The 2022 Dockerty Cup was a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in

Victoria, Australia Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of ; the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 7 million; ...

in 2022, the annual edition of the

Dockerty Cup The Dockerty Cup is an annual association football single-elimination tournament, knock-out competition open to all Victorian clubs across the Australian soccer league system, Victorian football league system. The tournament is named after the fo ...

. Victorian soccer clubs from the

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divisions, State League divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy. The cup was won by

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, their third title. The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2022 Australia Cup. In addition to the three Victorian

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

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, entering at the

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. As there was no NPL Champion in the previous year, an additional (fifth) slot was allocated to Victoria. This had the knock-on effect that an extra playoff-round was required for the final rounds.

Format

Preliminary rounds

Victorian clubs participated in the

via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the NPL, NPL2, NPL3, State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their division in 2022. 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 28 June.

Semi finals

A total of four teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played between 5 and 12 July.

Final

References

{{Football Federation Victoria Dockerty Cup