2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
The 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup competition was held in July and August in the lead-up to the start of the A-League 2007-08 season. The opening round started on 14 July 2007. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds, followed by a two-week finals playoff.
In previous years, the Pre-Season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres. In 2007 venues included Sunshine Coast, Launceston, Canberra, Port Macquarie, Darwin, Orange and Geelong.[1]
The group stage had a bonus point system. One point was awarded for 2 goals in a match, two points for 3 and three points for 4 or more goals in a match.
If two or more teams were level on points accumulated, the following criteria would be applied, in order, until one of the teams was determined as the higher ranked:
- highest goal difference;
- highest number of goals scored;
- result of the match played between the teams concerned;
- highest number of bonus points accumulated;
- lowest number of red cards accumulated;
- lowest number of yellow cards accumulated;
- toss of a coin.
The finals series was held over two weekends – 3 August to 5 August, and 10 August to 12 August.
Pre-Season Cup group stage fixtures and results
Round 1
| Newcastle Jets | 0–1 | Perth Glory |
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| (Report) | Harnwell  48' |
Port Macquarie Regional Stadium, Port Macquarie, New South Wales Attendance: 2,700 Referee: James Lewis |
Round 2
Round 3
| Adelaide United | 4–1 | Newcastle Jets |
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| Burns 6' Djite 66'Sarkies 80' (pen)Alagich 86' |
(Report) | Bridge   69'A. Griffiths 79'J. Griffiths 90+2' (pen) |
Playoffs
| Central Coast Mariners | 2–3 | Perth Glory |
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| Mrdja 43' Petrovski 90' |
(Report) | Dragicevic 23' Bertos 55'Tarka 78' |
Finals
| Wellington Phoenix | 0–0 | Newcastle Jets |
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| (Report) | ||
| Penalties | ||
Smeltz  Aloisi  Christie Johnson |
2–4 | J. Griffiths Bridge Thompson Elrich |
| Central Coast Mariners | 1–3 | Queensland Roar |
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| Simon 9' |
(Report) | Milicic 30' Nichols 33'Marcinho 48'Seo 76'Reinaldo 86' |
Group A table
Group B table
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Finals
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Scorers
As at 12 August 2007
- 3 goals
Cássio (Adelaide United)
Bruce Djite (Adelaide United)- Joel Griffiths (Newcastle Jets)
Simon Lynch (Queensland Roar)
Shane Smeltz (Wellington Phoenix)
- 2 goals
- Leo Bertos (Perth Glory)
- Jamie Harnwell (Perth Glory)
- Adam Kwasnik (Central Coast Mariners)
- Ante Milicic (Queensland Roar)
- Nikita Rukavytsya (Perth Glory)
- 1 goal
- Own Goals
- Karl Dodd (Wellington Phoenix) for (Melbourne Victory)
- Mark Rudan (Sydney FC) for (Wellington Phoenix)
References
- ↑ "Regional Focus for Pre-Season Cup". 23 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
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