The ten A-League teams are joined by 22 clubs from various federations around Australia to compete in the FFA Cup. 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...

Qualified clubs and numbering for the draw


Pot A (10 A-League clubs)

1.Adelaide United, 2.Brisbane Roar FC, 3.Central Coast Mariners,
4.Melbourne City FC, 5.Melbourne Victory, 6.Newcastle Jets, 7.Perth
Glory, 8.Sydney FC, 9.Wellington Phoenix, 10.Western Sydney Wanderers FC


Pot B (22 Member Federation clubs)

11.Bentleigh Greens, 12.Blacktown City, 13.Bonnyrigg White Eagles,
14.Brisbane Strikers, 15.Canberra Olympic, 16.Cockburn City,
17.Devonport Strikers, 18.Edgeworth Eagles, 19.FNQ Heat, 20.Floreat
Athena, 21.Green Gully, 22.Hume City, 23.Lambton Jaffas, 24.Manly
United, 25.Marconi Stallions, 26.Melbourne Knights, 27.MetroStars,
28.Redlands United, 29.Rovers Darwin FC, 30.Surfers Paradise Apollo,
31.Sydney United 58 FC, 32.Wollongong Wolves


Draw process (Two pots - Pot A & Pot B)

Pot A: 6 balls drawn out one at a time from Pot A (home then away) for
the three (3) Hyundai A-League v Hyundai A-League matches.

Pot B: 18 balls drawn out one at a time from Pot B (home then away) for
the nine (9) Member Federation v Member Federation matches.

Pot B & A: Remaining balls drawn out one at a time (home from Pot B &
then away from Pot A) for the four (4) Member Federation v Hyundai
A-League matches.