2016 Dockerty Cup

2016 FFV Dockerty Cup
Country  Australia
Teams 202
Champions Bentleigh Greens
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The 2016 Dockerty Cup is a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia, held between February and July 2016. Victorian soccer clubs from the 5 State League Divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues - plus the 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues Victoria - competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy.

This knockout competition was won by Bentleigh Greens, their first title.

The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. In addition to the two Victorian A-League clubs, the four semi-finalists qualified for the final rounds of the 2016 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.

Format

RoundClubs
remaining		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Main Match Dates
Qualifying Round202none50 (inc. 6 byes)20–21 February
Round 1180286027–29 February
Round 213644364–7 March
Round 396402411–14 March
Round 464323218–21 March
Round 53232none19 April-4 May
Round 61616none17 May-8 June
Round 788none7–15 June
Semi-Finals44none13 & 19 July
Final22none17 August

Preliminary rounds

Victorian clubs, participate in the 2016 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds.[1] This was open to teams from the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their Division in 2016.

A total of 202 clubs entered into the competition (eleven greater than the previous year), and the four qualifiers for the semi-final rounds are:

Semi Finalists and FFA Cup Qualifiers
Bentleigh Greens (2) Green Gully (2) Hume City (2) Melbourne Knights (2)

Semi finals

A total of four teams were scheduled to take part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played on 13 July and 19 July.[2]

Tie noHome team (Tier)ScoreAway team (Tier)
1Hume City (2)0–2Green Gully (2)
2Melbourne Knights (2)1–2Bentleigh Greens (2)

Final

The Final was played at the neutral venue of Broadmeadows Valley Park on 17 August.

References

  1. ↑ "Westfield FFA Cup 2016" (PDF). footballfedvic.com.au. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dockerty Cup 2016". foxsportspulse.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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