1963 Australia Cup#Semi-finals
{{infobox football tournament season
| title = Australia Cup
| image =
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| year = 1963
| other_titles =
| country = Australia
| num_teams = 24
| winners = Port Melbourne Slavia
| count = 1
| second = Polonia Melbourne
| matches = 25
| goals =
| scoring_leader =
| award =
| prev_season = 1962
| next_season = 1964
}}
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.{{cite web|title=The Australia Cup|url=http://www.goalweekly.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1864:the-australia-cup&Itemid=141|publisher=goalweekly.com|accessdate=17 November 2014|archive-date=26 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130426110510/http://www.goalweekly.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1864:the-australia-cup&Itemid=141|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.elitetograssroots.net/qbst/1_australia_cup/ac1963.htm|title=Australia Cup 1963 – Results|date=11 June 2016|author=Andrew Robinson}}
Teams
Bracket
{{5RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1 = First Round
| RD2 = Second Round
| RD3 = Quarter-finals
| RD4 = Semi-finals
| RD5 = Final
| RD5b = Third place play-off
| seeds = no
| RD5legs = 2
| RD1-team01= Adelaide Juventus
| RD1-score01= 6
| RD1-team02= Adelaide Polonia
| RD1-score02= 0
| RD1-team03= Adelaide Budapest
| RD1-score03= 3
| RD1-team04= Adelaide Croatia
| RD1-score04= 0
| RD1-team05= Olympia
| RD1-score05= 3
| RD1-team06= Launceston Juventus
| RD1-score06= 2
| RD1-team07= Ulverstone
| RD1-score07= 0
| RD1-team08= Hobart Rangers
| RD1-score08= 1
| RD1-team17= Brisbane Azzurri
| RD1-score17= 1
| RD1-team18= Latrobe
| RD1-score18= 0
| RD1-team19= Newcastle Austral
| RD1-score19= 3
| RD1-team20= Wallsend
| RD1-score20= 0
| RD1-team29= Toronto Awaba
| RD1-score29= 6
| RD1-team30= West Wallsend
| RD1-score30= 5
| RD1-team31= Brisbane Hellenic
| RD1-score31= 4
| RD1-team32= Merton Rovers
| RD1-score32= 2
| RD2-team01= Adelaide Juventus
| RD2-score01= 3
| RD2-team02= Adelaide Budapest
| RD2-score02= 1
| RD2-team03= Olympia
| RD2-score03= 5
| RD2-team04= Hobart Rangers
| RD2-score04= 1
| RD2-team05= Port Melbourne Slavia {{GoldenGoal}}
| RD2-score05= 4
| RD2-team06= Footscray JUST
| RD2-score06= 3
| RD2-team07= APIA Leichhardt
| RD2-score07= 2
| RD2-team08= South Coast United
| RD2-score08= 0
| RD2-team09= Brisbane Azzurri
| RD2-score09= 1
| RD2-team10= Newcastle Austral
| RD2-score10= 0
| RD2-team11= Polonia Melbourne (p)
| RD2-score11= 0 (4)
| RD2-team12= George Cross
| RD2-score12= 0 (3)
| RD2-team13= Sydney Prague {{aet}}
| RD2-score13= 2
| RD2-team14= Pan Hellenic
| RD2-score14= 1
| RD2-team15= Toronto Awaba
| RD2-score15= 2
| RD2-team16= Brisbane Hellenic
| RD2-score16= 3
| RD3-team01= Adelaide Juventus
| RD3-score01= 3
| RD3-team02= Olympia
| RD3-score02= 0
| RD3-team03= Port Melbourne Slavia
| RD3-score03= 3
| RD3-team04= APIA Leichhardt
| RD3-score04= 1
| RD3-team05= Brisbane Azzurri
| RD3-score05= 0
| RD3-team06= Polonia Melbourne
| RD3-score06= 3
| RD3-team07= Sydney Prague
| RD3-score07= 5
| RD3-team08= Brisbane Hellenic
| RD3-score08= 2
| RD4-team01= Adelaide Juventus
| RD4-score01= 0
| RD4-team02= Port Melbourne Slavia
| RD4-score02= 2
| RD4-team03= Polonia Melbourne
| RD4-score03= 3
| RD4-team04= Sydney Prague
| RD4-score04= 1
| RD5-team01= Port Melbourne Slavia (replay)
| RD5-score01-1= 0 (3)
| RD5-team02= Polonia Melbourne
| RD5-score02-1= 0 (2)
| RD5b-team01= Sydney Prague
| RD5b-score01= 1
| RD5b-team02= Adelaide Juventus
| RD5b-score02= 2
}}
Round 1
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|date = 29 September 1963
|time =
|team1 = Toronto Awaba
|score = 6–5
|report =
|team2 = West Wallsend
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|stadium = Newcastle
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|date = 29 September 1963
|time =
|team1 = Newcastle Austral
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Wallsend
|goals1 =
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|stadium = Newcastle
|attendance =
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|date =
|time =
|team1 = Brisbane Hellenic
|score = 4–2
|report =
|team2 = Merton Rovers
|goals1 =
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|stadium = Brisbane
|attendance =
|referee =
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|date =
|time =
|team1 = Brisbane Azzurri
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Latrobe
|goals1 =
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|stadium = Brisbane
|attendance =
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|date =
|time =
|team1 = Hobart Olympia
|score = 3–2
|report =
|team2 = Launceston Juventus
|goals1 =
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|stadium = Tasmania
|attendance =
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|date =
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|team1 = Hobart Rangers
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Ulverstone
|goals1 =
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|stadium = Tasmania
|attendance =
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|date =
|time =
|team1 = Adelaide Juventus
|score = 6–0
|report =
|team2 = Adelaide Polonia
|goals1 =
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|stadium = Adelaide
|attendance =
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|date =
|time =
|team1 = Adelaide Budapest
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Adelaide Croatia
|goals1 =
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|stadium = Adelaide
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Round 2
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|date = 29 September 1963
|time = 15:00 AEST
