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The 2024 Australia Cup is the eleventh season of the Australia Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. This edition will be the third under the new name of the "Australia Cup" following the renaming of Football Federation Australia to Football Australia.[1] Thirty-two teams will contest the competition proper.

Sydney FC are the defending champions.

The winner is also expected to qualify to the group stage of the AFC's 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two competition.

Round and dates

Round Draw date Match dates Number of fixtures Teams New entries this round
Preliminary rounds Various 9 February–24 July 761 → 32 753
Round of 32 19 June 30 July–11 August 16 32 → 16 8
Round of 16 TBD[a] 24–28 August 8 16 → 8 None
Quarter-finals 11–15 September 4 8 → 4 None
Semi-finals 21–22 September 2 4 → 2 None
Final — 5 October 1 2 → 1 None
Ref. [2][3]

Teams

A total of 32 teams will participate in the 2024 Australia Cup competition proper.

A-League Men clubs represent the highest level in the Australian league system, whereas Member Federation clubs come from level 2 and below.

A-League Men clubs
Adelaide United Central Coast Mariners Macarthur FC Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers
   
Member federation clubs
Australian Capital Territory O'Connor Knights (2) New South Wales APIA Leichhardt (2) New South Wales Blacktown City (2) New South Wales NWS Spirit (2)
New South Wales Rockdale Ilinden (2) New South Wales Edgeworth FC (2) New South Wales Lambton Jaffas (2) Northern Territory Darwin Hearts (2)
Queensland Brisbane City (2) Queensland Lions FC (2) Queensland Moreton City Excelsior (2) Queensland Olympic FC (2)
South Australia Campbelltown City (2) South Australia Modbury Jets (2) Tasmania Glenorchy Knights (2) Victoria (state) Heidelberg United (2)
Victoria (state) Hume City (2) Victoria (state) Melbourne Srbija (4) Victoria (state) Oakleigh Cannons (2) Victoria (state) South Melbourne (2)
Western Australia Olympic Kingsway (2) Western Australia Perth RedStar (2)

Preliminary rounds

Main article: 2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

Member federation teams competed in various state-based preliminary rounds to win one of 22 places in the competition proper (at the Round of 32). All Australian clubs were eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective member federation; however, only one team per club was permitted entry into the competition. The preliminary rounds operated within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition is staggered in each state/territory, determined by what level the club sits at in the Australian soccer league system. This ultimately lead to round 7, with the winning clubs from that round entering directly into the round of 32. Slot allocations were the same as the previous year.

The top eight placed A-League Men clubs from the 2023–24 A-League Men season gained automatic qualification to the Round of 32. The remaining four teams entered a play-off series to determine the remaining two positions.

Federation Associated competition Round of 32 qualifiers
Football Australia A-League Men 10
Capital Football (ACT) Federation Cup (ACT) 1
Football NSW Waratah Cup 4
Northern NSW Football Northern NSW State Cup 2
Football Northern Territory NT FFA Cup Final 1
Football Queensland Kappa Queensland Cup[4] 4
Football South Australia Federation Cup (SA) 2
Football Tasmania Milan Lakoseljac Cup 1
Football Victoria Dockerty Cup 5
Football West (WA) State Cup 2

Round of 32

The draw took place on 19 June,[5] with fixtures to be finalised over the following days. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Melbourne Srbija. They are the only level 4 team left in the competition.

Moreton City Excelsior (2) – Campbelltown City (2)
NWS Spirit (2) – Glenorchy Knights (2)
O'Connor Knights (2) – Macarthur FC (1)
Perth RedStar (2) – Lions FC (2)
Melbourne Srbija (4) – Modbury Jets (2)
Olympic FC (2) – APIA Leichhardt (2)
Brisbane City (2) – Western Sydney Wanderers (1)
Heidelberg United (2) – Central Coast Mariners (1)
Olympic Kingsway (2) – Edgeworth FC (2)
Oakleigh Cannons (2) – Sydney FC (1)
South Melbourne (2) – Wellington Phoenix (1)
Blacktown City (2) – Adelaide United (1)
Lambton Jaffas (2) – Melbourne Victory (1)
Rockdale Ilinden (2) – Newcastle Jets / Western United (1)
Brisbane Roar / Perth Glory (1) – Melbourne City (1)
Darwin Hearts (2) – Hume City (2)

Notes

  1. ^ combined draw

References

  1. ^ "Football Australia CEO James Johnson annouces [sic] FFA Cup will be renamed Australia Cup | FFA Cup". www.theffacup.com.au. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ^ "How to watch the Australia Cup 2024 Round of 32 draw". Football Australia. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Australia Cup 2024 Draw Principles Explained". Football Australia. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ "KAPPA QUEENSLAND CUP". Football Queensland. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Australia Cup 2024 Round of 32 Draw Confirmed". Australia Cup. Football Australia. 19 June 2024.
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