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2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds
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The 2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds were the qualifying competition in Australia to decide 21 of the 32 teams which took part in the 2016 FFA Cup Round of 32, along with the 10 A-League clubs and reigning National Premier Leagues champion (Blacktown City FC). The preliminary rounds operated within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition was staggered in each state/territory, with the winning clubs from Round 7 of the preliminary rounds in each member federation gaining entry into the Round of 32. All Australian clubs were eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective FFA member federation, however only one team per club was permitted entry in the competition.

Schedule

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The number of fixtures for each round, and the match dates for each Federation, were as follows.[1]

Round Number of fixtures Clubs ACT NSW[2] NNSW[3] NT[4] QLD[5] SA TAS[6] VIC[7] WA[8]
Qualifying round 22 6 byes 704 → 682 – – – – – – – 20–21 Feb –
First round 60 7 byes 682 → 622 – – 27–28 Feb – 27 Feb – – 27–29 Feb 27–28 Feb
Second round 122 11 byes 622 → 500 – – 12 Feb–13 Mar – 12 Feb–12 Mar 18–20 Mar – 4–7 Mar 6–13 Mar
Third round 180 24 byes 500 → 320 26–28 Apr 16–21 Mar 13 Feb–6 Apr – 26 Feb–29 Mar 1–6 Apr 5 Mar 11–14 Mar 19–20 Mar
Fourth round 145 4 byes 320 → 175 10–19 May 3–13 Apr 5 Mar–4 May 19–27 Apr 24 Mar–12 Apr 25 Apr 12–14 Mar 18–21 Mar 28 Mar
Fifth round 80 4 byes 175 → 95 31 May–2 Jun 19–25 Apr 2 Apr–21 May 3–4 May 16 Apr–4 May 28 May–1 Jun 28 Mar 19 Apr–4 May 25 Apr
Sixth round 42 95 → 53 7–9 Jun 3–4 May 18 Jun 8 Jun 7–18 May 14–15 Jun 30 Apr 17 May–8 Jun 14 May
Seventh round 21 53 → 32 18 Jun 18 May 19 Jun 18 Jun 3–11 Jun 25 Jun 13 Jun 7–15 Jun 6 Jun
  • Some round dates in the respective Federations overlapped due to separate scheduling of Zones/Sub-Zones.

Format

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The preliminary rounds structures are as follows,[2][7][9][10][11] and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian association football league system :

  • Qualifying round:
  • 50 Victorian clubs level 8 and below entered this stage.
  • Byes – 6 VIC clubs.
  • First round:
  • 11 Northern New South Wales clubs level 4 and below entered this stage.
  • 10 Queensland clubs entered this stage.
  • 88 Victorian clubs (22 from the previous round and 66 level 6–8) entered this stage.
  • 18 Western Australian level 6 and below entered this stage.
  • Byes – 1 NNSW club and 6 QLD clubs.
  • Second round:
  • 63 Northern New South Wales clubs (6 from the previous round and 57 level 3 and below) entered this stage.
  • 71 Queensland clubs (8 from the previous round and 63 level 3 and below) entered this stage. The Brisbane-based losers from this round also qualified to the First Round of the linked Canale Cup competition.
  • 16 South Australian clubs level 4 and below entered at this stage.
  • 80 Victorian clubs (44 from the previous round and 36 level 5–6) entered this stage.
  • 22 Western Australian clubs (9 from the previous round and 13 level 5 and below) entered this stage.
  • Byes – 1 NNSW club, 8 QLD clubs and 2 SA clubs.
  • Third round:
  • 11 Australian Capital Territory clubs level 3–4 entered this stage.
  • 108 New South Wales clubs level 4 and below entered this stage.
  • 45 Northern New South Wales clubs (32 from the previous round and 13 level 2 and below) entered this stage.
  • 75 Queensland clubs (38 from the previous round and 37 new teams) entered this stage.
  • 9 Northern Territory clubs level 2 and below from the Norzone (DAR) entered at this stage.
  • 32 South Australian clubs (9 from the previous round and 23 level 2–3) entered this stage.
  • 6 Tasmanian clubs level 3 entered at this stage
  • 64 Victorian clubs (40 from the previous round and 24 level 4) entered this stage.
  • 34 Western Australian clubs (11 from the previous round and 23 level 3–4) entered this stage.
  • Byes – 5 ACT clubs, 8 NSW clubs, 3 NNSW clubs, 7 NT clubs and 1 QLD club.
  • Fourth round:
  • 16 Australian Capital Territory clubs (8 from the previous round and 8 level 2) entered this stage.
  • 80 New South Wales clubs (58 from the previous round and 22 level 2 and below) entered this stage.
  • 24 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 13 Northern Territory clubs (8 from the previous round and 5 level 2 and below from the Southern Zone (ASP)) entered at this stage.
  • 43 Queensland clubs (38 from the previous round and 5 new teams) entered this stage. The 10 Brisbane-based winners also qualify to the Fifth Round of the separate Canale Cup competition.
  • 16 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Tasmanian clubs (3 from the previous round and 13 level 2–3) entered at this stage.
  • 64 Victorian clubs (32 from the previous round and 32 level 2–3) entered this stage.
  • 24 Western Australian clubs (17 from the previous round and 7 level 2) entered this stage.
  • Byes – 3 NT clubs and 1 QLD club.
  • Fifth round:
  • 8 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 40 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 12 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 Northern Territory clubs will progress to this stage.
  • 32 Queensland clubs (21 from the previous round and 11 level 2) entered this stage.
  • 8 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 32 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Western Australian clubs (12 from the previous round and 4 level 2) entered this stage.
  • Byes – 4 NNSW clubs.
  • Sixth round:
  • 4 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 20 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 4 Northern Territory clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 4 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 4 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 16 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 8 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage.
  • Seventh round:
  • 2 Australian Capital Territory clubs progressed to this stage, which doubled as the Final of the Federation Cup.
  • 10 New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage. The 5 winners – along with the reigning National Premier Leagues champion Blacktown City – also participated in the Waratah Cup.[2]
  • 4 Northern New South Wales clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 2 Northern Territory clubs progressed to this stage – the winners of the Darwin-based and Alice Springs-based knockout competitions – which doubled as the final of the Sport Minister's Cup.
  • 8 Queensland clubs progressed to this stage.
  • 2 South Australian clubs progressed to this stage, which doubled as the Grand Final of the Federation Cup.
  • 2 Tasmanian clubs progressed to this stage, which doubled as the Grand Final of the Milan Lakoseljac Cup.[12]
  • 8 Victorian clubs progressed to this stage. The 4 winners also qualified to the semi-finals of the Dockerty Cup.[13]
  • 4 Western Australian clubs progressed to this stage. The 2 winners also played in the Final of the Cool Ridge Cup.

