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Country | Australia |
Teams | 778 |
The 2023 Australia Cup preliminary rounds were the qualifying competition to decide 24 of the 32 teams to take part in the 2023 Australia Cup. The competition commenced in February [1] and was completed in July. [2]
The fixtures for the competition were as follows. [3]
Round | Number of fixtures | Clubs | A-League | ACT [4] [5] | NSW [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | NNSW [11] [12] [13] | NT [14] | QLD [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] | SA [20] [21] | TAS [22] | VIC [23] [24] [25] [26] | WA [27] |
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Preliminary round | 1 + 7 byes | 778 → 777 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 Feb | — | — | — | — |
First round | 62 + 19 byes | 777 → 715 | — | — | — | — | — | 10–21 Feb | — | — | 9–12 Feb | — |
Second round | 155 + 56 byes | 715 → 548 | — | — | 11–12 Mar | 17 Feb–20 Mar | — | 10 Feb–1 Mar | — | — | 16–19 Feb | 25–26 Feb |
Third round | 198 + 9 byes | 548 → 350 | — | 25 Feb–5 Mar | 21–23 Mar | 25 Feb–4 Apr | — | 17 Feb–6 Apr | 10–12 Feb | 13–15 Mar | 3–6 Mar | 18–19 Mar |
Fourth round | 167 | 350 → 187 | — | 15–22 Mar | 11–13 Apr | 4 Mar–2 May | 18 Apr–9 May | 21 Mar–22 Apr | 16–19 Mar | 7–9 Apr | 28 Mar–11 Apr | 21–23 Apr |
Fifth round | 87 + 1 bye | 187 → 100 | — | 11–20 Apr | 25–27 Apr | 11 Mar–30 May | 16–23 May | 4 Apr–20 May | 14–16 Apr | 29–30 Apr | 26 Apr–9 May | 16–17 May |
Sixth round | 44 | 100 → 56 | — | 9–11 May | 9–17 May | 10 Jun | 30 May–3 Jun | 23 May–10 Jun | 9–16 May | 20–21 May | 16–23 May | 6–14 Jun |
Seventh round | 22 | 56 → 34 | — | 3 Jun | 31 May–6 Jun | 20–21 Jun | 23 Jun | 12–25 Jun | 31 May–7 Jun | 10 Jun | 6–13 Jun | 20–21 Jun |
Play-off round | 2 | 34 → 32 | 17–18 Jul | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The preliminary rounds structures were as follows, and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian soccer league system:
Federation | Zone | Sub 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 | REG = Regional Queensland | CC = Central Coast FNG = Far North and Gulf MTI = Mt. Isa NTH = Northern WB = Wide Bay WC = Whitsunday Coast |
SEQ = South East Queensland | ||
SA = South Australia | ||
TAS = Tasmania | ||
VIC = Victoria | ||
WA = Western Australia |
Fed. | Zone | Sub zone | Tie no | Home team (Tier) | Score | Away team (Tier) |
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QLD | REG | NTH | 1 | Ingham (5) | 0–4 | Burdekin FC (5) |
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Newcastle Jets | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Melbourne Victory |
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