1963 Australia Cup

1963 Australia Cup
Tournament details
CountryAustralia
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsPort Melbourne Slavia (1st title)
Runners-upPolonia Melbourne
Tournament statistics
Matches played25

The 1963 Australia Cup was the second season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 24 clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition.[1][2]

Teams

Qualifying clubs
NNSW Wallsend West Wallsend Awaba Newcastle Austral
NSW Sydney Prague APIA Leichhardt South Coast United Pan Hellenic
QLD Brisbane Hellenic Brisbane Azzurri Latrobe Merton Rovers
SA Adelaide Juventus Adelaide Budapest Adelaide Croatia Adelaide Polonia
TAS Olympia Launceston Juventus Ulverstone Hobart Rangers
VIC Footscray JUST Polonia Melbourne George Cross Port Melbourne Slavia

Bracket

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
          
Adelaide Juventus 6
Adelaide Polonia 0
Adelaide Juventus 3
Adelaide Budapest 1
Adelaide Budapest 3
Adelaide Croatia 0
Adelaide Juventus 3
Olympia 0
Olympia 3
Launceston Juventus 2
Olympia 5
Hobart Rangers 1
Ulverstone 0
Hobart Rangers 1
Adelaide Juventus 0
Port Melbourne Slavia 2
Port Melbourne Slavia (a.s.d.e.t.) 4
Footscray JUST 3
Port Melbourne Slavia 3
APIA Leichhardt 1
APIA Leichhardt 2
South Coast United 0
Port Melbourne Slavia (replay) 0 (3)
Polonia Melbourne 0 (2)
Brisbane Azzurri 1
Latrobe 0
Brisbane Azzurri 1
Newcastle Austral 0
Newcastle Austral 3
Wallsend 0
Brisbane Azzurri 0
Polonia Melbourne 3
Polonia Melbourne (p) 0 (4)
George Cross 0 (3)
Polonia Melbourne 3
Sydney Prague 1
Sydney Prague (a.e.t.) 2
Pan Hellenic 1
Third place play-off
Sydney Prague 5 Sydney Prague 1
Brisbane Hellenic 2 Adelaide Juventus 2
Toronto Awaba 6
West Wallsend 5
Toronto Awaba 2
Brisbane Hellenic 3
Brisbane Hellenic 4
Merton Rovers 2


Round 1

Toronto Awaba6–5West Wallsend
Newcastle Austral3–0Wallsend
Brisbane Hellenic4–2Merton Rovers
Brisbane Azzurri1–0Latrobe
Hobart Olympia3–2Launceston Juventus
Hobart Rangers1–0Ulverstone
Adelaide Juventus6–0Adelaide Polonia
Adelaide Budapest3–0Adelaide Croatia

Round 2

APIA Leichhardt2–0South Coast United
  • Baumgartner 34'
  • Wong 48'
 Report
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: S. Pundyk
Adelaide Juventus3–1Adelaide Budapest
 A. Zsuppan 81'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Bill Hosie
Port Melbourne Slavia4–3 (a.e.t.)Footscray JUST
  • Stankovic
  • Pejovic
Toronto Awaba2–3Brisbane Hellenic
Crystal Palace, Wallsend
Sydney Prague2–1 (a.e.t.)Pan Hellenic
  • Sherwin 7'
  • Badaracco 106'
 Report
  • Logan 12'
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: S. Pundyk
Brisbane Azzurri1–0Newcastle Austral
Polonia Melbourne0–0 (a.e.t.)George Cross
Penalties
4–3
Hobart Olympia5–1Hobart Rangers

Quarter-finals

Sydney Prague5–2Brisbane Hellenic
Attendance: 2,100[2]
Brisbane Azzurri0–3Polonia Melbourne
Attendance: 7,300[2]
Port Melbourne Slavia3–1APIA Leichhardt
Attendance: 11,000[2]
Adelaide Juventus3–0Hobart Olympia
Attendance: 5,000[2]

Semi-finals

Polonia Melbourne3–1Sydney Prague
Attendance: 10,500[2]
Port Melbourne Slavia2–0Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 6,500[2]

Third place playoff

Sydney Prague1–2Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 2,000[2]

Final

Port Melbourne Slavia0–0Polonia Melbourne
Attendance: 12,500[2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Replay

Port Melbourne Slavia3–2 (a.e.t.)Polonia Melbourne
Des Palmer 81', 85', 104' Report Wieslaw Janczyk 19' (pen.)
Michael Jurecki 61'
Attendance: 9,000[2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

References

  1. ^ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Andrew Robinson (11 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1963 – Results".
  3. ^ "Soccer World Vol. 06, No. 35". Soccer World. 27 September 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Soccer World Vol. 06, No. 36". Soccer World. 4 October 1963. p. 5. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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