|team1 = APIA Leichhardt
|score = 2–0
|report = https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1963/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2006%2C%20No.%2036%2C%20Friday%20October%204th%201963/page/5/mode/1up
|team2 = South Coast United
|goals1 =
- Baumgartner {{goal|34}}
- Wong {{goal|48}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Wentworth Park, Glebe{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1963/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2006%2C%20No.%2035%2C%20Friday%20September%2027th%201963/page/3/mode/1up|title=Soccer World Vol. 06, No. 35|publisher=Soccer World|page=3|date=27 September 1963|accessdate=20 October 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1963/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2006%2C%20No.%2036%2C%20Friday%20October%204th%201963/page/5/mode/1up|page=5|publisher=Soccer World|title=Soccer World Vol. 06, No. 36|date=4 October 1963|accessdate=20 October 2023}}
|attendance = 8,500
|referee = S. Pundyk
}}
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{{football box
|date = 5 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Adelaide Juventus
|score = 3–1
|report =
|team2 = Adelaide Budapest
|goals1 =
- Crawford {{goal|54}}
- Govelli {{goal|69}}
- Moriarty {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = A. Zsuppan {{goal|81}}
|stadium = Thebarton Oval, Adelaide
|attendance = 4,200
|referee = Bill Hosie
}}
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{{football box
|date = 5 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Port Melbourne Slavia
|score = 4–3
| aet = yes
|report =
|team2 = Footscray JUST
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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|date =
|time =
|team1 = Toronto Awaba
|score = 2–3
|report =
|team2 = Brisbane Hellenic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Crystal Palace, Wallsend
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date = 7 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Sydney Prague
|score = 2–1
|report = https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1963/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2006%2C%20No.%2037%2C%20Friday%20%20October%2011th%201963/page/n4/mode/1up
|team2 = Pan Hellenic
| aet = yes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Logan {{goal|12}}
|stadium = Wentworth Park, Sydney
|attendance = 6,700
|referee = S. Pundyk
}}
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|date =
|time =
|team1 = Brisbane Azzurri
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Newcastle Austral
|goals1 =
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|stadium = Brisbane
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date = 6 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Polonia Melbourne
|score = 0–0
| aet = yes
|penaltyscore=4–3
|report =
|team2 = George Cross
|goals1 =
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|penalties1 =
|penalties2 =
|stadium = Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
|attendance =
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|date =
|time =
|team1 = Hobart Olympia
|score = 5–1
|report =
|team2 = Hobart Rangers
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tasmania
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
Quarter-finals
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|date = 13 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Sydney Prague
|score = 5–2
|report =
|team2 = Brisbane Hellenic
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Wentworth Park, Sydney
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date = 13 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Brisbane Azzurri
|score = 0–3
|report =
|team2 = Polonia Melbourne
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date = 13 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Port Melbourne Slavia
|score = 3–1
|report =
|team2 = APIA Leichhardt
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date = 12 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Adelaide Juventus
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Hobart Olympia
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Thebarton Oval, Adelaide
|referee =
}}
Semi-finals
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|date = 20 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Polonia Melbourne
|score = 3–1
|report =
|team2 = Sydney Prague
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date = 19 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Port Melbourne Slavia
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = Adelaide Juventus
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Thebarton Oval, Adelaide
|referee =
}}
Third place playoff
{{football box
|date = 27 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Sydney Prague
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Adelaide Juventus
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Wentworth Park, Sydney
|referee =
}}
Final
{{football box
|date = 27 October 1963
|time =
|team1 = Port Melbourne Slavia
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Polonia Melbourne
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
|referee = Tony Boskovic
}}
=Replay=
{{football box
|date = 3 November 1963
|time =
|team1 = Port Melbourne Slavia
|score = 3–2
|aet = yes
|report = [http://www.thegapchessclub.org.au/qbst/1_australia_cup/ac1963.htm#report Report]
|team2 = Polonia Melbourne
|goals1 = Des Palmer {{goal|81||85||104}}
|goals2 = Wieslaw Janczyk {{goal|19|pen.}}
Michael Jurecki {{goal|61}}
|stadium = Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
|referee = Tony Boskovic
}}
References
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