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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

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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

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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