Overview: - The Australian School Futsal Cup

This is a National secondary school 14 Years boys and girls Futsal tournament organized be the QSF committee to bring together the 16 top “Premier” school futsal teams within Australia.

All schools in Australia are invited to nominate teams for their statewide qualifying tournaments in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Australian Capital territory and the Northern territory.

In 2025, the inaugural year of the competition, the top two (or four) winning teams from each of the state and territory’s tournaments will then be invited to participate in the Australian School Futsal Cup. In states where there is no organized qualifying tournaments, nominations will be taken from all teams with possible qualifying matches to be arranged.

Football Australia and all its governing bodies are fully supportive of the competition providing referees for the tournament.
Academy One Football Tours and Veto Sports are the major sponsors of the ASF Cup and provide supplying match balls, carnival t shirts and team apparel.

 
Date: - Monday 17th, Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th November 2025

These three days are in week 7 of term 4 in the Public Secondary school’s calendar and is usually free from assessment or other school commitments. There are also very few clashes with club football/futsal and country regions.

                 
Venue: - Coomera Indoor Sports Centre – Coomera, Qld

The Coomera Indoor Centre was a host venue during the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. It is a multipurpose venue with 8 multisport courts and can host basketball, netball, futsal, badminton and more. Its state-of-the-art facilities are designed to impress and offer a range of versatile meeting rooms and corporate event spaces for all occasions., ample off court viewing areas for spectators and multiple canteen facilities (https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/Services/Venues-facilities/Major-sporting-venues/Gold-Coast-Sports-Leisure-Centre)


Age Groups: - 14 (and under) Boys and Girls

14 Age eligibility – Students cannot turn 15 or over in the year of competition and must be in at least year 7 of high school
Girls cannot play in the Boys competition.

Match Format:

Match times - 2 x 20 min halves with 1 time out per half (Stop the clock for time outs only) / Full FFA match rules

Tournament Format: - 

The ASF Cup tournament will have the following format: -

The 2 (or 4) Premier teams from each state and territory (that have been finalized beforehand in Term 1 – 3) will form the 16 school teams that will be placed in 4 pools of 4 teams.

Each team in their respective pools will play each other once and then be ranked according to points from wins, draws and goal difference.

Teams that finish First and second from each of the Day 1 pools will be placed into the Day 2 Cup competition.

Teams that finished third and fourth from each of the Day 1 pools will be placed into the Day 2 Shield competition.

Each team in the Cup and Shield competition will be placed into 2 pools and play 3 matches on Day 2.

At the end of the Day 2 “Cup” and “Shield” matches, teams will be ranked according to points from wins, draws and goal difference. Teams finishing 1st and second will advance to the Day 3 Semi finals and 3rd and 4th place getters will play positional playoffs on Day 3.

On Day 3 (Finals Day) there will be cross over semifinals between first and second placed teams from the 2 pools.

Third and Fourth teams will play consolation finals for positions


Referees: - 2 Football Australia refs per Court

 
Football Australia in conjunction with Football Qld will provide referees and each game will have 2 refs on each court (At least one senior referee per court)  


Carnival Programs: -

Carnival programs with full information and team lists will be available online from the QSF website

Match cards: -

All Team lists with players full names and jersey numbers must be sent by Monday 3rd November so that “Match cards” can be printed

(The FASF Cup Match card template attached)

 
Tournament Information and Results board: -

All tournament information and results on the day will be displayed next to the officials table in the venue and electronically via “Squadi” The QSF website will also all further information and regular updates of draws and results (www.queenslandschoolfutsal.com) 

Sports Trainers: -

Fully qualified sports trainers from “First Response - sports trainers” will be available during the day


Cost: - approx. $300 per team (tbc)

The total for the Venue / referees (two per game) / Sports med divided by 16 teams works out to be approx. $300 per team which is only $30 per player (10 players per team) for a minimum of 6 games- Full 2 x 20 min halves with FFA match rules

FQ or the QSF will invoice all participating schools at the beginning of week 1, Term 4.

Accommodation:

Accommodation and transport will be the responsibility of individual schools. Packages will be provided by Gold Coast City council.