1968 Australia Cup
Football tournament season
Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Teams | 19 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Hakoah Eastern Suburbs (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Melbourne Hakoah |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
← 1967 1977 NSL Cup → |
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 | ||||||
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![]() | Canberra Juventus | |||||
![]() | Newcastle Austral | |||||
![]() | APIA Leichhardt | St George Budapest | South Sydney Croatia | Pan Hellenic | Sydney Hakoah | Sydney Prague |
![]() | Latrobe-Western Suburbs | |||||
![]() | Adelaide Juventus | West Adelaide Hellas | ||||
![]() | Launceston United | |||||
![]() | Melbourne Hungaria | Melbourne Juventus | Melbourne Croatia | South Melbourne Hellas | Melbourne Hakoah | Footscray JUST |
![]() | Perth Azzurri |
Bracket
Round One | Round Two | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
Melbourne Juventus | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Footscray JUST | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Melbourne Juventus | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Perth Azzurri | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
South Melbourne Hellas | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
West Adelaide Hellas | 1 | Perth Azzurri | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Perth Azzurri | 2 | Perth Azzurri | 1 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||
Sydney Hakoah | 4 | awd. | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||
St George Budapest | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Newcastle Austral | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
St George Budapest | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sydney Hakoah | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sydney Hakoah | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Canberra Juventus | 0 | South Sydney Croatia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
South Sydney Croatia | 1 | Sydney Hakoah | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Melbourne Hakoah | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sydney Prague | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Latrobe Western Suburbs | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sydney Prague | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pan Hellenic | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pan Hellenic | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
APIA Leichhardt | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sydney Prague | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Melbourne Hakoah | 1 | Melbourne Hakoah | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Launceston United | 0 | Melbourne Hakoah | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Melbourne Hungaria | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Melbourne Hakoah | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Melbourne Croatia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Melbourne Croatia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Adelaide Juventus | 1 |
Round One
Melbourne Hakoah | 1–0 | Launceston United |
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Attendance: 2,070[4]
Canberra Juventus | 0–1 | South Sydney Croatia |
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Attendance: 1,120[4]
West Adelaide Hellas | 1–2 | Perth Azzurri |
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Attendance: 3,100[4]
Round Two
Sydney Prague | 6–0 | Latrobe-Western Suburbs |
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Sydney Athletic Field, Sydney
Attendance: 2,070[4]
St George Budapest | 5–0 | Newcastle Austral |
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Sydney Athletic Field, Sydney
Attendance: 800[4]
Pan Hellenic | 1–0 | APIA Leichhardt |
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Attendance: 6,414[4]
Sydney Hakoah | 1–0 | South Sydney Croatia |
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Sydney Athletic Field, Sydney
Attendance: 1,603[4]
Melbourne Croatia | 3–1 | Adelaide Juventus |
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Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 1,200[4]
South Melbourne Hellas | 1–2 | Perth Azzurri |
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Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Quarter-finals
Sydney Hakoah | 2–0 | St George Budapest |
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Attendance: 5,983[4]
Sydney Prague | 3–2 | Pan Hellenic |
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Attendance: 5,983[4]
Melbourne Juventus | 1–2 | Perth Azzurri |
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Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 400[4]
Melbourne Hakoah | 2–0 | Melbourne Croatia |
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Middle Park, Melbourne[4]
Semi-finals
Sydney Hakoah | w/o | Perth Azzurri |
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Sydney Hakoah won after Perth Azzurri forfeited the second leg.
Sydney Prague | 1–1 | Melbourne Hakoah |
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Attendance: 3,762[4]
Melbourne Hakoah | 3–2 | Sydney Prague |
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Middle Park, Melbourne[4]
Melbourne Hakoah won 4–3 on aggregate.
Final
Sydney Hakoah | 3–0 | Melbourne Hakoah |
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Baartz ![]() ![]() H. Rutherford ![]() | Report |
Attendance: 3,402[4]
Melbourne Hakoah | 1–3 | Sydney Hakoah |
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Thomas ![]() | Report | Johns ![]() W. Rutherford ![]() Baartz ![]() |
Middle Park, Melbourne[4]
Attendance: 2,850
Sydney Hakoah won 6–1 on aggregate.
References
- ^ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ "Hakoah - Sydney City Soccer Milestones". hakoah.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Hey Australia, we are Perth SC!". perthsc.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Andrew Robinson (23 November 2016). "Australia Cup 1968 – Results".