2022 Waratah Cup

The 2022 Waratah Cup was the 20th season of Football NSW's knockout competition. The preliminary rounds are now a part of the Australia Cup competition. The 4 winners from the Australia Cup preliminary Seventh round qualified for the Waratah Cup.

The Cup was won by NWS Spirit, their first title.

Format

Round	Clubs remaining	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Main Match Dates
Round 2	162	none	120	6–22 Mar
Round 3	108	66	22	22 Mar–7 Apr
Round 4	64	44	20	13 Apr–12 May
Round 5	32	32	none	11–25 May
Round 6	16	16	none	31 May–1 Jun
Round 7	8	8	none	14–16 Jun
Semi-Finals	4	4	none	28 Jun–6 Jul
Final	2	2	none	7 Aug^[1]

New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, participate in the 2022 Australia Cup via the preliminary rounds. The competition is for all Senior Men's teams of the National Premier Leagues NSW, NSW League One, NSW League Two, NSW League Three, as well as Association teams which applied to participate.

A total of 162 clubs entered into the competition, including 120 grassroots clubs.^[2] The four qualifiers were:

Qualifiers
Bonnyrigg White Eagles (3)	NWS Spirit (3)	Sydney United 58 (2)	Wollongong United (6)

28 June 2022

19:30

NWS Spirit (3)	2–0	Wollongong United (6)
Bozanic 29' Kokubo 87'

Referee: Adrian Arndt

6 July 2022

19:00

Bonnyrigg White Eagles (3)	2–3	Sydney United 58 (2)
Peterson 23' Gauthier 49'	Report	Payne 57' (pen.), 69' Roberts 79'

Attendance: 0^[a]

Referee: Kurt Ams

7 August 2022

13:00

NWS Spirit (3)	2–1	Sydney United 58 (2)
	Source

Blacktown City Football Centre, Sydney

^ "2022 WARATAH CUP FINAL PREVIEW". Football NSW. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
^ "ABOUT THE AUS CUP". Football NSW. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.