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1968 Australia Cup

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]

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

Teams

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Qualifying clubs
  ACT Canberra Juventus
  NNSW Newcastle Austral
  NSW APIA Leichhardt St George Budapest South Sydney Croatia Pan Hellenic Sydney Hakoah Sydney Prague
  QLD Latrobe-Western Suburbs
  SA Adelaide Juventus West Adelaide Hellas
  TAS Launceston United
  VIC Melbourne Hungaria Melbourne Juventus Melbourne Croatia South Melbourne Hellas Melbourne Hakoah Footscray JUST
  WA Perth Azzurri

Bracket

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Round One Round Two Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Melbourne Juventus 2
Footscray JUST 1
Melbourne Juventus 1
Perth Azzurri 2
South Melbourne Hellas 1
West Adelaide Hellas 1 Perth Azzurri 2
Perth Azzurri 2 Perth Azzurri 1 – –
Sydney Hakoah 4 awd. w/o
St George Budapest 5
Newcastle Austral 0
St George Budapest 0
Sydney Hakoah 2
Sydney Hakoah 1
Canberra Juventus 0 South Sydney Croatia 0
South Sydney Croatia 1 Sydney Hakoah 3 3 6
Melbourne Hakoah 0 1 1
Sydney Prague 6
Latrobe Western Suburbs 0
Sydney Prague 3
Pan Hellenic 2
Pan Hellenic 1
APIA Leichhardt 0
Sydney Prague 1 2 3
Melbourne Hakoah 1 Melbourne Hakoah 1 3 4
Launceston United 0 Melbourne Hakoah 4
Melbourne Hungaria 0
Melbourne Hakoah 2
Melbourne Croatia 0
Melbourne Croatia 3
Adelaide Juventus 1

Round One

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Melbourne Hakoah1–0Launceston United
Attendance: 2,070[4]
Canberra Juventus0–1South Sydney Croatia
Attendance: 1,120[4]
West Adelaide Hellas1–2Perth Azzurri
Attendance: 3,100[4]

Round Two

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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]
Melbourne Juventus2–1Footscray JUST
Pan Hellenic1–0APIA Leichhardt
Attendance: 6,414[4]
Sydney Hakoah1–0South Sydney Croatia
Sydney Athletic Field, Sydney
Attendance: 1,603[4]
Melbourne Croatia3–1Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 1,200[4]
South Melbourne Hellas1–2Perth Azzurri
Melbourne Hakoah4–0Melbourne Hungaria

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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Perth Azzurri1–4Sydney Hakoah
Sydney Hakoahw/oPerth Azzurri

Sydney Hakoah won after Perth Azzurri forfeited the second leg.

Sydney Prague1–1Melbourne Hakoah
Attendance: 3,762[4]
Melbourne Hakoah3–2Sydney Prague

Melbourne Hakoah won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

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Sydney Hakoah3–0Melbourne Hakoah
Baartz    
H. Rutherford  		 Report
Attendance: 3,402[4]
Melbourne Hakoah1–3Sydney Hakoah
Thomas   Report Johns  
W. Rutherford  
Baartz  
Attendance: 2,850

Sydney Hakoah won 6–1 on aggregate.

References

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  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Andrew Robinson (23 November 2016). "Australia Cup 1968 – Results".
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