Australia Cup 2022: Fixtures, results, how to watch and what happened to the FFA Cup?

Joshua Thomas

Kieran Francis

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The Australia Cup 2022 is up to the quarter-final stage after a dramatic round of 16. 

Both the reigning A-League Men premiers and champions, Melbourne City and Western United, were knocked out of the competition as 16 teams were slimmed down to eight. 

Fellow ALM sides Adelaide United and Brisbane Roar also only managed to progress after penalty shootout wins over NPL opposition. 

There will be an NPL cub in the Australia Cup semi-finals in 2022 after Peninsula Power and Sydney United were drawn against each other in the quarter-finals. 

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Australia Cup final: Date, time, teams, venue

Date (AEST) Time (AEST) Fixture Stadium
Saturday, October 1 19:45 Sydney United 0-2 Macarthur FC CommBank Stadium

Australia Cup semi-final fixtures and results

Date (AEST) Time (AEST) Fixture/Result Stadium
September 11 14:00 Sydney United 3-2 Brisbane Roar (AET) Sydney United Sports Centre
September 14 19:30 Oakleigh Cannons 2-5 Macarthur FC Jack Edwards Reserve

Australia Cup quarter-final fixtures and results

Date (AEST) Time (AEST) Fixture/Result Stadium
August 28 3.00pm Peninsula Power 0-1 Sydney United A.J. Kelly Park
August 31 7.30pm Adelaide United 1-2 Brisbane Roar ServiceFM Stadium
August 31 7.30pm Macarthur FC 2-0 Wellington Phoenix Campbelltown Stadium
August 31 7.30pm Oakleigh Cannons 2-1 Sydney FC Jack Edwards Reserve

Round of 16 draw, fixtures and results

Date (AEST) Time (AEST) Fixture/Result Stadium
August 10 19:30 Modbury Jets 0-4 Macarthur FC ServiceFM Stadium
August 10 19:30 Bentleigh Greens 1-2 Sydney FC Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
 August 14 14:00 Sydney United 58 1-1 Western United (Pens 4-3) Sydney United Sports Centre
 August 14 16:00 Peninsula Power 2-1 Green Gully A.J. Kelly Park
August 17 19:30 Melbourne City 1-2 Wellington Phoenix Casey Fields
August 17 19:30 Adelaide City 2-2 Adelaide United (Pens 1-4) ServiceFM Stadium
August 17 19:30 Oakleigh Cannons 5-3 Brisbane City Jack Edwards Reserve
August 17 19:30            Avondale 2-2 Brisbane Roar          (Pens 1-4) ABD Stadium

Round of 32 draw, fixtures and results

 Fixture/Result

Stadium Time/Date (AEST)

Bentleigh Greens SC 2-1 Broadmeadow Magic FC 

Kingston Heath Soccer Complex July 21, 7:30 pm

Sydney FC 3-3 (Pens 3-1) Central Coast Mariners

Leichhardt Oval July 31, 4:00 pm

Peninsula Power FC 4-1 NWS Spirit FC

AJ Kelly Park August 3, 7:30 pm

Brisbane City 3-1 Cockburn City SC

Perry Park July 27, 7:30 pm

Adelaide City 1-0 Logan Lightning FC

Marden Sports Complex July 27, 7:30 pm

Newcastle Jets 0-2 Adelaide United

McDonald Jones Stadium July 30, 7:30 pm

Wollongong United 2-3 Green Gully SC 

McLennan Park July 27, 7:30 pm

Bonnyrigg White Eagles 0-5 Oakleigh Cannons

Bonnyrigg Sports Centre July 21, 7:30 pm

Armadale SC 2-5 Modbury Jets

Alfred Skeet Reserve July 21, 8:30 pm

Devonport City Strikers 0-4 Wellington Phoenix

Valley Road August 3, 7:30 pm

Magpies Crusaders United 0-6 Macarthur FC

BB Print Stadium July 30, 5:30 pm

Mindil Aces FC 0-6 Avondale FC 

Darwin Football Stadium July 21, 7:30 pm

Heidelberg United FC 1-3 Brisbane Roar

Olympic Village July 27, 7:30 pm

Newcastle Olympic FC 0-1 Melbourne City

No. 2 Sportsground August 2, 7:00 pm

Sydney United 58 3-0 Monaro Panthers FC

Sydney United Sports Centre August 3, 7:30 pm

Western United 2-1 Melbourne Victory

AAMI Park August 3, 7:30 pm

When is the Australia Cup taking place in 2022? Key dates for the competition 

The round of 32 is set to begin on July 21 and end on August 4.

The following week, Round of 16 matches will begin from August 10 and run until August 17. 

Quarter-final games will then be played across August 27-31 with semi-finals to be held across September 10-14. 

The Australia Cup quarter-final is then expected to be played on October 1 - just before the new A-League Men season starts. 

What happened to the FFA Cup?

After FA changed their own name in late 2020, they set out to find a new moniker for Australia’s largest national knockout football competition. 

Fans were asked to put forward their own suggestions and a decision was ultimately made prior to the most recent cup final. 

“Through discussion with Australian football historians, and dialogue with fans and stakeholders of the competition, the consensus was that the name Australia Cup truly speaks to what this competition is and represents," Football Australia's chief executive officer, James Johnson, said earlier this year. 

"We are pleased that through this process pioneering players, clubs, and officials can feel recognised and connected to the competition.

“The research and consultation we have conducted regarding this name change indicates that people will be overwhelmingly happy with the shift to Australia Cup from 2022 onwards."

Melbourne Victory FFA Cup final

What is the Australia Cup and which clubs can take part?

Following the same format as the FFA Cup, the Australia Cup is a knockout football competition consisting of clubs from across the country. 

A total of 10 A-League Men clubs will enter the competition at the round of 32 stage with various preliminary rounds held before that. 

Those rounds take place across every member federation in various forms with each federation allocated spots in the round of 32 as follows:

  • Capital Football: 1 spot
  • Football NSW: 4 spots
  • Northern NSW Football: 2 spots
  • Football Northern Territory: 1 spot
  • Football Queensland: 4 spots
  • Football South Australia: 2 spots
  • Football Tasmania: 1 spot
  • Football Victoria: 5 spots
  • Football West: 2 spots

How to watch the Australia Cup

Network 10 currently have the broadcast rights to the Australia Cup. 

All games from the play-offs and round of 32 onwards can be streamed on 10 Play, while select matches will also be shown on television via Channel 10 or 10 Bold. 

Some preliminary round games will also be available on the Australia Cup Facebook page or My Football YouTube channel

Australia Cup prize money

While FFA Cup champions previously received some prize money, the big reward on offer for Australia Cup winners now is the chance to compete in Asia. 

Melbourne Victory were given a place in the AFC Champions League play-offs as a result of their 2021/22 triumph. 

The winner of the Australia Cup in 2022, meanwhile, is set to automatically get a place in the AFC Cup. 

Australia Cup/FFA Cup past winners

Year Champion
2022 Macarthur
2021 Melbourne Victory
2020 N/A
2019 Adelaide United
2018 Adelaide United
2017 Sydney FC
2016 Melbourne City
2015 Melbourne Victory
2014 Adelaide United

Joshua Thomas

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Josh has been covering sport for nearly a decade now having fallen in love with football at a young age. A UTS graduate, Josh has previously worked for GOAL and now covers football closely for The Sporting News.

Kieran Francis

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.