition are as follows. [3] [4] [5]

RoundNumber of fixturesClubs A-League [6] ACT NSW NNSW NT QLD [7] [8] [9] SA [10] TAS VIC WA
First round 52750 → 69811–13 Feb
Second round 152 + 70 byes698 → 5466–22 Mar19 Feb–20 Mar11–25 Feb18–20 Feb25–27 Feb
Third round 190 + 10 byes546 → 35626 Feb–6 Mar22 Mar–7 Apr26 Feb–29 Mar18 Feb–26 Mar18–29 Mar11–16 Mar4–11 Mar19 Mar–14 Apr
Fourth round 168 + 6 byes356 → 18819–23 Mar13 Apr–12 May12 Mar–4 May29 Mar–30 Apr26 Feb–6 Apr15–17 Apr16–18 Apr22 Mar–5 Apr23 April–4 May
Fifth round 88188 → 10026 Apr–11 May11–25 May12 Mar–1 Jun26 Apr–10 May5 Mar–1 Jun6–8 May7–17 May13–27 Apr17–19 May
Sixth round 44100 → 5617–18 May31 May–7 Jun11 Jun17 May–4 Jun21 May–15 Jun24–31 May28 May10–18 May7–8 Jun
Seventh round 2256 → 344 Jun14–16 Jun22 Jun14 Jun21 Jun-2 Jul21–22 Jun13 Jun7–15 Jun21 Jun
Play-off round 234 → 3212–13 May

Format

The preliminary rounds structures are as follows, and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian soccer league system:

  • 104 Victorian clubs level 8 and below entered this stage.
  • 120 New South Wales clubs level 6 and below entered this stage. [11]
  • 48 Northern New South Wales clubs level 4 and below entered this stage.
  • 83 Queensland clubs (level 5 and below) entered this stage.
  • 100 Victorian clubs (52 from the previous round and 48 teams from levels 5 and 6) entered this stage.
  • 23 Western Australian clubs from level 5 and below, including from regional leagues, entered this stage. [12]
  • 12 Australian Capital Territory clubs from level 3 and below entered this stage. [lower-alpha 1]
  • 88 New South Wales Clubs (66 from the previous round and 22 teams from levels 4–5) entered this stage.
  • 42 Northern New South Wales clubs (33 from the previous round and 11 level 3) entered this stage.
  • 83 Queensland clubs (50 from the previous round and 33 teams from level 4 and below) entered this stage.
  • 40 South Australian clubs from level 3 and below entered this stage.
  • 10 Tasmanian clubs from level 3 and below entered this stage.
  • 79 Victorian clubs (55 from the previous round and 24 teams from level 5) entered this stage.
  • 42 Western Australian clubs (18 from the previous round and 24 teams from levels 3 and 4) entered this stage.
  • 16 Australian Capital Territory clubs (4 from the previous round and 12 teams from levels 2–3) entered this stage.
  • 64 New South Wales Clubs (44 from the previous round and 20 teams from levels 2–3) entered this stage.
  • 32 Northern New South Wales clubs (21 from the previous round and 11 level 2) entered this stage.
  • 11 Northern Territory clubs (7 from Norzone (Darwin) and 4 from FICA (Alice Springs)) from levels 2–3 entered this stage.
  • 64 Queensland clubs (42 from the previous round and 22 teams from level 2 and 3) entered this stage.
  • 32 South Australian clubs (21 from the previous round and 11 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 16 Tasmanian clubs (6 from the previous round and 10 teams from level 2 and 3) entered this stage.
  • 75 Victorian clubs (40 from the previous round and 35 teams from levels 2–4) entered this stage.
  • 32 Western Australian clubs (21 from the previous round and 11 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 8 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 32 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 Northern Territory clubs (6 from the previous round and 2 Norzone (Darwin) teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 32 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 40 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 4 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 New South Wales clubs 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.
  • 8 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 4 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 20 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. [1]
  • 8 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage. The 4 winners also qualified to 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, and which doubled as the NT Australia Cup Final.
  • 8 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage; 2 from Central and North Queensland, and 6 from South East Queensland.
  • 4 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage. The 2 winners qualified for 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.
  • 10 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage. The 5 winners also qualified to the final rounds of the Dockerty Cup.
  • 4 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage. The 2 winners also qualified for the Final of the Football West State Cup. [5]

Key to abbreviations

FederationZoneSub Zone
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
NSW = New South Wales
NNSW = Northern New South WalesNTH = North
STH = South
NT = Northern TerritoryASP = Alice Springs
DAR = Darwin
QLD = QueenslandCNQ = Central and North QueenslandCQ = Central Queensland
FNQ = Far North Queensland
MR = Mackay Region
NQ = North Queensland
WB = Wide Bay
SEQ = South East Queensland
SA = South Australia
TAS = Tasmania
VIC = Victoria
WA = Western Australia

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

Notes

A-League Men play-offs

Newcastle Jets 3–1 Perth Glory
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McDonald Jones Stadium , Newcastle
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Tim Danaskos

Western Sydney Wanderers 1–3 Brisbane Roar
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Wanderers Football Park , Sydney
Attendance: 824
Referee: Kurt Ams

Notes

  1. The initial draw by Capital Football resulted in a format where the team with the best record in the 2021 FFA Cup preliminary rounds would receive a bye to the sixth round. [13] There was a re-draw the same day, [13] based on a different format, which resulted in the top four seeded Capital Premier League clubs from 2021 given a Bye in the third round.

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