Canale Cup

The Canale Travel Cup is a Brisbane, Australia, football (soccer) knockout cup competition that includes teams from the Brisbane Premier League and all Capital Leagues (1-4).

Contents

• Current Cup Competitions 2014 onwards
• Recent Cup Competitions 2002 2013 Brisbane Based
• Queensland Cup 1992 2001
• Ampol Cup 1959 1991
• Tristram Shield 1921 1958
• Charity Cup 1894 1920
• References

This has been the major knockout cup competition for the Brisbane region since 2002, when it was known as the South-East Queensland Cup, and subsequently the Premier Cup, and since 2010 with the current naming rights sponsor. Before this and on a statewide basis, several knockout competitions have been held since 1894 in various forms, with the major Queensland knockout cup competitions initially called the Charity Cup to 1920, from 1921 to 1958 as the Tristram Shield, between 1959 and 1991 as the Ampol Cup, and between 1992 and 2001 as the Queensland Cup.

Since 2014, this knockout competition has also served as preliminary rounds for the FFA Cup, with Queensland represented by the 2 Canale Cup semi-final winners, the North Queensland Zone winner, the South East Queensland Zone winner, along with the A-League club Brisbane Roar. In 2014 the Canale Travel Cup format was changed to include Brisbane-based teams from Queensland's division of the National Premier League, and the competition has served as qualification for both events: The two finalists entered the draw for the 2014 FFA Cup at the Round of 32.

In 2015, the format was changed, whereby teams from the National Premier League would only participate up to the semi-final stage of the Canale Cup, and thereafter only be part of the 2015 FFA Cup qualification route. The Final was a repeat of the Semi-Final match between Queensland Lions and Pine Rivers United, with Queensland Lions winning 5–2.

In 2016, the format was again changed, with the first three rounds (called Rounds 2 to 4) shared with the 2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, after which the remaining Brisbane-based teams participate in separate matches for the Canale Cup.