2019 Football West State Cup Explained

State Cup
Year:2019
Num Teams:56
Champions:Floreat Athena
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020
2021

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2019 for the Football West State Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Belt Up State Cup. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2019 Amateur League, Metropolitan League and Masters League competitions, and from regional teams from the South West and Great Southern regions.

This knockout competition was won by Floreat Athena, their seventh title.

The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2019 FFA Cup. The two finalists – Bayswater City and Floreat Athena – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.

Format

Round Clubs
remaining
Winners from
previous round
New entries
this round
Main Dates
Round 1 56none 6 9–10 Mar
Round 2 53none 16 (inc. 11 byes) 23–24 Mar
Round 3 49 15 23 (inc. 4 byes) 6–7 Apr
Round 4 32 21 11 22 Apr
Round 5 16 16 none 18–30 May
Round 6 8 8 none 3 Jun
Round 7 4 4 none 15–16 Jun
Final 2 2 none 20 Jul

Preliminary rounds

See main article: 2019 FFA Cup preliminary rounds.

A total of 56 teams took part in the competition, from Perth-based and regional-based competitions.

Final

The 2019 State Cup Final was played on 20 July 2019,[1] at the neutral venue of Dorrien Gardens.

References

  1. Web site: Arnold the matchwinner as Floreat win Belt Up Cup. Football West. 21 July 2019. 21 July 2019. 20 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190720235322/https://footballwest.com.au/33307-2/. dead.