The 2009 Waratah Cup (known as the Tiger Turf Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the

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since its initial re-introduction in 1991, and the 29th season as the premier domestic cup competition in

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since inauguration in 1957. The defending champions were National Premier Leagues NSW side

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. The champions were the

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, defeating

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2–1 in the final.

Teams

All senior member teams from

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, State League 1 and State League 2 as well as all local association teams were invited to the competition. The competition itself would be seeded with Association and State League 2 teams entering in Round 1, State League 1 and Super League teams entering in Round 2 and Premier League teams entering in Round 3. The champions were awarded $16,000 prize-money and the runners-up $6,000. All semi-finalists received $3,000.

Preliminary Round

Due to the popularity of this year's edition, 48 teams from local Associations and

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entered the initial phase of the competition. This led to the creation of the Preliminary Round where 16 clubs were randomly chosen to play. 9 clubs were from the State League Division 2 and the other 7 were from local associations. The remaining 24 clubs would receive a bye into the first round. With the round set to kick-off on 25 March, only tie numbers 1–4 were played with the remaining matches rescheduled to the following week. Source: ''footballnsw.com.au'' and ''socceraust.co.uk''

Round 1

A total of 32 teams competed, 8 having won in the preliminary round and 24 receiving a bye into the first round. Originally scheduled for 8 April, due to the postponement of matches in the preliminary round, most of the Round 1 matches instead began on the 15 April, with two matches played on the 22 April and a further three matches were also postponed to due to poor pitch conditions.

Round 2

A total of 40 teams competed, 16 of which had progressed from Round 1 along with 24 clubs from the National Premier Leagues NSW 2 and

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Round 3

A total of 32 teams competed, 20 of which had progressed from Round 3 along with 12 clubs from National Premier Leagues NSW.

Round 4

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were the lowest ranked team to qualify for this round from NSW fourth tier. There were no association teams left in the competition. Of the fifteen other remaining clubs, ten were from the

and five from the

Quarter-finals

As the only team outside of the

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was the lowest team ranked to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Semi-finals

All remaining clubs were from NSW's top tier, the

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Grand final

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Statistics

References

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