2007 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup

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2007 A-League Pre-season Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country	Australia New Zealand
Dates	14 July – 12 August 2007
Teams	8
Defending champions	Adelaide United
Final positions
Champions	Adelaide United (2nd title)
Runner-up	Perth Glory
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	53 (2.65 per match)
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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.

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 to 5 August, and 10 to 12 August.

Pre-Season Cup group stage fixtures and results

Round 1

14 July 2007
14:30 UTC+10

Newcastle Jets	0–1	Perth Glory
	(Report)	Harnwell 48'

Port Macquarie Regional Stadium,
Port Macquarie, New South WalesAttendance: 2,700Referee: James Lewis

14 July 2007
18:00 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Wellington Phoenix
Wilkinson 3' Kwasnik 30'	(Report)

Bluetongue Stadium,
Gosford, New South WalesAttendance: 8,136Referee: Srebre Delovski

14 July 2007
19:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	0–0	Sydney FC
	(Report)

Maroochydore Soccer Club,
Maroochydore, QueenslandAttendance: 4,892Referee: Peter Green

15 July 2007
13:00 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory	1–1	Adelaide United
Allsopp 74'	(Report)	Dodd 9'

Aurora Stadium,
Launceston, TasmaniaAttendance: 8,061Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 2

20 July 2007
19:30 UTC+9:30

Adelaide United	1–1	Perth Glory
Cassio 59'	(Report)	Rukavytsya 53'

Hindmarsh Stadium,
Adelaide, South AustraliaAttendance: 3,513Referee: Steven Gregory

21 July 2007
15:00 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Queensland Roar
Boogaard 6'	(Report)	Lynch 60'

Wade Park,
Orange, New South WalesAttendance: 3,531Referee: James Lewis

22 July 2007
14:00 UTC+12

Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Sydney FC
Smeltz 13', 89' Rudan 14' (own)	(Report)

Westpac Stadium,
Wellington, New ZealandAttendance: 6,039Referee: Peter O’Leary

22 July 2007
14:00 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory	0–1	Newcastle Jets
	(Report)	Wheelhouse 51'

Skilled Stadium,
Geelong, VictoriaAttendance: 8,500Referee: Ben Williams

Round 3

27 July 2007
19:00 UTC+12

Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Queensland Roar
Old 47'	(Report)	Lynch 41' Ognenovski 50'

Queen Elizabeth II Park,
Christchurch, New ZealandAttendance: 4,081Referee: Michael Hester

27 July 2007
19:30 UTC+9:30

Adelaide United	4–1	Newcastle Jets
Burns 6' Djite 66' Sarkies 80' (pen) Alagich 86'	(Report)	Bridge 69' A. Griffiths 79' J. Griffiths 90+2' (pen)

Hindmarsh Stadium,
Adelaide, South AustraliaAttendance: 3,800Referee: Craig Zetter

28 July 2007
18:30 UTC+9:30

Perth Glory	2–1	Melbourne Victory
Rukavytsya 52' Harnwell 70'	(Report)	Hernandez 34'

Darwin Football Stadium,
Darwin, Northern TerritoryAttendance: 2,700Referee: Peter Green

29 July 2007
15:00 UTC+10

Sydney FC	0–3	Central Coast Mariners
	(Report)	Osman 36' Kwasnik 44' Gumprecht 51'

Canberra Stadium,
Canberra, Australian Capital TerritoryAttendance: 5,735Referee: Ben Williams

Playoffs

4 August 2007
18:00 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners	2–3	Perth Glory
Mrdja 43' Petrovski 90'	(Report)	Dragicevic 23' Bertos 55' Tarka 78'

Bluetongue Stadium,
Gosford, New South WalesAttendance: 5,967Referee: Ben Williams

4 August 2007
19:30 UTC+10

Newcastle Jets	3–2	Sydney FC
J. Griffiths 5', 76' Tunbridge 56'	(Report)	Zadkovich 79' Talay 83'

Parramatta Stadium,
Parramatta, New South WalesAttendance: 2,611Referee: Peter Green

4 August 2007
19:30 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory	1–2	Wellington Phoenix
Dodd 34' (own)	(Report)	Smeltz 53' Daniel 87'

Olympic Park Stadium,
Melbourne, VictoriaAttendance: 4,100Referee: Kevin Docherty

5 August 2007
18:00 UTC+9:30

Adelaide United	3–2	Queensland Roar
Djite 1' Petta 45' Cássio 64'	(Report)	Lynch 16' Milicic 73'

Hindmarsh Stadium,
Adelaide, South AustraliaAttendance: 5,221Referee: Angelo Nardi

Finals

10 August 2007
19:30 UTC+12

Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Newcastle Jets
	(Report)
Penalties
Smeltz Aloisi Christie Johnson	2–4	J. Griffiths Bridge Thompson Elrich

Westpac StadiumAttendance: 5,174Referee: Mike Hester

11 August 2007
19:30 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory	0–1	Sydney FC
	(Report)	Brosque 34'

Olympic Park StadiumAttendance: 3,400Referee: Simon Przydacz

12 August 2007
15:00 UTC+9:30

Adelaide United	2–1	Perth Glory
Djite 66' Cássio 83'	(Report)	Bertos 45'

Hindmarsh StadiumAttendance: 9,606Referee: Craig Zetter

12 August 2007
16:00 UTC+10

Central Coast Mariners	1–3	Queensland Roar
Simon 9'	(Report)	Milicic 30' Nichols 33' Marcinho 48' Seo 76' Reinaldo 86'

Bluetongue StadiumAttendance: 3,500 (estimate)Referee: James Lewis

Group A table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Adelaide United	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	3	8
2	Perth Glory	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	1	8
3	Newcastle Jets	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	0	3
4	Melbourne Victory	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	0	1

Source:

Group B table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Central Coast Mariners	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	3	10
2	Queensland Roar	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	1	6
3	Wellington Phoenix	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2	5
4	Sydney FC	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	0	1

Source:

Finals


Playoffs			Finals



A1	Adelaide United	3
			Grand final
B2	Queensland Roar	2
			Adelaide United	2

			Perth Glory	1
A2	Perth Glory	3
			Third place
B1	Central Coast Mariners	2
			Queensland Roar	3

			Central Coast Mariners	1
A3	Newcastle Jets	3
			Fifth place
B4	Sydney FC	2
			Newcastle Jets	0 (4)

			Wellington Phoenix	0 (2)
A4	Melbourne Victory	1
			Seventh place
B3	Wellington Phoenix	2
			Sydney FC	1

			Melbourne Victory	0

Scorers

As at 12 August 2007

3 goals

2 goals

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. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2007.

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