2016 Dockerty Cup

2016 FFV Dockerty Cup 140px Australia Bentleigh Greens 202 2015 2017 The 2016 Dockerty Cup was a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia in 2016, the annual edition of the Dockerty Cup. Victorian soccer clubs from the 5 State League Divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues - plus the 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues Victoria - competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy. This knockout competition was won by Bentleigh Greens, their first title. The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. In addition to the two Victorian A-League clubs, the four semi-finalists qualified for the final rounds of the 2016 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32. Format Round Clubsremaining Winners fromprevious round New entriesthis round Main Match Dates Qualifying Round 202 none 50 (inc. 6 byes) 20–21 February Round 1 180 28 60 27–29 February Round 2 136 44 36 4–7 March Round 3 96 40 24 11–14 March Round 4 64 32 32 18–21 March Round 5 32 32 none 19 April-4 May Round 6 16 16 none 17 May-8 June Round 7 8 8 none 7–15 June Semi-Finals 4 4 none 13 & 19 July Final 2 2 none 17 August Preliminary rounds 2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Victorian clubs, participate in the 2016 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds.http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Westfield-FFA-Cup-2016.pdf Westfield FFA Cup 2016 footballfedvic.com.au 17 December 2015 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160105031413/http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Westfield-FFA-Cup-2016.pdf 5 January 2016 dead This was open to teams from the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their division in 2016. A total of 202 clubs entered into the competition (eleven greater than the previous year), and the four qualifiers for the semi-final rounds are: Semi Finalists and FFA Cup Qualifiers Bentleigh Greens (2) Green Gully (2) Hume City (2) Melbourne Knights (2) Semi finals A total of four teams were scheduled to take part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played on 13 July and 19 July.http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=1&client=1-8746-0-418047-0&pool=1 Dockerty Cup 2016 foxsportspulse.com 9 July 2016 Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Hume City (2) 0–2 Green Gully (2) 2 Melbourne Knights (2) 1–2 Bentleigh Greens (2) Final The Final was played at the neutral venue of Broadmeadows Valley Park on 17 August. 17 August 2016 Green Gully (2) 0–1 yes http://www.foxsportspulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=68164484&c=1-8746-0-418047-0&pool=1 Bentleigh Greens (2) Paczkowski 92 Broadmeadows Valley Park References 2016 Category:2016 in Victoria (state) Category:2015–16 in Australian men's soccer Category:2016–17 in Australian men's soccer Category:2016 in Oceanian domestic association football cups Category:2016 in men's domestic association football cups