2019 Dockerty Cup

2019 FFV Dockerty Cup
Tournament details
Country	Australia
Teams	214
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The 2019 Dockerty Cup is a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia. Victorian soccer clubs from the National Premier Leagues Victoria divisions, State League divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy.

The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2019 FFA Cup. In addition to the two Victorian A-League clubs, the four Preliminary Round 7 winners qualified for the final rounds of the 2019 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.

Format

Round	Clubs remaining	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Main Match Dates
First Qualifying Round	214	none	15	9–10 Feb
Second Qualifying Round	208	9	47	16–17 Feb
Round 1	180	28	60	23–25 Feb
Round 2	136	40	36	28 Feb–4 Mar
Round 3	100	40	24	7–11 Mar
Round 4	64	32	32	17–20 Apr
Round 5	32	32	none	30 Apr–8 May
Round 6	16	16	none	22–29 May
Round 7	8	8	none	11–12 Jun
Semi-Finals	4	4	none	TBD
Final	2	2	none	TBD

Preliminary rounds

Victorian clubs participated in the 2019 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the NPL, NPL2, 5 State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their division in 2019.

The four qualifiers for the final rounds were:

FFA Cup Qualifiers
Hume City (2)	TBD	TBD	TBD

Round 7

A total of 8 teams were scheduled to take part in this stage of the competition, with the matches in this round to be played between 11–19 June 2019.

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
1	Altona Magic (2)	–	Moreland Zebras (3)
2	Bulleen Lions (3)	–	St Albans Saints (3)
3	Hume City (2)	0–0	Oakleigh Cannons (2)
Hume City advances 3–2 on penalties.
4	Melbourne Knights (2)	4–2	South Melbourne (2)

Semi finals

A total of four teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played in July 2019.

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
1	Preliminary Round 7 Winner Tie 4	–	Preliminary Round 7 Winner Tie 2
2	Preliminary Round 7 Winner Tie 1	–	Hume City (2)

Final

Semi-Final Winner Tie 1

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Semi-Final Winner Tie 2

References