1968 Australia Cup

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1968 Australia Cup
Country Australia
Teams18
ChampionsHakoah Eastern Suburbs
Runners-upMelbourne Hakoah
Matches played20
← 1967

The 1968 Australia Cup was the seventh and final season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia.[1][2][3][4]

Teams[]

Qualifying clubs
Australian Capital Territory ACT Canberra Juventus
New South Wales NNSW Newcastle Austral
New South Wales NSW APIA Leichhardt St George Budapest South Sydney Croatia Pan Hellenic Sydney Hakoah Sydney Prague
Queensland QLD Latrobe-Western Suburbs
South Australia SA Adelaide Juventus West Adelaide Hellas
Tasmania TAS Olympia
Victoria (Australia) VIC Melbourne Hungaria Melbourne Juventus Melbourne Croatia South Melbourne Hellas Melbourne Hakoah
Western Australia WA Perth Azzurri

Quarter-finals[]

Sydney Hakoah2–0St George Budapest
Attendance: 5,983[4]
Sydney Prague3–2Pan Hellenic
Attendance: 5,983[4]
Melbourne Juventus1–2Perth Azzurri
Attendance: 400[4]
Melbourne Hakoah2–0Melbourne Croatia

Semi-finals[]

First leg[]

Perth Azzurri1–4Sydney Hakoah
Sydney Prague1–1Melbourne Hakoah
Attendance: 3,762[4]

Second leg[]

Sydney Hakoahw/oPerth Azzurri

Sydney Hakoah won after Perth Azzurri forfeited the second leg.

Melbourne Hakoah3–2Sydney Prague

Melbourne Hakoah won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final[]

First leg[]

Sydney Hakoah3–0Melbourne Hakoah
Baartz Goal Goal
H. Rutherford Goal		 Report
Attendance: 3,402[4]

Second leg[]

Melbourne Hakoah1–3Sydney Hakoah
Thomas Goal Report Johns Goal
W. Rutherford Goal
Baartz Goal
Attendance: 2,850

Sydney Hakoah won 6–1 on aggregate.

References[]

  1. ^ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Hakoah - Sydney City Soccer Milestones". hakoah.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Hey Australia, we are Perth SC!". perthsc.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Andrew Robinson (23 November 2016). "Australia Cup 1968 – Results".
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