Australia Cup 2023 Round of 32 kicks off this week | Football Australia

The Round of 32 will be contested from Friday, August 4 to Monday, August 14 and will feature matches in six state and territories: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia.

Three teams will make their Australia Cup Final Rounds debut with Inglewood United (Football West), Goulburn Valley Suns (Football VIC) and Inter Lions (Football NSW) looking to create history.

775 teams from across Australia fought for a place in the Round of 32, making the Australia Cup larger than the famous English Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup) which featured 732 teams in 2023.

Dating back to 1962, the Australia Cup has become an important part of the Australian football calendar and is the only national knockout competition of any sport in Australia which allows semi-professional clubs to play against professional clubs.

In their short involvement in the Australia Cup, A-League Men side Western United FC will take on the oldest club to feature in the Australia Cup in the Edgeworth Eagles FC (Northern NSW Football) who will look to advance to the Round of 16 for the third time in their history.

Reigning Australia Cup champions Macarthur FC will travel to South Australia to take on Campbelltown City FC (Football SA) for the final match of the Round of 32.

With Football fever sweeping across the country as the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ hits many major cities, the Australia Cup Round of 32 will be played at suburban and regional venues during the rest days of the tournament, ensuring all of Australia have the opportunity to watch live professional football.

Football Australia CEO, James Johnson said: “Having the commencement of the Australia Cup the round of 32 coincide with the