Note: Blacktown City FC did not participate in the New South Wales qualifying rounds, as they had already qualified into the FFA Cup as 2015 National Premier Leagues champions.

Note: A-League Youth teams playing in their respective state leagues are specifically excluded from the preliminary rounds as their respective Senior A-League clubs are already part of the competition.[14]

Key to abbreviations

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Federation Zone Sub Zone
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
NSW = New South Wales
NNSW = Northern New South Wales NTH = North FNC = Far North Coast
MNC = Mid North Coast
NC = North Coast
NI = Northern Inland
STH = South
NT = Northern Territory ASP = Alice Springs
DAR = Darwin
QLD = Queensland BNE = Brisbane
NQL = North Queensland CQ = Central Queensland
FNQ = Far North Queensland
MRF = Mackay Regional Football
NQ = North Queensland
WB = Wide Bay
SQL = South Queensland GC = Gold Coast
SC = Sunshine Coast
SWQ = South West Queensland
SA = South Australia
TAS = Tasmania
VIC = Victoria
WA = Western Australia MW = Mid West
SW = South West

Qualifying round

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First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Fifth round

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164 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including 153 qualifiers from the previous round and 16 entering at this stage (11 from the NPL QLD (2)). The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Endeavour Hills Fire, the only level 7 team left in the competition.

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Sixth round

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A total of 84 teams competed in this round of the competition. The 42 victorious teams in this round qualified for the Seventh Round. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Killarney Districts. They were the only level 6 team left in the competition.

Notes:
  • w/o = Walkover
  • † = After Extra Time

Seventh round

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A total of 42 teams competed in this round of the competition. The 21 victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2016 FFA Cup Round of 32. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Wagga City Wanderers. They were the only level 5 team left in the competition.

Notes:
  • † = After Extra Time

References

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  1. ^ "Draw revamped for 2016 Westfield FFA Cup". Football Federation Australia. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Westfield FFA Cup 2016 Applications now open". Football NSW. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Westfield FFA Cup 2016 Nominations". Northern NSW Football. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Westfield FFA Cup 2016 Preliminary Rounds". Football NT. January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Westfield FFA Cup Applications Open". Football Queensland. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. ^ "2016 PS4 National Premier League Tasmania" (PDF). Football Federation Tasmania. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Westfield FFA Cup 2016 Preliminary Rounds Victoria Progression" (PDF). footballfedvic.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Westfield FFA Cup 2016 – WA Preliminary Rounds". Football West. December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  9. ^ "WESTFIELD FFA CUP COMPETITION REGULATIONS" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Entries for Westfield FFA Cup closing soon". Football West. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  11. ^ Capital Football (Russ Gibbs) (8 April 2016). "Canberra draw details for Cup Preliminary Rounds". Capital football. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  12. ^ "2016 PS4 National Premier League Tasmania" (PDF). Football Federation Tasmania. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Westfield FFA Cup 2016" (PDF). footballfedvic.com.au. 17 December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  14. ^ "2016 Westfield FFA Cup Memo" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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