2026 New Balance Dockerty Cup Round 1 & 2 Draw

Football Victoria (FV) is excited to announce the 2026 New Balance Dockerty / Hahn Australia Cup Round 1 and 2 draws will be conducted Tuesday, January 27 at 7PM.

With a total of 225 teams entering the competition this year, the first seven rounds of the tournament will also serve as Preliminary Rounds for the 2026 Hahn Australia Cup.

The draws will be streamed exclusively on the Football Victoria YouTube Channel!

DRAW PROCEDURE:

The entrants for Round 1 are State League Men’s 4 (SLM4), State League Men’s 5 (SLM5), State League Men’s 6 (SLM6), State League Men’s 7 (SLM7), Regional & Metropolitan Clubs. Each Club has been allocated a Draw Ball number based on Alphabetical Order of the Club Name and will be numbered 1 to 114, as per the table below.

Draw Ball Number Allocation
Club
Draw Ball Number Allocation
Club
1
Albert Park SC
2
Alphington FC
3
Ashburton United SC
4
Aspendale SC
5
Bacchus Marsh SC
6
Ballarat North United SC
7
Ballarat SC
8
Barnstoneworth United Football Club (VIC)
9
Barwon SC
10
Baxter SC
11
Bell Park SC
12
Bendigo City Football Club
13
Boronia SC
14
Brighton SC
15
Bunyip District SC
16
Burwood City FC
17
Casey Panthers SC
18
Castlemaine Goldfields FC
19
Chelsea FC
20
Cleeland United SC
21
Croydon Ranges FC
22
Darebin United SC
23
Deakin University SC
24
Docklands Athletic Football Club
25
Doreen United SC
26
Dynamo Melbourne FC
27
East Bentleigh SC
28
East Kew FC
29
Endeavour Hills Fire SC
30
ETA Buffalo Club of Victoria
31
FC Birrarung
32
FC Eaglehawk
33
FC Noble Hurricanes
34
Fitzroy Lions SC
35
Footscray Rangers Football Club
36
Fortuna 60 SC
37
Frankston Pines SC
38
Gisborne SC
39
Glen Eira FC
40
Glen Waverley SC
41
Glenroy Lions FC
42
Golden City SC
43
Greater Dandenong FC
44
Greenvale United SC
45
Heidelberg Stars SC
46
Hume Bulls FC
47
Keilor Wolves SC
48
Keon Park SC
49
Keysborough District FC
50
Keysborough SC
51
Kings Domain FC
52
Knox United SC
53
La Trobe University SC
54
Lara United FC
55
Latrobe University SC
56
Laverton FC
57
Lilydale Montrose United
58
Lyndale United FC
59
Maidstone United SC
60
Meadow Park SC
61
Melbourne City FC
62
Melbourne University Soccer Club
63
Melton Phoenix FC
64
Mentone Soccer Club
65
Mitchell Rangers SC
66
Monash City Villarreal FC
67
Monash University SC
68
Monbulk Rangers SC
69
Moonee Ponds United SC
70
Moonee Valley Knights FC
71
Moreland Eagles FC
72
Mount Eliza SC
73
Mount Martha Soccer Club
74
Mount Waverley City SC
75
Murray United FC
76
Newport Storm FC
77
Noble Suns FC
78
Ocean Grove SC
79
Old Ivanhoe Soccer Club
80
Old Melburnians SC
81
Old St Kevins SC
82
Old Trinity Grammarians SC
83
Pakenham United FC
84
Phillip Island SC
85
Point Cook FC
86
Reservoir United  SC
87
Ringwood City FC
88
Riversdale SC
89
Rosebud SC
90
Roxburgh Park United SC
91
Sale United FC
92
Sandown Lions FC
93
Seaford United SC
94
Sebastopol Vikings SC
95
Shepparton United SC
96
Somerville Eagles SC
97
Spring Gully United SC
98
Spring Hills FC
99
Springvale City SC
100
St Albans Gospic Bears
101
Strathdale SC
102
Swinburne FC
103
Templestowe Wolves FC
104
Thornbury Athletic FC
105
Truganina Lions FC
106
Truganina Soccer Club Inc
107
Warrnambool Rangers FC
108
Watsonia Heights FC
109
West Point Soccer Club
110
West Preston FC
111
Westside Strikers FC
112
Whitehorse United SC
113
Wyndham FC
114
Yarra Jets FC


 The first 18 Clubs that are drawn will be allocated a Bye and will therefore automatically progress to Round 2 of the 2026 New Balance Dockerty / Hahn Australia Cup.

Following this, 48 fixtures will be generated with the remaining 96 Clubs to be drawn out with the first Club drawn becoming the nominated Home Team and the second Club drawn being the nominated Away Team.

After the conclusion of the New Balance Dockerty / Hahn Australia Cup draw for Round 1, the Round 2 draw will be completed. Round 2 will see clubs from State League Men’s 2 & 3 enter the competition. Each fixture will be allocated a Draw Ball number from 1 to 48 representing a fixture from the previous Round and Draw Ball numbers from 49 to 114 will be allocated to Clubs with the BYE and those from SLM 1 & 2.

FIXTURE DATES & CONFIRMATION

The New Balance Dockerty / Hahn Australia Cup Round 1 & 2 fixtures can be played on either of the following dates:

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Once the New Balance Dockerty / Hahn Australia Cup Round 1 Draw is complete and the Home Teams have been determined, the Home Teams will be required to submit their preferred fixture date, fixture kick-off times and nominated venue to CupCompetitions@footballvictoria.com.au for official FV approval.