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Country | Australia |
The 2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds are the qualifying competition to decide teams to take part in the 2025 Australia Cup. The competition is scheduled to commence in January in Queensland, and then in February or March in the other Member Federations.
The fixtures for the competition are as follows.
Round | Number of fixtures | Clubs | A-League | ACT [1] | NSW [2] | NNSW | NT | QLD [3] [4] | SA [5] | TAS | VIC [6] | WA [7] |
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First round | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 Jan–2 Feb | — | — | 14–17 Feb | — |
Second round | — | — | — | 1–2 Mar | 7–9 Mar | 15 Feb–TBD | — | 7–15 Feb | — | — | 28 Feb–3 Mar | 22–23 Feb |
Third round | — | — | — | 11–16 Mar | 18–20 Mar | 22 Feb–TBD | — | 14–16 Feb | 7–10 Mar | 7–10 Mar | 14–17 Mar | 15–16 Mar |
Fourth round | — | — | — | 25 Mar–10 Apr | 8–10 Apr | — | — | 25 Mar–6 Apr | 28–30 Mar | 28–30 Mar | 8–21 Apr | 12–13 Apr |
Fifth round | — | — | — | 29 Apr–8 May | 22–24 Apr | — | — | 22–30 Apr | 18–21 Apr | 18–21 Apr | 29 Apr–7 May | 3–4 May |
Sixth round | — | — | — | 20–22 May | 6–8 May | — | — | 13–21 May | 13–21 May | 16–18 May | 20–28 May | 27–29 May |
Seventh round | — | — | — | 7 Jun | 27–29 May | — | — | 10–18 Jun | 10–18 Jun | 7–9 Jun | 10–11 Jun | 17–19 Jun |
Play-off round | — | — | TBD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 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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