The 2015 NNSW FFA Cup qualifying rounds and finals series was a knockout competition run in Northern New South Wales, by Northern NSW Football, used to determine the two Northern NSW entrants to the national 2015 FFA Cup.Enter the Westfield FFA Cup 2015 For the Preliminary rounds, Football Far North Coast kicked off the overall competition with matches on 13 February.
Format Due to travel distances and time restraints, the competition was divided into two pools, the northern pool and the southern pool.
Northern pool
The four northern-pool zones play off within their respective district-based zones. The zone winners then played off for two places in the quarter-finals stage of the preliminary round.
First round
Football Mid North Coast
Northern Inland Football
North Coast Football
Byes: Urunga FC (-)
Football Far North Coast
Second round
Football Mid North Coast
Northern Inland Football
Byes: Northern Inland Winner Match 5 ()
North Coast Football
Byes: North Coast Winner Match 4 ()
Football Far North Coast
Byes: Alstonville FC (2)
Third round
Football Mid North Coast
Byes: Tuncurry Forster FC (4)
Northern Inland Football Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Northern Inland Winner Round 2 Match 1 () – Northern Inland Round 1 Winner Match 5 () Byes: Northern Inland Winner Round 2 Match 2 ()
North Coast Football Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 North Coast Winner Round 2 Match 1 () – North Coast Winner Round 1 Match 4 () Byes: North Coast Winner Round 2 Match 2 () (Unless Urunga FC win as they have already had a bye)
Football Far North Coast Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Far North Coast Winner Round 2 Match 1 () – Alstonville FC (2)
Fourth round
Football Mid North Coast
Byes: Tuncurry Forster FC (4)
Northern Inland Football Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Northern Inland Winner Round 3 Match 1 () – Northern Inland Winner Round 2 Match 2 ()
North Coast Football Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 North Coast Winner Round 3 Match 1 () – North Coast Winner Round 2 Match 2 ()
Football Far North Coast
Byes: Football Far North Coast Round 3 Winner Match 1 ()
Fifth round
Football Mid North Coast vs Northern Inland Football
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Tuncurry Forster FC (4) – Northern Inland Winner Round 4 Match 1 () –
North Coast Football vs Football Far North Coast Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 North Coast Winner Round 4 Match 1 () – Football Far North Coast Round 3 Winner Match 1 ()
Southern pool
Second round
Byes : Jesmond FC (5)
Third round The winners from the second round played the seeded NNSW NPL teams. The second round took place on the weekend of 28 February - 1 March 2015.
Fourth round
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Third round qualifier (-) – Third round qualifier (-) 2 Third round qualifier (-) – Third round qualifier (-) 3 Third round qualifier (-) – Third round qualifier (-) 4 Third round qualifier (-) – Third round qualifier (-) 5 Third round qualifier (-) – Third round qualifier (-) 6 Third round qualifier (-) – Third round qualifier (-) 7 Third round qualifier (-) – Third round qualifier (-) Byes : 1 Division 1 or zone league team.
Fifth round The draw will most likely be as follows:
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Fourth round qualifier (-) – Fourth round qualifier (-) 2 Fourth round qualifier (-) – Fourth round qualifier (-) Byes : 3–4 Division 1 or zone league teams will be given byes in preference to NPL teams. Depending on who prevails, up to 1 NPL team may be given a bye.
NNSW finals
The NNSW football finals series will take place on the weekend of 20–21 June 2015. The finals will be composed of: 2 teams from the northern pool 3 teams from the NPL southern pool 3 teams from the Division 1 and zone southern pool.
Quarter-finals The quarter-finals took place at the Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility on 20 June 2015.
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 NTH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) – STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) 2 NTH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) – STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) 3 STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) – STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) 4 STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) – STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-)
Semi-finals The semi-finals took place at the Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility on 21 June 2015.
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