2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

Tournament details
Country	Australia

The 2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds are the qualifying competition to decide teams to take part in the 2025 Australia Cup. The competition is scheduled to commence in January in Queensland, and then in February or March in the other Member Federations.

Schedule

The fixtures for the competition are as follows.

Round	Number of fixtures	Clubs	A-League	ACT[1]	NSW[2]	NNSW	NT	QLD[3][4]	SA[5]	TAS	VIC[6]	WA[7]
First round	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31 Jan–2 Feb	—	—	14–17 Feb	—
Second round	—	—	—	1–2 Mar	7–9 Mar	—	—	7–9 Feb	—	—	28 Feb–3 Mar	22–23 Feb
Third round	—	—	—	11–16 Mar	18–20 Mar	—	—	14–16 Feb	7–10 Mar	7–10 Mar	14–17 Mar	15–16 Mar
Fourth round	—	—	—	25 Mar–10 Apr	8–10 Apr	—	—	25 Mar–6 Apr	28–30 Mar	28–30 Mar	8–21 Apr	12–13 Apr
Fifth round	—	—	—	29 Apr–8 May	22–24 Apr	—	—	22–30 Apr	18–21 Apr	18–21 Apr	29 Apr–7 May	3–4 May
Sixth round	—	—	—	20–22 May	6–8 May	—	—	13–21 May	13–21 May	16–18 May	20–28 May	27–29 May
Seventh round	—	—	—	7 Jun	27–29 May	—	—	10–18 Jun	10–18 Jun	7–9 Jun	10–11 Jun	17–19 Jun
Play-off round	—	—	TBD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Format

The preliminary rounds structures are as follows, and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian soccer league system:

• First round:

• 9 Queensland clubs from Regional Queensland level 5 and below entered this stage.

• Second round:

• 87 Queensland clubs (8 from the previous round, 17 regional teams and 62 metro teams from levels 5 and below) entered this stage.

• Third round:

• 80 Queensland clubs (69 from the previous round, and 11 teams from level 4) entered this stage.

• Fourth round:

• 64 Queensland clubs (40 from the previous round and 24 teams from levels 2 and 3) entered this stage.

• Fifth round:

• 32 Queensland clubs will progress to this stage.

• Sixth round:

• 16 Queensland clubs will progress to this stage.

• Seventh round:

• 2 Australian Capital Territory clubs will progress to this stage, which doubles as the Final of the Federation Cup.
• 8 New South Wales clubs will progress to this stage. The 4 winners will also qualify for the final rounds of the Waratah Cup.
• 4 Northern New South Wales clubs will progress to this stage. The 2 winners will also qualify for the Final of the NNSWF State Cup.
• 2 Northern Territory clubs will progress to this stage, which doubles as the NT Australia Cup Final.
• 8 Queensland clubs will progress to this stage; 1 from Regional Queensland, and 7 from South East Queensland. The 4 winners will also qualify for the semi-finals of the Kappa Queensland Cup.
• 4 South Australian clubs will progress to this stage. The 2 winners will also qualify for the Final of the Federation Cup.
• 2 Tasmanian clubs will progress to this stage, which doubles as the Grand Final of the Milan Lakoseljac Cup.
• 10 Victorian clubs will progress to this stage. The 5 winners will also qualify for the final rounds of the Dockerty Cup.
• 4 Western Australian clubs will progress to this stage. The 2 winners will also qualify for the Final of the Football West State Cup.

• Play-off round:

• TBD

Key to abbreviations

Federation	Zone	Sub Zone
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
NSW = New South Wales
NNSW = Northern New South Wales	NTH = North STH = South
NT = Northern Territory	ASP = Alice Springs DAR = Darwin
QLD = Queensland	REG = Regional Queensland	CC = Central Coast FNG = Far North and Gulf NTH = Northern WB = Wide Bay WC = Whitsunday Coast
	SEQ = South East Queensland
SA = South Australia
TAS = Tasmania
VIC = Victoria
WA = Western Australia

First round

Fed. Zone Sub zone Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Queensland QLD REG FNG 1 Redlynch Strikers United (5) – Mareeba United (5) Victoria VIC – 2 –

Fed. Zone Sub zone Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) VIC – 3 – VIC – 4 –

Notes:

• QLD Byes: Atherton Eagles (6), Edge Hill United (5), Innisfail United (5), Leichhardt FC (5), Marlin Coast Rangers (5), Southside Comets (5), Stratford Dolphins (5).

Second round

Fed. Zone Sub zone Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Queensland QLD REG FNG 1 Leichhardt FC (5) – Edge Hill United (5) QLD REG FNG 2 Winner Round 1 Match 1 – Innisfail United (5) QLD REG FNG 3 Marlin Coast Rangers (5) – Stratford Dolphins (5) QLD REG FNG 4 Atherton Eagles (6) – Southside Comets (5) QLD REG NTH 5 Burdekin (5) – Estates (5) QLD REG NTH 6 MA Olympic (5) – Rebels (5) QLD REG NTH 7 Riverway JCU (5) – Townsville Warriors (5) QLD REG NTH 8 Saints Eagles Souths (5) – Brothers Townsville (5) QLD REG WB 9 United Warriors (5) – Across The Waves (5)

