1968 Australia Cup
Tournament details
Country Australia
Teams19
Final positions
ChampionsHakoah Eastern Suburbs (2nd title)
Runner-upMelbourne Hakoah
Tournament statistics
Matches played20

The 1968 Australia Cup was the seventh and final season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia.[1][2][3][4]

Teams

Qualifying clubs
Australian Capital Territory ACT Canberra Juventus
New South Wales NNSW Newcastle Austral
New South Wales NSW APIA Leichhardt St George Budapest South Sydney Croatia Pan Hellenic Sydney Hakoah Sydney Prague
Queensland QLD Latrobe-Western Suburbs
South Australia SA Adelaide Juventus West Adelaide Hellas
Tasmania TAS Launceston United
Victoria (state) VIC Melbourne Hungaria Melbourne Juventus Melbourne Croatia South Melbourne Hellas Melbourne Hakoah Footscray JUST
Western Australia WA Perth Azzurri

Round One

Melbourne Hakoah1–0Launceston United
Attendance: 2,070[4]
Canberra Juventus0–1South Sydney Croatia
Attendance: 1,120[4]

Round Two

Sydney Prague6–0Latrobe-Western Suburbs
Sydney Athletic Field, Sydney
Attendance: 2,070[4]
St George Budapest5–0Newcastle Austral
Sydney Athletic Field, Sydney
Attendance: 800[4]
Sydney Hakoah1–0South Sydney Croatia
Sydney Athletic Field, Sydney
Attendance: 1,603[4]

Quarter-finals

Sydney Hakoah2–0St George Budapest
Attendance: 5,983[4]
Sydney Prague3–2Pan Hellenic
Attendance: 5,983[4]
Melbourne Juventus1–2Perth Azzurri
Attendance: 400[4]

Semi-finals

First leg

Perth Azzurri1–4Sydney Hakoah
Sydney Prague1–1Melbourne Hakoah
Attendance: 3,762[4]

Second leg

Sydney Hakoah won after Perth Azzurri forfeited the second leg.

Melbourne Hakoah won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Sydney Hakoah3–0Melbourne Hakoah
Baartz
H. Rutherford 		Report
Attendance: 3,402[4]

Second leg

Melbourne Hakoah1–3Sydney Hakoah
Thomas Report Johns
W. Rutherford
Baartz
Attendance: 2,850

Sydney Hakoah won 6–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ↑ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Hakoah - Sydney City Soccer Milestones". hakoah.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hey Australia, we are Perth SC!". perthsc.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Andrew Robinson (23 November 2016). "Australia Cup 1968 – Results".
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