2018 Dockerty Cup

2018 FFV Dockerty Cup

Tournament details
Country	Australia
Teams	217
Final positions
Champions	Bentleigh Greens
Runner-up	Heidelberg United

The 2018 Dockerty Cup was a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia in 2018, the annual edition of the Dockerty Cup. Victorian soccer clubs from the 5 State League Divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues - plus the 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues Victoria - competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy.

The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2018 FFA Cup. In addition to the two Victorian A-League clubs, and Heidelberg United as 2017 National Premier Leagues champions, the four Preliminary Round 7 winners qualified for the final rounds of the 2018 FFA Cup, entering the Round of 32.

Format

Round	Clubs remaining	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Main Match Dates
Qualifying Round	217	none	66	10–17 February
Round 1	187	36	59	23–25 February
Round 2	141	48	36	2–6 March
Round 3	97	40	24	8–11 March
Round 4	65	33	31	17 March–2 April
Round 5	33	32	none	11–24 April
Round 6	17	16	none	1–9 May
Round 7	9	8	none	23–30 May
Play-off	5	4	1	20 June
Semi-Finals	4	4	none	26–27 June
Final	2	2	none	11 July

Prize fund

The prize fund is detailed below.[1]

Round	No. of Clubs receive fund	Prize fund
Semi-finalists or Playoff Loser	3	$2,500
Runner-up	1	$5,000
Champion	1	$10,000
Total		$22,500

Preliminary rounds

Main article: 2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

Victorian clubs participated in the 2018 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their division in 2018. Heidelberg United did not participate in the Victorian qualifying rounds, as they had already qualified into the FFA Cup as 2017 National Premier Leagues champions.

The five qualifiers for the final rounds were:

FFA Cup Qualifiers
Avondale (2)	Bentleigh Greens (2)	Northcote City (2)	Port Melbourne (2)
2017 NPL champion
Heidelberg United (2)

Play-off round

A total of two teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the match played on 20 June.

Tie no	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Heidelberg United (2)	3–2	Avondale (2)

Semi finals

A total of four teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played on 26 and 27 June.

Tie no	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Port Melbourne (2)	1–5	Bentleigh Greens (2)
2	Northcote City (2)	0–2	Heidelberg United (2)

Final

Heidelberg United (2) v Bentleigh Greens (2)

11 July 2018	Heidelberg United (2)	0–2	Bentleigh Greens (2)	Jack Edwards Reserve
19:30		Report	Pace 2' (o.g.) Xydias 90+1'

References

1. "Dockerty Cup 2018 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Football Federation Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.