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The Australian Championship Thread

Monoethnic Social Club said:
it wont happen in Victoria but would love for an Aleague franchise from another state to win their comp and be in it this year ..... every league needs an easybeat to stomp on.
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Technically MV don't need to win the comp. If SM, Preston and Avondale are 1st, 2nd and 3rd, then MV could qualify finishing 4th. It's obviously unlikely, but technically possible. In NSW, an A-League team could qualify by finishing 5th. Again, unlikely, but possible.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
it wont happen in Victoria but would love for an Aleague franchise from another state to win their comp and be in it this year ..... every league needs an easybeat to stomp on.
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That'd render the AC to Mickey Mouse status if an AL's youth team was in it.

The only AL youth team that has won its state NPL title was Adelaide United in SA.
 
Have a read:

www.espn.com.au

Everything you need to know about the Australian Championship

What is the Australian Championship? When will it be played? Who will broadcast it? ESPN has all you need to know about Football Australia's national second tier competition.
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Who will broadcast the Australian Championship?​

Football Australia announced the renewal of a broadcast deal with Paramount last year, but Johnson confirmed on Wednesday that this did not include the Australian Championship nor the Round of 32 and 16 of the Australia Cup.

"The Australia Cup final and semifinals will be on Channel 10 and the Round of 32 and 16 of the Australia Cup and the second tier will be in market to go to another broadcaster," said Johnson. "What we've done for all of those competitions, though, is we will be producing the matches, so we've taken on that responsibility."
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HappyGuus said:
Have a read:

www.espn.com.au

Everything you need to know about the Australian Championship

What is the Australian Championship? When will it be played? Who will broadcast it? ESPN has all you need to know about Football Australia's national second tier competition.
www.espn.com.au www.espn.com.au
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So JJ IS listening to me then :)

"We talk about Japan being the benchmark in the region. And if you look at the process that Japan has gone through in terms of its evolution; in the 90s they were a one-tier football system with approximately 16 clubs. Today, they have three tiers, and they have about 56 professional clubs. So they have continued to evolve. And that's exactly what we are trying to do, and that's the purpose of why we've set up the second tier."
 
HappyGuus said:
Have a read:

www.espn.com.au

Everything you need to know about the Australian Championship

What is the Australian Championship? When will it be played? Who will broadcast it? ESPN has all you need to know about Football Australia's national second tier competition.
www.espn.com.au www.espn.com.au
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In other words ... like Ive been sayin for ages... NO conenction to Aleague

"The focus has been on getting the second tier up and running and moving it from a conversation to something tangible. We have deliberately connected it to the NPL and that's the first step. In terms of how that connection works with the [A-League], that's something we don't want to be prescriptive about at the moment. Simply because we want the second tier to work. We don't want that complication -- because that's a complicated discussion. We want to get the second tier up and running. We want it to be successful. We want it to connect with the NPLs but also with the community. We want to focus on what is in our control now, what we can do, and what we can do to make this exciting competition that we all want."
 
HappyGuus said:
Have a read:

www.espn.com.au

Everything you need to know about the Australian Championship

What is the Australian Championship? When will it be played? Who will broadcast it? ESPN has all you need to know about Football Australia's national second tier competition.
www.espn.com.au www.espn.com.au
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FA producing the games AND paying for flights and accommodation ..... they REALLY want this to go well.

"The Australia Cup final and semifinals will be on Channel 10 and the Round of 32 and 16 of the Australia Cup and the second tier will be in market to go to another broadcaster," said Johnson. "What we've done for all of those competitions, though, is we will be producing the matches, so we've taken on that responsibility."
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
In other words ... like Ive been sayin for ages... NO conenction to Aleague

"The focus has been on getting the second tier up and running and moving it from a conversation to something tangible. We have deliberately connected it to the NPL and that's the first step. In terms of how that connection works with the [A-League], that's something we don't want to be prescriptive about at the moment. Simply because we want the second tier to work. We don't want that complication -- because that's a complicated discussion. We want to get the second tier up and running. We want it to be successful. We want it to connect with the NPLs but also with the community. We want to focus on what is in our control now, what we can do, and what we can do to make this exciting competition that we all want."
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Praise the Lord !
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
FA producing the games AND paying for flights and accommodation ..... they REALLY want this to go well.

"The Australia Cup final and semifinals will be on Channel 10 and the Round of 32 and 16 of the Australia Cup and the second tier will be in market to go to another broadcaster," said Johnson. "What we've done for all of those competitions, though, is we will be producing the matches, so we've taken on that responsibility."
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What about the Quarter Finals??
 
someguyjc said:
Technically MV don't need to win the comp. If SM, Preston and Avondale are 1st, 2nd and 3rd, then MV could qualify finishing 4th. It's obviously unlikely, but technically possible. In NSW, an A-League team could qualify by finishing 5th. Again, unlikely, but possible.
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Youth Academy sides are excluded from this competition.
 
So here's what we know about the groups:

two foundation sides joined by two NPL qualifiers in each group. Top-seeded foundation clubs South Melbourne, APIA, Marconi, and Avondale will be in separate groups and there will also be a rough geographic split -- the South Australian and West Australian premiers will be in the same group, for example
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So the top spots are set for those four clubs already. And SA is locked with WA. They won't want to double up Vic clubs in the same group. It could look something like this:

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Not many other options. APIA and Marconi could be flipped in their top spots (A<>B), so to South and Avondale, and NNSW 1st and TAS 1st swapped too. But the rest is pretty much locked in already.
 
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