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1 Schedule  





2 Format  





3 Key to abbreviations  





4 First round  





5 Second round  





6 Third round  





7 Fourth round  





8 Fifth round  





9 Sixth round  





10 Seventh round  





11 A-League Men play-offs  





12 See also  





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2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds
Tournament details
CountryAustralia
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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 commences in February.

Schedule[edit]

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]
First round 58 + 21 byes 761 → 703 10 Feb 9–12 Feb
Second round 136 + 44 byes 703 → 567 9–10 Mar 17 Feb–17 Mar 9–27 Feb 23–26 Feb 24–25 Feb
Third round 205 + 6 byes 567 → 362 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 362 → 189 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 189 → 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

Format[edit]

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, excluding the 2023 NorZone Champion) 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 the NorZone Champion) entered this stage.
  • 32 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage; 4 from Central and North Queensland, and 28 from South East Queensland.
  • 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; 2 from the North zone, and 6 from the South zone.
  • 4 Northern Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage; 2 from Central and North Queensland, and 14 from South East Queensland.
  • 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 doubles as the Final of the Federation Cup.
  • 8 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage. The 4 winners also qualified to 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 to 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[edit]

Federation Zone Sub Zone
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

First round[edit]

Notes:

Second round[edit]

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Third round[edit]

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Fourth round[edit]

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Fifth round[edit]

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Sixth round[edit]

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Seventh round[edit]

Notes:

A-League Men play-offs[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Australia Cup". Football NSW. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  • ^ "2024 Season Calendar" (PDF). Football Queensland. 23 December 2023.
  • ^ "Last chance to enter the 2024 Australia Cup South Australian Preliminary Rounds". Football South Australia. 15 January 2024.
  • ^ "FV Calendar 2024" (PDF). Football Victoria. December 2023.
  • ^ "Football West Live Calendar". Teamup. Football West.

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