The 1963 Australia Cup was the second season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 24 clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition.[1][2]

1963 Australia Cup
Tournament details
Country Australia
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsPort Melbourne Slavia (1st title)
Runner-upPolonia Melbourne
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
← 1962
1964 →

Teams

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Qualifying clubs
  NNSW Wallsend West Wallsend Awaba Newcastle Austral
  NSW Sydney Prague APIA Leichhardt South Coast United Pan Hellenic
  QLD Brisbane Hellenic Brisbane Azzurri Latrobe Merton Rovers
  SA Adelaide Juventus Adelaide Budapest Adelaide Croatia Adelaide Polonia
  TAS Olympia Launceston Juventus Ulverstone Hobart Rangers
  VIC Footscray JUST Polonia Melbourne George Cross Port Melbourne Slavia

Bracket

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
          
Adelaide Juventus 6
Adelaide Polonia 0
Adelaide Juventus 3
Adelaide Budapest 1
Adelaide Budapest 3
Adelaide Croatia 0
Adelaide Juventus 3
Olympia 0
Olympia 3
Launceston Juventus 2
Olympia 5
Hobart Rangers 1
Ulverstone 0
Hobart Rangers 1
Adelaide Juventus 0
Port Melbourne Slavia 2
Port Melbourne Slavia (a.s.d.e.t.) 4
Footscray JUST 3
Port Melbourne Slavia 3
APIA Leichhardt 1
APIA Leichhardt 2
South Coast United 0
Port Melbourne Slavia (replay) 0 (3)
Polonia Melbourne 0 (2)
Brisbane Azzurri 1
Latrobe 0
Brisbane Azzurri 1
Newcastle Austral 0
Newcastle Austral 3
Wallsend 0
Brisbane Azzurri 0
Polonia Melbourne 3
Polonia Melbourne (p) 0 (4)
George Cross 0 (3)
Polonia Melbourne 3
Sydney Prague 1
Sydney Prague (a.e.t.) 2
Pan Hellenic 1
Third place play-off
Sydney Prague 5 Sydney Prague 1
Brisbane Hellenic 2 Adelaide Juventus 2
Toronto Awaba 6
West Wallsend 5
Toronto Awaba 2
Brisbane Hellenic 3
Brisbane Hellenic 4
Merton Rovers 2


Round 1

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Toronto Awaba6–5West Wallsend

Newcastle Austral3–0Wallsend






Round 2

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APIA Leichhardt2–0South Coast United
Report
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: S. Pundyk

Adelaide Juventus3–1Adelaide Budapest
  • Crawford   54'
  • Govelli   69'
  • Moriarty   84'
A. Zsuppan   81'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Bill Hosie



Sydney Prague2–1 (a.e.t.)Pan Hellenic
Report
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: S. Pundyk



Quarter-finals

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Sydney Prague5–2Brisbane Hellenic
Attendance: 2,100[2]



Adelaide Juventus3–0Hobart Olympia
Attendance: 5,000[2]

Semi-finals

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Polonia Melbourne3–1Sydney Prague

Port Melbourne Slavia2–0Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 6,500[2]

Third place playoff

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Sydney Prague1–2Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 2,000[2]

Final

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Replay

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Port Melbourne Slavia3–2 (a.e.t.)Polonia Melbourne
Des Palmer   81', 85', 104' Report Wieslaw Janczyk   19' (pen.)
Michael Jurecki   61'

References

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  1. ^ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Andrew Robinson (11 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1963 – Results".
  3. ^ "Soccer World Vol. 06, No. 35". Soccer World. 27 September 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Soccer World Vol. 06, No. 36". Soccer World. 4 October 1963. p. 5. Retrieved 20 October 2023.