2018 Waratah Cup

The 2018 Waratah Cup was the 16th season of Football NSW's knockout competition. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the FFA Cup competition. The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary Seventh Round qualified for the Waratah Cup.

2018 Waratah Cup

Tournament details
Country	Australia (NSW)
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	APIA Leichhardt Tigers
Runners-up	Hakoah Sydney City East
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	17 (4.25 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jordan Murray (4)
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The Cup was won by APIA Leichhardt Tigers, their 5th title.

Format

Round	Clubs remaining	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Main Match Dates
Round 2	169	none	120	9–13 March
Round 3	137	88	26	14–28 March
Round 4	80	57	23	3–11 April
Round 5	40	40	none	2–9 May
Round 6	20	20	none	15–23 May
Round 7	10	10	none	30 May
Playoff Round	5	5	none	13 June
Semi-Finals	4	4	none	27 June
Final	2	2	none	15 July

Preliminary rounds

Main article: 2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, participate in the FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. The competition is for all Senior Men's teams of the National Premier Leagues NSW, NPL 2, NPL 3, NSW State League, as well as Association teams which applied to participate.

A total of 169 clubs entered into the competition,^[1] and the five qualifiers were:

Qualifiers
APIA Leichhardt Tigers (2)	Bonnyrigg White Eagles (2)	Hakoah Sydney City East (2)	Marconi Stallions (2)	Rockdale City Suns (2)

Elimination Playoff

Two of the qualifiers played-off to reduce the remaining teams to 4 teams, with the match played on 13 June.

12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)

Rockdale City Suns	2–3	APIA Leichhardt
Alammedine 31' Sorge 89'	Report	Sekiya 44' Murray

Illinden Sports Centre, Sydney

Semi finals

A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played on 27 June.

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)

19:30 AEST

Bonnyrigg White Eagles	2–4	Hakoah Sydney City East
Diaz 33' Vrankovic 42'	Report	Frangie Vrankovic (o.g.) De Jong 28' Gauthier

Valentine Sport Park, Sydney

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27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)

19:30 AEST

Marconi Stallions	0–3	APIA Leichhardt Tigers
	Report	Bizco 43', 80' Symons 52'

Sydney United Sports Centre, Sydney

Grand final

15 July 2018 (2018-07-15)

16:00

APIA Leichhardt Tigers	3–0	Hakoah Sydney City East
Murray 10', 50' Symons 78'	Report

Lambert Park