2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

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2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds
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CountryAustralia
  2024
2026  

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.

Contents

Schedule

The fixtures for the competition are as follows.

RoundNumber of fixturesClubs A-League ACT [1] NSW [2] NNSW NT QLD [3] [4] SA [5] TAS VIC [6] WA [7]
First round 31 Jan–2 Feb14–17 Feb
Second round 1–2 Mar7–9 Mar15 Feb–TBD7–15 Feb28 Feb–3 Mar22–23 Feb
Third round 11–16 Mar18–20 Mar22 Feb–TBD14–16 Feb7–10 Mar7–10 Mar14–17 Mar15–16 Mar
Fourth round 25 Mar–10 Apr8–10 Apr25 Mar–6 Apr28–30 Mar28–30 Mar8–21 Apr12–13 Apr
Fifth round 29 Apr–8 May22–24 Apr22–30 Apr18–21 Apr18–21 Apr29 Apr–7 May3–4 May
Sixth round 20–22 May6–8 May13–21 May13–21 May16–18 May20–28 May27–29 May
Seventh round 7 Jun27–29 May10–18 Jun10–18 Jun7–9 Jun10–11 Jun17–19 Jun
Play-off round TBD

Format

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

  • 11 Northern New South Wales clubs from level 6 and below entered at this stage.
  • 9 Queensland clubs from Regional Queensland level 5 and below entered this stage.
  • 131 Victorian clubs from level 7 and below entered this stage.
  • 49 Northern New South Wales clubs (10 from the previous round, 21 north zone teams and 18 south zone teams from levels 4 and 5) entered this stage.
  • 87 Queensland clubs (8 from the previous round, 17 regional teams and 62 metro teams from levels 5 and below) entered this stage.
  • 128 Victorian clubs (80 from the previous round and 48 teams from levels 5 and 6) entered this stage.
  • 20 Western Australian clubs from level 5 and below entered at this stage.
  • 39 Northern New South Wales clubs (29 from the previous round and 10 teams from level 3) will enter this stage.
  • 80 Queensland clubs (69 from the previous round, and 11 teams from level 4) entered this stage.
  • 57 South Australian clubs entered this stage, which doubled as the first stage of the 2025 FSA Federation Cup.
  • 42 Western Australian clubs (18 from the previous round and 24 teams from levels 3 and 4) entered this stage.
  • 32 Northern New South Wales clubs (20 from the previous round and 12 teams from level 2) will enter this stage.
  • 64 Queensland clubs (40 from the previous round and 24 teams from levels 2 and 3) will enter this stage.
  • 32 South Australian clubs will progress to this stage.
  • 32 Western Australian clubs (21 from the previous round and 11 teams from level 2) will enter this stage.
  • 32 Queensland clubs will progress to this stage.
  • 40 Victorian clubs will progress to this stage.
  • 16 South Australian clubs will progress to this stage.
  • 16 Western Australian clubs will progress to this stage.
  • 16 Queensland clubs will progress to this stage.
  • 20 Victorian clubs will progress to this stage.
  • 8 South Australian clubs will progress to this stage.
  • 8 Western Australian clubs will progress to this stage.
  • 2 Australian Capital Territory clubs will progress to this stage, which doubles as the Final of the Federation Cup.
  • 8 New South Wales clubs will progress to this stage. The 4 winners will also qualify for the final rounds of the Waratah Cup.
  • 4 Northern New South Wales clubs will progress to this stage. The 2 winners will also qualify for the Final of the NNSWF State Cup.
  • 2 Northern Territory clubs will progress to this stage, which doubles as the NT Australia Cup Final.
  • 8 Queensland clubs will progress to this stage; 1 from Regional Queensland, and 7 from South East Queensland. The 4 winners will also qualify for the semi-finals of the Kappa Queensland Cup.
  • 4 South Australian clubs will progress to this stage. The 2 winners will also qualify for the final of the Federation Cup.
  • 2 Tasmanian clubs will progress to this stage, which doubles as the Grand Final of the Milan Lakoseljac Cup.
  • 10 Victorian clubs will progress to this stage. The 5 winners will also qualify for the final rounds of the Dockerty Cup.
  • 4 Western Australian clubs will progress to this stage. The 2 winners will also qualify for the Final of the Football West State Cup.
  • TBD

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 QueenslandFNG = 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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References

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  2. "Australia Cup". Football NSW . 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
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  5. "Senior Men's 2025 Season Calendar" (PDF). Football South Australia . December 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 January 2025.
  6. "2025 Football Victoria Cup Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Football Victoria . 16 December 2024.
  7. "Hahn Australia Cup club nomination details". Football West. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.