The 2013 Foxtel Cup was the third season of the

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knock-out cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia. The Cup's purpose is to support and promote the second-tier

competitions and to provide another way of developing lower-tier

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(AFL) players. All matches, as in previous years, were broadcast by

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. The format of the competition saw four significant changes from the first two years of the competition: *The number of teams competing was reduced from sixteen to ten. *The qualifiers from the

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and the

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competed in a separate pre-qualifying round before progressing to play against the Victorian, South Australian and Western Australian qualifiers. *With the exception of the pre-qualifying round, matches played on Tuesday nights as stand alone games. Previously they had been played on Saturdays, usually as curtain-raisers to AFL matches, forcing the state leagues to schedule extra bye weeks to accommodate Foxtel Cup games. *The prizemoney was increased to $100,000. For the first time, the highest-ranked qualifiers from each state all elected to compete in the competition; in the previous two years, the top South Australian clubs had declined to participate. However, both the VFL premiers and the NEAFL premiers in 2012 were reserves teams for AFL clubs ( and respectively), so neither was invited to participate. The competition began in April 2013 and concluded with the

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in August 2013, in which West Adelaide defeated

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by four points at

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in a low scoring thriller. It was the Bloods' first trophy of any sort since their last

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premiership in 1983. West Adelaide onballer (and former AFL player for the Crows and Lions) Chris Schmidt was awarded the Coles Medal as best-on-ground in the Grand Final for his unrelenting performance that included 26 disposals and nine clearances. He also operated at 81 per cent disposal efficiency.

2013 season

Participating clubs

; NEAFL Eastern Conference (1) * Queanbeyan ; NEAFL Northern Conference (2) * Northern Territory * Southport ;

(2) * Norwood * West Adelaide ; TFL (1) * Burnie ; VFL (2) * Port Melbourne * Werribee ; WAFL (2) * Claremont * East Fremantle

Club details

Stadiums

Fixture

The AFL released the fixture on 3 December 2012.2013 Foxtel Cup Fixture

Bracket

Qualifying round

Round 1

Semi-finals

Grand Final

References

External links

Official Foxtel Cup website

Official AFL Canberra website

AFL Northern Territory

AFL Queensland State Site

North East Australian Football League - official website

South Australian National Football League – official website

Tasmanian Football League Website

Victorian Football League – official website

Western Australian Football League – official website
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