2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds
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The 2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds were a series of state-based knockout competitions, providing a qualification pathway for the 2014 FFA Cup, the Australian association football knockout cup competition.
The majority of clubs entered the tournament through their respective state federations, in which they competed in a state-based cup tournament to progress to the overall Round of 32 of the competition. A total of 22 teams will qualify from these qualifying competitions, joining the 10 A-League clubs in the Round of 32.
ACT clubs qualified for the FFA Cup via the 2013 Federation Cup. From 2015 onwards the winner of that same years' Federation Cup will become the ACT's qualifier for the FFA Cup Round of 32. Scheduling meant the 2014 winner would not be decided until after the qualifier needed to be named. To overcome this Capital Football announced that the 2014 winner of the ACTs pre-season competition was to be the ACTs qualifier in 2014. However, Tuggeranong United - as the 2013 Federation Cup winners - successfully appealed to Capital Football to qualify them as ACTs 2014 FFA Cup entrant.
22 Clubs from various divisions of the ACT State Leagues, as well as 4 Masters teams, entered into the 2013 Federation Cup competition at this stage. Matches in this round were played on 6 April 2013.
Matches in this round were played on 13 April 2013.
8 Clubs from the ACT National Premier League (Tier 2) entered into the competition at this stage. Matches in this round were played on 2–23 May 2013.
All matches in this round were completed by 20 June–3 July 2013.
Matches in this round were played on 25 July–1 August 2013.
A total of 2 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The victorious team in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32. Matches in this round were played on 28 August 2013.
New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, qualify for the FFA Cup via the 2014 Waratah Cup. There are seven allocated places from the Waratah Cup that qualify for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32; the four quarterfinal winners, and a separate competition for the four quarterfinal losers to determine the final three places.
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