2025 Australia Cup

2025 Australia Cup

Tournament details
Country	Australia New Zealand
Dates	31 January – TBA 2025
Teams	TBD (qualifying competition) 32 (main competition)
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The 2025 Australia Cup will be the twelfth season of the Australia Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. This edition will be the fourth under the new name of the "Australia Cup" following the renaming of Football Federation Australia to Football Australia. ^[1] Thirty-two teams will contest the competition proper.

Macarthur FC are the defending champions.

Round and dates

Round	Draw date	Match dates	Number of fixtures	Teams	New entries this round
Preliminary rounds	Various	31 January–TBD
Round of 32	TBD	TBD	16	32 → 16	TBD
Round of 16	TBD	TBD	8	16 → 8	None
Quarter-finals	TBD	TBD	4	8 → 4	None
Semi-finals	TBD	TBD	2	4 → 2	None
Final	—	TBD	1	2 → 1	None

Preliminary rounds

Main article: 2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

Member federation teams are competing in various state-based preliminary rounds to win places in the competition proper (at the Round of 32). All Australian clubs (other than youth teams associated with A-League franchises) are eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective member federation; however, only one team per club is permitted entry into the competition. The preliminary rounds operate within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition is staggered in each state/territory, determined by what level the club sits at in the unofficial Australian soccer league system.

The top nine placed A-League Men clubs from the 2024–25 A-League Men season gained automatic qualification to the Round of 32. The other four teams entered a play-off series to determine the remaining two positions.

Federation	Associated competition	Round of 32 qualifiers
Football Australia	A-League Men	11
Capital Football (ACT)	Federation Cup (ACT)	1
Football NSW	Waratah Cup	4
Northern NSW Football	Northern NSW State Cup	2
Football Northern Territory	NT FFA Cup Final	1
Football Queensland	Kappa Queensland Cup [2]	4
Football South Australia	Federation Cup (SA)	2
Football Tasmania	Milan Lakoseljac Cup	1
Football Victoria	Dockerty Cup	4
Football West (WA)	State Cup	2

References

1. "Football Australia CEO James Johnson annouces[sic] FFA Cup will be renamed Australia Cup | FFA Cup". www.theffacup.com.au. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
2. "KAPPA QUEENSLAND CUP". Football Queensland. Retrieved 17 February 2024.