The 2018

Football West Football West is the state governing and censoring body for soccer in Western Australia (WA). It is affiliated with Football Australia (FA), the sport's national governing body, and through FA's affiliation to FIFA. Football West's premier compe ...

season was the fifth season under the current competition format in

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. The NPL premiers

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qualified for the

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finals series.

Pre-season changes

League Tables

2018 National Premier Leagues WA

This was the last season using a 14-team format. The bottom 3 teams (which was subject to eligibility requirements) at the end of the season were relegated to the State League 1. Perth Glory Youth was ineligible to receive prize monies in the end of season Top 4 Cup competition.

Finals

The Top Four Cup is played as a finals competition at the conclusion of the regular season.

2018 WA State League 1

The 2018 WA State League 1 was composed of 11 teams playing 20 games over a 22 round season. Rockingham City as Champions were promoted to the National Premier Leagues WA, as they met eligibility criteria. The 9th and 10th placed clubs played in a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff, whilst the last placed team ( Joondalup City) were directly relegated to State League Division Two.

Promotion/relegation play-off

2018 WA State League 2

The 2018 WA State League 2 was composed of 11 teams playing 20 games over a 22 round season.

2018 Women's Premier League

The highest tier domestic football competition in Western Australia is known as the BankWest Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons. The 8 teams play each other three times, for a total of 21 matches over the regular season.

Top Four Cup

2018 State Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2018 for the

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. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2018 Amateur League competition, and from regional teams from the South West, Goldfields, and Great Southern regions. This knockout competition was won by

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, their 1st title. The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary rounds for the

2018 FFA Cup The 2018 FFA Cup was the fifth season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 32 teams contested the competition proper (from the Round of 32), including the 10 A-League teams and 21 Football Federation Au ...

. In addition to the

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club

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, the two finalists – Armadale and

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– qualified for the final rounds, entering at the

Round of 32 A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

References

External links

Football West Official website
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