2014 Foxtel Cup

The 2014 Foxtel Cup was the fourth and final season of the Australian rules football knock-out competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia.

2014 premiership season
Teams9
PremiersWilliamstown

The Cup's purpose is to support and promote the second-tier Australian rules football competitions and to provide another way of developing lower-tier Australian Football League (AFL) players.

The format of the competition was as follows:

  • Nine teams competed.
  • With the exception of the pre-qualifying round, matches were played on Tuesday nights as stand alone games and be broadcast by Fox Footy.
  • The champions received $100,000 in prize money, and the runners-up received $40,000.

The top two sides from Western Australia (East Perth and West Perth) joined Norwood and reigning Foxtel Cup champion West Adelaide from South Australia,[1] Box Hill Hawks and Williamstown from Victoria, and Tasmanian representative Western Storm,[2] as participants in the 2014 Foxtel Cup.[3] North East Australian Football League qualifiers, Aspley and Belconnen, competed against each other in Round 1 of the 2014 NEAFL competition as a pre-qualifying round, with Aspley winning through to play Williamstown in round 1 of the Foxtel Cup.[4]

The selection of Western Storm, a club which was competing in the Tasmanian Football League for the first time in 2014, as Tasmania's representative was controversial, but came as a result of the defending Tasmanian Football League premiers, South Launceston, leaving the league. The majority of South Launceston's senior list shifted to Western Storm, so AFL Tasmania decided that the new club was a sufficiently close representation of the defending premiers to allow it to compete in the Foxtel Cup, rather than substituting the 2013 runners-up Burnie.[2]

The competition began in March 2014 and concluded with Williamstown winning their second Foxtel Cup championship by defeating West Perth in the Grand Final at Simonds Stadium on 22 July 2014. The Coles medal for best on ground in the Grand Final was awarded to Williamstown's Ben Davies.

2014 season

Participating clubs

Club details
Guernsey Club Nickname Location Qualified as
Aspley Australian Football Club[5]
Hornets
 Carseldine, Queensland
North East Australian Football League
Northern Conference runners-up 2013
Belconnen Football Club[6]
Magpies
 Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory
North East Australian Football League
Eastern Conference runners-up 2013
Box Hill Hawks Football Club[7]
Hawks
 Box Hill, Victoria
Victorian Football League
premiers 2013
East Perth Football Club[8]
Royals
 Leederville, Western Australia
West Australian Football League
runners-up 2013
Norwood Football Club[9]
Redlegs
 Norwood, South Australia
South Australian National Football League
premiers 2013
West Adelaide Football Club[10]
Bloods
 Richmond, South Australia
South Australian National Football League
Reigning Foxtel Cup champions
Western Storm Football Club[11]
Storm
 Prospect, Tasmania
Tasmanian State League
representative
West Perth Football Club[12]
Falcons
 Joondalup, Western Australia
West Australian Football League
premiers 2013
Williamstown Football Club[13]
Seagulls
 Williamstown, Victoria
Victorian Football League
3rd place 2013

Stadiums
Adelaide Geelong Melbourne
Adelaide Oval
Capacity: 50,000		 Simonds Stadium
Capacity: 33,500		 Etihad Stadium
Capacity: 56,347
Melbourne Perth
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Capacity: 100,000		 Patersons Stadium
Capacity: 43,500

Fixture

The AFL released the fixture on 29 November 2013.
2014 Foxtel Cup Fixture

Bracket
  Qualifying Round   Round One   Semi Finals   Grand Final
                                                   
    West Adelaide 8 9 57  
    Western Storm 9 7 61    
      Western Storm 3 5 23  
          West Perth 15 7 97    
    Box Hill 7 9 51
    West Perth 7 11 53  
  Aspley 25 23 173         West Perth 1 2 8
  Belconnen 2 5 17           Williamstown 10 11 71
      Williamstown 14 9 93  
      Aspley 7 6 48    
      Williamstown 10 11 71  
          East Perth 7 5 47  
    East Perth 9 11 65
    Norwood 2 3 15  

Qualifying Round

Round 1

Semi Finals

Grand Final

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References
  1. "BLOODS, LEGS IN FOXTEL CUP". 20 November 2013.
  2. Phil Edwards (20 November 2013). "Prospect inclusion in cup slammed by South". The Examiner. Launceston, TAS. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  3. "Williamstown in 2014 Foxtel Cup". 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  4. "2014 Foxtel Cup announced". 29 November 2013.
  5. "Aspley Australian Football Club Official Website". Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  6. Belconnen Football Club Official Website
  7. Box Hill Hawks Football Club Official Website
  8. East Perth Football Club Official Website
  9. Norwood Football Club Official Website
  10. West Adelaide Football Club Official Website
  11. Western Storm Football Club Official Website
  12. West Perth Football Club Official Website
  13. Williamstown FC Sportingpulse Website
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