The 2018

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was the 16th season of

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's knockout competition. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the

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competition. The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary Seventh Round qualified for the Waratah Cup. The Cup was won by

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, their 5th title.

Format

Preliminary rounds

New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and

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clubs, participate in the

via the preliminary rounds. The competition is for all Senior Men's teams of the

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, NPL 2, NPL 3,

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, as well as Association teams which applied to participate. A total of 169 clubs entered into the competition, and the five qualifiers were:

Elimination Playoff

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

Semi finals

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

Grand final

References

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