The 2017

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 15th season of

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's knockout competition. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the

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competition. The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary Seventh Round qualified for the Waratah Cup, as well as the reigning

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champion (

Sydney United 58 Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club and current NSW NPL Champions based in Edensor Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia. The club was formed as Sydney Croatia in 1958, by Croatian Australians in the area, but ...

). The Cup was won by

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, their 7th title.

Format

Preliminary rounds

New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, participate in the

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 Norther ...

, NPL 2, NPL 3,

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, as well as Association teams which applied to participate. A total of 148 clubs entered into the competition, and the five qualifiers that joined Sydney United in the final rounds were:

Playoff round

Four of the qualifiers played-off to reduce the remaining teams to 4, while APIA Leichhardt Tigers and

received 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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Waratah Cup