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Country | Australia |
Teams | 761 |
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.
The fixtures for the competition are as follows.
Round | Number of fixtures | Clubs | A-League | ACT | NSW [1] | NNSW | NT | QLD [2] | SA [3] | TAS | VIC [4] | WA [5] |
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First round | 58 + 21 byes | 759 → 701 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 Feb | — | — | 9–12 Feb | — |
Second round | 136 + 44 byes | 701 → 565 | — | — | 9–10 Mar | 17 Feb–17 Mar | — | 9–27 Feb | — | — | 23–26 Feb | 24–25 Feb |
Third round | 205 + 6 byes | 565 → 360 | — | 13–24 Mar | 19–21 Mar | 24 Feb–17 Apr | — | 10 Feb–3 Apr | 16–18 Feb | 9–11 Mar | 8–11 Mar | 15–17 Mar |
Fourth round | 173 + 1 bye | 360 → 187 | — | 9–18 Apr | 9–24 Apr | 2 Mar–15 May | 19 Mar–16 Apr | 6–17 Apr | 15–17 Mar | 29 Mar–1 Apr | 27 Mar–10 Apr | 25–28 Apr |
Fifth round | 87 + 1 bye | 187 → 100 | — | 30 Apr–14 May | 23 Apr–8 May | 10 Mar–22 May | 16–23 Apr | 30 Apr–18 May | 13 Apr | 27 Apr | 22 Apr–1 May | 11–12 May |
Sixth round | 44 | 100 → 56 | — | 21–23 May | 14–29 May | 8 Jun | 7–11 May | 21 May–1 Jun | 7–15 May | 17–19 May | 14–28 May | 28 May |
Seventh round | 22 | 56 → 34 | — | 8 Jun | 28 May–5 Jun | 10–12 Jun | 28 May | 11–15 Jun | 5–12 Jun | 10 Jun | 11–18 Jun | 12 Jun |
Play-off round | 2 | 34 → 32 | 23–24 Jul | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The preliminary rounds structures are 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 NTH = Northern WB = Wide Bay WC = Whitsunday Coast |
SEQ = South East Queensland | ||
SA = South Australia | ||
TAS = Tasmania | ||
VIC = Victoria | ||
WA = Western Australia |
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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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