The 2017 Dockerty Cup was a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia in 2017, the annual edition of the Dockerty Cup. Victorian soccer clubs from the 5 State League Divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues - plus the 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues Victoria - competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy.
The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2017 FFA Cup. In addition to the two Victorian A-League clubs, the four semi-finalists qualified for the final rounds of the 2017 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.
Format
Round Clubsremaining Winners fromprevious round New entriesthis round Main Match Dates First Qualifying Round 217 none 18 10–12 February Second Qualifying Round 208 9 47 17–18 February Round 1 180 28 60 25–28 February Round 2 136 44 36 3–6 March Round 3 96 40 24 11–13 March Round 4 64 32 32 17–19 March Round 5 32 32 none 28 March-13 April Round 6 16 16 none 25 April-4 May Round 7 8 8 none 23–24 May Semi-Finals 4 4 none 21–22 June Final 2 2 none 5 July
Prize fund The prize fund for the 2017 event is detailed below. Round No. of Clubsreceive fund Prize fund Semi-finalists 2 $2,500 Runner-up 1 $5,000 Champion 1 $10,000 Total $20,000
Preliminary rounds
Victorian clubs, participated in the 2017 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their division in 2017.
The four qualifiers for the semi-final rounds were:
Semi Finalists and FFA Cup Qualifiers Bentleigh Greens (2) Heidelberg United (2) Hume City (2) South Melbourne (2)
Semi finals A total of four teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played on 21 June and 22 June.
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Heidelberg United (2) 5–0 Hume City (2) 2 South Melbourne (2) 0–2 Bentleigh Greens (2)
Final
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