# 2015 NNSW FFA Cup qualifying rounds

The 2015 NNSW FFA Cup qualifying rounds and finals series was a knockout competition run in Northern New South Wales, by Northern NSW Football, used to determine the two Northern NSW entrants to the national 2015 FFA Cup. For the Preliminary rounds, Football Far North Coast kicked off the overall competition with matches on 13 February.

## Format

Due to travel distances and time restraints, the competition was divided into two pools, the northern pool and the southern pool.

## Northern pool

The four northern-pool zones play off within their respective district-based zones. The zone winners then played off for two places in the quarter-finals stage of the preliminary round.

### First round

Football Mid North Coast
Northern Inland Football
North Coast Football
* Byes: Urunga FC (-)
Football Far North Coast

### Second round

Football Mid North Coast
Northern Inland Football
* Byes: Northern Inland Winner Match 5
North Coast Football
* Byes: North Coast Winner Match 4
Football Far North Coast
* Byes: Alstonville FC (2)

### Third round

Football Mid North Coast
* Byes: Tuncurry Forster FC (4)
Northern Inland Football
| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Northern Inland Winner Round 2 Match 1 | – | Northern Inland Round 1 Winner Match 5 |
* Byes: Northern Inland Winner Round 2 Match 2
North Coast Football
| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | North Coast Winner Round 2 Match 1 | – | North Coast Winner Round 1 Match 4 |
* Byes: North Coast Winner Round 2 Match 2 (Unless Urunga FC win as they have already had a bye)
Football Far North Coast
| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Far North Coast Winner Round 2 Match 1 | – | Alstonville FC (2) |

### Fourth round

Football Mid North Coast
* Byes: Tuncurry Forster FC (4)
Northern Inland Football
| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Northern Inland Winner Round 3 Match 1 | – | Northern Inland Winner Round 2 Match 2 |
North Coast Football
| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | North Coast Winner Round 3 Match 1 | – | North Coast Winner Round 2 Match 2 |
Football Far North Coast
* Byes: Football Far North Coast Round 3 Winner Match 1

### Fifth round

Football Mid North Coast vs Northern Inland Football
| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Tuncurry Forster FC (4) | – | Northern Inland Winner Round 4 Match 1 – |
North Coast Football vs Football Far North Coast
| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | North Coast Winner Round 4 Match 1 | – | Football Far North Coast Round 3 Winner Match 1 |

## Southern pool
### Second round

* Byes : Jesmond FC (5)

### Third round

The winners from the second round played the seeded NNSW NPL teams. The second round took place on the weekend of 28 February - 1 March 2015.

### Fourth round

| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Third round qualifier (-) | – | Third round qualifier (-) |
| 2 | Third round qualifier (-) | – | Third round qualifier (-) |
| 3 | Third round qualifier (-) | – | Third round qualifier (-) |
| 4 | Third round qualifier (-) | – | Third round qualifier (-) |
| 5 | Third round qualifier (-) | – | Third round qualifier (-) |
| 6 | Third round qualifier (-) | – | Third round qualifier (-) |
| 7 | Third round qualifier (-) | – | Third round qualifier (-) |
* Byes : 1 Division 1 or zone league team.

### Fifth round

The draw will most likely be as follows:
| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Fourth round qualifier (-) | – | Fourth round qualifier (-) |
| 2 | Fourth round qualifier (-) | – | Fourth round qualifier (-) |
* Byes : 3–4 Division 1 or zone league teams will be given byes in preference to NPL teams. Depending on who prevails, up to 1 NPL team may be given a bye.

## NNSW finals

The NNSW football finals series will take place on the weekend of 20–21 June 2015. The finals will be composed of:
* 2 teams from the northern pool
* 3 teams from the NPL southern pool
* 3 teams from the Division 1 and zone southern pool.

### Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals took place at the Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility on 20 June 2015.
| Tie no | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | NTH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) | – | STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) |
| 2 | NTH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) | – | STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) |
| 3 | STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) | – | STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) |
| 4 | STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) | – | STH Quarter-final Qualifier (-) |

### Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place at the Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility on 21 June 2015.