Fed. Zone Sub zone Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) QLD REG WC 10 Whitsunday United (5) – Magpies (5) QLD REG WC 11 Mackay Rangers (5) – City Brothers (5) QLD SEQ – 12 Nambour Yandina United (5) – Redcliffe Dolphins (5) QLD SEQ – 13 Legends (6) – Bribie Island (-) QLD SEQ – 14 Park Ridge (-) – Slacks Creek (8) QLD SEQ – 15 Bardon Latrobe (6) – North Brisbane (5) QLD SEQ – 16 Beerwah Glasshouse United (5) – Jimboomba United (7) QLD SEQ – 17 Springfield United (5) – Virginia United (5) QLD SEQ – 18 ACU FC (8) – The Gap (6)

Notes:

• QLD Byes: AC Carina (6), Acacia Ridge (5), Annerley (6), Baringa (5), Bethania Rams (8), Brighton Bulldogs (6), Caloundra (5), Centenary Stormers (5), Coolum FC (-), Coomera (5), Doon Villa (5), Gatton Redbacks (-), Highfields (5), Kangaroo Point Rovers (7), Kawana (5), Kingscliff Wolves (5), Logan Metro (6), Logan Roos (-), Logan Village Falcons (7), Mackay Lions (5), Mackay Wanderers (5), Moggill (6), Mooroondu (-), Mt Gravatt Hawks (5), Mudgeeraba (6), Musgrave (5), Narangba Eagles (7), New Farm United (6), Newmarket (5), Noosa Lions (5), Old Bridge Salisbury (7), Ormeau (5), Oxley United (7), Pacific Pines (6), Pimpana City (6), Ripley Valley (6), Rockville Rovers (5), Runaway Bay (5), Southport Warriors (5), Surfers Paradise Apollo (5), Tarragindi Tigers (6), Tweed United (5), UQFC (5), Western Spirit (5), Westside Grovely (7), West Wanderers (5), Willowburn (5), Woombye Snakes (5), Yeronga Eagles (6).

Third round

Fed. Zone Sub zone Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Queensland QLD REG FNG 1 Winner Round 2 Match 3 – Winner Round 2 Match 1 QLD REG FNG 2 Winner Round 2 Match 4 – Winner Round 2 Match 2 QLD REG NTH 3 Winner Round 2 Match 6 – Winner Round 2 Match 8 QLD REG NTH 4 Winner Round 2 Match 5 – Winner Round 2 Match 7 QLD REG WB 5 Doon Villa (5) – Winner Round 2 Match 9 QLD REG WC 6 Mackay Wanderers (5) – Winner Round 2 Match 10 QLD REG WC 7 Mackay Lions (5) – Winner Round 2 Match 11 QLD SEQ – 8 Samford Rangers (4) – Logan Village Falcons (7) QLD SEQ – 9 Taringa Rovers (4) – Mudgeeraba (6) QLD SEQ – 10 Pine Hills (4) – Western Spirit (5) QLD SEQ – 11 Centenary Stormers (5) – Rockville Rovers (5) QLD SEQ – 12 Gatton Redbacks (-) – Tarragindi Tigers (6) QLD SEQ – 13 Westside Grovely (7) – Ripley Valley (6) QLD SEQ – 14 Yeronga Eagles (6) – Musgrave (5) QLD SEQ – 15 Highfields (5) – Moggill (6) QLD SEQ – 16 Brighton Bulldogs (6) – Noosa Lions (5) QLD SEQ – 17 Runaway Bay (5) – Mt Gravatt Hawks (5) QLD SEQ – 18 Grange Thistle (4) – Robina City (5) QLD SEQ – 19 AC Carina (6) – Old Bridge Salisbury (7) QLD SEQ – 20 North Lakes United (4) – Winner Round 2 Match 16

Fed. Zone Sub zone Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) QLD SEQ – 21 Baringa (5) – Annerley (6) QLD SEQ – 22 Winner Round 2 Match 18 – West Wanderers (5) QLD SEQ – 23 Logan Metro (6) – Southport Warriors (5) QLD SEQ – 24 Coolum FC (-) – Kawana (5) QLD SEQ – 25 Mooroondu (-) – Oxley United (7) QLD SEQ – 26 Winner Round 2 Match 17 – Coomera (5) QLD SEQ – 27 Pacific Pines (6) – Pimpana City (6) QLD SEQ – 28 Brisbane Knights (5) – Tweed United (5) QLD SEQ – 29 Logan Roos (-) – Surfers Paradise Apollo (5) QLD SEQ – 30 Winner Round 2 Match 13 – Nerang SC (-) QLD SEQ – 31 New Farm United (6) – Winner Round 2 Match 15 QLD SEQ – 32 Souths United (4) – Woombye Snakes (5) QLD SEQ – 33 Acacia Ridge (5) – Bethania Rams (8) QLD SEQ – 34 Winner Round 2 Match 12 – Newmarket (5) QLD SEQ – 35 UQFC (5) – Willowburn (5) QLD SEQ – 36 Mitchelton FC (-) – Winner Round 2 Match 14 QLD SEQ – 37 Warwick Wolves (-) – Narangba Eagles (7) QLD SEQ – 38 Kingscliff Wolves (5) – Maroochydore FC (4) QLD SEQ – 39 Ormeau (5) – Caloundra (5) QLD SEQ – 40 Kangaroo Point Rovers (7) – North Star (4)

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