The 2016

Waratah Cup The Waratah Cup is a knockout cup competition in New South Wales, run by the governing body of football in NSW, Football NSW. Teams competing in the Waratah Cup come from the National Premier Leagues NSW, National Premier Leagues NSW 2, Natio ...

was the 14th season of

Football NSW Football NSW is the governing body for soccer in the Australian state of New South Wales, with the exception of the northern regions of NSW (the governing body for which is Northern New South Wales Football). Football NSW is a member of the nat ...

's knockout competition. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the 2016 FFA Cup competition. The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary

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qualify for the Waratah Cup, as well as the reigning

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champion (

Blacktown City FC Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Blacktown City ...

). The Cup was won by the defending champions

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, their 6th title.

Preliminary rounds

New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and

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clubs, participate in the

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via the preliminary rounds. The competition is for all Senior Men's teams of the

National Premier Leagues NSW The National Premier Leagues NSW is a semi-professional soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. The competition is conducted by Football NSW, the organising body in New South Wales (the other being the National Premier Leagues Northern ...

, NPL 2, NPL 3,

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, as well as Association teams which applied to participate. A total of 130 clubs entered into the competition, and the five qualifiers to join Blacktown City FC in the final rounds are:

Playoff round

Four of the qualifiers played off to reduce the remaining teams to 4, with

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and

receiving a Bye until the semi-finals. ----

Semi finals

A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. ----

Grand final

References

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