2024 Dockerty Cup

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2024 FV Dockerty Cup
Tournament details
CountryAustralia
Dates9 February 2024 – 3 August 2024
Teams211
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Melbourne FC (9th title)
Runners-upOakleigh Cannons
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The 2024 Dockerty Cup was a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia in 2024, the annual edition of the Dockerty Cup. Victorian soccer clubs from the National Premier Leagues Victoria divisions, State League divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy.

The cup was won by South Melbourne, their ninth title.

The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2024 Australia Cup. In addition to the three Victorian A-League clubs, the four Preliminary Round 7 winners qualified for the final rounds of the 2024 Australia Cup, entering at the Round of 32.[1] As there was no NPL Champion in the previous year, an additional (fifth) slot was allocated to Victoria.[2] This had the knock-on effect that an extra playoff-round was required for the final rounds.[3]

Format

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Round Clubs

remaining

Winners from

previous round

New entries

this round

Main Match Dates
Round 1 219 none 135 9–12 Feb
Round 2 162 78 none 23–26 Feb
Round 3 123 39 47 8–11 Mar
Round 4 80 43 37 27 Mar–10 Apr
Round 5 40 40 none 22 Apr–1 May
Round 6 20 20 none 14–28 May
Round 7 10 10 none 11–18 Jun
Play-off 5 5 none 3 Jul
Semi-Finals 4 4 none 16 Jul
Final 2 2 none 3 Aug

Preliminary rounds

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Main article: 2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

Victorian clubs participated in the 2022 Australia Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the NPL Victoria, VPL 1, VPL 2, State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their division in 2022.[4]

The five qualifiers for the final rounds were:[5]

Australia Cup Qualifiers
Heidelberg United (2) Hume City (2) FC Melbourne Srbija (4) Oakleigh Cannons (2) South Melbourne (2)

Play-off round

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A total of two teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the match played on 3 July.[6][7]

Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
1 Heidelberg United (2) 1–2 South Melbourne (2)

Semi finals

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A total of four teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played between 16 July.[8]

Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
1 South Melbourne (2) 1–0[9] Hume City (2)
2 Oakleigh Cannons (2) 1–0[10] FC Melbourne Srbija (4)

Final

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The Grand Final would be played on 3 August 2024, at the Home of the Matildas in Bundoora. The match was played between Oakleigh Cannons and South Melbourne.[11][12] Maximilian Mikkola would be sent off in the match. the game would finish 0-0 after the completion of extra time. South Melbourne would go on to win the match on penalties with a score of 5-4.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Australia Cup 2024 Round of 32 Draw Confirmed | Australia Cup". www.australiacup.com.au. 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  2. ^ "Final Rounds slot allocations for Australia Cup 2022 confirmed". Football Australia. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Dockerty Cup - Draw Process (Cup Finals Series).PDF". Football Victoria. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ^ "2024 Dockerty Cup Results | Football Victoria". www.footballvictoria.com.au. 2024-08-03. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  5. ^ Comito, Matthew (2024-06-25). "Full schedule for Australia Cup Round of 32 confirmed: Key dates, kick-off times & venues". A-Leagues. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  6. ^ "Results for Dockerty Cup - Play off Round". GameDay. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  7. ^ "FV - Match Centre - Heidelberg United v South Melbourne". GameDay. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  8. ^ "Results for Dockerty Cup - Semi Final". GameDay. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  9. ^ "FV - Match Centre - South Melbourne v Hume City". GameDay. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  10. ^ "FV - Match Centre - Oakleigh Cannons v FC Melbourne SRBIJA". GameDay. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  11. ^ "Dockerty Cup Final: Oakleigh Cannons v South Melbourne | Get your tickets now! | Football Victoria". www.footballvictoria.com.au. 2024-07-22. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  12. ^ "Oakleigh Cannons FC 4 - 5 South Melbourne FC". GameDay. Football Victoria. 3 August 2024. Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  13. ^ "South Melbourne FC prevail in feisty and historic Dockerty Cup Final". greekherald.com.au. The Greek Herald. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Oakleigh Cannons FC 4 - 5 South Melbourne FC". GameDay. Football Victoria. 3 August 2024. Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.