The 1962 Australia Cup was the first season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 16 teams from around Australia entered the competition.[1] The competition consisted of four clubs from Victoria and Sydney's competition, three from Queensland and South Australia and two from Northern New South Wales. The winner of the Australia Cup received £5,000.[1]

1962 Australia Cup
Tournament details
CountryAustralia
Dates2 November – 9 December 1962
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsYugal (1st title)
Runner-upSt George-Budapest
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored67 (4.19 per match)
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The inaugural season of the Cup was won by Yugal who defeated St George Budapest 8–1 at Wentworth Park in the final. The third place playoff, between Juventus (now Brunswick Zebras from Melbourne) and Juventus (now Adelaide City), was won by the South Australian team on penalty kicks.[2][3]

Teams

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Qualifying clubs
  NNSW Adamstown Rosebud Awaba
  NSW St George Budapest Sydney Hakoah APIA Leichhardt Yugal
  QLD Brisbane Hellenic Brisbane Azzurri Oxley United
  SA Adelaide Budapest Adelaide Juventus Adelaide Croatia
  VIC South Melbourne Hellas Melbourne Juventus Wilhelmina Footscray JUST

First round

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First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
        
Melbourne Juventus 3
Adelaide Croatia 1
Melbourne Juventus 1
Adelaide Budapest 0
Footscray JUST 1
Adelaide Budapest 3
Melbourne Juventus 1
Yugal 2
South Melbourne 1
Yugal 2
Yugal 3
APIA Liechhardt 2
Awaba 1
APIA Liechhardt 7
Yugal 8
St George-Budapest 1
Brisbane Hellenic 0
Sydney Hakoah 1
Sydney Hakoah 2
Adelaide Juventus 6
Adelaide Juventus 3
Brisbane Azzurri 2
Adelaide Juventus 0
St George-Budapest 3
Adamstown Rosebud 0 Third place play-off
Wilhelmina 2
Wilhelmina 0 Melbourne Juventus 1 (3)
St George-Budapest 2 Adelaide Juventus (p) 1 (4)
St George-Budapest 5
Oxley United 2

First Round

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2 November 1962 Brisbane Hellenic0–1 Sydney Hakoah Brisbane
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  • Bell   19'
Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Keith Urwin
2 November 1962 Adamstown Rosebud0–2 Wilhelmina Wallsend
Report
Stadium: Crystal Palace
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Tony Boskovic
3 November 1962 Adelaide Juventus 3–2Brisbane AzzurriAdelaide
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Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Luigi Cadelli
4 November 1962 South Melbourne1–2 Yugal Melbourne
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Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Bill Hosie
9 November 1962 Awaba1–7 APIA Leichhardt Wallsend
Report
Stadium: Crystal Palace
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: W. Vernon
10 November 1962 St George-Budapest 5–2Oxley UnitedSydney
Report
Stadium: Sydney Athletic Field
Attendance: 2,125
Referee: R. Jones
11 November 1962 Melbourne Juventus 3–1Adelaide CroatiaMelbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Roy Pierce
18 November 1962 Footscray JUST1–3 Adelaide Budapest Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Frank Sbisa

Quarter-finals

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18 November 1962 Sydney Hakoah2–6 Adelaide Juventus Sydney
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Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Roger Lamb
25 November 1962 Yugal 3–2APIA LeichhardtSydney
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Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luigi Cadelli
25 November 1962 Wilhelmina0–2 St George-Budapest Melbourne
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Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Bill Hosie

Semi-finals

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1 December 1962 Adelaide Juventus0–3 St George-Budapest Adelaide
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Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Roger Lamb
2 December 1962 Melbourne Juventus1–2 Yugal Adelaide
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Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Bill Hosie

Third place play-off

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9 December 1962 Melbourne Juventus1–1
(3–4 p)
Adelaide Juventus Adelaide
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Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Frank Sbisa

Final

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Yugal8–1St George-Budapest
Report
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Bill Hosie

References

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  1. ^ a b Australia and its Cups: Then and Now. Roy Hay, The Leopold Method, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 2014, pp. 4–20. 25 November 2014. ISBN 9781921134470. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ^ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. ^ Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".