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. Victorian soccer clubs from the 5 State League Divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues - plus the 12 Clubs from the

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- competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy. The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2018 FFA Cup. In addition to the two Victorian

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clubs, and

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champions, the four Preliminary Round 7 winners qualified for the final rounds of the

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, entering at the

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Format

Prize fund

The prize fund is detailed below.

Preliminary rounds

Victorian clubs participated in the

via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the

, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their division in 2018.

did not participate in the Victorian qualifying rounds, as they had already qualified into the FFA Cup as

champions. The five qualifiers for the final rounds were:

Play-off round

A total of two teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the match played on 20 June.

Semi finals

A total of four teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played on 26 and 27 June.

Final

References

{{Football Federation Victoria Dockerty Cup