First Leg
Played 10/01/96 Hindmarsh Stadium Referee : W Dade, Crowd : 1637
Adelaide City Petkovic, Nedeljkovic (Hassell 46), Marino, Tobin, Ivanovic, Mori, Salapasidis, Perin (Mullen 77), Armour, Mennillo, Brazzale (Costanzo 63). Goal : Joe Mullen (87)	1	-	0	Morwell Falcons Kourtis, Marcina, Cummings, Miller, Waddell, Bothwell, Stergiopoulos, Todorovski (Villani 55), Reda, Spink, Geri.
Second Leg
Played 20/01/96 Falcons Park Referee : C Naumovski, Crowd : 500
Morwell Falcons Kourtis, Marcina (Canosa 77), Cummings, Miller (Villani 63), Tapai, Waddell, Bothwell, Talladira, Reda, Spink, Geri (Stergiopoulos 58).	0	-	2	Adelaide City Petkovic, Nedeljkovic (Mennillo 69), Yates, Ivanovic, Tobin, Mori, Hassell, Gibson (Brazzale 69), Perin, Armour (Costanzo 80), Foster. Goals : Bradley Armour (3), Bradley Hassell (51)

First Leg
Played 12/01/96 Austral Park Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 1310
Newcastle Breakers Fittock, Hickman, Maier, Halpin, Moore, James, Bennett (D Brown 70), Thomas, Pryce, Sprod, Stewart Goal : Glenn Sprod (68)	1	-	0	Brisbane Strikers Ross, Zoricich, Williams, Jackson (Wehrman 79), Farina, Polak, R Brown, Ditton (Tollanaere 82), Brayshaw, Hughes, Battistin.
Second Leg
Played 20/01/96 Suncorp Stadium Referee : D Crawford, Crowd : 3149
Brisbane Strikers Ross, Williams, Hunter, Phillips, Polak, R Brown (Brayshaw 45), Wright, T Cranney, Hews, Battistin, Meahman (Tollenaere 75) Goal : Troy Cranney (14)	1	-	1	Newcastle Breakers Fittock, Hickman, Halpin, Moore, James, Bennett, Thomas, Pryce, Sprod, Stewart, Ritchie Goal : Harry James (62)

First Leg
Played 14/01/96 Lakeside Stadium Referee : G Connelly, Crowd : 1800
South Melbourne M Petkovic, Anthopoulos (Sherifovski 45), J-P Knezevic, Baser, Valkanis, Trimboli, Panopoulos, Damianos (Lewis 76), Coveny, Allsopp (Kelic 64), Petersen, Goals : Steve Panopoulos (21), Vaughan Coveny (25, 30, 71)	4	-	2	Melbourne Knights V Knezevic, De Amicis, Z Markovski, Marth (B Bacak 45), Silic, Lapsansky, Vojtek, J Markovski (Movric 73), Nastevski, T Pondeljak, J Bacak Goals : Branko Bacak (65), Tom Pondeljak (79)
Second Leg
Played 20/01/96 Knights Park Referee : J Fraser, Crowd : 2000
Melbourne Knights V Knezevic, De Amicis, Z Markovski, Silic, Lapsansky, Vojtek, J Markovski (sent off 84), Nastevski (sent off 74), T Pondeljak, B Bacak (Movric 60) Goal : Tom Pondeljak (47)	1	-	0	South Melbourne M Petkovic, Blatsis, Anthopoulos, Coveny, Trimboli, Damianos, Petersen, J-P Knezevic, Baser (Valkanis 79), Curcija (Lewis 62).

First Leg
Played 14/01/96 Leichhardt Oval Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 2624
UTS Olympic Gibson, Baillie, Barrett, Bove (Vallas 46 (Ironside 76)), Ciantar, Meredith, Ardone, Blagojevic, Taliadoros (sent off 15), Trajanovski, C Slater (De Jesus 86) Goals : Nick Meredith (43), Kris Trajanovski (55pk)	2	-	3	Wollongong City Hughes, Dihm, Bourke, O'Shea, Gjakovski, Jolevski, Horsley, Naumovski, Middleby (Luff 47), Perinich, Jermen (Petratos 73). Goals : Tony Perinich (8, 23), Colin Luff (68)
Second Leg
Played 20/01/96 Brandon Park Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 2604
Wollongong City Hughes, Bourke, O'Shea, Naumovski (Petratos 84), Pollari, Jolevski, Dihm (Luff 58), Middleby, Perinich, Jermen (Beltrame 52), Horsley.	0	-	3	UTS Olympic Bouhoutsos, Barrett, Ciantar, Bove, Slater, Trajanovski, Meredith, Ardone (Valas 58), Blagojevic, Baillie, Edwards (Ironside 15). Goals : Chris Slater (31), Walter Ardone (38), Robert Ironside (82)

