Stay up to date with each Member Federation’s respective draws for the Westfield FFA Cup Preliminary Rounds to find out who is playing who.
Northern NSW
Northern NSW was officially the first Member Federation in the country to kick-off their Preliminary Rounds. The majority of the Preliminary Round 1 NNSWF Southern Division fixtures were held at the newly opened state of the art Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility (LMRFF) on 21 and 22 February 2015, with Round 2 taking place at LMRFF this weekend (28 February and 1 March 2015).
According to Senior Club Development Officer, Gary Fisher, the Preliminary Round 1 Draw produced a number of exciting match ups between clubs with existing local rivalries.
“With the ‘pot’ system in operation this year the draw has resulted in some fantastic rivalry matches to kick-off the NNSWF Division of the 2015 Westfield FFA Cup,” Fisher said.
Due to travel distances and time restraints, the NNSWF Preliminary Rounds of the competition is divided into two divisions, the Northern Division and the Southern Division.
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Queensland
Queensland ended up with 125 clubs registering for the Westfield FFA Cup 2015, consisting of 11 PlayStation 4 NPL Queensland clubs and the remaining 114 community clubs.
Of the 114 community clubs, Football Brisbane make up 56 of them with 58 teams from Football Queensland’s other Member Federation Zones.
16 teams progressed to Round 3 of the FFA Cup Brisbane Zone Qualifying as well as taking a step closer to a possible berth to the final of the Canale Travel Cup which is running in conjunction.
Victoria
Victoria has the most participating teams across Australia in the Westfield FFA Cup with 191 clubs registering.
Four rounds have been drawn: the Qualifying Round, where clubs will play off for a spot in Round 1 of the Victorian Preliminaries, Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3.
17 teams were given automatic places in Round 1 after being drawn byes in the Qualifying Round, while 22 teams had to fight their way to the first round.
Rosebud Hearts and Old Ivanhoe Grammarians played out the first match in the state with Rosebud prevailing in a seven goal thriller. There will be 197 matches played across eight rounds to determine Victoria’s four entrants in the Round of 32.
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New South Wales
Football NSW (FNSW) conducted the draw for the 2015 Westfield FFA Cup Preliminary Rounds at the ‘Home of Football’, Valentine Sports Park last week.
In a first for Football NSW, as many as 58 Association clubs from across NSW have registered and will compete as part of the overall 104 clubs for the right to win a place in the Westfield FFA Cup Round of 32.
The Westfield FFA Cup provides Football NSW National Premier Leagues (NPL) and club teams the opportunity to progress to the Round of 32 and the chance to play off against Preliminary Round club-based winners from fellow states, as well as Hyundai A-League Clubs.
Football NSW has been allocated five slots into the Westfield FFA Cup 2015 Final Rounds. Accordingly, the five winning clubs from Round 7 of the Preliminary Rounds will enter this stage of the tournament.
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Western Australia
The first two Westfield FFA Cup 2015 matches in Western Australia were decided in the regional town of Geraldton.
The remaining Round 2 matches will be decided over the next month, with the majority to be played on Sunday 15 March.
In WA there is a staggered entry for clubs in different competitions, starting at Round 2.
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Tasmania
Football Federation Tasmania has conducted the draw for the Westfield FFA Cup Preliminary Rounds for Tasmania (Lakoseljac Round of 16 + 2 x Qualifiers).
The eight PlayStation 4 Victory League clubs and the Southern and Northern Champions were seeded straight into the Round of 16, with all other teams entering the competition involved in the qualification game draw.
The Milan Lakoseljac Cup forms the preliminary rounds of the Westfield FFA Cup in Tasmania. Matches commence on March 6.
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South Australia
The first round of the qualifying competition for the Westfield FFA Cup 2015 has been conducted with 29 clubs registering for the Preliminary Rounds which doubles as the Federation Cup.
Despite securing automatic entry into the Westfield FFA Cup Round of 32, last year’s PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues national champions MetroStars will compete in the Preliminary Rounds for the prestige of trying to win the Federation Cup. Thus, if MetroStars manage to go all the way and take out the South Australian Cup competition this year, the club they play against in the Final will take the State’s one allocated slot in the Round of 32.
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Capital Football
Registrations are still open to clubs in the ACT to enter the Westfield FFA Cup 2015.
Northern Territory
With the Northern Territory allocated a slot in the Westfield FFA Cup for the first time this year, the NorZone draw was conducted with four Darwin based clubs competing in Round 1 of the Northern Territory Preliminary Rounds. Special guest at the draw was FA Cup winner Mike Trebilcock. The former Everton player who now resides in Darwin scored two goals in the 1966 Final at Wembley.
In the draw, Casuarina FC were drawn to face newcomers Shamrock Rovers, while 2014 NorZone champions Darwin Olympic are up against University Azzuri. The matches will be played as a double header on Saturday 28 March 2015 at Larrakia Park kicking off at 5.30pm and 7pm local time respectively.
After receiving a bye in Round 1, Palmerston FC and Mindil Aces will await the winners of the two matches in Round 2.
Booraloola FC, the 2014 Cyclones Cup champions, also drew a bye in Round 1 and will make the 12 hour road trip to Darwin to take on Hellenic AFC in Round 2 on April 22.
The remaining two teams in the draw, Australian Defence force team 1st Brigade and Port Darwin FC will meet on Tuesday 28 April.
