2024 Dockerty Cup

The 2024 Dockerty Cup was a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia in 2024, the annual edition of the Dockerty Cup. Victorian soccer clubs from the National Premier Leagues Victoria divisions, State League divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy.

2024 FV Dockerty Cup

Tournament details
Country	Australia
Dates	9 February 2024 – 3 August 2024
Teams	211
Final positions
Champions	South Melbourne FC (9th title)
Runners-up	Oakleigh Cannons
← 2023 2025 →

The cup was won by South Melbourne, their tenth title.

The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2024 Australia Cup. In addition to the three Victorian A-League clubs, the four Preliminary Round 7 winners qualified for the final rounds of the 2024 Australia Cup, entering at the Round of 32.^[1] As there was no NPL Champion in the previous year, an additional (fifth) slot was allocated to Victoria.^[2] This had the knock-on effect that an extra playoff-round was required for the final rounds.^[3]

Format

Round	Clubs remaining	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Main Match Dates
Round 1	219	none	135	9–12 Feb
Round 2	162	78	none	23–26 Feb
Round 3	123	39	47	8–11 Mar
Round 4	80	43	37	27 Mar–10 Apr
Round 5	40	40	none	22 Apr–1 May
Round 6	20	20	none	14–28 May
Round 7	10	10	none	11–18 Jun
Play-off	5	5	none	3 Jul
Semi-Finals	4	4	none	16 Jul
Final	2	2	none	3 Aug

Preliminary rounds

Main article: 2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

Victorian clubs participated in the 2024 Australia Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the NPL Victoria, VPL 1, VPL 2, State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their division in 2022.^[4]

The five qualifiers for the final rounds were:^[5]

Australia Cup Qualifiers
Heidelberg United (2)	Hume City (2)	FC Melbourne Srbija (4)	Oakleigh Cannons (2)	South Melbourne (2)

Play-off round

A total of two teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the match played on 3 July.^[6][7]

Tie no	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Heidelberg United (2)	1–2	South Melbourne (2)

Semi finals

A total of four teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played between 16 July.^[8]

Tie no	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	South Melbourne (2)	1–0[9]	Hume City (2)
2	Oakleigh Cannons (2)	1–0[10]	FC Melbourne Srbija (4)

Final

The Grand Final would be played on 3 August 2024, at the Home of the Matildas in Bundoora. The match was played between Oakleigh Cannons and South Melbourne.^[11][12] Maximilian Mikkola would be sent off in the match. the game would finish 0-0 after the completion of extra time. South Melbourne would go on to win the match on penalties with a score of 5-4.^[13]

Oakleigh Cannons	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Melbourne
	[14]	Mikkola
Penalties
	4–5

Grand Final

3 August 2024

15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Home of the Matildas, Melbourne