1966 Australia Cup
Football tournament season
Tournament details | |
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Country | Australia |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | APIA Leichhardt (1st title) |
Runner-up | Hakoah Eastern Suburbs |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
← 1965 1967 → |
The 1966 Australia Cup was the fifth season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia.[1] Sixteen clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition.[2]
Teams
Qualifying clubs | ||||
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ACT | Croatia Deakin | |||
NNSW | Newcastle Austral | Adamstown Rosebud | ||
NSW | APIA Leichhardt | Hakoah Eastern Suburbs | St George Budapest | South Coast United |
QLD | Latrobe-Western Suburbs | |||
SA | West Adelaide Hellas | Adelaide Juventus | ||
TAS | Olympia | |||
VIC | South Melbourne Hellas | Port Melbourne Slavia | Melbourne Hungaria | Melbourne Hakoah |
WA | Perth Azzurri |
Round 1
St George Budapest | 3–1 | Croatia Deakin |
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Attendance: 4,500 (double header)[2]
APIA Leichhardt | 4–0 | Newcastle Austral |
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Attendance: 4,500 (double header)[2]
Perth Azzurri | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Port Melbourne Slavia |
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Penalties | ||
4–3 |
Attendance: 4,000[2]
West Adelaide Hellas | 0–1 | Melbourne Hungaria |
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Attendance: 6,000[2]
Quarter-finals
Sydney Hakoah | 4–0 | South Coast United |
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Attendance: 4,563 (double header)[2]
APIA Leichhardt | 2–1 | St George Budapest |
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Attendance: 4,563 (double header)[2]
Semi-finals
APIA Leichhardt | 3–0 | Melbourne Hungaria |
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Attendance: 4,521[2]
The game was abandoned after 71 minutes due to a pitch invasion, and subsequently awarded to Sydney Hakoah.[2]
Final
APIA Leichhardt | 2–0 | Sydney Hakoah |
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Ricardo Campana 32' Bill Kerklaan 61' | Report |
References
- ^ Australia and its Cups: Then and Now. Roy Hay, The Leopold Method, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 2014, pp. 4–20. 25 November 2014. ISBN 9781921134470. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Andrew Robinson (18 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1966 – Results".