Member Federation

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Qualified Clubs

The ten A-League teams are joined by 22 clubs from various federations around Australia to compete in the inaugural FFA Cup which looks to embrace a wider appeal and give some of the smaller clubs around Australia a chance to shine. The FFA Cup regulations stipulate that at least one non Hyundai A-League club must reach the semi finals of the competition, the format for the draw is set out in order to achieve that.

For the round of 32 we have...

Pot A (4 Hyundai A-League Semi Finalists)
1 Adelaide United
2 Sydney FC
3 Melbourne City FC
4 Melbourne Victory


Pot B (Other 6 Hyundai A-League clubs)
5  Brisbane Roar FC
6  Central Coast Mariners
7  Newcastle United Jets
8  Perth Glory
9  Wellington Phoenix
10 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 


Pot C (22 Member Federation clubs)
11 Gungahlin United FC (CF)
12 Balmain Tigers FC (FNSW)
13 Blacktown City FC (FNSW)
14 Rockdale City Suns FC (FNSW)
15 Sydney Olympic FC (FNSW)
16 Sydney United 58 FC (FNSW)
17 Broadmeadow Magic FC (NNSW)
18 Edgeworth FC (NNSW)
19 Darwin Olympic SC (FFNT)
20 Brisbane Strikers FC (FQ)
21 FNQFC Heat (FQ)
22 Lions FC (FQ)
23 Palm Beach SC (FQ)
24 Croydon Kings  (FFSA)
25 MetroStars SC (FFSA)
26 South Hobart  (FFT)
27 Heidelberg United FC (FFV)
28 Hume City FC (FFV)
29 Oakleigh Cannons FC (FFV)
30 South Melbourne FC (FFV)
31 Perth SC  (FW)
32 Sorrento FC (FW)


Round of 32 Draw Process
1 Pot B (6 balls will be drawn alternatively out of Pot B)
Home then Away for the 3 Hyundai A-League v Hyundai A-League matches

2 Pot C (18 balls will be drawn alternatively out of Pot C)
Home then Away for the 9 Member Federation v Member Federation matches

3 Pot C & A (the remaining balls will be drawn alternatively from Pot C and Pot A)
Home (Pot C) then Away (Pot A) for the 4 Member Federation v Hyundai A-League matches


Then for the round of 16 it ended up with...


Pot A (7 Hyundai A-League clubs)
1 Adelaide United
2 Melbourne City
3 Melbourne Victory
4 Sydney FC
5 Western Sydney Wanderers
6 Perth Glory
7 Wellington Phoenix

Pot B (9 Member Federation clubs)
8 Rockdale City Suns (NSW)
9 Sydney Olympic (NSW)
10 Sydney United 58 FC (NSW)
11 Lions FC (QLD)
12 Palm Beach Sharks (QLD)
13 MetroStars (SA)
14 Heidelberg United (VIC)
15 Hume City (VIC)
16 Oakleigh Cannons (VIC)


Round of 16 Draw Process

1 Pot A (6 balls drawn alternatively out of Pot A)
Home then Away for the two (2) A-League team v A-League team matches

2 Pot B (2 balls drawn alternatively out of Pot B)
Home then Away for the three (3) Member Federation v Member Federation matches

3 Pot B & A (remaining balls will be drawn alternatively from Pot B and Pot A)
Home (Pot B) then Away (Pot A) for the three (3) Member Federation v A-League team matches



Then for the quarter finals ...


Pot A (Hyundai A-League clubs)

1 Adelaide United
2 Melbourne City FC
3 Melbourne Victory
4 Perth Glory
5 Western Sydney Wanderers FC

 

Pot B (Member Federation clubs)

6 Heidelberg United (VIC)
7 Hume City (VIC)
8 Oakleigh Cannons (VIC)

2 Pot A match (two balls drawn out of Pot A)

1 Pot B & A matches (balls drawn alternatively from Pot B and Pot A)

1 Pot B  match (remaining balls drawn out of Pot B)

First ball drawn in each case is the home team.



Then for the semi finals ...

All teams go into one pot and teams are chosen home and away alternately from the pot.

similarly for the final to decide home venue