1962 Australia Cup

1962 Australia Cup
Country  Australia
Teams 16
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The 1962 Australia Cup was the first season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 16 teams from around Australia entered the competition.[1] The competition consisted of four clubs from Victoria and Sydney's competition, three from Queensland and South Australia and two from Northern New South Wales. The winner of the Australia Cup received £5,000.[1]

The inaugural season of the Cup was won by Yugal who defeated St George Budapest 8–1 at Wentworth Park in the final. The third place playoff, between Juventus and Juventus (from Melbourne and Adelaide respectively), was won by the South Australian team on penalty kicks.[2][3]

Teams

Qualifying clubs
New South Wales APIA Leichhardt New South Wales St George Budapest New South Wales Sydney Hakoah New South Wales Yugal
New South Wales Adamstown Rosebud New South Wales Toronto Awaba Queensland Brisbane Azzurri Queensland Brisbane Hellenic
Queensland Oxley United South Australia Adelaide Budapest South Australia Adelaide Croatia South Australia Adelaide Juventus
Victoria (Australia) Footscray JUST Victoria (Australia) Melbourne Juventus Victoria (Australia) South Melbourne Hellas Victoria (Australia) Wilhelmina

Round 1

South Melbourne Hellas 1–2 Yugal
Attendance: 14,000[3]
St George Budapest 5–2 Oxley United
Attendance: 2,125[3]
Melbourne Juventus 3–1 Adelaide Croatia
Attendance: 7,500[3]

Quarter-finals

Sydney Hakoah 2–6 Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 4,545[3]
Yugal 3–2 APIA Leichhardt
Attendance: 9,308[3]

Semi-finals

Melbourne Juventus 1–2 Yugal
Attendance: 7,000[3]
Adelaide Juventus 0–3 St George Budapest
Attendance: 5,000[3]

Third place playoff

Final

Yugal 8–1 St George Budapest
Jelisavcic  28', 34', ?', ?'
Nincevich  30'
Schwartz  47', 49'
Pacanin  ?'		 Report Buchanan  ?'
Attendance: 11,014[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Australia and its Cups: Then and Now". Roy Hay, The Leopold Method, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 2014, pp. 4–20. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".
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