2016 Dockerty Cup

The 2016 Dockerty Cup was a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia in 2016, 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.

2016 FFV Dockerty Cup

Tournament details
Country	Australia
Teams	202
Final positions
Champions	Bentleigh Greens
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This knockout competition was won by Bentleigh Greens, their first title.

The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. In addition to the two Victorian A-League clubs, the four semi-finalists qualified for the final rounds of the 2016 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.

Format

Round	Clubs remaining	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Main Match Dates
Qualifying Round	202	none	50 (inc. 6 byes)	20–21 February
Round 1	180	28	60	27–29 February
Round 2	136	44	36	4–7 March
Round 3	96	40	24	11–14 March
Round 4	64	32	32	18–21 March
Round 5	32	32	none	19 April-4 May
Round 6	16	16	none	17 May-8 June
Round 7	8	8	none	7–15 June
Semi-Finals	4	4	none	13 & 19 July
Final	2	2	none	17 August

Preliminary rounds

Main article: 2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

Victorian clubs, participate in the 2016 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds.^[1] 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 2016.

A total of 202 clubs entered into the competition (eleven greater than the previous year), and the four qualifiers for the semi-final rounds are:

Semi Finalists and FFA Cup Qualifiers
Bentleigh Greens (2)	Green Gully (2)	Hume City (2)	Melbourne Knights (2)

Semi finals

A total of four teams were scheduled to take part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played on 13 July and 19 July.^[2]

Tie no	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Hume City (2)	0–2	Green Gully (2)
2	Melbourne Knights (2)	1–2	Bentleigh Greens (2)

Final

The Final was played at the neutral venue of Broadmeadows Valley Park on 17 August.

Green Gully (2) v Bentleigh Greens (2)

17 August 2016	Green Gully (2)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Bentleigh Greens (2)	Broadmeadows Valley Park
		Report	Paczkowski 92'