First Leg
Played 14/01/96 Marconi Stadium Referee : J Fraser , Crowd : 5012
Marconi-Fairfield Catlin, van Egmond, De Marigny, Stanton (Souris 78), Bingley, Harper, Hristdoulou (Awaritefe 45), Maloney, Renaud, Longo, Zoric. Goal : Brad Maloney (38)	1	-	1	Sydney United Crews, Kupresak, Enes (Jurilij 78), Genc, Markovac, Rudan, Zdrilic, Lamond (Aschner 46), Plesa, C Gibson, S Babic (Vrkic 88). Goal : Sean Babic (24)
Second Leg
Played 20/01/96 Sydney United Sports Centre Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 1836
Sydney United Crews, Kupresak, Vrkic, Plesa, Zdrilic, Enes (J Burnes 61), Genc, Gibson, Patikas, S Babic.	0	-	2	Marconi-Fairfield Catlin, Souris, van Egmond, De Marigny (Harper 23), Longo, Maloney, Hristodoulou (Zoricich 75), Stanton, Smith (Renaud 66), Awaritefe, Bingley. Goals : Francis Awaritefe (19), Robert Stanton (59)

Adelaide City - Bye Canberra Cosmos - Bye
Played 23/01/96 Lakeside Stadium Referee : G Connelly, Crowd : 2500
South Melbourne M Petkovic, Blatsis, Kuzmanovic, Panopoulos, Coveny, Trimboli, Damianos (Sherifovski 68), Lewis (Allsopp 63), Petersen, Baser, J-P Knezevic (Anthopoulos 90). Goals : Paul Trimboli (40), Vaughan Coveny (68), Daniel Allsopp (76)	3	-	2	Marconi-Fairfield Catlin, van Egmond, Stanton, Harper, Hristodoulou, Maloney, Smith (Bosevski 81), Awaritefe, Souris, Longo, Zoric (Renaud 71). Goals : Francis Awaritefe (9), Brad Maloney (82)
Played 23/01/96 Breakers Stadium Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 1267
Newcastle Breakers Fittock (Johns 32), Hickman (GK after 32), Halpin (sent off 80), Moore, James (sent off 38), Bennett, Thomas, Pryce, Sprod, Stewart, Ritchie. Goals : Glen Moore (35), Scott Thomas (39), Troy Halpin (63)	3	-	1	UTS Olympic Boutsianis, Barrett, Ciantar (sent off 60), Taliadoros (Augerinos 74), Slater, Trajanovski, Ardone (Valas 45), Bove, Meredith (Ironside 73), Blagojevic, Baillie. Goal : Kimon Taliadoros (4pk)

Played 25/01/96 Breakers Stadium Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : 1625
Newcastle Breakers Carter, Hickman, Halpin (Zane 78), Moore, James, Bennett (Maier 75), Thomas, Pryce, Sprod, Stewart, Ritchie. Goals : Steve Hickman (40pk), Scott Thomas (41), Harry James (73)	3	-	1	Adelaide City Petkovic, Nedeljkovic (Brazzale 62), Yates, Ivanovic, Tobin, Mori, Hassell, Gibson, Armour, Perin, Foster. Goal : Bradley Hassell (80)
Played 25/01/96 Lakeside Stadium Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : 2360
South Melbourne M Petkovic, Blatsis (Anthopoulos 83), Kuzmanovic, Panopoulos, Coveny, Trimboli (Lewis 83), Damianos, Petersen (Nikolic 83), J-P Knezevic, Baser, Allsopp. Goals : Daniel Allsopp (45), Bill Damianos (68), Paul Trimboli (79)	3	-	1	Canberra Cosmos Harris, Dee, Garcia (Baxter 45), Perinovic, T Popovich, Castro, Koch, Musitano, Lemezina, Mazis, Watson. Goal : Tony Lemezina (87)

Played 27/01/96 Lakeside Stadium Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : 5000
South Melbourne M Petkovic, Blatsis (Anthopoulos 70), Kuzmanovic, Panopoulos, Coveny, Trimboli, Damianos (Nikolic 77), Petersen, J-P Knezevic, Baser, Allsopp (Lewis 70). Goals : Vaughan Coveny (22, 74), Steve Panopoulos (35pen)	3	-	1	Newcastle Breakers Carter, Hickman, Halpin (Zane 80), Moore (sent off 90), James, Bennett, Thomas, Pryce, Sprod (sent off 90), Stewart, Ritchie (Maier 51) Goal : Steve Hickman (49)