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1966 Australia Cup
Tournament details
Country Australia
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt (1st title)
Runner-upHakoah Eastern Suburbs
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
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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

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Qualifying clubs
Australian Capital Territory ACT Croatia Deakin
New South Wales NNSW Newcastle Austral Adamstown Rosebud
New South Wales NSW APIA Leichhardt Hakoah Eastern Suburbs St George Budapest South Coast United
Queensland QLD Latrobe-Western Suburbs
South Australia SA West Adelaide Hellas Adelaide Juventus
Tasmania TAS Olympia
Victoria (state) VIC South Melbourne Hellas Port Melbourne Slavia Melbourne Hungaria Melbourne Hakoah
Western Australia WA Perth Azzurri

Bracket

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Round One Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
        
APIA Leichhardt 4
Newcastle Austral 0
APIA Leichhardt 2
St George Budapest 1
St George Budapest 3
Croatia Deakin 1
APIA Leichhardt 3
Melbourne Hungaria 0
West Adelaide Hellas 0
Melbourne Hungaria 1
Melbourne Hungaria 4
Perth Azzurri 1
Perth Azzurri (p) 1 (4)
Port Melbourne Slavia 1 (3)
APIA Leichhardt 2
Sydney Hakoah 0
South Melbourne Hellas 4
Adelaide Juventus 1
South Melbourne Hellas 2
Melbourne Hakoah 1
Melbourne Hakoah 6
Olympia 2
South Melbourne Hellas
Sydney Hakoah awd.
Sydney Hakoah 6
Latrobe-Western Suburbs 2
Sydney Hakoah 4
South Coast United 0
South Coast United 3
Adamstown Rosebud 2

Round 1

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Sydney Hakoah6–2Latrobe-Western Suburbs
Attendance: 1,200[2]
St George Budapest3–1Croatia Deakin
Attendance: 4,500 (double header)[2]
APIA Leichhardt4–0Newcastle Austral
Attendance: 4,500 (double header)[2]
South Coast United3–2Adamstown Rosebud
Speers Point, Newcastle
Attendance: 3,000[2]
South Melbourne Hellas4–1Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 8,850[2]
Perth Azzurri1–1 (a.e.t.)Port Melbourne Slavia
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 4,000[2]
West Adelaide Hellas0–1Melbourne Hungaria
Attendance: 6,000[2]
Melbourne Hakoah6–2Olympia
Attendance: 2,300[2]

Quarter-finals

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Melbourne Hungaria4–1Perth Azzurri
Attendance: 3,126[2]
Sydney Hakoah4–0South Coast United
Attendance: 4,563 (double header)[2]
APIA Leichhardt2–1St George Budapest
Attendance: 4,563 (double header)[2]
South Melbourne Hellas2–1Melbourne Hakoah
Attendance: 8,221[2]

Semi-finals

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APIA Leichhardt3–0Melbourne Hungaria
Attendance: 4,521[2]
South Melbourne Hellas1–3Sydney Hakoah
Attendance: 11,500[2]

The game was abandoned after 71 minutes due to a pitch invasion, and subsequently awarded to Sydney Hakoah.[2]

Final

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APIA Leichhardt2–0Sydney Hakoah
Ricardo Campana 32'
Bill Kerklaan 61'		 Report
Attendance: 10,200[2]
Referee: Dave Maitland

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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".
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