2017 Waratah Cup

The 2017 Waratah Cup was the 15th season of Football NSW's knockout competition. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the FFA Cup competition. The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary Seventh Round qualified for the Waratah Cup, as well as the reigning National Premier Leagues champion (Sydney United 58).

2017 Waratah Cup
Country Australia (NSW)
Teams6
ChampionsHakoah Sydney City East
Matches played5
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The Cup was won by Hakoah Sydney City East, their 7th title.

Format
RoundClubs
remaining		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Main Match Dates
Round 2148none1811–12 March
Round 3139910715 March-4 April
Round 481582229 March-2 May
Round 54140none19 April-10 May
Round 62120none9–24 May
Round 71110none30–31 May
Playoff Round65112–14 June
Semi-Finals44none28 June
Final22none9 July

Preliminary rounds
Main article: 2017 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, participate in the FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. The competition is for all Senior Men's teams of the National Premier Leagues NSW, NPL 2, NPL 3, NSW State League, as well as Association teams which applied to participate.

A total of 148 clubs entered into the competition,[1] and the five qualifiers that joined Sydney United in the final rounds were:

Qualifiers
APIA Leichhardt Tigers (2) Bankstown Berries (3) Blacktown City (2) Hakoah Sydney City East (2) Hills Brumbies (3)

Playoff round

Four of the qualifiers played-off to reduce the remaining teams to 4, while APIA Leichhardt Tigers and Hakoah Sydney City East received a Bye until the semi-finals.[2]

Sydney United 583–0Bankstown Berries
  • Nikas  51'
  • Olsen  55'
  • Vranic  57'
 Report
Hills Brumbies0–5Blacktown City
Report
  • Andrew  63', 65', 88'
  • Mallia  80', 90+'

Semi finals

A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition.

Sydney United2–3Hakoah Sydney City East
 Report
  •  26'
  •  37'
  • Jablonski  78' (pen.)
Blacktown City0–3APIA Leichhardt Tigers
Report
  • Symons  54'
  • Ucchino  66'
  • Sekiya  68'

Grand final
APIA Leichhardt Tigers1–3Hakoah Sydney City East
Symons  39'
  • L.Jones  7' (pen.)
  • Jablonski  80'
  • H.Jones  90+2'

References
  1. "148 FNSW clubs to compete in the Cup". Football Federation Australia. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. "Waratah Cup Finals matches announced". Football NSW. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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