2014 WA State Challenge Cup explained

Cool Ridge Cup
Year:2014
Other Title:WA State Challenge Cup
Num Teams:50
Champions:Bayswater City
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2014 for the Football West State Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Cool Ridge Cup. Clubs entered from the newly formed National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, as well as a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2014 Sunday League competition. This knockout competition was won by Bayswater City, their second title.

The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2014 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Perth Glory, the two finalists qualified for the final rounds of the 2014 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.

Preliminary round

A total of 39 Western Australian teams took part in this stage of the competition and 3 teams were given a Bye to the First Round. 24 clubs from the All Flags State League Division 1 and State League Division 2 and 15 clubs from various divisions of the 2014 Sunday League were admitted into the competition at this stage. Matches in this round were played on 29 March 2014.[1]

Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
1 Ashfield (3) 5–1Hamersley Rovers (5)
2 Wanneroo City (3) 3–1Canning City (3)
3 South Perth United (5) 1–2Kingsley (5)
4 Queens Park (5) 0–4Dianella White Eagles (3)
5 Kelmscott Roos (4) 5–7Curtin University (4)
6 Shamrock Rovers Perth (3) 4–2Morley-Windmills (3)
7 Quinns (4) 0–2UWA-Nedlands (3)
8 Forrestfield United (4) 4–2Balga (4)
9 Mandurah City (3) 4–0BB United (5)
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
10 Joondalup City (4) 4–0Ballajura (7)
11 Perth Royals (5) 4–2Gosnells City (3)
12 Kwinana United (5) 1–10Joondalup United (4)
13 Port Kennedy (6) 6–0Ellenbrook United (4)
14 Rockingham City (4) 1–0Gwelup Croatia (5)
15 Kalamunda United (6) 1–8Fremantle Croatia (5)
16 Western Knights (3) 2–4Bunbury Forum Force (3)
17 Southern Spirit (5) 2–3Olympic Kingsway (4)
18 Melville City (4) 4–2Whitfords City (5)

First round

A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 11 of the 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues WA entered into the competition at this stage, with the exception of Perth Glory Youth who were not eligible.[2] Matches in this round were played on 5 April 2014.

Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
1 Joondalup United (4) 3–2Bunbury Forum Force (3)
2 Kingsley (5) 2–6Rockingham City (4)
3 Cockburn City (2) 4–0Wanneroo City (3)
4 Dianella White Eagles (3) 1–3Armadale (2)
5 Perth (2) 7–2Port Kennedy (6)
6 ECU Joondalup (2) 3–0Forrestfield United (4)
7 UWA-Nedlands (3) 1–2Curtin University (4)
8 Bayswater City (2) 5–0Ashfield (3)
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
9 Fremantle United (4) 4–2Olympic Kingsway (4)
10 Joondalup City (4) 0–2Stirling Lions (2)
11 Floreat Athena (2)3–1Perth Royals (5)
12 Fremantle Croatia (5) 1–4Shamrock Rovers Perth (3)
13 Melville City (4) 0–5Balcatta (2)
14 Swan United (3) 0–6Sorrento (2)
15 Subiaco AFC (2) 6–2Mandurah City (3)
16 North Perth United (5) 1–4Inglewood United (2)

Second round

A total of 16 teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 21 April 2014.

Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
1 Cockburn City (2) 3–1Perth (2)
2 Floreat Athena (2) 5–0Sorrento (2)
3 ECU Joondalup (2) 5–2Shamrock Rovers Perth (3)
4 Bayswater City (2) 3–1Armadale (2)
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
5 Balcatta (2) 3–1Joondalup United (4)
6 Inglewood United (2) 4–1Fremantle United (4)
7 Rockingham City (4)1–8Stirling Lions (2)
8 Subiaco AFC (2) 3–0Curtin University (4)

Quarter finals

A total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 10 May 2014.

Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
1 ECU Joondalup (2) 3–1 aetBalcatta (2)
2 Inglewood United (2) 2–2 aetBayswater City (2)
Bayswater City advance 5–4 on penalties.
3 Stirling Lions (2) 3–2 aetFloreat Athena (2)
4 Subiaco AFC (2) 2–1 Cockburn City (2)

Semi finals

A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 2 June 2014. The two victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32.

Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
1 ECU Joondalup (2) 1–3 Stirling Lions (2)
2 Subiaco AFC (2) 0–4 Bayswater City (2)

Final

The 2014 Cool Ridge Cup Final was held at Stirling Lions' home ground of Macedonia Park on 19 July 2014.

References

  1. Web site: Season Fixture: (Cool Ridge Cup). Fox Sports Pulse. 8 May 2014.
  2. Web site: 2014 Cool Ridge Cup. Football West. 8 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212151052/http://www.footballwest.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/competition_rules/Annexe_16_-_Cool_Ridge_Cup.pdf. 12 February 2014. dead. dmy-all.