1963 Australia Cup

The 1963 Australia Cup was the second season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 24 clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition.[1][2]

1963 Australia Cup
Country Australia
Teams24
ChampionsPort Melbourne Slavia
Runners-upPolonia Melbourne
Matches played25
← 1962
1964 →

Teams
Qualifying clubs
N-NSW Wallsend West Wallsend Awaba Newcastle Austral
NSW Sydney Prague APIA Leichhardt South Coast United Pan Hellenic
QLD Brisbane Hellenic Brisbane Azzurri Latrobe Merton Rovers
SA Adelaide Juventus Adelaide Budapest Adelaide Croatia Adelaide Polonia
TAS Olympia Launceston Juventus Ulverstone Hobart Rangers
VIC Footscray JUST Polonia Melbourne George Cross Port Melbourne Slavia

Round 1
Toronto Awaba6–5West Wallsend
Newcastle Austral3–0Wallsend
Brisbane Hellenic4–2Merton Rovers
Brisbane Azzurri1–0Latrobe
Hobart Olympia3–2Launceston Juventus
Hobart Rangers1–0Ulverstone
Adelaide Juventus6–0Adelaide Polonia
Adelaide Budapest3–0Adelaide Croatia

Round 2
Toronto Awaba2–3Brisbane Hellenic
Crystal Palace, Wallsend
Sydney Prague2–1 (a.e.t.)Pan Hellenic
Attendance: 11,014[2]
Brisbane Azzurri1–0Newcastle Austral
Polonia Melbourne0–0 (a.e.t.)George Cross
Penalties
4–3
APIA Leichhardt2–0South Coast United
Port Melbourne Slavia4–3 (a.e.t.)Footscray JUST
Hobart Olympia5–1Hobart Rangers
Adelaide Juventus3–1Adelaide Budapest

Quarter-finals
Sydney Prague5–2Brisbane Hellenic
Attendance: 2,100[2]
Brisbane Azzurri0–3Polonia Melbourne
Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane
Attendance: 7,300[2]
Port Melbourne Slavia3–1APIA Leichhardt
Attendance: 11,000[2]
Adelaide Juventus3–0Hobart Olympia
Attendance: 5,000[2]

Semi-finals
Polonia Melbourne3–1Sydney Prague
Attendance: 10,500[2]
Port Melbourne Slavia2–0Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 6,500[2]

Third place playoff
Sydney Prague1–2Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 2,000[2]

Final
Port Melbourne Slavia0–0Polonia Melbourne
Attendance: 12,500[2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Replay
Port Melbourne Slavia3–2 (a.e.t.)Polonia Melbourne
Des Palmer  81', 85', 104' Report Wieslaw Janczyk  19' (pen.)
Michael Jurecki  61'
Attendance: 9,000[2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

References
  1. "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. Andrew Robinson (11 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1963 – Results".
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