2013 Foxtel Cup
The 2013 Foxtel Cup was the third season of the Australian rules football knock-out cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia.
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 players.
All matches, as in previous years, were broadcast by Fox Footy.
The format of the competition saw four significant changes from the first two years of the competition:
- The number of teams competing was reduced from sixteen to ten.
- The qualifiers from the Tasmanian Football League and the North East Australian Football League competed in a separate pre-qualifying round before progressing to play against the Victorian, South Australian and Western Australian qualifiers.
- With the exception of the pre-qualifying round, matches played on Tuesday nights as stand alone games. Previously they had been played on Saturdays, usually as curtain-raisers to AFL matches, forcing the state leagues to schedule extra bye weeks to accommodate Foxtel Cup games.
- The prizemoney was increased to $100,000.
The competition began in April 2013 and concluded with the Grand Final in August 2013, in which West Adelaide defeated East Fremantle by four points at AAMI Stadium in a low scoring thriller. It was the Bloods' first trophy of any sort since their last SANFL premiership in 1983.
West Adelaide onballer Chris Schmidt was awarded the Coles Medal as best-on-ground in the Grand Final for his unrelenting performance that included 26 disposals and nine clearances. He also operated at 81 per cent disposal efficiency.
2013 season
Participating clubs
; NEAFL Eastern Conference- Queanbeyan
- Northern Territory
- Southport
- Norwood
- West Adelaide
- Burnie
- Port Melbourne
- Werribee
- Claremont
- East Fremantle
Club details
Stadiums
| Adelaide | Canberra | Gold Coast |
| AAMI Stadium Capacity: 51,224 | Manuka Oval Capacity: 13,550 | Metricon Stadium Capacity: 25,000 |
| Melbourne | Melbourne | Perth |
| Etihad Stadium Capacity: 56,347 | Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,000 | Patersons Stadium Capacity: 43,500 |
Fixture
The AFL released the fixture on December 3, 2012.Bracket
Qualifying Round
Round 1
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Semi Finals
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