Pay deal rejection sparks A-League uncertainty<\/a><\/p>\nFK Beograd (NPL SA) and North Sunshine Eagles (VPL1) are both making their debuts in the Australia Cup and face-off midweek.<\/p>\n
Azzurri United (NPL Northern Territory), Kingborough Lions United (NPL Tasmania), Preston Lions (NPL VIC), Cumberland United (SA State League One) and Fremantle City (NPL WA) are also featuring in the Australia Cup Round of 32 for the first time.<\/p>\n
2026 Australia Cup Round of 32 ties and schedule<\/p>\n
Match Day 1 \u2013 Tuesday, 14 JulyHome Team\u00a0\u00a0Away TeamVenueKick-offAPIA Leichhardt FCvPeninsula Power FCLeichhardt Oval, Leichhardt NSW7.30pm AESTRochedale Rovers FCvSD Raiders FCUnderwood Park, Brisbane QLD7.30pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Match Day 2 \u2013 Wednesday, 15 JulyMarlin Coast Rangers FCvBrunswick Juventus FCBarlow Park Stadium, Cairns QLD7.30pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0FK BeogradvNorth Sunshine Eagles FCFrank Mitchell Park, Woodville West SA7.30pm local \/ 8.00pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Match Day 3 \u2013 Tuesday, 21 JulyBayswater City SC\u00a0\u00a0vSydney FCFrank Drago Reserve, Bayswater WA6.30pm local \/ 8.30pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Preston Lions FC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0vNewcastle Jets FCGenis Steel Stadium, Melbourne VIC7.30pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Lions FC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0vPerth Glory FCSpencer Park, Newmarket QLD7.30pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Cumberland United FC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0vHeidelberg United FCLady Burra Stadium, Clarence Gardens SA7.30pm local \/ 8.00pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Match Day 4 \u2013 Wednesday, 22 JulyAzzurri United FC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0vMacarthur FCDarwin Football Stadium, Marrara NT7.30pm local \/ 8.00pm AEST\u00a0Sydney United 58 FC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0vCentral Coast Mariners FCSydney United Sports Centre, Edensor Park NSW7.30pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Maitland FC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0vFremantle City FCMaitland Regional Sportsground, Maitland NSW7.30pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Tigers FC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0vWestern Sydney Wanderers FCMcKellar Park, McKeller ACT7.30pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Match Day 5 \u2013 Sunday, 26 July\u00a0Kingborough Lions United FC\u00a0\u00a0vMelbourne Victory FCKitchen Centre Park, Kingston TAS5.00pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Weston Bears FC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0vMelbourne City FCHunter City Motor Group Stadium, Weston NSW2.00pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Match Day 6 \u2013 Thursday 30 JulySouth Melbourne FC\u00a0vAdelaide United FC\u00a0\u00a0Lakeside Stadium,\u00a0Melbourne VIC7.30pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0Sydney Olympic FCvBrisbane Roar FC\u00a0\u00a0Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney NSW7.30pm AEST\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
How to watch<\/p>\n
Four Round-of-32 matches will be broadcast exclusive on Paramount+, while 12 fixtures will be shown live via Football Australia\u2019s YouTube channel and simulcast on 10 streaming.<\/p>\n
When is the final?<\/p>\n
The date for the 2026 decider is still to be determined.<\/p>\n
However, the Round of 16 is set to take place between August 8-12, followed by the quarter-finals from August 18-23.<\/p>\n
The semi-finals are slated for September 8-20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hahn Australia Cup is back for another year as A-League premiers Newcastle Jets look to defend their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,374378,374379,374380,374381,374382,374383,66663,44,374384,62818,374385],"class_list":["post-796735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-azzurri-united","tag-cumberland-united","tag-fk-beograd","tag-fremantle-city","tag-kingborough-lions-united","tag-marlin-coast-rangers","tag-newcastle-jets","tag-news","tag-north-sunshine-eagles","tag-preston-lions","tag-rochedale-rovers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}