2017 Waratah Cup

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2017 Waratah Cup
Country Australia (NSW)
Teams6
ChampionsHakoah Sydney City East
Matches played5
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The 2017 Waratah Cup was the 15th season of Football NSW's knockout competition. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the FFA Cup competition. The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary Seventh Round qualified for the Waratah Cup, as well as the reigning National Premier Leagues champion (Sydney United 58).

The Cup was won by Hakoah Sydney City East, their 7th title.

Format[]

Round Clubs
remaining		 Winners from
previous round		 New entries
this round		 Main Match Dates
Round 2 148 none 18 11–12 March
Round 3 139 9 107 15 March-4 April
Round 4 81 58 22 29 March-2 May
Round 5 41 40 none 19 April-10 May
Round 6 21 20 none 9–24 May
Round 7 11 10 none 30–31 May
Playoff Round 6 5 1 12–14 June
Semi-Finals 4 4 none 28 June
Final 2 2 none 9 July

Preliminary rounds[]

Main article: 2017 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, participate in the FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. The competition is for all Senior Men's teams of the National Premier Leagues NSW, NPL 2, NPL 3, NSW State League, as well as Association teams which applied to participate.

A total of 148 clubs entered into the competition,[1] and the five qualifiers that joined Sydney United in the final rounds were:

Qualifiers
APIA Leichhardt Tigers (2) Bankstown Berries (3) Blacktown City (2) Hakoah Sydney City East (2) Hills Brumbies (3)

Playoff round[]

Four of the qualifiers played-off to reduce the remaining teams to 4, while APIA Leichhardt Tigers and Hakoah Sydney City East received a Bye until the semi-finals.[2]

Sydney United 583–0Bankstown Berries
  • Nikas Goal 51'
  • Olsen Goal 55'
  • Vranic Goal 57'
 Report
Hills Brumbies0–5Blacktown City
Report
  • Andrew Goal 63', 65', 88'
  • Mallia Goal 80', 90+'

Semi finals[]

A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition.

Sydney United2–3Hakoah Sydney City East
  • Payne Goal 44' (pen.)
  • Vranic Goal 70'
 Report
  • Goal 26'
  • Goal 37'
  • Jablonski Goal 78' (pen.)
Blacktown City0–3APIA Leichhardt Tigers
Report

Grand final[]

APIA Leichhardt Tigers1–3Hakoah Sydney City East
Symons Goal 39'
  • L.Jones Goal 7' (pen.)
  • Jablonski Goal 80'
  • H.Jones Goal 90+2'

References[]

  1. ^ "148 FNSW clubs to compete in the Cup". Football Federation Australia. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Waratah Cup Finals matches announced". Football NSW. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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