2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

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2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds
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  2023
2025  

The 2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds are the qualifying competition to decide 24 of the 32 teams to take part in the 2024 Australia Cup. The competition commenced in February.

Contents

Schedule

The fixtures for the competition are as follows.

RoundNumber of fixturesClubs A-League ACT NSW [1] NNSW NT QLD [2] SA [3] TAS VIC [4] WA [5]
First round 58 + 21 byes759 → 70110 Feb9–12 Feb
Second round 136 + 44 byes701 → 5659–10 Mar17 Feb–17 Mar9–27 Feb23–26 Feb24–25 Feb
Third round 205 + 6 byes565 → 36013–24 Mar19–21 Mar24 Feb–17 Apr10 Feb–3 Apr16–18 Feb9–11 Mar8–11 Mar15–17 Mar
Fourth round 173 + 1 bye360 → 1879–18 Apr9–24 Apr2 Mar–15 May19 Mar–16 Apr6–17 Apr15–17 Mar29 Mar–1 Apr27 Mar–10 Apr25–28 Apr
Fifth round 87 + 1 bye187 → 10030 Apr–14 May23 Apr–8 May10 Mar–22 May16–23 Apr30 Apr–18 May13 Apr27 Apr22 Apr–1 May11–12 May
Sixth round 44100 → 5621–23 May14–29 May8 Jun7–11 May21 May–1 Jun7–15 May17–19 May14–28 May28 May
Seventh round 2256 → 348 Jun28 May–5 Jun10–12 Jun28 May11–15 Jun5–12 Jun10 Jun11–18 Jun12 Jun
Play-off round 234 → 3223–24 Jul

Format

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

  • 2 Queensland clubs from Regional Queensland level 5 entered this stage.
  • 135 Victorian clubs from level 7 and below entered this stage.
  • 117 New South Wales clubs level 5 and below entered this stage.
  • 49 Northern New South Wales clubs level 4 and below entered this stage.
  • 38 Queensland clubs (1 from the previous round and 37 teams from levels 5 and below) entered this stage.
  • 78 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 34 Western Australian clubs from level 5 and below entered this stage.
  • 12 ACT clubs from level 3 and below entered this stage.
  • 102 New South Wales clubs (73 from the previous round and 29 teams from levels 3–4) entered this stage.
  • 40 Northern New South Wales clubs (31 from the previous round and 9 teams from level 3) entered this stage.
  • 84 Queensland clubs (19 from the previous round and 65 teams from levels 4 and below) entered this stage.
  • 41 South Australian clubs from level 3 and below entered this stage.
  • 10 Tasmanian clubs from level 3 and below entered this stage.
  • 86 Victorian clubs (39 from the previous round and 47 teams from levels 5 and 6) entered this stage.
  • 42 Western Australian clubs (18 from the previous round and 24 teams from levels 3 and 4) entered this stage.
  • 16 ACT clubs (8 from the previous round and 8 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 64 New South Wales clubs (51 from the previous round and 13 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 32 Northern New South Wales clubs (20 from the previous round and 12 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 11 Northern Territory clubs from level 2 entered this stage.
  • 64 Queensland clubs (42 from the previous round and 22 teams from levels 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, 2 league winners from level 3, and 8 teams from level 2) entered this stage.
  • 80 Victorian clubs (43 from the previous round and 37 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 ACT clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 32 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 7 Northern Territory clubs (6 from the previous round and 1 team 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 ACT 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.
  • 8 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage. The 4 winners also qualified for the final rounds of the Waratah Cup.
  • 4 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage. The 2 winners also qualified for the Final of the NNSWF State Cup.
  • 2 Northern Territory clubs progressed to this stage, which doubled as the NT Australia Cup Final.
  • 8 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage; 2 from Central and North Queensland, and 14 from South East Queensland.
  • 4 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage. The 2 winners also qualified for the 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 for 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.

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 = QueenslandREG = Regional QueenslandCC = Central Coast
FNG = Far North and Gulf
NTH = Northern
WB = Wide Bay
WC = Whitsunday Coast
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

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A-League Men play-offs

23 July 2024 Brisbane Roar 2–4 Perth Glory Darwin
19:00 ACST
Report
Stadium: Larrakia Park
Referee: Ben Abraham
24 July 2024 Newcastle Jets 4–1 Western United Darwin
17:30 ACST
Report
Stadium: Larrakia Park
Referee: Tim Danaskos

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